K K Aroor

Born : 1883. He acted and sang in the film “Balan” which was produced in 1938 by TR Sundaram – owner of Modern theatre.

First song – “Bhaarathathn ponvilakkaam”. Once he became active in cultural field, he changed his original name of K.Kuttan Pillai as “KK Aroor”. Later he acted and sang for various films. Though he was involved in theatre, he later became active in “kathaa prasangam”.
      

He used to borrow tunes from the Hindi songs and composed music with help of the harmonist Ibrahim. He is regarded as the first artist who performed as both singer and composer.