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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]

Kailas Menon
Born	(1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 36) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Composer music producer
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Annapoorna Lekha Pillai ​ ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	Samanyu Rudra
Musical career
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Labels	Kailas Menon Productions Goodwill Entertainments Muzik247
Musical artist

==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 Goshal 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

Year	Film	Language	Songs	Background score	Notes
2011	Starring Pournami	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Unreleased film
2012	Pakarnnaattam[1]	Malayalam	N/A	Yes
2018	Theevandi	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Maiden release
2019	Ittymaani: Made in China	Malayalam	Yes	No	One song only
	Finals	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Edakkad Battalion 06	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2021	Six Hours	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Member Rameshan 9aam Ward	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	Poga Bandy	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Remake of Theevandi. Telugu debut.
	Kothth	Malayalam	Yes	No
2022	Vaashi	Malayalam	Yes	No
2022	nalaam mura	Malayalam	Yes	No

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Project	Category	Outcome
Filmfare Award	2019	Theevandi	Best Music Director - Malayalam[6]	Won
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards	2019	Theevandi	Best Music Director	Won
Mazhavil Entertainment Awards	2019	Theevandi	Best Music Director	Won
Asiavision Awards	2019	Theevandi	Best Music Director[7]	Won

Additional awards	Outcome
Indiewood Film Award	Won
Nana Film Award	Won
Janmabhoomi Award	Won
Jaycee Foundation Award	Won
ACV Johnson Master Award	Won
Ramu Kariat Award (Finals BGM)	Won
Creative Film Award	Won

References

External links

• Kailas Menon at IMDb
• Kailas Menon on Facebook
• Kailas Menon at MSI

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