K. Raghavan

K. Raghavan
Background information
Birth name	Krishnan Raghavan
Also known as	Raghavan Master
Born	(1913-12-02)2 December 1913 Tellicherry, Malabar district, British India {present-day Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala, India
Died	19 October 2013(2013-10-19) (aged 99) Thalassery, Kerala, India
Genres	Indian classical, light music, mappila songs
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Tabla, keyboards, thambura, drums, vocals
Years active	1950 - 2013
Labels	HMV India

Krishnan Raghavan (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), also fondly called Raghavan Master, was an Indian music composer who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema and also a carnatic vocalist. Along with G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. He is regarded as the pioneer in contributing Malayalam film songs with its own tunes and styles. Till then, Malayalam film songs were in the tunes of popular Hindi and Tamil film songs and old classical kritis. Raghavan gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music. He composed around 400 songs in Malayalam cinema and was active in the Malayalam film industry for nearly four decades.^[1] In 1997, he was honoured with the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.