Edava Basheer (1943-2022) was a well-liked Indian playback singer, musician, and choir organizer, who predominantly labored within the Malayalam music business.
Wiki/Biography
Edava Basheer was born on Thursday, 2 December 1943 (age 78 years; on the time of dying) in a parish within the Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. His zodiac signal was Sagittarius. He lived on the Sam Geethalaya at Kadapakkada Prathibha Junction, Kollam for round 20 years. He did his major and secondary education at a parish, following which he studied at Christuraj Faculty, Pattathanam until tenth commonplace. His curiosity in music grew when he discovered some outdated data of Yesudas and Mohammad Rafi and file gamers that his father had introduced from overseas. He bagged a number of prizes for music in his college days. He studied classical music with Ratnakaran Bhagwatar and Vechoor Harihara Subramaniam. He accomplished his Ganabooshanam, an educational diploma in music, from Swathi Thirunal Music Academy, Thiruvananthapuram in 1972. Whereas learning at Swathi Thirunal Music Academy, he sang in chants and began the All Kerala Musicians and Technicians Affiliation along with his mates.
Bodily Look
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Household
Mother and father & Siblings
He was the son of Lt. Adul Azeez and Fathimakunju.
Spouse & Kids
He had two wives specifically, Rasheeda and Laila. He raised 5 youngsters out of his two marriages. The names of his youngsters are Bhima, Ullas, Ushas, Sweeta, and Unmesh.
Profession
After finishing his Ganabooshanam in 1972, he grew to become an expert singer. His choir grew to become extraordinarily widespread. Basheer starred in troupes akin to Raga Bhavan and Blue Diamonds. He rose to the limelight and floated a music troupe ‘Sangeethalaya’ at Varkala In Thiruvananthapuram, which was inaugurated by his idol, Ok.J. Yesudas, who is among the most reputed Malayalam singers. He additionally did playback singing for varied Malayalam songs. His debut in playback singing was in 1978 with the tune Veena Vaayikkum in director Adoor Bhasi’s film Raghuvamshami. A few of his different notable songs embody ‘Azhithira Malakal Azhalinte Malakal’ and ‘Vani Jayaram’ for the Malayalam film ‘Mukkuvane Snehicha Bhootham’. He was additionally a daily performer in any respect temple festivals throughout Kerala. His tune ‘Akasaroopini, Annapoorneswari’, which is a tune that praises the goddess Durga, was probably the most demanded songs at his stage performances. He at all times amazed his viewers with modern experiments in his performances. Reportedly, he was the primary particular person to carry out state-of-the-art musical devices, together with the accordion, on stage in Kerala. He was additionally the primary particular person to introduce Yamaha’s synthesizer, mixer and echo within the music system. He used a number of Western and Jap musical devices akin to Corg’s Japanese mini synthesizer, Yamaha’s echo mixer, double-deck keyboard and organ, 12 – string guitar, Roland’s rhythm composer, Jupiter synthesizer, and piano accordion, which had been novel to the Malayalee listeners at the moment. He travelled globally together with the US, United Kingdom, European nations, center jap nations, and much jap nations to carry out at varied occasions.
Loss of life
Edava Basheer rose to his heavenly abode on Saturday, 28 Could 2022. He collapsed whereas acting on Saturday night time at an occasion to mark the fiftieth anniversary of a well-liked music troupe, Bhima’s Blue Diamond Orchestra. The occasion was held in Alappuzha, Kerala. He was performing the Hindi tune ‘Mana Ho Tum Behad Haseen’ by Ok.J. Yesudas from the 1977 movie Toote Khilone when he collapsed on the stage. The occasion was dropped at a halt and he was rushed to a close-by hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. His funeral was held at Kadappakada Juma Masjid on Sunday, 29 Could 2022. The sudden demise of Edava Basheer saddened all his followers and the whole music business. Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan conveyed his condolences on Bashir’s demise and mentioned,
The demise of Edava Basheer, who performed an necessary function in popularising ‘ganamela’, is a big loss to the music world,”
Information/Trivia
- He was the State President of the All Kerala Musicians & Technicians Welfare Affiliation.
- Reportedly, on the peak of his profession, Basheer carried out at round 4 venues in a day.
- He cherished travelling to totally different nations.