Sreekumaran Thampi was born on 16 March 1940 and is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema.
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10 Facts About Sreekumaran Thampi
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Sreekumaran Thampi writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award.
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Sreekumaran Thampi has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs.
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Sreekumaran Thampi is the author of the well-known literary work Prem Nazir Enna Prema Gaanam.
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Sreekumaran Thampi won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema film whilst his films Gaanam and Mohiniyattam won Kerala State Awards.
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Sreekumaran Thampi is a songwriter, screenplay writer, film producer, director and musician, but says he is more of a lyricist than a filmmaker.
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Sreekumaran Thampi's selected Poems are published in Hindi with the title "Sreekumaran Thampi Ki Kavithayem".
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Sreekumaran Thampi is a graduate in mathematics from Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha and civil engineer, graduated from Institute of Engineering Technology, Chennai and Govt.
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Sreekumaran Thampi's siblings are the novelist late P Vasudevan Thampi who wrote Sreekrishnaparinthu, Advocate P Gopalakrishnan Thampi, the former Director General of Prosecutions, and former Chairman of Kerala Bar Council, ThulasibhaThiruvananthapuram kachi and Prasannavadanan Thampi, former Vice President of Oracle Financial Systems Software Ltd.
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Sreekumaran Thampi had a son, Rajkumaran Thampi was an erstwhile associate of Priyadarshan and later directed some movies in the Telugu film industry, until his sudden death in Secundarabad in March 2009.
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