Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair (1939 – January 1994) was a Malayalam lyricist form Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He also served has a lecturer in Madras Presidency College. He penned the lyrics for around 30 Malayalam movies.

Ramakrishnan alias Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan started writing poetry from a young age. His friendship with evergreen hero Prem Nazir

Prem Nazir

Abdul Khader , better known by his stage name Prem Nazir , was an Indian film actor. He is considered one of the all time super stars in Malayalam cinema...

gave him the opportunity to write songs for Malayalam films. His first movie is Innale Innu released in 1977.