John Mattupurathu Raju is an Indian film singer and music composer in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s.
[2] Raju was born on 1 January 1944 in Ernakulam, Kerala, as the son of the late John Mattupurathu and the late Mary John.
He is married to Latha Raju, a Malayalam playback singer, who is the daughter of famous singers Santha P. Nair and K. Padmanabhan Nair.
[3][4] The couple have two children, Aalap Raju and Anupama.
[6][7] In 2015 Raju won the Kalashree Award from the Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy.