AWARDS

Jayachandran got his first state award in 1972 for the song Suprabhatham in "Panitheeratha Veedu" composed by M.S. Vishwanathan. Devour in Jayandran's Suprabhatham In 1978 he got another state award for the song Ragam Sreeragam in Bandhanam composed by M.B. Srinivasan. He was the recipient of the national award in the year 1985 for Sivasankara Sarva Saranya Vibho in Sree Narayana Guru composed by G. Devarajan. In 1994 he received the Tamil Nadu State Government Award for the song Kathazham Kattuvazhi in "Kizhakku Cheemayile" composed by A.R. Rahman. In recognition of his services to the Tamil music world, he was honoured with "Kalaimamani" award by the Tamil Nadu Government. In 1998 he got the state award, Asianet Award and Gulf Award for the song "Prayam Nammil" in film Niram composed by Vidhyasagar.

In the year 2001, he was selected as the most valuable singer in Malayalam Films by Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award. The award committee has decided to given this award to a singer or a lyricist who has been contributed the most to the Malayalam film music industry. By getting this award, Jayachandran has proved that he is a class singer who has contributed his best to the music world.

ABOUT AWARDS
Jayachandran considers awards as a recognition for performance. He always considered it a challenge to get awards as it reflects ones talent. Getting awards definitely encourages to do better and better. Awards give a strong support to a singer which contributes greatly to the quality singing of a singer. A singer after getting awards will know how his voice is preferred by the public and of how it should be improved and presented to them. Jayachandran then stresses on the point that awards should not be regarded as a yardstick to measure the capacity and capability of an artist.It cannot and should not be taken as the final recognition. An artist should always remember that an award is only a step towards perfection.