Renowned Malayalam music composer and singer MG Radhakrishnan, elder brother of noted singer MG Sreekumar and Dr. Omanakutty, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday noon. He was 70. MG Radhakrishnan was the winner of best music director award in 2001 and 2005. He was ailing for some time with liver-related diseases.
M. G. Radhakrishnan was a senior music director in the South Indian film and music industries. He was born on 8 August 1937 at Haripad, in Alapuzha District, Kerala. He is a disciple of Sree Vidyadhiraja Hridayanjali, an Indian ascetic, and has composed music for ascetic's lyrics, which was sung by his younger sister Dr. K Omanakutty, a Carnatic vocalist. In his official capacity, Mr.Radhakrishnan worked as a staff and become the senior music composer(grade 1) in Akashvani, Trivandrum. In 1962,he joined All India Radio.

He has also composed the poems of Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya), a famous Indian writer. Radhakrishnan introduced K. S. Chithra, a singer and a student of Omanakutty, to the film and music industry by employing her in the film Attahaasam. His brother M. G. Sreekumar is an Indian playback singer in Malayalam and Tamil cinema.

He bagged Kerala State Film Award for best music director for the film Achaneyanenikkishtam in 2001 and Ananthabhadram in 2005.