B. Rajendraprasad (18 March 1961 – 4 January 2023), professionally credited as Beeyar Prasad, was an Indian lyricist, poet, and playwright in

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language. He made his cinema debut in the

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through the 2003 film ''

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'' composed by Vidyasagar.

Early life

Prasad was born in the village of

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, India. He completed

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in Malayalam literature. In his younger days, he has written, directed and acted in theatre plays. He has authored over 40 plays, including eight professional dramas. His play ''Shadkala Govindamarar'' won award at the Thiruvananthapuram Drama Competition. Prasad has written many librettos for

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Career

In 1993, Beeyar scripted the children's film ''Johny'', which won the

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. In 2001, Prasad had played a role, Narayanan in the film '' Theerthadanam'' starring

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda ...

and

Suhasini Maniratnam Suhasini Maniratnam (; born 15 August 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Early life Suhasini's paternal cousins Anu Hasan, Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan have also since become acto ...

. He made his debut in the Malayalam cinema music industry through 2003 film ''

'' directed by

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and composed by Vidyasagar.

Personal life

He was married to Vidhu Prasad and they have two children. Prasad died from complications from a massive

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at a private hospital in

Changanassery Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 ...

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, on 4 January 2023, at age 61.Lyricist, poet Beeyar Prasad passes away
/ref> His dead body was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his home two days later.

Discography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasad, B. R. 1961 births 2023 deaths Malayalam-language lyricists Malayalam-language writers Writers from Alappuzha district