M A Krishnadas was the first person to make edaykkya this simple to public and the first to introduce the instrument in the western field of music at a time when it was considered a taboo.
[2] In January 2011, the Govt of Kerala conferred him with the highest accolade for an instrument artist at the state level "Pallavur Appu Marar Award", for the excellence in the field of development of Edaykka and Chenda.
His most notable rendition is in the 1993 Malayalam super hit Devasuram where in Oduvil Unnikrishnan plays the instrument and sing a song to the ailing hero.
[4] [5] Some of the notable films in which Krishnadas rendered his Scores of edaykkya: Ashtapathi Devasuram Mayamayooram Kalyana Raman Vasanthiyum Laksmiyum Pinne Njanum More recently in Urumi.... Krishnadas is a highly gifted artist, and perhaps the only artist who can play edaykkya with any genre of music, Carnatic classical, Hindustani, Pop, western, Jazz.
[6] Krishnadas is believed to be the major pioneer inspiring the introduction and usage of edaykka with any genre of music, Carnatic classical, Hindustani, Pop, western, Jazz.