Personalities
S. M. Koya of Kozhikode, noted for his genre of Malabar Mappila Pattukal has won the appreciation of and respected by of film music directors like K. Raghavan, M. S. Baburaj, and A. T. Ummer. In 1925, Gul Mohammed, father of veteran singer K.G. Sathar, recorded his voice in gramophone, which became the first gramophone record in Malayalam. The singer and composer V. M. Kutty made significant contribution to popularise the Mappila songs. He is credited with having performed Mappila songs on stage for the first time in 1957.Other respected names who composed Mappila songs are Punnayurkulam V Bapu, O. M. Karuvarakkundu and Mohar Munir. Songs written by P.T. Abdul Rahman and sung by S.V.Peer Muhammad were compiled in a book Pīrmuhammad pāṭiya putiya Māppiḷappāṭṭukaḷ (Songs sung by Pir Muhammad).
Balakrishan Vallikkunnu is a researcher in Mappila literature and has researched various aspects of the messages conveyed in Mappila songs, including the anti-colonial sentiments in them. The other prominent personalities associated with this genre of music include:
- Singers
- Vilayil Faseela
- Peer Muhammed
- Eranholi Moosa
- V. T. Murali
- Ramla Beegum & Aysha Beegum
- Azeez Thayineri
- H. Mehaboob
- A.V.Mohamed
- M. P. Ummerkutty
- Nasnin (Baby Nasnin)
- Poets
- Nalakath Kassim
- Bappu Vellipparamba
- K. T. Moideen
- Pakkar Pannoor
- Musicians
- Chand Pasha
- K. V. Abootty
- A. T. Ummer
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