‘Even today, the mother you lent me is still burning like Manchuna.. Those who longed to meet her before and after her, those who walked in search of glitter and beauty.. Koonthalipuzha is a giant..’ A companion of a handful of songs that never gets tired no matter how many times you listen to them. Biyar Prasad’s words were so heartwarming. A writer who did nothing but gilded everything he did. A genius who embedded poetry in everything he wrote.
Priyadarshan’s ‘Oru Kilichundan Mambazha’, when he made his debut as a lyricist, the song was a hit. All the songs in that movie still had a sense of indrajala that you would sing along without realizing it when at least one line of that song came to your ears. Many people said it as a joke. Anyone who knows how to count from one to ten can write a song in Malayalam cinema today. But on repeated listens today, it becomes clear how much the song and its lyrics fit with the film.
In that song, Prasad has written how beautifully the love of Amina, who is still waiting for him as her lover even after marriage. ‘Kilichundan Mambazhame.. Kili Kotha Thenpazhame..’ As if the story of that movie was drawn. Each of his lines was as simple as the flow of a brook. All those songs are saying something beyond the first sight and hearing every time.
The song ‘Keranirakaladum…’ from the CB Malail film ‘Jalolsavam’. When Akashvani selected ten songs with Keralaness after Kerala birth, this song was the second among them. There is also a song told like a story. ‘Raindrops fell through the countryside… the day you came under the roof dripping wet…’ From now on, Prasad became the name of the famous songs.