THRISSUR: A long ago, while elaborating an anecdote, Singer P Jayachandran credited all his success in the music industry to Paramu Annan( noted producer Sobhana Parameswaran Nair).

Jayachandran:

“I was booked to sing a song and was at the studio. But I left the studio in despair not able to sing it and in fear. The next day I was hiding at home and it was Paramu Annan who picked me up and brought me back to the studio” Jayachandran said this when he delivered a memorial speech at the 13th death anniversary meeting of Sobhana Parameswaran Nair.

The ceremony was held at Pallium Guest House hall. Jayachandran praised Sobhana Parameswaran Nair for inculcating the culture of Bharathapuzha regions into Malayalam films. Master Vidyadharan recalled in that meeting that it was Paramu Annan who introduced a great writer like MT Vasudevan Nair to Malayalam cinema.

In 1965, P. Jayachandran made his initial foray into music by singing the song 'Orumullapumalakan' written by P. Bhaskaran in the film 'Kunjalimaraikkar'. The music was from Chidambaranath. The singer, admiringly called ‘Bhava Gayakan’( expressionist singer) has sung more than 15,000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages.

Jayachandran was born on 3 March 1944 as the son of the late Ravivarma Kochaniyan Thampuran, a member of Cochin royal family and late Paliyath Subhadrakkunjamma, in Ravipuram Kochi. The family soon shifted to Thrissur Irinjalakuda. Jayachandran is married to Lalitha and the couple have two children, Lakshmi and Dinanath.