Kailas Menon

Kailas Menon is an Indian film composer who works predominantly in Malayalam films and commercials. After working as a composer for television commercials for more than a decade, he debuted as a composer in feature films with director Jayaraj's Pakarnnatam. His first mainstream release happened much later with Theevandi, for which he earned his first Filmfare Award.

Early life

Kailas was born in Thrissur, Kerala on 30 May 1986. He learned carnatic music for eight years and was a self-trained keyboard player. He completed his schooling from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Thrissur. He graduated in Visual Communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, and pursued a course in sound engineering from SAE Institute, Chennai.

Career Menon had his first release, the music album Snehathode, at the age of 16.

Film discography

Awards and nominations

Award Year Project Category Outcome Filmfare Award 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director - Malayalam Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director Asiavision Awards 2019 Theevandi Best Music Director

+Additional awardsOutcomeIndiewood Film AwardWonNana Film AwardWonJanmabhoomi AwardWonJaycee Foundation AwardWonACV Johnson Master AwardWonRamu Kariat Award (Finals BGM)WonCreative Film AwardWon