East Coast Vijayan

East Coast Vijayan is an Indian film producer,director and lyricist who works in Malayalam language.[2] He can be regarded as the pioneer of non-film pop album songs in Kerala.[3] Being a poet himself, Vijayan penned down the first non-film music album in Malayalam Ninakkai, which was released in 1998.[4] The music was given by Balabhaskar and the song Ninakkay Thozhi Punarjanikkam was sung by Biju Narayanan.[5] In 1999, Vijayan came up with his second album in Ninakkai series named Aadhyamai, composed by Balabhaskar and penned by Vijayan.[6] In 2001, East Coast came up with Ormakkai.[7] The song Ormakkai Iniyoru Snehageetham from the album, composed by M. Jayachandran, penned down by Vijayan and sung by K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chithra.[8][9] In 2008 Vijayan directed and produced his first movie Novel. In 2011 Vijayan directed and produceded his second movie Mohabbath.[10] In 2012 Vijayan produced his third movie My Boss.[11]

East Coast Vijayan
Birth nameKarikkattil Vasudevan Pillai Surendran Pillai [1]
Also known asK. V. S. Pillai
OriginMalamel, Kollam, Kerala
Occupation(s)Poet, lyricist, producer, director
Websitewww.eastcoastvijayan.in

Albums
  • Ninakkai (1998)
  • Aadhyamai (1999)
  • Ormakkai (2001)
  • Campus (2002)
  • Swantham (2002)
  • Iniennum (2004)
  • Ennennum (2010)
  • Entrantrum (Tamil)[12]
  • Ennadiki (Telugu)
  • Endendhu (Kannada)
  • Sada (Hindi)

Filmography
YearFilmDirectorProducerStoryLyricist
2008Novel[13]YesYesYesYes
2011MohabbathYesYesNoNo
2012My BossNoYesNoYes
2015JilebiNoYesNoYes
2019Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal[14]YesYesNoYes
gollark: --remind 1m "queued at 17:51:whatever"
gollark: This is somehow worse.
gollark: --remind 1m "queued at 17:49:whatever"
gollark: --remind 1m "queued at 17:49:whatever"
gollark: That reminder should have fired. Troubling.

References
  1. "East Coast Vijayan | profile". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/East-Coast-Vijayan/news
  3. "Movies and Music". Mathrubhumi.
  4. "നിനക്കായി, ആദ്യമായി...; യുവത്വം സിരയിലേറ്റിയ ബാലഭാസ്‌കറിന്റെ ആല്‍ബങ്ങള്‍". Mathrubhumi.
  5. "എവിടെയായിരുന്നു ബിജു നാരായണൻ ?". ManoramaOnline.
  6. "Ninakkai [1998] | നിനക്കായ് [1998]". malayalasangeetham.info.
  7. https://www.amazon.com/Ormakkai-Iniyoru-Duet/dp/B00KUCAX3C
  8. "നമ്മളേറെ പ്രണയിച്ച അഞ്ച് ആൽബം ഗാനങ്ങൾ". ManoramaOnline.
  9. "ഈസ്റ്റ് കോസ്റ്റ് വിജയൻ ചിത്രം ചില ന്യൂജെൻ നാട്ടുവിശേഷങ്ങൾ ഓഡിയോ ലോഞ്ചിൽ നിന്നും". News18 Malayalam. 12 June 2019.
  10. https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2010/nov/12/mohabbat-202147.html
  11. thomas, elizabeth (3 June 2019). "I was at the right place at the right time, says East Coast Vijayan". Deccan Chronicle.
  12. "List of Malayalam Songs written by East Coast Vijayan". www.malayalachalachithram.com.
  13. "East Coast Vijayan | Movies". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  14. Antony, Deepa (27 July 2019). "Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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