Born B. Sivasankaran Nair, Bichu Thirumala was prolific as a lyricist in Malayalam mainstream cinema from the 1970s till the 1990s, penning over 3000 film songs as well as several devotional songs.
Noted Malayalam lyricist Bichu Thirumala passes away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He penned more than 5000 songs for 400 movies and some of the ever lasting songs