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'''Jolly Abraham''', also known as '''Jollee Abraham''', is an Indian [[gospel singer]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/profilesmusic/jolleeabraham.asp|title = Jollee Abraham - Profile &#124; Lakshman Sruthi - 100% Manual Orchestra &#124;}}</ref> and film singer in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=584|title = Jolly Abraham}}</ref> He sang more than 100 Malayalam movie songs during the 1970s and 1980s. His debut song was  for ''Chattambikalyani'' in 1973. He was born in Kumbalam, [[Eranakulam]], and is a graduate in BSc Botany from Sacred Heart College Thevara, [[Cochin]]. He has also sung a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movie songs. Married with two children, he lives in  [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=singers&artist=Jolly%20Abraham|title=Profile of Malayalam Singer Jolly%20Abraham}}</ref>
'''Jolly Abraham''', also known as '''Jollee Abraham''', is an Indian [[gospel singer]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/profilesmusic/jolleeabraham.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527013949/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/profilesmusic/jolleeabraham.asp|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 May 2011|title = Jollee Abraham - Profile &#124; Lakshman Sruthi - 100% Manual Orchestra &#124;}}</ref> and film singer in [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=584|title = Jolly Abraham}}</ref>  
 
== Career and Personal Life ==
Abraham sang more than 100 Malayalam movie songs during the 1970s and 1980s. His debut song was  for ''Chattambikalyani'' in 1973. He was born in [[Kumbalam, Ernakulam|Kumbalam]], [[Eranakulam]], and is a graduate in BSc Botany from Sacred Heart College [[Thevara]], [[Kochi]]. He has also sung a few [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Kannada]] movie songs. Married with two children, he lives in  [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=singers&artist=Jolly%20Abraham|title=Profile of Malayalam Singer Jolly%20Abraham}}</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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* Swapna Bhoovil Vellikkudakkeezhe ... "[[Daaliya Pookkal]]" (1980)
* Swapna Bhoovil Vellikkudakkeezhe ... "[[Daaliya Pookkal]]" (1980)
*Singing Christian songs from 1995
*Singing Christian songs from 1995
*'''Oru Chinna manikkuyilu''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Katta Panchayathu]]'' (1996)
* Adada Angu from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Mayabazaar 1995]]'' (1995)
*'''Nadigai Paarkum Naatagam''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral]]'' (1978)
*Oru Chinna manikkuyilu from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Katta Panchayathu]]'' (1996)
*'''Onnonnanam Kunnathu''' from the Malayalam Movie ... ''[[Chanchattam (1991 film)|Chanchattam]]'' (1991)
*Nadigai Paarkum Naatagam from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral]]'' (1978)
*'''Manjhinte''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Nirvrithi]]'' (2003)
*Onnonnanam Kunnathu from the Malayalam Movie ... ''[[Chanchattam (1991 film)|Chanchattam]]'' (1991)
*'''Varika nee vasanthame''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Pambaram]]'' (1979)
*Manjhinte from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Nirvrithi]]'' (2003)
*'''Annushasukal''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Aadipaapam]]'' (1989)
*Varika nee vasanthame from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Pambaram]]'' (1979)
*'''Doore Neelavaanam''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Oormakale Vida Tharu]]'' (1980)
*Annushasukal from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Aadipaapam]]'' (1989)
*'''Indulekha Maranju''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Avivahitharude Swargam]]'' (1979)
*Doore Neelavaanam from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Oormakale Vida Tharu]]'' (1980)
*'''Annushasukal''' from the Malayalam movie ... '' [[Aadipaapam]]'' (1979)
*Indulekha Maranju from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Avivahitharude Swargam]]'' (1979)
*'''Nazhikakal Than''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Seetha (1980 film)|Seetha]]''
*Annushasukal from the Malayalam movie ... '' [[Aadipaapam]]'' (1979)
*'''Varika nee vasanthame''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Pambaram]]''
*Nazhikakal Than from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Seetha (1980 film)|Seetha]]''
*'''Shantha Rathri Thiru rathri''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Thuramukham]]'' (1979)
*Varika nee vasanthame from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Pambaram]]''
*'''Viswamohini''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Madhurikkunna Raathri]]'' (1978)
*Shantha Rathri Thiru rathri from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Thuramukham]]'' (1979)
*'''Anthikkadappurathoru''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Chamayam (1993 film)|Chamayam]]''
*Viswamohini from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Madhurikkunna Raathri]]'' (1978)
*'''Dheemtha Thakka''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Guruvayur Kesavan (film)|Guruvayur Kesavan]]''
*Anthikkadappurathoru from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Chamayam (1993 film)|Chamayam]]''
*'''AMBALAPPUZHA PAALPPAAYASAM''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Parivarthanam]]'' (1977)
*Dheemtha Thakka from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Guruvayur Kesavan (film)|Guruvayur Kesavan]]''
*'''Maanishaada''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Arangum Aniyarayum]]'' (1980)
*AMBALAPPUZHA PAALPPAAYASAM from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Parivarthanam]]'' (1977)
*'''Yaa Habbi''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Manithali]]'' (1984)
*Maanishaada from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Arangum Aniyarayum]]'' (1980)
*'''Innathe Pulariyil''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Agni Vyooham]]'' (1979)
*Yaa Habbi from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Manithali]]'' (1984)
*'''Kwaja Sheikhin Maqbaraa''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Maniyara]]'' (1983)
*Innathe Pulariyil from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Agni Vyooham]]'' (1979)
*'''Allah Allah''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Indradhanussu]]'' (1979)
*Kwaja Sheikhin Maqbaraa from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Maniyara]]'' (1983)
*'''Innuma polladha vetkam''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Thiruppangal]]'' (1981)
*Allah Allah from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Indradhanussu]]'' (1979)
*'''Mangai Endral Vanam Kooda Irangum''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Iraivan Kodutha Varam]]'' (1978)
*Innuma polladha vetkam from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Thiruppangal]]'' (1981)
*'''Vala kilukkam Kelkkanallo''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Sphodanam]]'' (1981)
*Mangai Endral Vanam Kooda Irangum from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Iraivan Kodutha Varam]]'' (1978)
*'''Ponnurukki Poomalayil''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penn Simham]]'' (1986)
*Vala kilukkam Kelkkanallo from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Sphodanam]]'' (1981)
*'''Aakaasha Swapnamo''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penn Simham]]'' (1986)
*Ponnurukki Poomalayil from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penn Simham]]'' (1986)
*'''Bhagavadhgeethayum''' from the Malayalam ... ''[[Omanakkunju]]'' (1975)
*Aakaasha Swapnamo from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penn Simham]]'' (1986)
*'''Aalinganathin''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Iniyathra]]'' (1979)
*Bhagavadhgeethayum from the Malayalam ... ''[[Omanakkunju]]'' (1975)
*'''Kaliyugamoru''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Sathrusamhaaram]]'' (1978)
*Aalinganathin from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Iniyathra]]'' (1979)
*'''Makarasankramaraathriyil''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*Kaliyugamoru from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Sathrusamhaaram]]'' (1978)
*'''Kaaveri Nadikkarayil Valarnna Kanyakayo''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*Makarasankramaraathriyil from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*'''Makarasankramaraathriyil''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*Kaaveri Nadikkarayil Valarnna Kanyakayo from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*'''Aalolalochanakal''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Vellayani Paramu]]'' (1979)
*Makarasankramaraathriyil from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Kaumarapraayam]]'' (1979)
*'''Enne Njan marannu''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Naayattu]]'' (1980)
*Aalolalochanakal from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Vellayani Paramu]]'' (1979)
*'''Gomedakam''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Himam]]'' (1983)
*Reena Meena - Manmathan Ratchikanum from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Oru Thalai Ragam]]'' (1980)
*'''Vilambuvaan Thulumbumee''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Himam]]'' (1983)
*Enne Njan marannu from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Naayattu]]'' (1980)
*'''Ezhu Swarangal''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Samudram (film)|Samudram]]'' (1977)
*Gomedakam from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Himam]]'' (1983)
*'''Sahyaachalathile''' from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penpuli]]'' (1977)
*Vilambuvaan Thulumbumee from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Himam]]'' (1983)
*'''Malai Raani Mundhaanai''' from the Tamil movie ...''[[Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi]]'' (1979)
*Ezhu Swarangal from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Samudram (film)|Samudram]]'' (1977)
*'''Gangai karaiyil''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Geetha Oru Shenbagapoo]]'' (1980)
*Sahyaachalathile from the Malayalam movie ... ''[[Penpuli]]'' (1977)
*'''Oduvathu Azhagu Ratham Theduvathu Puthiya Mugam''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Deiveega Raagangal]]'' (1980)
*Malai Raani Mundhaanai from the Tamil movie ...''[[Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi]]'' (1979)
*'''Thangaali Bees''' from the Kannada movie ...''[[onde raktha]]'' (1984)
*Gangai karaiyil from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Geetha Oru Shenbagapoo]]'' (1980)
*'''Odum Thira Onnam Thira''' from the Malayalam movie ...''[[Aakkramanam]]'' (1981)
*Oduvathu Azhagu Ratham Theduvathu Puthiya Mugam from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Deiveega Raagangal]]'' (1980)
*'''Manmadan''' from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Oru Thalai Ragam]]'' (1980)
*Thangaali Bees from the Kannada movie ...''[[onde raktha]]'' (1984)
*'''Adiyenai paaramma pidivaatham yenamma vanakkathirkuria kaathaliye''' from Tamil movie ''[[Vanakkathirkuria Kaathaliye]]''
*Odum Thira Onnam Thira from the Malayalam movie ...''[[Aakkramanam]]'' (1981)
*Manmadan from the Tamil movie ... ''[[Oru Thalai Ragam]]'' (1980)
*Adiyenai paaramma pidivaatham yenamma vanakkathirkuria kaathaliye from Tamil movie ''[[Vanakkathirkuria Kaathaliye]]''
*Oru Chinna Manikkuyilu Sindhu Padikkuthadi from Tamil movie ''[[Katta Panchaayathu]]''


