 He has recorded over 170 songs in 68 movies in various South Indian languages.Kamukara Purushothaman, popularly known as "Kamukara" (the name of his ancestral house), was born on 4 December 1930 in Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari district of present day Tamil Nadu.He was the son of Parameswara Kurup and Lekshmikkutty Amma.