Bharanikkavu Sivakumar Explained

Bharanikkavu Sivakumar
Birth Date:	17 June 1949
Birth Place:	Kattanam, Alappuzha district, Kerala
Death Place:	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Occupation:	lyricist
Nationality:	n
Spouse:	Omanakumari
Children:	Parvathi Sivakumar

Bharanikkavu Sivakumar (17 June 1949 – 24 January 2007)^[1] was an Indian lyricist from Kerala who worked in Malayalam film industry.

He is the grandson of Mahakavi Azhakathu Padmanabha Kuruppu, the writer of the first 'Mahakavya' in Malayalam, 'Ramachandra Vilasam'. His first movie as a lyricist was Chenda in 1973.^[2] He went on to write 272 songs for 88 Malayalam films.^[3]

Sivakumar died suddenly due to a heart attack at his home in Thiruvananthapuram on 24 January 2007, aged 58.

Partial Filmography

• Chenda (1973) - Panchamithirunaal
• Swimming Pool (1976) - Sumangalaathira Rathri
• Narakasuran (2006)

Chottanikkara AmmaKamam krodham moham

Notes and References

1. News: Vijayakumar. B.. Chenda: 1973. 2016-05-14. The Hindu. 2020-04-19. en-IN. 0971-751X.
2. News: Bharanikkavu Sivakumar dead. 2007-01-25. The Hindu. 2020-04-19. en-IN. 0971-751X.
3. Web site: Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Bharanikkavu Sivakumar . 21 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170822012003/http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=lyricist&artist=Bharanikkavu%20Sivakumar . 22 August 2017 . dead .