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'''Kozhikode Abdul Kader''' (Malayalam: കോഴിക്കോട് അബ്ദുൾ കാദർ) (born Lesli Andrews) was an [[India]]n playback singer who was active in [[Malayalam cinema]] during the 1950s.<ref name=MB1>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/web_special/470362/|title=കോഴിക്കോട് അബ്ദുല്ഖാദറിന്റെ ശബ്ദത്തിന് തൊണ്ണൂറ്റൊമ്പത് വയസ്സാകുമ്പോള്.........|author=A. V. Fardis|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date=19 July 2014|accessdate=18 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722123121/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/web_special/470362/|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had sung for eight films and many dramas. One of his most popular songs is "Engane Nee Marakkum Kuyile" from the 1954 film ''[[Neelakuyil]]''.<ref name=Hindu1>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/01/stories/2008110150781100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629052729/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/01/stories/2008110150781100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Neelakuyil 1954|author=B. Vijayakumar|date=1 November 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born to J. S. Andrews and Manini on 19 July 1915 as Lesli Andrews. His mother died when he was very young. He converted to [[Islam]] and rechristened as Abdul Kader when he landed up in [[Burma]]. He was disowned by his father when he returned and was supported by a policeman named Kunjumuhammed who also fostered [[M. S. Baburaj]] who would later become a famed music composer.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<br />
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He was first noticed by the music director [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] who made him sing in the Malayalam film ''[[Navalokam]]'' in 1951.<ref name=Hindu2>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/navalokam-1951/article1417249.ece|title=Navalokam 1951|author=B. Vijayakumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 May 2008|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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Kader became a popular singer with the song "Engane Nee Marakkum Kuyile" from ''[[Neelakuyil]]'' (1954).<ref name=Hindu1/> Kader was fondly referred to as ''Malabar Saigal''.<ref name=Hindu3>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/kerala-saigal-gets-a-memorial-at-last/article4413843.ece|title='Kerala Saigal' gets a memorial at last|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 February 2013|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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He married Achumma and has six children with her: Najmal Babu (Who was also a popular singer), Surayya, Moli, Zeenath, Naseema and Nasar. He met actress [[Santha Devi]] in 1948 and started to live with her and they had a son named Satyajith, who was also a singer by profession. Abdul Kader died on 13 February 1977.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} <br />
In 2008 Nadeem Noushad, a documentary film maker, has made a documentary film on Kozhikode Abdul Kadar titled ''Desh Raagathil Oru Jeevitham''.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<br />
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==List of songs==<br />
A partial list of songs recorded by Kozhikode Abdul Kader:<br />
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* ''[[Navalokam]]'' (1951) – "Thangakinakkal", "Parithaapamithe haa Jeevithame"<br />
* ''[[Thiramala]]'' (1953) – "Hey Kaliyodame"<br />
* ''[[Neelakuyil]]'' (1954) – "Engane Nee Marakkum Kuyile"<br />
* ''Manikya Kottaram'' (1966) – "Nakshathrapunnukalaayiram"<br />
* ''Minnaaminung'' – "Ithranaal Ithranaal", "Nee Enthariyunnu Neela Tharagamey", "Enthinu Kavilil Baashpadhaaraa"<br />
* ''Nammalonnu'' (A play by [[Cherukad]]) – "Pachcha Panamthathe"<br />
* ''Achan'' (1952) – "Dhaivame Karunaa Saagarame"<br />
* "Paadanorthoru Madhura Geetham"<br />
* "Nammude Janaadhipathya Keralam Vannale Pinne Njangal Nadakkum Aanungale Pole"<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Cite journal<br />
|url=http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/3137<br />
|title=പാടിമറഞ്ഞൊരു മധുരിതഗാനം (Interview with Kader's daughter Suraiyya)<br />
|language=Malayalam<br />
|journal=[[Madhyamam Weekly]]<br />
|author=P. Sakeer Hussain<br />
|access-date=12 April 2015<br />
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150412065343/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/3137<br />
|archive-date=12 April 2015<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}<br />
* {{Cite news |url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/544977/Weekend/19-July-2015#page/4/1<br />
|title=എങ്ങനെ നാം മറക്കും<br />
|language= Malayalam<br />
|newspaper= [[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Weekend]]<br />
|author = Nadeem Noushad}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
{{Cite book |url=<br />
|title=Padanorthoru Maduritha Gaanam<br />
|language= Malayalam<br />
|publisher= Olive Publications<br />
|location= [[Kozhikode, India]]<br />
|editor = Nadeem Noushad<br />
|year=2010}}<br />
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