Medayil Radhakrishnan Rajakrishnan (born 25 May 1977) is an Indian sound designer. He won the

National Film Award for Best Audiography The National Film Award for Best Sound Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silv ...

in 2019 for the film ''

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'' (2018). He won Kerala State Film Award for Audio mixing in 2011 for the films ''

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'', ''

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'' and in 2012 for the film '' Manchadikuru'' and a Pearl award by Kerala film Producers Association for the film '' Manchadikuru'' in 2013. He has worked across Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi and Malayalam films.

Early life

Rajakrishnan was born on 25 May 1977 in

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, India. His father, M. G. Radhakrishnan, was one of the most renowned music directors of the Malayalam film industry and a maestro of Carnatic Music. His mother, Padmaja Radhakrishnan, had set her stage in the field of Art and Literature. His grandparents, Malabar Gopalan Nair and Kamalakshi Amma were also musicians. His uncle M. G. Sreekumar is a famous singer in

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. He practiced Carnatic music under his aunt, a renowned Carnatic vocalist, Dr. K. Omanakutty and also studied

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under the guidance of

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and Thripunithura Radhakrishnan. He completed his bachelor's degree in economics. He later did his course in sound designing from Chethana Studio, Thrissur.

Career

At the early age of 23, Rajakrishnan worked with Deepan Chatterji as an assistant sound engineer. He has assisted him in around 70 films, which includes Balothekko (Bengali), which secured National Award in the year 2004. He later joined Four Frames Sound Company, Chennai as an assistant sound engineer and now works as the chief sound engineer for the same. He has worked with most of the directors in Malayalam and has done sound designing and mixing for over 200 films in various languages which includes Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu and Bengali. Rajakrishnan has also composed music for the film ''Winter'' (directed by Dipu Karunakaran) with his uncle,

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, on the vocals. He has also done jingles for directors such as

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and

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Awards

* 2025 National Films Awards–Special Mention for Re-Recording Mixer -

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* 2019

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for Best Audiography - ''

'' * 2015: Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Mixing - ''Charlie'' (Malayalam) * 2013: Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Mixing - ''

'' and ''Urumi'' * 2013: Pearl Award for Best Sound Design - ''Manchadikuru'' (Malayalam) * 2012: Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Mixing - ''Manchadikuru'' (Malayalam) * 2012: Surya TV Award For Best Sound Designer - ''Urumi'' * 2011: Reporter Channel Award for Best Sound Mixing - ''Urumi'' * 2011:

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for his work in ''Urumi'' * 2006: Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Sound Mixing - ''Keerthichakra'' * 2006: Amritha Fertanity Award for Best Audiography - ''Ananthabadhram''

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajakrishnan, M. R. 1977 births Living people Kerala State Film Award winners Indian sound designers Musicians from Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam film score composers 21st-century Indian composers Tamil film score composers Audiographers from Kerala