Vayalar Ramavarma, known as Vayalar, was an Indian poet and lyricist of Malayalam language.
11 Facts About Vayalar Ramavarma
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Vayalar Ramavarma was known for his poems which include Sargasangeetham, Mulankaadu, Padamudrakal, Aayisha and Oru Judas janikkunnu and for around 1300 songs he penned for 256 Malayalam films.
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Vayalar Ramavarma received the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1972 and was the winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics in its year of inception which he received three more times.
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Vayalar Ramavarma was a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1962.
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Vayalar Ramavarma lost his father at an early age and his education in the traditional gurukula way, was supervised by his uncle, which was followed by formal education at the Sanskrit School as well as Cherthala English School.
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Vayalar Ramavarma started a weekly in 1951, under the name, Janadhipathyam, but the weekly, which published articles promoting communist ideals, did not last long.
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Vayalar Ramavarma married Puthekovilakathu Chandramathi Thamburatti in 1951 but the couple were issueless.
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Vayalar Ramavarma's death came on October 27,1975, at the age of 47, following a surgery at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram where he had been admitted for the treatment of Cirrhosis.
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Vayalar Ramavarma shifted his base to Madras to take up the editorship of a magazine and this move to the city helped him to get associated with Malayalam film industry which was based there during those days.
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Vayalar Ramavarma received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1962 for his poetry anthology, Sargasangeetham.
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An annual literary award, Vayalar Ramavarma Award, has been instituted in his memory by Vayalar Ramavarma Rama Varma Memorial Trust.