Shyam
| Original Name | Samuel Joseph |
| Born | 19th March, 1937 |
| Career | Music (714 songs from 204 Movies), Background Music (37), Singing (2 songs from 2 Movies), Cast (1) |
| First Movie | Orikkalkkoodi (1981) |
Nobody has as profound an impact on changing the direction of Malayalam music like Shyam. A Tamilian by birth, Shyam worked as an assitant to MSV, Devarajan and Salil Chowdhary before making it big in Malayalam with a new genre of music that had his signature on it.
Reference
Mystic Swara
Articles by Ravi Menon
The Hindu
Prepared by: Dr. Susie Pazhavarical
Statistics
| Year | Music | Background Music | Singing | Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 55 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 60 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 1982 | 70 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 1983 | 71 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1984 | 76 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| 1985 | 83 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1986 | 71 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 1987 | 29 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 1988 | 25 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| 1989 | 11 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 10 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 1992 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2004 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2005 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |