Rajesh Cherthala

Rajesh Cherthala (born 9 July 1978) is a professional musician and flutist from Cherthala, Kerala, in India, who has been recorded on more than 150 Indian film songs. He is known for his live performances of fusion music incorporating a variety of genres like Western, Carnatic and Hindustani.[1]

Rajesh Cherthala
രാജേഷ് ചേർത്തല
Rajesh is performing at one of his concerts
Background information
Birth nameRajesh Kumar MD
Born09 June 1978
Cherthala, Alappuzha district, Kerala
OriginIndia
Genres
  • Carnatic
  • Hindustani
  • Western
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsFlute
Years active2004 - Present
Websitehttp://rajeshcherthala.in/

Personal life

He was born in Cherthala, district of Alappuzha, Kerala to Mr. Dasappan and Mrs. Nirmala and they encouraged him to learn music in his childhood days.Wife Raji Rajesh. Daughters Amala. R.Das and Amrutha.R.Das[2][3]

Career

Rajesh started his flute training under the renowned musician Sun Bright, a multi talented person from a well known Vavakkattu family of his nearest village, in Carnatic music. And with Chaurasiaji he trained Hindustani. His first studio recording was that conducted by violinist Thiruvizha Ullas at Kalabhavan Kochi, Rajesh was introduced into cinema by Jassie Gift, one of the well-known Malayalam playback singers from Kerala, in 2004. Later, he went on to play for over 300 films, completing more than 1,000 songs (not to include the albums).[4][5]

Filmography

Cherthala as performed as an instrumentalist for the following films:[6]

Television Episodes
  • Comedy Super Nite – 2 [7]

Awards
  • Baba Alexander New Delhi honoring Social Activist Award 2017[8]
  • Radio Mrchi Award

References
  1. Aug 6, Deepa Soman | TNN |; 2019; Ist, 00:00. "Rajesh Cherthala: My dream is to perform more Carnatic and Hindustani concerts | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Rajesh_Cherthala". rajeshcherthala.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. "വിശേഷങ്ങള്‍ പങ്കുവെച്ച് പുല്ലാങ്കുഴൽ വിസ്മയം രാജേഷ് ചേർത്തല". mediaone. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "സന്നിധാനത്ത് മധുമുരളിയിൽ നാദമഴ പെയ്യിച്ച് രാജേഷ് ചേർത്തലയും സംഘവും". News18 Malayalam. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. Neha Anna Thomas (22 June 2018). "Making melodious music: Flautist Rajesh Cherthala says he aims to bring comfort to people through his music". New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  6. "Rajesh_Cherthala". rajeshcherthala.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. "Rajesh cherthala Archives". Flowers TV. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. "Presenting Social Activist Award to Rajesh Cherthala – BABA ALEXANDER NEW DELHI". babaalexander.org. Retrieved 9 February 2020.


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