2023-06-20 18:50:00
Pandalam boy
Pathanamthitta: This is the time when the new generation has started saying that ‘When you go to Pandalam, there is a Pandalam boy’s song’. The boy who graced the land of Pandalam with song is not that small. A presence in the music world for thirty eight years. Pandalam Balan is with us, singing and reciting with ragas and rhythms. That face does not have the overjoyedness that opportunities gave it and the pains that neglects gave it. He does not hesitate to voice his views on platforms. For me music is penance, it ends only when my breath stops… says Pandalam Balan.
The way of the song
In 1989, he entered the playback singing scene with the movie Sakhaav : Vivlasanthi Subhranakshatram. In 2022, Chakala is coming to the cinema. In addition to film songs, he composed regarding seven hundred songs. He has passed diplomas in Ganabhushanam and Ganapraveena from Swathi Thirunal Sangeet College, Thiruvananthapuram. Music composer Devarajan is a disciple of the master. Now Nedumangad Pandalam is running Balan Music Academy.
The music of neglect
I have not gone anywhere by asking for opportunities. Many of the songs received have gone unnoticed by the outside world. He did not even get a name following singing the title song of a film.
He underwent several direct and indirect suspensions.
Mainstream media is pretending not to see much. But no matter who ignores it, there is a place among the people. That is why people know Pandalam Balan and can still sing in front of packed audiences.
Changing enjoyment
New generations are amazed at the changes in music. Only those who know music can arrange the song on another level without losing the enjoyment. Many people have been criticized for taking old songs and doing them. But one who does not know music can never change the song.
A life full of dance and music
With his wife Lakshmi, he has been living at Mayuram house in Vazhayila, Thiruvananthapuram for 17 years. Singer Lakshmi has just made her debut at the age of fifty-two following learning Bharatanatyam. Eldest son Akhil, who works at Technopark, and younger son Amal are on Patt’s path. Daughter-in-law Radhika works in Reserve Bank.
Devarajan Master Award, Brahmanandan Puraskar, Vayalar Puraskar, Lifetime Achievement Award, State Fisheries Department Honor for completing Ganamela Enyaram Vedi.
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