Maddy is remembering the singer, Kozhikode Abdul Khader.
Linked by Jo. Join Blogbharti facebook group.Probably he should start looking at this situation in the 50’s. Baburaj was actually a Bengali, Abdul Khader was from Burma and Mehaboob sometimes spoke Urdu at home. They all worked in Malayalam movies and provided memorable hits, which we enjoy even today – So music really has no language or barriers (AR Rahman by the way, son of RK Shekar who directed music in Malayalam, disagrees, he finds Malayalam unwieldy for music compositions!)…
Kozhikode Abdul Khader (originally Leslie Andrews) of Calicut, was one of the gifted singers in the history of Kerala. Many singers came into the picture after his death, but on one has ever been blessed with his soothing and meloncholy voice, which conveyed the sadness, disappointments and the hardship he experienced in his personal and family life.
He was born at the wrong time during the early days of Malayalam movies.