Veteran Malayalam poet-lyricist S Ramesan Nair passes away at 73

S Ramesan Nair, a prolific poet-lyricist who wrote songs for over 150 Malayalam movies and dozens of devotional albums, handed away Friday at a non-public hospital in Kochi on the age of 73. He was affected by most cancers and had just lately examined constructive for Covid-19.
Nair was a mainstay of Malayalam songwriting, particularly within the 80s and 90s when he delivered hit numbers for composers like MG Radhakrishnan, Johnson, Ouseppachan, Berny Ignatius, Raveendran and Shyam. He made his manner into Malayalam cinema within the 12 months 1985 by writing songs for the movie ‘Pathaamudayam’.
In the subsequent twenty years, Nair wrote songs for practically 160 movies, together with well-liked ones like ‘Raakuyilin Raagasadassil’, ‘Kuruppinte Kanakkupushtakam’, ‘Aadyathe Kanmani’, ‘Aniyan Bava Chettan Bava’, ‘April 19’ and ‘Aniyathipraavu’. Some of his famous songs embrace ‘Oru Rajamalli’, ‘Aniyathipravinu’, ‘Mayilay Parannuva’, ‘Onnanam Kunninmel’, ‘Aavaniponnunjal‘ and ‘Manju peyyana‘.

He has additionally written dozens of songs for Hindu devotional albums. He was additionally famous for writing performs corresponding to ‘Swathimegham’, ‘Alakananda’, ‘Shathabhishekam‘ and ‘Vikadavritham‘.
In 2010, he received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for his precious contributions to literature and in 2018, he received the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for his assortment of poems ‘Gurupournami’.
He is survived by spouse P Rama, a retired trainer and author, and son Manu Ramesan, a music composer.