Sachidanandan Puzhankara (Malayalam: സച്ചിദാനന്ദൻ പുഴങ്കര) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and screenwriter who works predominantly in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

. He entered into the Malayalam film industry in 1998 by writing the song 'Varamanjaladiya' for the film '

Pranayavarnangal ''Pranayavarnangal'' (Colors of Love) is a Malayalam romantic film released in 1998. Directed by Sibi Malayil, the script was written by Jayaraman Kadambaat and Sachithanandan Puzhankara. Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Divya Unni and Biju Menon a ...

' which was directed by

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. and music was composed by

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and rest of the songs are written by

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. The screenplay of the film ''Pranayavarnangal'' was also written by him. Since then, he has written many successful songs

Life and career

Sachidanandan is born in

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village in Thrissur district of Kerala. He studied in maharajas college ernakulam and

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. He worked as an officer in

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. He entered the film industry through his friend Jayaraman Kadambat. His first film was ''

'' which was directed by

and music is composed by

. In the movie Pranayavarnangal he got an opportunity for writing a poetic song named "''varamajaladiya Ravinte Maaril''". and the song become iconic.

Filmography

Literary contributions

* '' Pachavellam'' (Poetry collection) *''Ivale vayikkumpol'' (Poetry collection) *''Adukkala'' (Poetry collection) *''Pacha'' (Poetry collection) *''Vattiyilla'' (Poetry collection) *''Ormmakkurippukal'' (Malayalam translation of Pablo Neruda's poems) *''Vazhikatti'' (Malayalam translation of R.K. Narayanan's novel) *''Anuranjanam'' (Malayalam translation of Benazir Bhutto's memoir)

References

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