Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath

Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath (പെരുമ്പാവൂർ ജി. രവീന്ദ്രനാഥ്) is an Indian musician from Kerala. He is well known as a carnatic musician as well as a composer. He lives in Thiruvananthapuram now, though hails from Perumbavoor, Ernakulam. His works always have the deep-rooted carnatic touch in it.

Composer
Raveendranath has rendered music to many films in Malayalam such as Innale, Sneham, and Thoovanathumbikal. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best music director for the Padmarajan directed movie Innale. He teamed up with K. J. Yesudas for Tharangani studio to create some of the best devotional albums in Malayalam. His album Thrimadhuram is one such album.

Early life
Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath was born to Adv. V. R. Gopalapillai and Bhargaviamma in the town of Perumbavoor in the present-day Ernakulam district on 5 January 1944, as their youngest son. He lost his father when he was one and a half years old. He has completed his bachelor's in chemistry from Sree Sankara College Kalady. He is married to Shobha Menon and has got 2 children.

Filmography

 * Thoovanathumbikal    1987
 * Vadakagunda          1988
 * Panchali		1989
 * Innale		1990
 * Bharathi Nagar May-9	1990
 * Post Box No. 27	1991
 * Vasudha		1992
 * Ayalathe Adheham	1992
 * Alanchery Thambrakkal	1995
 * Aksharam		1995
 * Chitrasalabham	1998
 * Sneham		1998
 * Sayahnam		2000
 * Thandavam		2002
 * Vasantha Malika	2003
 * Vasanthathinte Kanal Vazhikalil 2014
 * Randam Yaamam		Uncategorized
 * Poomaram 2018

Awards

 * 1990 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director - Innale
 * 1994 - Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
 * 2017 - Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship