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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Blue Diamond’s turns 50

Blue Diamond's is 50 years old. Keralites who love music would have heard about Alappuzha's own orchestra group at least once.

It had its beginning in 1970. In 1973, under the leadership of B. Bindu Madhav, the band got its name ‘Bhima’s Blue Diamond’s’. The orchestra was officially inaugurated by musicians M.K. Arjunan, R.K. Shekhar (father of music director A.R. Rahman), and Kumarakom Rajappan.

The troupe has produced some of the best talents in the Malayalam music industry. K.G. Markose was one of the lead singers in the early days of the band. The playback singers gifted by the band include Pattanakkad Purushothaman, Jency Anthony, Edava Basheer, Alleppey Suresh, Sudhir Kumar, Daleema Jojo (MLA), Cochin Ibrahim, Gigi Francis, Paramanandan (K.P. Brahmanandan's brother), and Cochin Jr. Mehboob.

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