
Kalaimamani Honour by Tamil Nadu Government

Soon he had graduated from singing tracks for prominent singers and was becoming a singer sought after by many music directors. His interest in music led him to visit these studios regularly and formed acquaintances with many prominent artists like the singer K. Many of the prominent recording studios of South India were located in Chennai. Unni Menon moved to Chennai (then Madras) where he had a job in the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi. Paanchajanyam an Hindu devotional audio album on Lord Guruvayurappan brought him a lot of fame in the Malayalam audio world.

During that period, he has given some hit private albums such as Raagageethi and Raaga Lahari, with his contemporary playback singer, Ashalatha. After Shyam's decline from the film music field, Unni's career in Malayalam film musicdom also went into shades. Shyam has given him a good number of popular songs like "Maanathe Hoori Pole" ( Ee Naadu), "Valakilukkam Oru Valakilukkam" ( Munnettam), "Kaayampoo Korthu Tharum" ( Aarorumariyaathe) and "Thozhuthu Madangum Sandhyayumetho" ( Aksharangal). And after the huge success of the Kadathu songs ("Olangal Thaalam Thullumbol", "Punnaare Poonthinkale", etc.), Unni became a regular singer for the hit music director, Shyam. He was a track singer and after listening to his tracks for the film, Kadathu, KJ Yesudas asked to the music director, Shyam, to make it straight. His maiden song "Amudhum Thenum" was never released, but with "Pon maane kobam eno" he became a noted singer in 1984. Chidambaranath, a music director, and Unni's musical career was launched in 1981–82. Kunjunni, a violinist for music director Ilaiyaraaja introduced him to B.


Unni Menon is basically a Malayalam film playback singer. Unni Menon exhibited great talent and enthusiasm for music in childhood, winning many prizes in competitions throughout his schooling and college life. Later, he attended the Government Victoria College, Palakkad, from where he graduated with a degree in Physics. He did his schooling at Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. Menon, an officer in Tamil Nadu police and a native of Valanchery in Malappuram district and Malathy. Unni Menon was born in Guruvayoor, the temple town in the Thrissur district of Kerala.
