In 1993, Jayachandran composed the music for his first film 'Chantha'. After that he worked in about 20 films but most of it went unnoticed. It was with the song 'Manikuyile' in the film 'Vaalkannadi' that he first tasted popular success. Then the song 'Ennale ente nenchile' in 'Balettan' established him as a music director in the top bracket. The soulful music touched the hearts of listeners.
Born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Jayachandran began learning Carnatic music from the age of five, thanks to his father's interest in music. He began under Attingal Harihara Iyer, known also as Mullamoodu Bhagavathar, and later took lessons from Perumbavoor G. Ravindranath. Then, for 18 years, he was a devoted student of the late Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran.
The strong foundation in classical music helped Jayachandran give more than 150 vocal concerts throughout India and abroad at a young age. Four times in a row, from 1987 to 1990, Jayachandran stood first in Carnatic vocal in the Kerala University Youth Festival. This electrical engineer gave up his job in Asianet to become a full-time musician.
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