Famous poet and lyricist Bichu Thirumala (80) passed away today. He died at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning. He was being treated for a heart attack. He has written over a thousand songs in over four hundred films. About 5,000 songs, including film and devotional songs, have been written by Bichu Thirumala. In the seventies and eighties, along with composers Shyam, A.T. Ummer, Raveendran, G Devarajan and Ilayaraja, he presented many hit songs to the Malayalees.
He was born on February 13, 1942 in Sasthamangalam Pattanikunnu house to Parukuttyamma and CG Bhaskaran Nair. Birth of Bichu Thirumala, also known as Sivasankaran Nair. The bitch was his nickname. Bichu Thirumala holds a BA from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He will be co-directing Krishnan Nair’s ‘Sabarimala Sree Dharmasastha’. Then it comes to lyric writing. It starts with the song ‘Brahmamuhurtham’ for CRK Nair’s Bhajagovindam. But the film was never released. ‘Akkaldama’ is the first film written and released by Bichu Thirumala with lyrics by actor Madhu. She won the State Award for Best Lyricist in 1981 (Trishna, Thenum Vayampum) and 1991 (Kidinjul Kalyanam). He joined the music director in the 1985 film Satyam.
He has written the story and dialogues for ‘Shakthi’ and the script for ‘Ishtapraneshwari’. He has also sung many songs. A.R. He also wrote the songs for Rahman’s only Malayalam film Yodha. Playback singer Sushila Devi and music director Darshan Raman are brothers. Prasanna is the wife. The only son is Suman.
