M G Radhakrishnan passed away

M G Radhakrishnan passed away at a private hospital this afternoon. He was 72.

Born on August 8, 1937 at Haripad, in Alappuzha, he was a disciple of Sree Vidyadhiraja Hridayanjali, an Indian ascetic, and has composed music for ascetic's lyrics, which was sung by his younger sister Dr K Omanakutty, a Carnatic vocalist.

Radhakrishnan had worked as a staff and became the senior music composer in Akashvani, Thiruvananthapuram. In 1962, he joined All India Radio.

He has also composed the poems of Kamala Das.

It was Radhakrishnan who introduced K S Chithra to the Malayalam film industry. M G Sreekumar is his younger brother.