K. J. Yesudas Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas
NICK NAMES
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas, Yesudas
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
Fort Kochi, Cochin
AGE
85 Years 1 Months 8 Days
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
CAPRICORN
ALSO NOTED FOR
Composer
FEATURES
Hair:Black, Eyes:Black
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'8''(feet & inches)
1.7272 meters
172.72 cm
WEIGHT
72 kg
158.4 lbs
K. J. Yesudas Family Members
Parents
FATHER

Augustine Joseph
K. J. Yesudas Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE

Prabha (1970-Present)
Child(ren) of K. J. Yesudas and Prabha

Vinod Yesudas

Vijay Yesudas
Fame & Address
ADDRESS
Kochi
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About K. J. Yesudas
K. J. Yesudas is an Indian film playback singer and Indian Carnatic musician. He has sung in many languages except some Indian languages like Assamese, Konkani, and Kashmiri. He was singing from more than five decades. In the 1970s and 1980s, he composed many songs for the Malayalam film songs. For the Malayalam language, he was considered as the cultural icon. He his whole career he was honored with many achievements and awards. He has his own Music company named 'Tharangani Studio'. He is the idol of many singers. His son is a musician named Vijay Yesudas who in 2007 and 2013 won the 'Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer'.
Early Life of K. J. Yesudas
K. J. Yesudas was born 10 January 1940 in Fort Kochi. His born name was Kattassery Joseph Yesudas. He was born in the Christian family to late Augustine Joseph who worked as Malayalam classical musician and stage actor and late Elizabeth Joseph. From R.L.V. Music Academy, Thrippunithura he got his music training later join the Swathi Thirunal College of Music but he does not complete his study due to the financial problem.
Career of K. J. Yesudas
On 14 November 1961, he sang his first song 'Jaathi Bhedam Matha Dwesham' which he mostly sing in different occasions or in front of an audience. The first movie song he sang along with a veteran singer Santha P. Nair was 'Attention Penne Attention'. In the early 1960she began his career as a playback singer with the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. By the 1970s he came to Bollywood and sing a song for many famous actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Amol Palekar, and Jeetendra. In 1976 for movie 'Chitchor' he has sung many famous songs in which music given by Ravindra Jain.
Achievements of K. J. Yesudas
By the Government of India, he was awarded by National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for seven times. By the Government of Kerala, he got the J. C. Daniel Award and Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for 25 times. By the Government of Andhra Pradesh, he was awarded by Andhra Pradesh State Film Awards for four times.
Some Lesser Known Facts About K. J. Yesudas
- In his career, he has sung more than 50,000 songs in different languages like Arabic, Latin, English, Russian and in many Indian languages.
- He mostly admires the Balamurali Krishna, Mohammed Rafi, and Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.
- At Trivandrum in 1980, he launched the Tharangani Studio which was later moved to Chennai in 1992.
- He sang his first song for the movie Jai Jawan Jai Kissan (1971), but the movie which releases first was 'Chhoti Si Baat'.
- Against the terrorism in Thiruvananthapuram, he starts the cross-country musical campaign whose aim was 'Music For Peace'.
- Does K. J. Yesudas takes alcohol? NA.
- Is K. J. Yesudas in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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