Ramesh Narayan

Ramesh Narayan is an Indian classical vocalist, composer and music producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema.

Narayan began his initial training in Carnatic music and later mastered the style of Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music under the renowned Pandit Jasraj.  Narayan composes score music for documentaries, films and Indian television programs in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil. He has composed and sung the national integration song Saur Mandal Mein Tim Tim in 1996, directed by  Jnanpith Award  laureate M.T. Vasudevan Nair for Lok Seva Sanchar Parishad.

Narayan has earned National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, four Kerala state Television awards, two Kerala State Television Critics Award, two Madrid Imagine India Film festival Award. In 2007, he received the Indian Music Academy Award for popularizing Hindustani classical music in Kerala from the then President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Narayan also holds a place in the Limca Book of Records 2013 for completing the 24 hour raga cycle at the FTII, Pune.