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==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170910111447/http://jolleeabraham.com/ Website Jolly Abraham]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170910111447/http://jolleeabraham.com/ Website Jolly Abraham]
 
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Jolly Abraham
Jolly Abraham in 2009
Jolly Abraham in 2009
Background information
BornKochi, Kerala, India
GenresPlayback singing, Carnatic music
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1973–1996
LabelsAudiotracs
Websitehttp://jolleeabraham.com/

Jolly Abraham, also known as Jollee Abraham, is an Indian gospel singer[1] and film singer in Malayalam cinema.[2]

Career and Personal Life[edit | edit source]

Abraham sang more than 100 Malayalam movie songs during the 1970s and 1980s. His debut song was for Chattambikalyani in 1973. He was born in Kumbalam, Eranakulam, and is a graduate in BSc Botany from Sacred Heart College Thevara, Kochi. He has also sung a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movie songs. Married with two children, he lives in Chennai.[3]

Partial filmography[edit | edit source]

As an actor[edit | edit source]

As a singer[edit | edit source]

  • Kaattinkaravaal ... 'Kunjikkaikal (1974)
  • Ushassinte Radhathil ... Kunjikkaikal (1974)
  • Pandoru Mukkuvan ... Kunjikkaikal (1974)
  • Jayikkaanaay Janichavan ... Chattambikkalyaani (1975)
  • Bhagavadgeethayum Sathyageetham ... Omanakkunju (1975)
  • Rajanigandhi ... Panchami (1976)
  • Maanam Potti Veenu ... Paarijaatham (1976)
  • Govinda naama Sankeerthanam ... Thuruppugulan
  • Sahyaachalathile ... Penpuli (1977)
  • Maamalayile Poomaram ... Aparaadhi (1977)
  • Kaapaalikare ... Rathimanmadhan (1977)
  • Eenam Paadithalarnnallo ... Sneham (1977)
  • Enikkippol Paadanam ... Madhuraswapnam (1977)
  • Pidichaal Pulinkombil ... Madhuraswapnam (1977)
  • Ankavaalillatha ... Pattalaam Jaanaki (1977)
  • Ambalappuzha Paalppaayasam ... Parivarthanam (1977)
  • Swapna Bhoovil Vellikkudakkeezhe ... "Daaliya Pookkal" (1980)
  • Singing Christian songs from 1995
  • Adada Angu from the Tamil movie ... Mayabazaar 1995 (1995)
  • Oru Chinna manikkuyilu from the Tamil movie ... Katta Panchayathu (1996)
  • Nadigai Paarkum Naatagam from the Tamil movie ... Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral (1978)
  • Onnonnanam Kunnathu from the Malayalam Movie ... Chanchattam (1991)
  • Manjhinte from the Malayalam movie ... Nirvrithi (2003)
  • Varika nee vasanthame from the Malayalam movie ... Pambaram (1979)
  • Annushasukal from the Malayalam movie ... Aadipaapam (1989)
  • Doore Neelavaanam from the Malayalam movie ... Oormakale Vida Tharu (1980)
  • Indulekha Maranju from the Malayalam movie ... Avivahitharude Swargam (1979)
  • Annushasukal from the Malayalam movie ... Aadipaapam (1979)
  • Nazhikakal Than from the Malayalam movie ... Seetha
  • Varika nee vasanthame from the Malayalam movie ... Pambaram
