Ace
music
director
Alleppey
Ranganath
passed
away
in
Kerala
on
Sunday
(January
16)
evening.
According
to
reports
he
was
under
treatment
for
respiratory
illness
at
Kottayam
Medical
College.
Reportedly,
he
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
a
few
days
back.
He
was
73.
Ranganath
was
best
known
for
composing
some
of
Malayalam's
evergreen
devotional
tracks
and
film
songs.
He
entered
the
cinematic
world
with
the
1973
film
Jesus.
Notably,
the
film
starring
Muralidas,
Thikurissy,
Gemini
Ganesan
and
MN
Nambiar
in
the
lead
roles,
had
music
directed
by
Joseph
Krishna,
KJ
Yesudas
and
MS
Viswanathan
too.
He
had
reportedly
composed
as
many
as
2000
songs
that
also
include
close
to
200
devotional
tracks.
Earlier,
last
week,
he
was
bestowed
with
the
prestigious
Harivarasanam
award
by
the
Kerala
government.
Post
returning
home
after
the
event,
he
conveyed
uneasiness
and
was
taken
to
a
private
hospital,
where
he
tested
positive
for
COVID-19.
Ranganath's
best
devotional
songs
are
'Ela
Dukhavum
Theerthu
Tharoo',
'En
Manam
Ponnambalam'
and
'Swami
Sangeetham
Aalapikkum'
among
many
others.
He
has
composed
music
for
films
like
Principal
Olivil
(1985),
Pappan
Priyapetta
Pappan
(1986),
Arante
Mulla
Kochu
Mulla
(1984)
and
others.