When the late Devarajan master asked M Jayachandran whether he wanted to become a singer or music composer, M Jayachandran did not have to think twice. “Music composer,” he said.

But Jayachandran’s introduction to the creative world of music direction was through the experience of witnessing M B Sreenivasan at work. This sowed the seeds of the desire to be a music composer in someone who had stood first in Carnatic music for four consecutive years at the university.

When he sang alongside K S Chitra for the first time in a film for Vasudha, he felt vindicated about his decision. He could clearly sense the limitations of the singer in him.

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