Sankaran Namboodiri (aka Pranavam Sankaran Namboodiri) is a Carnatic classical music vocalist from Kerala. Renowned as a child prodigy, he started learning music at the age of ten under the tutelage of Sri C. S. Narayanan Namboothiri. He went on to pursue his training under the able guidance of stalwarts like Sri T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Prof. Mavelikkara R. Prabhakara Varma, and Palakkad K.V. Narayana Swamy. Sri Sankaran Namboodiri began performing at the age of eleven and by the time he was thirteen, he had already taken the famous musical sabhas by storm. His inaugural concert at the Music Academy was packed. When he was eleven years old, he gave a concert for the then Indian president Mr. Zail Singh.

Sri Namboodiri has not only performed in all the major centers in India but has also given concerts outside in US, France, Germany, UK, Switzerland and Holland. Sri Sankaran Namboodiri lives in Kochi and is also a well-known playback singer in Malayalam cinema

Malayalam cinema

The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

. Many Ganasabhas in Chennai as well as Kerala have honored him.

Within the solid span of 23 years, he has received many honors and titles. They include Yuva Kala Bharathi by Bharat Kalachar (Chennai), Ganamrutha Surabhi by Sree Vidya Peetam (Kallidaikurichi, Thirunevlveli). He has to his credit several Cassettes and CDs released by HMV, Sangeetha, AVM, etc.

Film songs

Year	Song	Film	Music Director
2006	Kathakali Patham	Vadakkumnathan	Raveendran Raveendran M. Raveendran , fondly called as "Raveendran Master" was a popular South Indian music composer and Playback singer from Kerala. He was always referred to as the aristocratic music director of Malayalam who had a distinctive style of his own. He composed more than 150 films primarily for the...
2006	Chakani Raja	Madhuchandralekha Madhuchandralekha Madhuchandralekha is a Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan. This film stars Jayaram, Urvashi and Mamta Mohandas in the lead.-Plot:Madhu aka Madhavan is a successful playback singer. Chandramathi is his illiterate, rustic, betel-chewing wife with a bad habit of spitting in wrong places, and they...	M Jayachandran
2007	Azhakaarnna	Kanakasimhasanam	M Jayachandran
2007	Nadodi Theyyam	Nivedyam	M Jayachandran
2007	Pal Kadalil	Romeo	Alex Paul Alex Paul Alex Paul is an Indian music director mostly active in Malayalam cinema.- Biography :Alex Paul, born in Kochi, Kerala, is the son of A.M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first Orchestra troupe in Kochi...
2008	Vidhiyil	Swarnam	Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara, is a leading malayalam film music composer in Kerala. He is very much talented in making super hit songs. He won Kerala State Award for applying music for the songs in Priyanandan's "Sufi Paranja Kadha". Since 1986 he is an active musician in malayalam film industry...

Malayalam Album Songs

• Pranayamarmaram
  Pranayamarmaram
  Pranayamarmaram is a Malayalam music album is released as an Onam gift to all Malayalis in Kerala, other parts of India, United States, Europe and other parts of the World during the last week of August 2009...
  
   - 2009.
• Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Sapthathi - 2008.
• Jai Jai Bhairavi Carnatic Krithis - 2008.