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 Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannettante in 19 ...

.He is also the Grandson of

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri Korom Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Unnikrishnan Namboothiri (19 October 1923 20 January 2021) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies. He mainly handled comedy roles and grandfather roles. His role as Dileep's grand father in the Malayalam movie K ...

who is a noted actor in Malayalam movies.

Personal life

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

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, District of Kerala and is currently residing in Vaduthala in

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District. He is the eldest son of 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 (

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) at

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and

, 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

. Deepankuran is a singer who has sung for various films including '' Desadanam'', has hundreds of

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, 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 Veda education from known Gurus (Teachers). He continued his education under well-known Music teachers including Sri. R.K.Ramdas, a well known musician in

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, and got the privilege to learn music from the great musicians like Kumara Kerala Varma, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Seetharam Sharma, 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 (

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). Deepankuran obtained a diploma in

Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal. He got his

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(MBA) in 2010, and he completed a Masters course in Music Production at

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. He won the top ten positions of the Sonopedia Sound Design Competition, a worldwide online

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competition. He has the experience of being a

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for three years in

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. There are many advertisements, albums, devotional albums,

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, theme music works and feature films in his credit as a singer and music director. He has done hundreds of

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with his father and his own as a Carnatic Vocalist. He has also participated in many of the

Music Therapy Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music t ...

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

. He also does online teaching also for Carnatic Vocal students. Deepankuran's mentor is Director

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. He started his career by singing "Naava Mukunda Hare" alongside Manju Menon in the film '' Desadanam.'' In 2013, Deepankuran reunited with his regular collaborator, Director

, for the film '' Camel Safari''. Deepankuran took the responsibilities of the music director. He composed songs such as "Suruma," "Afreen," "Kannum Kannum," and others. Deepankuran also lent his voice to the

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Lulu Celebrate. In 2015, Deepankuran was the composer in his father's directorial venture '' Mazhavillinattam Vare'' which revolves around a Pakistani cricketer who meets his admirer during his visit to

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. He got an opportunity to do signature music for the 2011

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(IFFI) in

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Filmography

Awards and achievements

Deepankuran has got special jury award for

television award 2017 for Music, for the programme ''Ragasootram.''

References

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