  • Shantha Rathri Thiru rathri from the Malayalam movie ... Thuramukham (1979)
  • Viswamohini from the Malayalam movie ... Madhurikkunna Raathri (1978)
  • Anthikkadappurathoru from the Malayalam movie ... Chamayam
  • Dheemtha Thakka from the Malayalam movie ... Guruvayur Kesavan
  • AMBALAPPUZHA PAALPPAAYASAM from the Malayalam movie ... Parivarthanam (1977)
  • Maanishaada from the Malayalam movie ... Arangum Aniyarayum (1980)
  • Yaa Habbi from the Malayalam movie ... Manithali (1984)
  • Innathe Pulariyil from the Malayalam movie ... Agni Vyooham (1979)
  • Kwaja Sheikhin Maqbaraa from the Malayalam movie ... Maniyara (1983)
  • Allah Allah from the Malayalam movie ... Indradhanussu (1979)
  • Innuma polladha vetkam from the Tamil movie ... Thiruppangal (1981)
  • Mangai Endral Vanam Kooda Irangum from the Tamil movie ... Iraivan Kodutha Varam (1978)
  • Vala kilukkam Kelkkanallo from the Malayalam movie ... Sphodanam (1981)
  • Ponnurukki Poomalayil from the Malayalam movie ... Penn Simham (1986)
  • Aakaasha Swapnamo from the Malayalam movie ... Penn Simham (1986)
  • Bhagavadhgeethayum from the Malayalam ... Omanakkunju (1975)
  • Aalinganathin from the Malayalam movie ... Iniyathra (1979)
  • Kaliyugamoru from the Malayalam movie ... Sathrusamhaaram (1978)
  • Makarasankramaraathriyil from the Malayalam movie ... Kaumarapraayam (1979)
  • Kaaveri Nadikkarayil Valarnna Kanyakayo from the Malayalam movie ... Kaumarapraayam (1979)
  • Makarasankramaraathriyil from the Malayalam movie ... Kaumarapraayam (1979)
  • Aalolalochanakal from the Malayalam movie ... Vellayani Paramu (1979)
  • Reena Meena - Manmathan Ratchikanum from the Tamil movie ... Oru Thalai Ragam (1980)
  • Enne Njan marannu from the Malayalam movie ... Naayattu (1980)
  • Gomedakam from the Malayalam movie ... Himam (1983)
  • Vilambuvaan Thulumbumee from the Malayalam movie ... Himam (1983)
  • Ezhu Swarangal from the Malayalam movie ... Samudram (1977)
  • Sahyaachalathile from the Malayalam movie ... Penpuli (1977)
  • Malai Raani Mundhaanai from the Tamil movie ...Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi (1979)
  • Gangai karaiyil from the Tamil movie ... Geetha Oru Shenbagapoo (1980)
  • Oduvathu Azhagu Ratham Theduvathu Puthiya Mugam from the Tamil movie ... Deiveega Raagangal (1980)
  • Thangaali Bees from the Kannada movie ...onde raktha (1984)
  • Odum Thira Onnam Thira from the Malayalam movie ...Aakkramanam (1981)
  • Manmadan from the Tamil movie ... Oru Thalai Ragam (1980)
  • Adiyenai paaramma pidivaatham yenamma vanakkathirkuria kaathaliye from Tamil movie Vanakkathirkuria Kaathaliye
  • Oru Chinna Manikkuyilu Sindhu Padikkuthadi from Tamil movie Katta Panchaayathu

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Jollee Abraham - Profile | Lakshman Sruthi - 100% Manual Orchestra |". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
  2. "Jolly Abraham".
  3. "Profile of Malayalam Singer Jolly%20Abraham".

External links[edit | edit source]