Lal Jose during the music release function at Kochi

An ardent and abiding student of music, he started his lifelong journey into the world of music at the age of seven – when he started his mridangam lessons under Chepaad Krishnan Namboothiri. He exhibited his talents during his school days in Loyola, Trivandrum. His college mates at the TKM engineering college, Kollam weren’t that fortunate. He entered a hibernation mode during those four years. In 2007, while on his last year in college, he displayed signs of his future endeavours by provided music for an album of devotional songs. Damodar never really went out of touch with music at any time. He kept the rhythm going with some advertisement jingles which he composed.

Damodar is eloquence personified when asked about his album. “I was waiting for the monsoon season to release it,” he explains. He reveals with excitement that the video he produced is the first Malayalam album song to be shot with the latest  5D camera. “More than me, I want the songs to be recognised”, Damodar hopes. Themed on rain, the album has eight tracks. The lyrics penned by Poovachal Khadar, Parvathy, Adarsh and Rajesh have been rendered by Najeem Arshad, Sreenivas, Swetha Mohan, Sreedevi, R Krishna and Franco.

Damodar, who idolises Ousepachan, Vidyasagar and A R Rahman, dreams of entering the film industry. This dream might not be far ahead as he has already received an offer. Damodar explains, “A balanced blend of classical and folk is the perfect recipe for film music.” Music for him transcends above ragas and transforms even into words.

An engineer at CDAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), his family constitutes of father Narayan Swamy, mother Padmini and elder sister Dhanya.

 “Be determined and work towards your goal until it becomes a reality,” Damodar signs off with an advice to budding music directors.