Languages are also no bar for this evergreen singer.

Arjunan once noted, “Yesudas stands out as singer on account of his talent, hard work and devotion.” The legendary story of him recording 16 film songs in four different South Indian languages in one single day in 2006 at the AVM Studios in Chennai stands testament to this. Renowned for the amount of time he spends in the studio and at practice the music director M.K. Ravindra Jain was so touched by the singer’s voice that he said if he could regain his eyesight, Yesudas would be the first face he would like to see. His rise to fame in Bollywood came about with a successful partnership with Ravindra Jain, who cast his voice for various hits including “O Goriya Re” from “Naiyya”, “Khushiyan Hi Khushiyan” from “Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye” and all the songs in “Chitchor”. Salil Choudhury, who composed music for the landmark Malayalam film “Chemmeen”, introduced Yesudas to Bollywood music listeners through the peppy “Janeman Janeman Tere Do Nayan”, a duet with Asha Bhosle in “Choti Si Baat” (1975). His mellifluous voice rendered various evergreen hits in Malayalam movies through the decades. Yesudas won his first among seven National Film Awards for Best Singer, a record no one has equaled so far, for the song “Manushayn Mathangale Srishtichu” from “Achanum Bappayum” (1972) with music composed by Ravindran. Viswanathan and Ravi - to become one of the busiest playback singers in the Malayalm film industry. Bhaskaran and Sreekumaran Thampi - and composers - G. By the early ‘70s Yesudas had teamed up with several leading lyricists - Vayalar Rama Varma, P. Soon after, he made his debut in Tamil films with “Konjum Kumari”. Sreenivasan, “Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham” for the Malayalam movie “Kalapadugal”. In 1961, he recorded his first song composed by M.B. Yesudas also underwent a brief training stint with another Carnatic great, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. For a short while he trained under Sri Vechur Hari Hara Subramania Iyer and then pursued his advance training in classical music under the legendary maestro Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar. His official training in music began at the RLV Music College and later continued at the Government Music College in Thiruvananthapuram, where he graduated from with the highest honours.

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