Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Mohan Sithara

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian composer Mohan Sithara.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Mohan Sithara

Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's Soofi Paranja Kadha. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industry. His work mixes Western, Classical and folk styles. He has worked with lyricists and poets like O. N. V Kurup, Yusufali Kechery, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajeev Alunkal, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, S. Ramesan Nair, Vinayan, Bharanikkavu Sivakumar, Anil Panachooran, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Bichu Thirumala. Many prominent singers have sung his songs, including K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, M.G.Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, Shreya Ghoshal, Sujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan, G. Venugopal, Vidhu Prathap, Afsal, Manjari, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, and Biju Narayanan.

I have known Chithra long before I became a composer. Her growth has amazed me; she had not seemed extraordinary when I saw her singing at shows or recording tracks, for singers like S. Janaki and P. Susheela, at Tharangini Studio in Thiruvananthapuram.
There is a whole team behind the success of a film song.
K.G. Sathar, a neighbour, was my guru. He taught me the violin and Hindustani music. — © Mohan Sithara
K.G. Sathar, a neighbour, was my guru. He taught me the violin and Hindustani music.
I still remember how hard I worked on the tune of 'Raree rareeram... ;' the first tune I tried was rejected.
I am happy that I could collaborate with poets like O.N.V. Kurup and Yusufali Kechery in my career; they wrote meaningful lyrics, which made my songs last longer.
Although I wasn't fond of the violin in the beginning, as I played on I developed a fondness which soon turned into a passion.
I feel I am fortunate that I could become a composer.
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