‘Indo-Arab fusion music is my biggest dream’

When the late Devarajan master asked M. Jayachandran whether he wanted to become a singer or music composer, M. Jayachandran did not have to think twice. “Music composer,” he said.

But Jayachandran’s introduction to the creative world of music direction was through the experience of witnessing M.B. Sreenivasan at work. This sowed the seeds of the desire to be a music composer in someone who had stood first in Carnatic music for four consecutive years at the university.

When he sang alongside K.S. Chitra for the first time in a film for Vasudha, he felt vindicated about his decision. He could clearly sense the limitations of the singer in him.

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