Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known

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ously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in

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. He is a recipient of

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and

Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a cinema of kerala, motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs (Kerala), Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and sin ...

s for his numerous film soundtrack albums and background scores.

Early life

Ouseppachan was born to Mathiri Paliakkara and Louis of the Mechery house on 13 September 1955 in

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Profile

Career

He started his music career as violinist in some music troupes including Voice of Trichur. Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri. He later became the violinist under music director Paravoor Devarajan master. His first work in the film industry was the film ''Eenam'', for which he set the background score. He also composed additional background music for the film ''Aaravam'' (1979) in which he also played the role of a fiddle player, however '' Kathodu Kathoram'' (1985), directed by

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is considered as his debut. Ouseppachan's work was noted for the film and three songs from the film became super hits. These songs were noted also for the immense use of violin. This may be attributed to the facts that Ousephachan himself is a violinist and that the

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of the film played by

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is also a violinist. Ousephachan then went on to compose music for over 120 films. He also composed songs for the non-commercial Hindi film ''Freaky Chakra'', directed by V.K. Prakash and background scores for various other Hindi films, notably directed by

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. His non-film songs include popular albums like Onapoothalam, Vasanthageetangal and many Christian devotional songs. Aside from music direction, he had taken up a spot as a judge for Asianet's Idea Star Singer 2008 and also as a judge for

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's Gandharva Sangeetham 2012.

Selected discography

Awards

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

: * 2007 – Best Music Direction: '' Ore Kadal''

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

: * 2007 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam: '' Ore Kadal'' Kerala State Film Awards: * 1987 – Best Music Director: '' Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam'' * 2007 – Best Background Music: '' Ore Kadal'' * 2013 – Best Music Director: '' Nadan''

References

External links

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Ouseppachan at MSI
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ouseppachan 1954 births Living people Musicians from Thrissur Kerala State Film Award winners Malayalam film score composers St. Thomas College, Thrissur alumni Filmfare Awards South winners Best Music Direction National Film Award winners Film musicians from Kerala 20th-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian composers Male actors from Thrissur Male actors in Malayalam cinema Violinists from Kerala