Uday Ramachandran is an Indian playback singer, Composer, Carnatic musician and a Voice Trainer, who has recorded songs for a number of Malayalam movies and albums. Uday has recorded more than 500 songs in Malayalam, including albums and Malayalam films. He has performed more than Hundred stage shows extensively in India and abroad.
About
Uday is born into a family of musicians with rich lineage at Vaikom to Mr.V.N.Ramachandran and Mrs. V.N. Thankamani. His Father's Elder brother, Sri Vaikom V.N. Rajan was his first guru in the music field in the year 1985. He started his academic music training at R.L.V. Music Academy, Thrippunithura. He was also trained in Carnatic Music by Sri N.P.Ramaswami, and Hindustani Music from the great Guru Ustad Faiyaz Khan and Mr. Mohan Kumar. His own Music company Charu Creations has launched in 2014 and created various albums within this short span.
Early life
Uday's talent and dedication won him several prizes at various venues during his school and college days. Winner of light music competition at all India Universities Youth Festival 1999 National level, Held at Calicut. Adjudged winner of the MG University Youth festival with A Grade in light music competition consecutively in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He was one of the finalist in first reality show "Gandharvasangeetham" in Kairali TV. Uday was an Announcer and ‘B High’ Grade Artist in All India Radio,Even though Uday's life and passion is with music he has proven himself as an excellent Administrator and a Manager in Health care industry. He associated with Asha Hospital, Vatakara, Kozhikode as Manager Administration and in Lakshmi Hospital, Ernakulum as Manager Administration. at Kozhikode
Performing career
Uday has worked for various audio albums and track recordings for film songs. He has rendered songs for various remake movies and has released more than 500 audio Cassettes and CDs. He has had the good fortune to be associated with some of the greatest legends like G. Devarajan Master, Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, Raveendran Mash, Rajamani, Vidhaydharan Mash, Jayavijaya, Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, Darshan Raman, T.S.Radhakrishnaji, Bijibal, Santhosh Varma, Karthik Prakash, Neeraj Gopal, and many others. His entry to playback singing was marked by a song in the movie "Doctor Innocent Aanu" and rendered a beautiful melody Ormakalkkoppam, in the movie "Namboothiri Yuvavu @ 43". Recently Uday has given voice to an M Mohanan Movie 'My God' under Bijibal's Music Composition. Life in Kuwait Uday was instrumental in setting up the first ever Malayalam radio station in Kuwait – 98.4 Ufm. He was the Administration head and was the Music Manager of the organization. Uday’s Live show "Heart-Throbs" attracted thousands of listeners and was one of the best shows in 98.4U FM.