Poet Mullanezhi

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Another literary patriarch pass away. Knowing the poet was an an exercise that ran backwards for me. Like anyone who stood rooted to the spot as you first heard Karukaruthoru Pennaanu from Njavalppazhangal, I became increasingly fascinated by what made this unique lyricist tick, and was delighted to know that he was a poet who also put down lyrics for Malayalam films. And I began going back and listening to his previous works, both as poems and songs, and vowed myself to make sure that I do not miss an single one released in the popular mainstream media. Mullanezhi's songs had an 'earthy' and 'fond' vitality when it came to describing grief, love, estrangement, pain and everything in between. If he went overtly 'descriptive' wit raw honesty in Karu karuthoru pennanu, he chose to employ the very common yet profound imagery of unbridled horses and momentum to describe the tribulations and moral exigencies of a circus performer in Mela with Manassoru manthrika. Read more of this post