Jayachandran bagged him a Kerala State Film Award for Best Playback Singer and gave him a firm footing in the Malayalam film music industry. His powerful and poignant rendition of the song composed by M.
Madhu skyrocketed to fame in 2002 with the Malayalam song “ Amme Amme” from the film “Vaalkannadi”. He was soon spotted and signed on by musical heavyweights such as the late Raveendran Master and M. Subsequently, Madhu began gaining attention when he sang for films such as “ Umayapuram Sultan”. His first song, “Paathiraa pooveh”, went into oblivion as the film “Sisiram” was not released. Upon graduation from the Academy, Madhu recorded some devotional numbers in Malayalam and then landed offers to sing for Malayalam films around 1999. Chitra titled "Ullathai thirandhu", from the film “Ulavuthurai”. The debut song that Madhu recorded for Shaan was a duet with K. Gopalakrishnan, who put in a plug for his pupil when approached by Shaan for recommendations on a new voice. It was the academy's founder-director, T. Madhu was then undergoing a four-year training course at the Academy of Indian Music and Arts in Chennai. Madhu's foray into playback singing began with an unexpected offer in 1995 from a Tamil composer, Shaan, who was scouting around for a new voice. He performed in Italy in 2004 with the symphonic orchestra of Illaiyaraja, who also utilised Madhu in his celebrated “Thiruvasagam” classical crossover album. Madhu's fame has spread well beyond Indian shores: he has performed frequently in the Gulf region as well as in Singapore, Malaysia, Europe and Australia. He also appears on Malayalam and Tamil television as a performer or judge of talent competitions. Madhu performs regularly at the Swaralaya Dance and Music Festival held in Palakkad and the Chembai Sangeethootsavam in Guruvayur. The devout Hindu has also recorded countless devotional songs and appeared in several devotional music videos. Nearly 20 years into his career as a playback singer, Madhu has more than 400 film songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu under his belt.
Acknowledging his foothold in the Malayalam film music industry, the Swaralaya-Eenam cultural organisation conferred on him the “Best Young Singer of the Decade” award in 2010. A winner of Kerala and Tamilnadu State awards for Best Playback Singer as well as Tamilnadu’s prestigious “Kalaimamani” title, Madhu Balakrishnan is today widely acclaimed as one of South India’s leading playback singers.
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