Biography:

Thoppil Anto (6 June 1940 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian theater, and playback singer, stage performer and music composer. He was prominent during the 1970s in Malayalam movies.^[2] He sang in Father Damien in (1963)music by M. S. Baburaj, Anubhavangale Nandi in (1976)music by G. Devarajan, Sneham Oru Pravaham in (1979)music by KJ. Joy, Veenapoovu in (1982)music by Vidhyadharan and “HoneyB2” in (2017)music by Deepak Dev. He served as a light music artist with the All-India Radio Thrissur in the 1960s.^[3]

Early life

Anto was born as the second child among three children to Thoppil Kunjappu (Chavittu natakam artist) and Eliyamma at Edapally, Kochi. He had his primary education at St. George High School, Edappally.^[4][5]

Career

Anto worked as a playback singer with N. N. Pillai‘s Nadaka Theater, Vishwa Keralakalasammithi, Kottayam, People’s Theater, Kayamkulam and Cochin Samgamithra. He has sung for more than 1000 dramas. He started a music troupe called Cochin Bandor Orchestra and performed on many stages in India and abroad.^[4]

Personal life

Anto married Treesa Pynadath with whom he had four children: Mettilda, Anty George (Prem Sagar, music composer), Glancin Thoppil Antony (Gemologist) and Marydas (M’das thoppil anto, singer and music composer). Grand sons: Sam George, Abhishek M. Thoppil, Pishon T. Glancin. Grand daughters: Sandra Sebastian, Vinaya T. Glancin, Ameesha Thoppil, Shreya George, AangelMaria^[4] He has a granddaughter, Rachel J. Amirtharaj who is a costume designer.

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