Playback singer G Venugopal has completed 30 years in the music industry.

Venugopal started his career in the music industry by singing a Hindi song in 1984 Malayalam movie ‘Odaruthammava Aalariyam’.

Venugopal hails from a family of gifted classical musicians and started learning music at an early age. Despite having faced tough competition from his peers like Yesudas, Venugopal managed to sing in more than 280 films and has over 250 cassettes to his credit.

Some of his popular songs are “Unarum ee gaanam” in “Moonnam Pakkam”, “Thane poovitta moham” in “Sasneham”, and “Onnam Raagam Paadi” in “Thoovanathumbikal”.

A postgraduate in literature and journalism from Kerala University, he has won numerous awards, including the best playback singer (Kerala State) thrice and also the film critics award.