Noted Malayalam lyricist Bichu Thirumala dies due cardic capture at a private clinic in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. On Friday, at 79 years old, the lyricist died. He has been under treatment for different medical problems at a private emergency clinic and was under ventilator support.

Bichu Thirumala was a complex character as he wrote verses, created music, scriptwriter, discoursed essayist and vocalist. He had composed exchanges for Shakthi fimm and script for Ishtapraneswari. Bichu was an incredible writer of Malayalam film who wrote in excess of 5000 melodies for 400 motion pictures and a portion of the always enduring tunes which actually stay in our souls for eternity.

His first melody “Brahma Muhoorthathil” became famous as a “Lalitha ganam.” Thirumala proceeded to become perhaps the best Malayalam lyricist and composed tunes for such eminent music chiefs as Shyam, A. T. Ummer, Raveendran, G. Devarajan, Ilaiyaraaja, AR Rahman and others.

Bichu Thirumala’s famous repertoire includes numerous hit songs such as ‘Paavada venam’, ‘Melada venam’, ‘Neelajalashayathil’, ‘Ragendu Kiranangal’, ‘Sundari Sundari’, ‘Ezhuswarangalum’ and ‘Mainakam’.

He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best lyricist two times and the Vamadevan Award for his first collection of poems, ‘Anusaranayillatha Manasu’.