Bichu Thirumala
| Born | 13th February, 1941 |
| Career | Lyrics (979 songs from 288 Movies), Singing (8 songs from 8 Movies), Music (4 songs from 1 Movies), Dialogue (2), Screenplay (1), Story (1) |
| First Movie | Bhaja Govindam (1972) |
| Children | Suman Bichu |
Bichu Thirumala, along with ONV Kurup, is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinema, Thirumala led the group of lyricist who wrote songs for readymade tunes. In 1981, he won the Kerala State Film Award for the best lyricist for the films Thrishna and Thenum Vayambum. Thirumala won the same award for the second time in 1991, for the Rajasenan directed film Kadinjool Kalyanam.
Bichu Thirumala started his lyricist career in the 1972-Malayalam film Bhaja Govindam. 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 Ilaiyaraaja. In the 1970s he teamed up with music director AT Ummer to compose many sweet melodies. Bichu Thirumala penned the lines for AR Rahman's one and only malayalam music for film Yodha. Bichu was born to C.J.Bhaskaran Nair and Shasthamangalam Pattanikkunnu Veettil Parukutty Amma. Wife: Prasanna, Son: Suman.
Courtesy: Wikipedia
Prepared by: Winston Morris
Statistics
| Year | Lyrics | Singing | Music | Dialogue | Screenplay | Story | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not available | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 72 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 65 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 1980 | 57 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 1981 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1982 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | 55 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | 44 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |