Wikipedia:E.V Valsan

E.V Valsan is an Indian light musician, music composer, poet and playwright of Malayalam literature. He is mostly known for writing the song Kazhinju Poya Kaalam Kaattinakkare, written in 1969. Valsan is a recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi gurupuja award in 2020 for his contributions to the light music.

Life and career
Valsan was born in Vadakara in Kozhikode district. He was a Malayalam teacher by profession and wrote songs and composed music for several programmes in All India Radio and various drama committees. In the mid 90's, an audio cassette with ten songs written by Valsan over several years titled 'Madhumazha' was released, which became hit in Kerala. He has written more than thousand songs, among which the songs like 'Devadharu pootha kalam née marannuvo' 'Mozhi cholli piriyumbol', 'Ammakkuyile onn padoo', 'Nee vilichalum kelkkathatra doorath' and 'Adyanuragavum adyathe punchiriyum' are some of the famous ones. Many incidents are there where some of his popular songs getting recorded in the name of someone else.

Kazhinju Poya Kaalam Kaattinakkare
Kazhinju Poya Kaalam Kattinakkare is the most popular song written by E. V Valsan. He wrote it in 1969 for a play called Pratheeksha. ''The past is beyond the wind. The fallen tune is across the sea. I cry for you with memories. I fall for your memories''; the opening lyrics of the song translated from Malayalam. For some people, the song is mainly a depiction of lost love and for some others, it is a sweet feeling of nostalgia. It was first sung by Vinod Vadakara. "People seemed to notice it when I first sang it. