P. Jayachandran

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P. Jayachandran
Jayachandran performing at Kollam
Background information
Birth name	Paliyath Jayachandrakuttan
Born	(1944-03-03) 3 March 1944 (age 80) Ravipuram, Kochi
Genres	Playback singing
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1965–present
Website	www.jayachandransite.com

Paliyath Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer and actor from Kerala. He has worked with many composers including G. Devarajan, M. S. Baburaj, V. Dakshinamoorthy, K. Raghavan, M. K. Arjunan, M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja, Koti, Shyam, A. R. Rahman, M. M. Keeravani, Vidyasagar and M Jayachandran.^[1] He has sung more than 16000 songs in total in different languages. He also acted in few films.

In 1986, he won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and also won Kerala State Film Award five times. In 2020, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema, for his outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest expression singer in South India.^[2] He also won 2 Tamil Nadu state film awards .