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] He was first noticed by the music director V. Dakshinamoorthy who made him sing in the Malayalam film Navalokam in 1951.
[4] 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.
[citation needed] A partial list of songs recorded by Kozhikode Abdul Kader: Nadeem Noushad, ed.