Songs from a world unknown

VOICE like the notes of a flute from a world unseen, unknown. It seemed light, as mellifluous as a river's flow, yet brimming with emotions.

- APARNA NAIR @T'Puram

All these earned P Jayachandran the moniker Bhava Gayakan of Malayalam cinema.

His mould as bhava gayakan was cast right at the start of his career when he sang Anuragaganam Pole to the tunes composed by M S Baburaj, the master of soulful, ruminating melodies, for Udyogastha (1967).

Since then, songs that touched deep inner chords found their way to him at a time when K J Yesudas ruled as the chiselled voice of musical perfection.

While Yesudas' voice boomed into the skies, Jayachandran delved deep into human hearts, evoking a basket of feelings that all knew but could not convey.