East Coast Vijayan

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East Coast Vijayan
Birth nameKarikkattil Vasudevan Pillai Surendran Pillai [1]
Origin Malamel, Kollam, Kerala
Occupation(s) lyricist, producer, director
Website www.eastcoastvijayan.in

East Coast Vijayan is an Indian film producer, director and lyricist who works in Malayalam language. [2] Being a lyricist, Vijayan wrote the music album Ninakkai, which was released in 1998. [3] The music was given by Balabhaskar and the song Ninakkay Thozhi Punarjanikkam was sung by Biju Narayanan. [4] In 1999, Vijayan came up with his second album in the Ninakkai series named Aadhyamai, composed by Balabhaskar and penned by Vijayan. [5] In 2001, East Coast came up with Ormakkai. [6] The song "Ormakkai Iniyoru Snehageetham" from the album was composed by M. Jayachandran, written by Vijayan and sung by K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chithra. [7] [8]

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In 2008 Vijayan directed and produced his first movie, Novel . In 2011 he directed and produceded his second movie, Mohabbath . [9] In 2012 he produced his third movie, My Boss . [10]

Albums

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Story Lyricist
2008 Novel [12] YesYesYesYes
2011 Mohabbath YesYesNoNo
2012 My Boss NoYesNoYes
2015 Jilebi NoYesNoYes
2019 Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal [13] YesYesNoYes
2023 Kallanum Bhagavathiyum [14] YesYesNoNo

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References

  1. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan | profile". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan News | Latest News of East Coast Vijayan | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India .
  3. ↑ "നിനക്കായി, ആദ്യമായി...; യുവത്വം സിരയിലേറ്റിയ ബാലഭാസ്‌കറിന്റെ ആല്‍ബങ്ങള്‍". Mathrubhumi.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "എവിടെയായിരുന്നു ബിജു നാരായണൻ ?". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  5. ↑ "Ninakkai [1998]| നിനക്കായ് [1998]". malayalasangeetham.info.
  6. ↑ "Ormakkai Iniyoru (Duet) by K. J. Yesudas & K. S. Chithra on Amazon Music - Amazon.com". Amazon.
  7. ↑ "നമ്മളേറെ പ്രണയിച്ച അഞ്ച് ആൽബം ഗാനങ്ങൾ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  8. ↑ "ഈസ്റ്റ് കോസ്റ്റ് വിജയൻ ചിത്രം ചില ന്യൂജെൻ നാട്ടുവിശേഷങ്ങൾ ഓഡിയോ ലോഞ്ചിൽ നിന്നും". News18 Malayalam. 12 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "'Mohabbat'- The New Indian Express". 16 May 2012.
  10. ↑ thomas, elizabeth (3 June 2019). "I was at the right place at the right time, says East Coast Vijayan". Deccan Chronicle.
  11. ↑ "List of Malayalam Songs written by East Coast Vijayan". www.malayalachalachithram.com.
  12. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan | Movies". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  13. ↑ Antony, Deepa (27 July 2019). "Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Vishnu Unnikrishnan and Anusree to star in Kallanum Bhagavathiyum". 17 November 2022.
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