Kailas Menon


Kailas Menon is an Indian composer of feature films and commercials. After working as a composer for television commercials for more than a decade, he debuted as a composer in feature films with director Jayaraj's Pakarnnatam. His first mainstream release happened much later with Theevandi, for which he earned his first Filmfare Award.

Career

Kailas had his first release, a music album Snehathode, at the age of 16. His professional career had begun much later, when he joined as an assistant to Malayalam film composer Ouseppachan and subsequently became a sound engineer for Gopi Sunder. This was followed by a decade-long stint as a composer of television commercials, having scored for over 1000 commercials for brands like Rolls Royce, Samsung, Toshiba, Unilever, Bhima Jewellers etc. He debuted as a film composer with Jayaraj's off-beat film Pakarnnattam. This was followed by Starring Pournami, which was shelved midway. His first mainstream release happened much later, with Theevandi. The song Jeevamshamayi rendered by Shreya Goshal and K. S. Harisankar, earned him a Filmfare Award.

Film discography

Awards and nominations