KG Markose
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| Born | June 10th, 1958 |
| Residence | Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala, India. |
| Occupation | Playback Singer |
| Years active | 1979–Present |
| Salary | INR 2,50,000/- per show. |
| Title | Devagayagan |
| Spouse(s) | Manju Markose(married 1992) |
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| Awards |
Kerala Film Critics Award Kerala Catholic Bishop Council Award(KCBC) NANA Award Drishya Film Awards Mappila Sangeetha Academy Award Malayalam Television Viewers Award(MTVA) "Order of St.George" from Malangara Orthodox Church etc |
Kerala Film Critics Award Kerala Catholic Bishop Council Award(KCBC) NANA Award Drishya Film Awards Mappila Sangeetha Academy Award Malayalam Television Viewers Award(MTVA)
K. G. Markose is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. K.G.Markose is a familiar name in Malayalam Music Industry to the Keralites worldwide. Markose, who is popular for rendering numerous Christian Devotional songs,has also sung over 100 film songs during the years 1980's to 2000's. Markose's music career was launched in 1979-1980 with the song "Kannipoomanam" in Balachandra Menon's Kelkkaatha Sabdham. After the huge success of his debut song, Markose became a regular singer in the "Ganamela" field. Markose's Ganamela is one that is still worth paying for. He has completed more than 3,000 stage shows in the country, as well as Europe, America, Australia, Gulf Nations etc.
By recording more than 20,000 songs, Markose has earned himself a name in the Music Industry. He has been singing Cinema, Light and Devotional songs for the past three decades. He has used his potential as a singer to fulfill the listeners' wishes since his career beginning. Markose has performed in a number of South Indian languages as well as Hindi for his devotional albums. Markose who met with an accident in Bahrain(for concert), where his fellow team lost their lives, was lucky enough to survive the incident. However this had a huge impact in his music career since this forced him to take a break from the field for almost five long years. Markose who was slowly making a mark in the field was left in shambles after the accident and this led his music career into shades. However, he made a strong comeback with the song "Poomaaname" from the movie "Nirakkoottu' after which he sang in a number of Films starring Mohanlal, Mammootty, Mukesh (actor), Suresh Gopi etc etc. His song 'Manthri Kochamma' from the movie 'Godfather' was a crowd puller at that time. Markose has shown his versatile skills by rendering different "mood" songs.
Markose is fondly called as the "Devagayakan" in the Malayalam Music industry for his heart touching singing in the devotional field. His song 'Israyelin Nadhan' is very famous among the Christian Minorities in India and among all the Keralites worldwide. He is indeed known for the rendition of the same. K.G.Markose is the leading Christian Devotional singer in the Malayalam Music Industry. He has sung for around 70 films, 4,000 CD's in Malayalam mostly, as well as Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic. He is also known as the "Sultan of Mappila songs" among the Malayalee Muslims for his divine renderings of Mappillapaatugal during the late 80's and 90's.
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