S. Balakrishnan (composer)

S. Balakrishnan is an Indian film score composer and music director who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. Best known for his association with the director duo SiddiqueLal, he has scored some of the alltime hit songs in late eighties and early nineties.

His musical career began in 1975 as an assistant music director to Guna Singh and to RajanNagendra. He also played the western instrument Recorder and the western flute for eminent music directors such as Ilayaraja.Under the suggestion of director and producer Fazil, his film scoring career began in late eighties with SiddiqueLals comedy film Ramji Rao Speaking 1989. The songs of this film were a notable success, which made Balakrishnans route easy. SiddiqueLal signed him in all of their future ventures till Vietnam Colony 1992. He did music forfilms including four with SiddiqueLal. His other notable films include Kilukkaampetti 1991, Grihapravesham 1992, and Ishttamanu Nooruvattam 1996. After Vietnam Colony, Balakrishnan took a break and did only rerecording for a few films. He made a comeback through East Coast Vijayans 2011 musical romance film Mohabbath. He is currently a faculty for recorder and western flute at KM Music Conservatory, a music institution founded by A. R. Rahman. ........

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