MALAYALAM lyricist and screenplay writer Girish Puthencherry, is no more. He passed away on February 10, 2010, due to brain hemorrhage He was 48 and is survived by his wife and two children. He was the son of Pulikkal Krishna Panicker and Meenakshiyamma in Puthenchery near Ulliyeri village in Kozhikode district.
His father was an Astrologer and Ayurvedic practitioner and his mother was a Carnatic musician. Girish was one of the most prolific lyrics writers in the recent history of Malayalam cinema, having written lyrics for more than 300 films.
Beginning his career in the 1990 film “Enquiry”, Girish went on to write lyrics for more than 2,500 songs in over 300 Malayalam films. In addition, he also wrote the screenplay for well known movies like Vadakkumnathan, Pallavoor Devanarayanan etc.
His first popular hit songs were from the movie Johnny Walker. Some of his other popular songs came from films like Johnny Walker, Thenmavin Kombathu, Devasuram, Narasimham, Aaram Thamburan, Vadakkumnathan, Summer in Bethlehem, Meesha Madhavan, Krishankudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu, Rasathantram, Achuvinte Amma etc. Girish was presently writing the script of a film called ‘Raman Police’. Reacting on the news, veteran Malayalam film director Kamal, considered himself fortunate to get all the best songs of Girish in his film.
Girish, a fabulous lyricist, won numerous awards in his career including multiple awards from the Kerala State Government; Asianet Film Awards .He won the Best lyricist award seven times to his credit. A wonderful talent indeed! He had such a vast repertory ranging from fun numbers like Shanthamee Rathriyil ( Johnny Walker ),Pazhanimala Muruganu ( Narasimham ) etc to romantic numbers like Pinakkamano ( Ananthabadram ), Ethrayao Janmamayi( Summer in Bethlehem ), Attinkarayorathe ( Rasathanthram ) to classicals like Gange ( Vadakkumnathan ), Harimuraleeravam ( Aaram Thamburan ) etc to emotional hits like Innale Ende Nenjile( Balettan ), Amma Mazhakkarinu Kanniranju (Madambi) etc. His last release was – Happy Husbands.
His death is surely a great loss to Indian Cinema and Malayalam Cinema in particular.
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