Kamal Haasan congratulates Sreekumaran Thampi on the the prestigious Vayalar award win

Veteran Malayalam lyricist, music director, and filmmaker Sreekumaran Thampi was conferred this year's Vayalar Award for his autobiography 'Jeevitham Oru Pendulum' (Life is a Pendulum). Superstar Kamal Haasan has extended wishes to the multi-faceted talent for the remarkable achievement.
Kamal Haasan took to the microblogging website X (formerly known as Twitter) to extend wishes to Sreekumaran Thampi.In a post shared on X, Kamal Haasan said, “Sreekumaran Thambi is a versatile Malayalam artist who is a poet, lyricist, director, screenwriter, novelist, and producer.”
The legendary actor also reminisced that he has a personal rapport with Sreekumaran Thampi, as they have worked together in a film. “I played the role of Premkumar alongside Prem Nazir and Sarada in the movie 'Thiruvonam' directed by him,” Kamal Haasan said in the post.
‘Thiruvonam,’ released in 1975 was helmed by Sreekumaran Thampi. The film had Prem Nazir, Sarada, Kamal Haasan, Jayasudha, and Kaviyoor Ponnamma, among others in the lead roles.
Kamal Haasan’s post further reads, “The Vayalar Award, the most esteemed accolade in Kerala, has been bestowed upon Sreekumaran Thampi for his autobiographical book 'Jeevitham Oru Pendulum.' My heartiest congratulations to Sreekumaran Thampi.”
Check out the note here.


Sreekumaran Thampi's 'Jeevitham Oru Pendulum' was selected for the 47th Vayalar Ramavarma memorial award for literature on Sunday. The award comprises a cash prize of ₹1,00,000, a citation, and a bronze figurine crafted by Kanayi Kunhiraman. Upon receiving the award, Sreekumaran Thampi shared that he was deliberately denied prize multiple times. He stated that he had been selected for the award when he was 31 years old, however, it didn’t happen. "I wrote more songs than that person. I was deliberately denied the Vayalar award three-four times after it was decided to give me the same. I have no hesitation in saying so openly," Thampi said.