Veteran music director R Somasekharan passed away on Monday morning. He was 77. He breathed his last at 5.15 am at Sreerama Krishna Mission Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.
His debut music was in ‘Ithum Oru Jeevitham’. He rose to fame with the song ‘Puliyila Karayolum..’, which was composed for the movie ‘Jathakam’. He rendered music to several songs in the film, including ‘Ardram’, ‘Venalkalam’, ‘Brahmastram’, ‘Mr Pavanaayi 99.99’, ‘Ayal’ and ‘Ee Abhaya Theeram’.
Somasekharan is survived by his wife Jayamani and children Jayasekhar, Jayasri and Jayadev. Director Suresh Unnithan is his youngest brother.
