Ramanan (play in verse)

"Ramanan" is the most celebrated work of Malayalam poet Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.

It is a play writtern in the form of verse. It is a pastoral elegy writtern after the death of his friend, Edappilly Raghavan Pillai. Written in 1936, it is the best seller of Malayalam literature.

Changampuzha's Ramanan became such a big hit, the Kerala University prescribed it as a text book in Malayalam lietrature class. Ironically, Changampuzha himself was a literature student at Kerala University at that time.

A musical tribute to Sree Changampuzha's RAMANAN

"This famous Poetry has been converted to electronic media as

Music Album by the "Carnatic Violinist Edappally Ajith Kumar and

Vocalist Srivalsan J Menon" with Manorama Musics and

Santhosh Kumar Ketteth on the day of 60th Death Anniversary

of the great poet.(1911-1948)

The audio cd's are available in all music shops and ]

"'Prof.MK Sanu and Kaithapram Damodaran Nampoothiri

have launched the Audio CD at an event organised at

Changampuzha Samskarika Kendram at Edappally on the 17th June 2008.

"' The great effort of young musicians "Kavalam Sreekumar,Sreevalsan J Menon,

Amrutha TV fame Ms.Roopa, famous Playback singer Gayathri and

Great Actor Nedumudi Venu" have to be appreciated.

"'The Chorus and orchestration leading Edappally Ajithkumar,Kudamaloor Janardhanan,William Fransis,Wilson,Anand,Ramesh Murali,Basheer,Anoop,Bindu,Rani and Princy,Robin Fernadez ."

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