M. G. Sreekumar


M. G. Sreekumar, is an Indian singer, music director, music producer, television presenter and film producer, who works predominantly in Malayalam films and television. He has sung more than 4000 songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages. He owns a music company named KMG Musics and also Sareegama School of Music in Trivandrum. Sreekumar has won several awards, including two National Film Awards, three Kerala State Film Awards and a Filmfare Awards South.

Career

Sreekumar made his debut in the Malayalam movie Coolie Directed by Ashok Kumar. The Malayalam movie Chithram directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal, was the first where Sreekumar sang all the songs. He has sung more than 4,000 songs for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, kannada and Telugu.
He worked as music director in Malayalam films such as Chathurangam and Thandavam, Priyadarshan's Kanchivaram, Mohanlal's Alexander the Great and Oru Naal Varum.
He anchors a TV show named SaReGaMa on Asianet and was a judge for the reality show Idea Star Singer.

Personal life

Sreekumar was born May 25, 1957 at Haripad, in Alappuzha district, Kerala as the younger son of music composer and Harmonist Malabar Gopalan Nair and Harikatha exponent Kamalakshi Amma. Sreekumar and Lekha first saw each other in 1988 at Thycaud Dharma Sastha Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, but they met each other only few days later after a concert. Gradually, they developed friendship and later began living together. Sreekumar and Lekha married on 14 January 2000 at the Mookambika Temple, Kollur.

Discography

Singer

;Malayalam
;Tamil
;Telugu
;Hindi
Beside films, Sreekumar has composed many devotional albums. Majority of his songs are written by Rajeev Alunkal and Gireesh Puthenchery.

Awards

National Film Awards:
Kerala State Film Awards:
Filmfare Awards South:
;Kerala film critics award
  • 2011 - Best Music director — Arabiyum ottakavum P. Madhavan nayarum
Asianet Film Awards:
Surya TV Awards:
Other awards: