Deepankuran Kaithapram

Deepankuran Kaithapram
Deepankuran Kaithapram
Born	14 December 1982 (age 41); Leeds Metropolitan University
Occupation(s)	Music director, classical vocalist, actor, playback singer, music therapist
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Saranya
Children	Devang
Website	deepankurankaithapram.blogspot.com

Deepankuran Kannadimana (born 14 December 1982), popularly known as Deepankuran Kaithapram, is an Indian musician who has often composed tunes for Mollywood projects. He is the son of popular Malayalam lyricist and musician Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.He is also the Grandson of Unnikrishnan Namboothiri who is a noted actor in Malayalam movies.

Personal life

Deepankuran was born to Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and Devi Antharjanam in Kaithapram village in

Kaithapram Damodaran

Namboothiri. He has a brother named Devadarshan Kannadi, who is a doctor and a singer too.

He is married to Devi Saranya who is the daughter of Parameswara Prasad Nampoothiri and Usha Antharjanam; they have one child named Devang. Deepankuran is also in the Director board of Swathi thirunal Kala Kendram (

Music School) at Kozhikode and Ernakulam

, which caters to more than 500 music students and aimed to create well-being through music therapy and practice.

Deepankuran's paternal grandfather, Kannadi Illath Kesavan Namboothiri, was a folk singer, a Carnatic musician and a violinist. Meanwhile, Deepankuran is a maternal grandson of

TV commercials, a lot of movie music directions, short films and lot of Devotional albums to his credit. In 1996, Deepankuran made his debut as playback singer in Desadanam

under the guidance of his father who was the music director of the film.

Career

Deepankuran started learning music when he was 6 years old and he got his

Kaithapram Vishwanathan Nambudiri, Madurai Ranganatha Sharma, Ajay Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, S.V.S.Vijayam, Yogesh Sharma, Sri. Chenkotta Harihara Subrahmaniam, Naveen Namboothiri, and Jayaprakash (Hindustani classical music

).

Deepankuran obtained a diploma in

home studio

.

There are many advertisements, albums, devotional albums,

Music Therapy (an emerging concept in medical field) sessions all over India with the team of Swathi Thirunal Kalakendram Trust, Kerala

. He also does online teaching also for Carnatic Vocal students.

Deepankuran's mentor is Director

Pakistani cricketer who meets his admirer during his visit to India. He got an opportunity to do signature music for the 2011 International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa

.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language	Details
1996	Desadanam	Malayalam	Singer
2000	Sathyam Sivam Sundaram	Malayalam	Singer
2000	Life Is Beautiful	Malayalam	Singer
2004	4 the People	Malayalam	Singer
2004	Soumyam	Malayalam	Singer
2008	Shalabam	Malayalam	BGM
2008	Mazhavillinattam Vare	Malayalam	Music Director
2013	Lisammayude Veedu	Malayalam	BGM
2013	Camel Safari	Malayalam	Music Director
2014	Vellivelichathil	Malayalam	Music Director
2016	Hello Namasthe	Malayalam	Music Director
2017	Kadam Katha	Malayalam	Music Director, BGM
2018	Oru Nakshathramulla Akasham	Malayalam	BGM
	Thattumpurath Achuthan	Malayalam	Music Director
	Namam	Malayalam	Music Director
2019	Saddam	Malayalam	Music Director

Awards and achievements

Deepankuran has got special jury award for Kerala television award 2017 for Music, for the programme Ragasootram.

References

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^ Krishnamachari, Suganthy (14 December 2017). "Filmy perhaps, but definitely not flimsy". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Kaithapram to perform for patients at Government General Hospital, Kochi". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Into the depths of human mind". Deccan Chronicle. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[1] Krishnamachari, Suganthy (14 December 2017). "Filmy perhaps, but definitely not flimsy". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[2] "Kaithapram to perform for patients at Government General Hospital, Kochi". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[3] "Into the depths of human mind". Deccan Chronicle. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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