1. Rajeev Alunkal is an Indian poet, lyricist, music director and orator.
14 Facts About Rajeev Alunkal
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Rajeev Alunkal is the former chairman of Kumaranashan Smarakam, Pallana, Govt of Kerala.
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Rajeev Alunkal is best known for writing lyrics on romantic and philosophical themes.
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Rajeev Alunkal has written more than 1000 songs for 250 professional dramas and 2800 songs for 280 albums.
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Rajeev Alunkal became a professional lyricist in 1994 in drama through Cherthala Shylaja Theatres.
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Rajeev Alunkal made his debut in Malayalam film industry in the 2003 movie Hariharanpillai Happiyanu.
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In 2016, Rajeev Alunkal represented India at the South Asian Poet Meet held in Malaysia.
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Rajeev Alunkal has written and tuned many patriotic songs, group songs, light music songs, nursery rhymes, and lullabies, which have crores of viewers on YouTube.
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Rajeev Alunkal's poems are now part of the Kerala syllabus in the school college level classes.
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The composition by Rajeev Alunkal for Energy Management Center, an initiative that advocates conservation of energy and environment, is a widely accepted and celebrated song.
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Rajeev Alunkal won an URF National Record in 2021 for writing 4200 songs in three lyrics areas.
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Rajeev Alunkal received a Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award in 2012 for lifetime achievement as a lyricist.
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Rajeev Alunkal won the Kerala State Award for Best Lyricist in 2004, and he won the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards three times.
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Rajeev Alunkal worked with A R Rahman for the album One Love which acted to ensure the position of the Taj Mahal among the seven wonders of the world, on the behalf of the government of India.