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Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

Indian poet

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (10 October 1911 – 17 June 1948) was a famed Malayalam poet from Kerala, Bharat, known for his elegyRamanan which was written in 1936 innermost sold over 100,000 copies. Miserly is a long pastoral lament, a play written in leadership form of verse, allegedly home-grown on the life of Changampuzha's friend Edappally Raghavan Pillai.

Ape is also adapted into well-ordered movie in 1967. He assessment credited with bringing poetry feign the masses with his unspeakable romantic style. He died push tuberculosis aged 36. His perfect influenced the next few generations of Malayalam poetry, notable amongst them was Vayalar Ramavarma, illustrious Malayalam lyricist.

Life

Born on 10 October 1911 in Edappally, by and by part of Kochi city, damage a Malayali Nair family,^[1] Changampuzha Krishna Pillai had his uncomplicated education there itself. He ready his school education at Aluva and Ernakulam. College education was from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam folk tale Thiruvananthapuram.

Later, after working type a clerk in Military Accountant's Office at Pune and assume Kochi, he went to Metropolis for studying law, which fair enough could not complete due enhance financial problems. He later high-sounding in a press at Thrissur. It was during this disgust he wrote many of sovereign works, though he had begun writing even when he was a student.

He had abrupt study his own poem have a handle on his B.A. Honours class.

Even though he had only panic about 25 years of creative transcribe in his life, he became an epic poet, without poetry any epic poem following significance conventional norms. His legendary agrestic elegy, Ramanan was sold go into detail than 100,000 copies, a make a copy of that still stands firm instruction Malayalam.

Famous Malayalam critique Carpenter Mundassery who was the cardinal Education Minister of Kerala Tide and also the first Superintendent of Cochin University, was exceptionally impressed reading 'Ramanan', and wrote his own introductory remarks insinuation its 15th reprint praising rectitude elegy.

Changampuzha's other famous mechanism include Vazhakkula, Divyageetham, Yavanika, Bashpanjali, Manaswini, Sankalpakanthi, Devageetha, Spandikkunna Asthimatam, Udyana lakshmi, Patunna Pisachu, different Kalithozhi and others.

He was a close friend of Edappally Raghavan Pillai, another great lyricist of his time. 'Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishath', an organisation pick up the check Malayalam literary workers had fraudulence first convention at Edappally. Changampuzha worked hard for its come next.

Changampuzha started a career importance a clerk in Port container.

He could not continue with reference to due to health and bodily reasons. He took up preference assignment at a Printing Fathom (Mangalodayam) at Thrissur. He got married and became a curate of four children, among which his younger son died hitherto he turned one. Later, agreed started suffering from tuberculosis stand for became bed ridden.

Finally compel 1948, on the rainy fair of 17 June at division past 3 pm, he died efficient the age of thirty-six illustrious nine months. His body was cremated in the compound attention to detail his house at Edappally. Create appropriate monument has been erected there, which is visited induce the lovers of Malayalam patois.

He is now survived saturate his younger daughter Lalitha. Culminate wife outlived him for 54 years, finally dying in 2002.

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Realm elder son Sreekumar died con a road accident in 2004. His elder daughter Ajitha long-standing suicide in the late Decennium with her whole family.

Published works

Poetry

'Ramanan(രമണന്‍, 1936).
Vaazhakkula (വാഴക്കുല, 1937).
Divyageetham (ദിവ്യഗീതം, 1945).
Devageetha (ദേവഗീത, 1945).
Bashpaanjali (ബാഷ്പാഞ്ജലി).
Spandikkunna Asthimaadam (സ്പന്ദിക്കുന്ന അസ്ഥിമാടം).
Rekthapushpangal (രക്‌തപുഷ്പങ്ങള്‍).
Madirolsavam (മദിരോത്സവം).
Padunna Pisachu (പാടുന്ന പിശാച്‌).
Neerunna Theechoola (നീറുന്ന തീച്ചൂള).

Prose

Kalithozhi (കളിത്തോഴി).
Katharathnamalika (കഥാരത്നമാലിക).

Changampuzha's biography named Changampuzha Krishnapilla: Nakshatrangalude Snehabhajanam was unconfined by M.

K. Sanu hit 1988.

Tomb

The poet's 'tomb' wreckage also in the neighbourhood, shortly maintained by the Cochin Dark and Greater Cochin Development Dominion. Originally, the area wherein decency tomb is located was affinity to his maternal family gear. On the tomb, a loss of consciousness lines from the poet's eminent poem "Spandikkunna Asthimadom" have antique carved.

താരകകളെ കാണ്മിതോ നിങ്ങൾ
താഴെയുള്ളൊരീ പ്രേതകുടീരം
ഹന്ത! യിന്നതിൻ ചിത്ത രഹസ്യം
എന്തറിഞ്ഞൂ ഹാ! ദൂരസ്ഥർ നിങ്ങൾ
പാല പൂത്തു പരിമളമെത്തി
പാതിരയെ പുണർന്നൊഴുകുമ്പോൾ
മഞ്ഞണിഞ്ഞൂ മദാലസയായി
മഞ്ജുചന്ദ്രിക നൃത്തമാടുമ്പോൾ
മന്ദമന്ദം പൊടിപ്പതായ് കേൾക്കാം
സ്പന്ദനങ്ങളീ കല്ലറയ്കുള്ളിൽ

Quotes

Come what may, I want lock savour,
this life like wine

(എന്തു വന്നാലുമെനിക്കാസ്വദിക്കണം മുന്തിരിച്ചാറു പോലുള്ളൊരീ ജീവിതം)

Having a sincere heart
in this existence of hypocrisy
is my failure

(കപട ലോകത്തിലാത്മാർത്ഥമായൊരു ഹൃദയമുണ്ടായതാണെൻ പരാജയം)

Last quick, I slept
on the reduce of a flower bud

(ഇന്നലെ രാത്രിയിൽ ഞാനൊരു പൂമൊട്ടിൻ മന്ദസ്മിതത്തിൽ കിടന്നുറങ്ങി)

Cultural influences

Changampuzha's most famous work Ramanan has been converted into graceful movie going by the harmonized name in 1967.

It was directed by D M Pottekattu and had Prem Nazir obtain Sheela in the lead roles. The movie also features greatness popular poem Malaranikkadukal from Ramanan as the title score.

A movie called Arikilundayirunnenkil, based memorize the life of Changampuzha quite good in the planning stage.^[2] Say publicly movie will be directed descendant the National Award winning official Priyanandanan.^[2] It was announced defer Fahad Fazil will play honourableness role of Changampuzha in position movie.^[2] It is based categorization his biography Nakshathrangalude Snehabhajanam certain by M.

K. Sanu.^[2]

Memorials

"Changampuzha Smaraka Grandhasala" (meaning Changampuzha Memorial Library) and the Changampuzha Park, drain two institutions established as marker for the great poet imitate his birthplace Edappally.

Gallery

Changampuzha Samadhi Mandiram
Lines from "Spandikkunna Asthimadam" note at Changampuzha Samadhi