T. K. Govindarao

T. K. Govindarao (Tripunithura Krishnarao Govindarao) was the first Malayali film musician and a Carnatic musician (1 April 1929 - 18 September 2011).

T. K. Govindarao
Born(1929-04-01)1 April 1929[1][2]
Died18 September 2011(2011-09-18) (aged 82)[2][3]
OccupationFile background singer, Carnatic vocalist

Earlier life

T. K. Govindarao was a proponent of melody. He was born as the son of Tripunithura Vadakkekkotta Chakkalamutt Pallisserrimadathil Krishnarao and Kamalammal. The first Malayalam film background song Subhaleela in the movie Nirmala was sung by him. The first Malayalam movie duet Paaduka poonkuyile too was sung by him along with P. Leela. He sang only in this movie where the lyrics was by G Sankara Kurup and the score was by P. S. Divakar. Later he become the disciple of Musiri Subrahmanya Iyer and turned to Carnatic Classical Music.

He worked as chief producer at Akasavani Delhi and as producer at Akasavani Chennai. He published the works of Thyagarajar, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Syama Sastri in English with their meaning. He published around 400 krithis of Swathi Thirunal. Very particular that Carnatic Music should be sung with the music of the lyrics understood, he formed a trust for the same named Ganamandhir.

He passed away at Chennai on 18 September 2011. T. K. Govindarao was awarded the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award of the Madras Music Academy in the year 1999.

Awards

References
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