D
MADHAVAN was born in the family of Alathur
Mana,
Wadakanchery,
Thrissur - Kerala - Son of late Smt. Kali Antharjanam and Shri. A D Nambudiripad.
Madhavan did his graduation from the University of Kerala and Post- graduation
from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. He served SAIL for nearly half
of his official career and rest half with KSIDC and retired from their service
as General Manager.
Madhavan
nursed deep interest in music right from his childhood and has chosen to writing
on Music as his post-retirement avocation.
Madhavan's
five books have been published between 2000-2007 by well-known
publishers in Kerala and they were acclaimed as best-sellers.
The first,
Core Of Karnatic Music (2003) is an anthology of 404 famous
krithis of 33 well known Composers of South India (See
12 Sample Krithis) with Text of the Krithis in Devanagari,
English and Malayalam & their Meaning in English & Malayalam.
The second Sangithasasthramritham,
(2005) is a comprehensive book in Malayalam on Karnataka Sangitha
Sasthra. The third book titled as ChupkeChupke
Rath Din, (2007) is an anthology of 101 famous
Urdu Ghazals of 20 eternal traditional composers (See
6 Sample Ghazals), sung by Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam
Ali, Jagjit Sing and others, with both the Lyrics of the Ghazal
and its Meaning in Malayalam. The fourth,Ravindranatha
Tagore-Moonu Visrutha Prema Kavyanngal is the Malayalam
translations of the Poet's famous Romantic Works, viz Chithra
(Drama), Nalu Adhyayanngal (Novel), Udyanapalakan (85 Love Poems).
The fifth, Karnatakasamgeethamalika
(2007) is an anthology in 501 famous krithis of 51 Composers of
South India, with both the Text and the Meaning in Malayalam.
Madhavan’s Family consists
of his wife and two
children. Wife
Radha Madhavan a member of the renowned 'Venmani' family of poets,
is a post-graduate in Mathematics. She is also a Malayalam poet and has written
two books, first one titled as 'Vasanacheppu', a collection of her poems and second
one written along with Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan, titled as ’Kaikottikkalippattukal’.
Daughter
Lavanya
Ranjeet, is a Post-graduate in Science and a serving official in a
central public sector organization. She is also a performing artist in Kathakali,
having keen interest in Karnatic Music and Mohiniattam.
