Name Ravisankar Ravisankar Origin India Genres playback singing | Years active 1999–present Role Musician | |
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Died December 11, 2012, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States Children Anoushka Shankar, Norah Jones, Shubhendra Shankar Spouse Sukanya Rajan (m. 1989–2012), Annapurna Devi (m. 1941–1961) Albums Chants of India, The Concert for Bangladesh, Passages, The Spirit of India, The Sounds of India | ||
Ravisankar is an Indian playback singer. He has about 100 recorded songs to his credit in Malayalam.
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Biography
Ravisankar was born and raised in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, to S. Ramachandran Nair and S. Hamsini Thankam. He started learning music during his school days from his mother, who is a teacher at Bharatiya Vidyabhavan, Trivandrum. Later, he formally studied music under such renowned musicians as L. Vaikuntapaty, Perumbavoor G. Ravindranath and M. G. Radhakrishnan. Beginning in his school days, he took part in light music singing competitions such as the Kerala University and inter-university competitions, and won many prestigious prizes.
After completing schooling in Trivandrum, Ravisankar took a degree in Law from the Kerala Law Academy in Trivandrum, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from Annamalai University. Though he started working as a lawyer, he soon realised that his long-term career revolved around his passion – music.
He debuted in playback singing in 1999, when he recorded his first movie song, 'Ponnolappanthalil Velippennayente Swayamvararajakumari Varumo...' It was recorded for the move Saaphalyam, which was directed by G.S. Vijayan, and starred Suresh Gopi and Praveena. The song was written by Kaithapram and was composed by Sri M.G. Radhakrishnan.
Since then, he has come a long way in the playback singing field. His latest songs for 2007 are
Apart from film music, Ravisankar has recorded several albums, and is active with concerts and other musical programmes. He has also provided vocals to title songs for several television serials, which have gained much acclaim. The notable ones are for the serials Uma, Vikramadityan, Dial 100, Tenali Raman, Abhirami and Jeeva Jalakom. His latest hit in this area is for Kudumbam, with the renowned Kaithapram – Johnson team.
Currently, Ravisankar is anchoring Raindrops, a musical live entertainer in the Malayalam channel Kairali. This program is aired live every Friday from 4PM to 5PM Indian Standard Time.
Ravishankar is married to Priyarenjini, a native of Kottayam who is working with Corporation Bank as the Legal manager, Trivandrum. The couple has a daughter, Bhadra, born in January 2007.