Jerry Amaldev’s autobiography, ‘Enikkellaam Sangeethamaanu’, is about his life in music

The virtuoso’s book is a verbal album of his life as a musician par excellence and his stint in the Malayalam and Hindi film music industry

Does Jerry Amaldev, composer, conductor and award-winning music director, really need an introduction? Yes, because most of us know little about him, his music. Enikkellaam Sangeethamaanu, his autobiography, is an authoritative, comprehensive, honest narrative, studded with rare nuggets of information, which records his life and times.

Jerry has always been someone who is not obsessed about what peers or others think of him. He is what he is, never afraid to speak his mind, state his opinions even when his beliefs often go against the majority. Jerry’s willingness to stand out against the herd mentality makes him unique. His life story is not just a chronological recount of his life. It deeply explores various strands of music in Indian cinema, Christian music, his own film and non-film compositions, his firm beliefs, his relations and interactions with numerous luminaries, not just from the world of music.