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Bhaskaran Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian
lyricist A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income derives ...
and
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. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in
Malayalam film Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...
songs. In Malayalam cinema, Bichu Thirumala led the group of lyricists who wrote songs for readymade tunes. He won the
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for the best lyricist two times. His prolific Malayalam film repertoire includes work with eminent composers like Shyam, G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamurthy, M.S. Baburaj, K. Raghavan, M.S. Viswanathan, A.T. Ummer, K.J. Joy,
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, Jaya Vijaya, Raveendran, Jerry Amaldev,
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, A. R. Rahman and the list goes on.


Life and Career

Bichu Thirumala was born to C.G. Bhaskaran Nair and Sasthamangalam Pattanikkunnu Veettil Parukutty Amma in
Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
. He was the eldest child of his parents. His siblings are the late Balagopalan (who died at a young age, and on whose remembrance he wrote the song "Olathumbathirunnu" from the movie '' Pappayude Swantham Appoos''), Susheela Devi (singer), Vijayakumar, Dr. Chandra, Shyama, Darshan Raman (music director) and Jayalekshmi. He graduated with a BA from
University College Thiruvananthapuram University College, Thiruvananthapuram, often abbreviated as UCT, is a public college situated in Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Established in 1866, it is one of the oldest colleges in Kerala. The college has been accorded "College with Pot ...
. He was married to Prasanna and they have a son named Suman Bichu Thirumala (music director). Bichu Thirumala debuted with the Malayalam Movie '' Bhaja Govindam'' in 1972, which was directed by CRK Nair and with Jaya Vijaya as the music composer .After his modest beginning, Thirumala went on to become one of the most successful Malayalam lyricists and wrote songs for such notable music directors as Shyam, A. T. Ummer, Raveendran, G. Devarajan, and
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. In the 1970s he teamed up with music director A. T. Ummer to compose many sweet melodies. Bichu Thirumala penned the lines for AR Rahman's one and only Malayalam music for film, '' Yodha'' and the TV commercial jingle "Manam Pole" Mangalyam for ''REMANIKA''. His first song "Brahma Muhoorthathil" became popular as a "Lalitha ganam" or light song since the movie ''Bhaja Govindam'' did not see the light of the day. Radio Ceylon used to air the song in the early 1970s.


Death

Bichu Thirumala, whose career stalled after a massive accident at his home in 1994, was admitted to S. K. hospital in Thiruvananthapuram with breathing problems and had suffered a
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as well. He had been on ventilator support after his condition worsened, and died on 26 November 2021 at the age of 79. His dead body was cremated with full state honours at Santhikavadam crematorium on the same day. He was survived by his wife Prasanna (retired finance officer, KWA) and son Suman Bichu (music director).


Awards


Other awards

* Critics Award * Film Fans Award * Stallion International Award * Vamadevan Award * Sree Chithirathirunal Award * P.Bhaskaran Award


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thirumala, Bichu 1941 births 2021 deaths Malayalam-language lyricists Writers from Kerala Kerala State Film Award winners People from Thiruvananthapuram district