Who did the musical score in the 'Last Bench' and received the Kerala State Award for songs in 'Sufi Parangja Kadha'?
Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara is a Malayalam film music composer. He received the Kerala State Award for the songs in Priyanandan's "Sufi Paranja Kadha". Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film industry. His work mixes Western, Classical and folk styles. He has worked with famous lyricists and poets like O. N. V Kurup, Yusufali Kechery, Sreekumaran Thampi, Rajeev Alunkal, P K Gopi, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Rafeeq Ahmed, S. Ramesan Nair, B R Prasad, Vinayan, Bharanikkavu Sivakumar, Anil Panachooran, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Gireesh Puthenchery, and Bichu Thirumala. Many prominent singers have sung his songs, including K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha Mohan, Madhu Balakrishnan, G. Venugopal, M. G. Sreekumar, Vidhu Prathap, Afsal, Manjari, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Swarnalatha, Sheelamani, Biju Narayanan, Priya R Pai and Poornasree.
Ahwan Sebastian Ahwan Sebastian was a playwright, director, music director and actor in Malayalam. Within a career of more than five decades, he has directed six stage plays, and has given music to more than twenty plays and two films ("Love Marriage" and "Karutha Pennu"). He has also scripted and directed a film "Kalopasana" (1981). He is best known as the writer and director of the stage play "Devasutram" which ran in Kerala theatres for many years. Other notable scripts include "Upasana", "Brahmasuran", "Chooshakamanthram" and "Anaswaramanthram". His last play, "Kabandhangal", was released in 1984. He established his own professional drama group called "Musical Theatres" in 1958. He died on 2 March 2011 at the age of 77.