Ravisankar

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Name = Ravisankar


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Genre = playback singing
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Ravisankar ( _ml. രവിശങ്കര്‍) is an Indian playback singer. He has about 100 recorded songs to his credit in Malayalam. With his sweet and romantic voice, he has been creating memorable music for several years.

Biography

Ravisankar was born and raised in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, to Sri S. Ramachandran Nair and Smt. S. Hamsini Thankam. He started learning music during school days from his mother, who is a teacher at Bharatiya Vidyabhavan, Trivandrum. Later, he formally studied music under such renowned musicians as Sri L. Vaikuntapaty, Sri Perumbavoor G. Ravindranath and Sri M.G. Radhakrishnan. Right from school days he took part in light music singing competitions such as the Kerala University and inter-university competitions, and won many prestigious prizes.

After completing schooling in Trivandrum, Ravisankar took a degree in Law from the Kerala Law Academy in Trivandrum, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from Annamalai University. Though he started working as a lawyer, he soon realized that his long-term career revolved around his passion – music.

He debuted in payback singing in 1999, when he recorded his first movie song, "Ponnolappanthalil Velippennayente Swayamvararajakumari Varumo...". It was recorded for the move Saaphalyam which was directed by G.S. Vijayan, and starred Suresh Gopi and Praveena. The song was written by Sri Kaithapram, and was composed by Sri M.G. Radhakrishnan.

Since then, he has come a long way in the playback singing field. His latest songs for 2007 are

* Two songs for the movie Love Birds and
* A song written by Gireesh Puthenchery for the movie Devdaas, which is the remake of the Telugu movie Devdaas

Apart from film music, Ravisankar has recorded several albums, and is active with concerts and other musical programmes. He has also rendered voice to title songs for several television serials, which have gained much acclaim. The notable ones are for the serials Uma, Vikramadityan, Dial 100, Tenali Raman, Abhirami and Jeeva Jalakom, just to mention a few. His latest hit in this area is for Kudumbam, with the renowned Kaithapram – Johnson team.

Currently, Ravisankar is anchoring Raindrops, a musical live entertainer in the Malayalam channel Kairali. This program is aired live every Friday from 4PM to 5PM Indian Standard Time, and is much popular among music lovers, epecially in the Middle East.

Ravishankar is married to Priyarenjini, a native of Kottayam and a practicing advocate in Trivandrum. The couple was blessed with a beautiful daughter, Bhadra, in January 2007.