Kailas Menon

Kailas had his first release, a music album Snehathode, at the age of 16.[4] His professional career had begun much later, when he joined as an assistant to Malayalam film composer Ouseppachan and subsequently became a sound engineer for Gopi Sunder. This was followed by a decade-long stint as a composer of television commercials, having scored for over 1000 commercials for brands like Rolls Royce, Samsung, Toshiba, Unilever, Bhima Jewellers etc.[1] He debuted as a film composer with Jayaraj's off-beat film Pakarnnattam. This was followed by Starring Pournami , which was shelved midway. His first mainstream release happened much later, with Theevandi. The song Jeevamshamayi rendered by Shreya Goshal and K. S. Harisankar , earned him a Filmfare Award.[3]