Famous playback singer P Jayachandran left the world at the age of 80. People liked his singing so much that he was called 'Bhav Gayakan'. The singer has easily expressed love, devotion and many other emotions through all his songs so far. According to the information received, P Jayachandran's health was unstable for a long time, he breathed his last in a private hospital in Thrissur, Kerala.
The name of legendary Malayalam singer and National Award winner P Jayachandran is best known for the songs of the decade from 1970 to 1980. According to information received from a source in the hospital, he became unconscious at his home on the evening of January 9, after which he was immediately brought to the hospital. Where he died during treatment at around 7.55 pm. It is also being told in many places that he was suffering from cancer.
He first gave his voice in the film 'Kalitojana'. His most famous song is 'Manjalayil Mungi Thorathi', about which people are crazy even today. The singer has recorded not just 100, 200 but more than 16,000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. P Jayachandran received the National Award for Best Male Playback Singer in the year 1986. Along with this, he was also given the Jesse Daniel Award for his contribution to Malayalam cinema in the year 2020. He has been awarded the State Film Award five times in Kerala and twice in Tamil Nadu.
Jayachandran was part of a musical family background. His father Ravi Varma Kochadian Thampuran was a musician who came from the Cochin royal family. Jayachandran started learning Mridangam during his school days. In the year 1958, Jayachandran received the award for Best Light Music Singer and Mridangam Performance at the State School Youth Film Festival. He did his graduation in Zoology, after which he went to Chennai for job. In Chennai, he met film director A Vincent, due to whom he got a chance to sing in cinema.
