K. P. Udayabhanu (born Bhanuprakash; 6 June 1936 â€" 5 January 2014)
was an Indian playback singer and music director, mainly in Malayalam
films. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest
civilian honour.Udayabhanu was born to N. S. Varma and Ammu
Nethyaramma at Tharur in the present-day Palakkad district. He was the
nephew of music scholar K. P. Appukutta Menon and freedom fighter K.
P. Kesava Menon. Udayabhanu spent his childhood in Singapore where his
father was running a business. Following his mother's death, he
reached back India at the age of seven. Udayabhanu joined the
Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidyalaya in Kalpathy and started learning music
under the guidance of Erode Viswanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, M. D.
Ramanathan, Palghat Srirama Bhagavathar, and Flute Krishna Iyer.
Udayabhanu married singer Vijayalekshmi in 1970 and they had a son,
Rajeev Udayabhanu. Vijayalekshmi died in 2007.Udayabhanu started his
career as an announcer in All India Radio in 1956, where he worked for
38 years. In 1964â€"65, he worked as music teacher at Lawrence School,
Lovedale, but quit it in 1965 and rejoined All India Radio in the same
year. He was also the Public Relations Officer to K. Karunakaran
twice.
was an Indian playback singer and music director, mainly in Malayalam
films. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest
civilian honour.Udayabhanu was born to N. S. Varma and Ammu
Nethyaramma at Tharur in the present-day Palakkad district. He was the
nephew of music scholar K. P. Appukutta Menon and freedom fighter K.
P. Kesava Menon. Udayabhanu spent his childhood in Singapore where his
father was running a business. Following his mother's death, he
reached back India at the age of seven. Udayabhanu joined the
Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidyalaya in Kalpathy and started learning music
under the guidance of Erode Viswanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, M. D.
Ramanathan, Palghat Srirama Bhagavathar, and Flute Krishna Iyer.
Udayabhanu married singer Vijayalekshmi in 1970 and they had a son,
Rajeev Udayabhanu. Vijayalekshmi died in 2007.Udayabhanu started his
career as an announcer in All India Radio in 1956, where he worked for
38 years. In 1964â€"65, he worked as music teacher at Lawrence School,
Lovedale, but quit it in 1965 and rejoined All India Radio in the same
year. He was also the Public Relations Officer to K. Karunakaran
twice.
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