In his career, MK Arjunan set scores for over 200 songs in nearly 600 movies. He also received the Indian Kerala State Award for his song in Jayaraj-directed movie Bhayanakam in 2017.

It was Arjunan Master, who gave AR Rahman, too, his first break in films. At the age of 11, when ARR was AS Dileep Kumar, he gave the little boy a chance to play the keyboard in a film.

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Legendary musician AR Rahman on Monday expressed sorrow over the demise of veteran music composer MK Arjunan.