M K Sankaran Namboothiri is a Carnatic playback singer and musician. He is respected for his knowledge of Carnatic music. Sankaran Namboothiri started his career at a very young age. His concerts combine rhythmic patterns of classical music and sophisticated vocal skills with the popular demand for entertainment value. Sankaran has been invited to give concerts in many countries like Germany, USA, Britain, France, Switzerland, Holland, Kenya, Australia, Middle East, and much more. Till date, he has given over 5000 concerts worldwide His immense versatility in all the fields of music, his mesmerising voice, and unique way of rendering the compositions helped him to carve out a niche in the music era. He represents a new era in Carnatic music. Like the galaxy of giants preceding him, he has helped in the preservation of the musical heritage in his own way. He is a good playback singer and has sung for films like Vadakkumnathan, under the music direction of Sri Raveendran (2004), Suryan, Kanaka Imhasanam, Anchil Oral Arjunan, Madhu Chandralekha, Nivedyam, Romeo, Swarnam, and much more.  He could appeal to all sections of rasikas, very easily render an elaborate ragam-tanam-pallavi in uncommon talam with an amazing eduppu, and entertain his audience with popular and semi-classical songs.