Gireesh Puthenchery

Girish Puthenchery was a noted Malayalam lyricist, poet, scriptwriter and screenwriter, he was often regarded as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam and admired for his original and unmistakable writing style. He also served as the director of Indian Performance Rights Society and was a member of the governing councils of Kerala Kalamandalam and Kerala Lalithakala Academy.Girish made his debut in the film industry with the movie Enquiry in 1989. He went on to win the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist seven times. Notably, he holds the record for writing the highest number of songs in the Malayalam film industry within the briefest period of time. He died on 10 February 2010 at a private hospital in Kozhikode Due to a severe brain hemorrhage. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)