Poet and filmmaker P Bhaskaran passes away
February 26th, 2007
Famous Kerala poet and filmmaker P. Bhaskaran passed away on Sunday. He was aged 83. He was in Malayalam movie industry right from its inception and directed over 50 films and wrote over 3000 movie songs.
In 1954, he directed Neelakkuyil, a superhit movie at the time and lyrics of which are still popular in Kerala. Many of his films (Aadyakiranangal, Iruttinte aathmavu, Thurakkatha vaathil) went on to win National film awards. In 1982, he won the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award for his poem collection, Ottakkampiyulla Thamburu.
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