Kailas Menon

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Kailas Menon
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Born (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 38)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupations
  • Composer
  • music producer
Years active2008–present
Spouse
Annapoorna Lekha Pillai
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(m. 2014)​
ChildrenSamanyu Rudra(br.2020)
Musical career
InstrumentKeyboard
Labels
  • Kailas Menon Productions
  • Goodwill Entertainments
  • Muzik247

Kailas Menon is an Indian film composer who works predominantly in Malayalam films and commercials. After working as a composer for television commercials for more than a decade, [1] he debuted as a composer in feature films with director Jayaraj's Pakarnnatam. His first mainstream release happened much later with Theevandi , [2] for which he earned his first Filmfare Award. [3]

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Early life

Kailas was born in Thrissur, Kerala on 30 May 1986. He learned carnatic music for eight years and was a self-trained keyboard player. He completed his schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Thrissur. He graduated in Visual Communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, and pursued a course in sound engineering from SAE Institute, Chennai. [4]

Career

Menon had his first release, the music album Snehathode, at the age of 16. [4]

His professional career began 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, and Bhima Jewellers. [1]

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 Ghoshal and K. S. Harisankar, earned him a Filmfare Award. [3]

In 2019, he launched his own music label, Kailas Menon Productions, and the first film album released from the label was Finals . [2]

Personal life

Menon married Annapoorna Lekha Pillai, a lawyer at the Kerala High Court, on 8 December 2014. Their son, Samanyu Rudra, was born on 17 August 2020. [5]

Film discography

YearFilmLanguageSongsBackground scoreNotes
2011 Starring Pournami Malayalam YesYesUnreleased film
2012Pakarnnaattam [1] Malayalam N/AYes
2018 Theevandi MalayalamYesYesMaiden release
2019 Ittymaani: Made in China MalayalamYesNoOne song only
Finals MalayalamYesYes
Edakkad Battalion 06 MalayalamYesYes
2021Six HoursMalayalamYesYes
Member Rameshan 9aam WardMalayalamYesYes
Poga Bandy Telugu YesYes Remake of Theevandi .
Telugu debut.
Kotthu MalayalamYesNo
2022 Kallan D’Souza MalayalamNoYes
Vaashi MalayalamYesNo
Nalaam Mura MalayalamYesNo
2023 Dear Vaappi MalayalamYesYes
Janaki Jaane MalayalamYesNo
FlushMalayalamYesYes
Nalla Nilavulla Rathri MalayalamYesYes [6]
Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962 MalayalamYesYes [7]
2025L Jagadamma Ezham Class BMalayalamYesYes [8]

Awards and nominations

Menon with his Filmfare award Kailasfilmfare2019.jpg
Menon with his Filmfare award
AwardYearProjectCategoryOutcome
Filmfare Award 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director - Malayalam [9] Won
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music DirectorWon
Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music DirectorWon
Asiavision Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director [10] Won
Additional awardsOutcome
Indiewood Film AwardWon
Nana Film AwardWon
Janmabhoomi AwardWon
Jaycee Foundation AwardWon
ACV Johnson Master AwardWon
Ramu Kariat Award (Finals BGM)Won
Creative Film AwardWon

References

  1. 1 2 3 Soman, Deepa (23 April 2018). "Kailas Menon: Composing jingles for ads gave me confidence to be versatile". The Times of India .
  2. 1 2 "Kailas Menon launches own music company". The New Indian Express . 20 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". filmfare.com. 21 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Nair, Meera (6 September 2012). "Music matters". The Hindu .
  5. ↑ "'അവനൊപ്പമുള്ള എന്റെ ആദ്യ ചിത്രം'; കുഞ്ഞതിഥിയെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തി കൈലാസ് മേനോൻ" [Kailas Menon introduces his son]. Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 24 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Ramachandran, Arjun (30 June 2023). "Nalla Nilavulla Raathri review: This thriller is high on technical quality, but lacks a good script". The South First. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Urvashi - Indrans starrer 'Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962' wraps up the shoot". The Times of India. 30 August 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Features, C. E. (31 March 2025). "Urvashi's L Jagadamma Ezham Class B gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "WINNERS OF THE FILMFARE AWARDS SOUTH 2019 - MALAYALAM" . Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Winners of Asiavision Movie Awards 2018" . Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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