K. J. Yesudas

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K. J. Yesudas

Sound 86 January 10, 1940

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic musician and film playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than 50,00…

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Manichitrathazhu

Manichitrathazhu

7.6 1993 Movie
Indian

Indian

7.0 1996 Movie
Pulimurugan

Pulimurugan

6.2 2016 Movie
Thalapathi

Thalapathi

8.0 1991 Movie
Action Hero Biju

Action Hero Biju

7.4 2016 Movie
Yoddha

Yoddha

7.6 1992 Movie
Narasimham

Narasimham

7.3 2000 Movie
Thoovanathumbikal

Thoovanathumbikal

7.2 1987 Movie
Ravanaprabhu

Ravanaprabhu

7.2 2001 Movie
Trishul

Trishul

6.4 1978 Movie
Villain

Villain

6.0 2017 Movie
Chronic Bachelor

Chronic Bachelor

6.7 2003 Movie

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Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic musician and film playback singer. Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a number of Indian languages as well as Russian, Arabic, Latin and English during a career spanning more than five decades. He has performed in most Indian languages except Assamese, Konkani and Kashmiri. He also composed a number of Malayalam film songs in the 1970s and 1980s. Yesudas is fondly called Gana Gandharvan (The Celestial Singer). He is considered to be a cultural icon of the Malayalam language - as well as of its ethnic group spread across the world - due largely to the fact that his songs have been profoundly ingrained into the minds of Malayalam speaking people for five decades. Yesudas has won the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer seven times, the Filmfare Awards five times, and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three times, which consists of awards by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian award) in 2017 by the Government of India for his contributions towards the arts. In 2011 Yesudas was honoured with the CNN-IBN outstanding achievement award having recorded over 20,000 songs in a five-decade career. In 2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same day at AVM Studio, Chennai

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Tamilarasan

    Movie Playback Singer

  2. 2022
    Jothi

    Movie Playback Singer

  3. 2021
    Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan

    Movie Playback Singer

  4. 2019
    Mamangam

    Movie Playback Singer

  5. 2017
    Villain

    Movie Playback Singer

  6. 2016
    10 Kalpanakal

    Movie Playback Singer

  7. 2016
    Pulimurugan

    Movie Playback Singer

  8. 2016
    Action Hero Biju

    Movie Playback Singer

  9. 2012
    Mithunam

    Movie Playback Singer

  10. 2012
    Ordinary

    Movie Playback Singer

  11. 2010
    Nandalala

    Movie Playback Singer

  12. 2010
    Pramani

    Movie Playback Singer

  13. 2008
    Gulmohar

    Movie Playback Singer

  14. 2006
    Madhuchandralekha

    Movie Playback Singer

  15. 2005
    Boyy Friennd

    Movie Himself

  16. 2005
    December

    Movie Playback Singer

More credits
  1. 2005
    Raam

    Movie Playback Singer

  2. 2004
    Jalolsavam

    Movie Playback Singer

  3. 2003
    Swapnakoodu

    Movie Playback Singer

  4. 2003
    Chronic Bachelor

    Movie Playback Singer

  5. 2002
    Nandanam

    Movie Himself

  6. 2002
    Nammal

    Movie Playback Singer

  7. 2002
    Kaiyethum Doorath

    Movie Playback Singer

  8. 2002
    Mazhathullikkilukkam

    Movie Playback Singer

  9. 2001
    Ravanaprabhu

    Movie Playback Singer

  10. 2000
    Joker

    Movie Playback Singer

  11. 2000
    Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal

    Movie Playback Singer

  12. 2000
    Darling Darling

    Movie Playback Singer

  13. 2000
    Narasimham

    Movie Songs

  14. 2000
    Millennium Stars

    Movie Playback Singer

  15. 1998
    Summer in Bethlehem

    Movie Playback Singer

  16. 1998
    Colours of Love

    Movie Vocals

  17. 1998
    Gramapanchayath

    Movie Playback Singer

  18. 1997
    Ratchagan

    Movie Playback Singer

  19. 1997
    Daud

    Movie Playback Singer

  20. 1996
    Indian

    Movie Playback Singer

  21. 1994
    Duet

    Movie Playback Singer

  22. 1994
    Sethupathi I.P.S

    Movie Playback Singer

  23. 1993
    Manichitrathazhu

    Movie Playback Singer

  24. 1993
    Uzhavan

    Movie Playback Singer