Birth name = Alphons Joseph Origin = Thrissur, Kerala Genres = Film score Occupations= composer, music director, singer, instrumentalist Instruments = Guitar Years active = 2001–present Alphons was born in Kaachery near Nadathara, Thrissur, Kerala, India to a musically affluent Christian family. His mother was Thankamma and father was Koladi Joseph, a tablist and a singer but by profession, a KSEB sub-engineer. Alphons was the second among their 7 children.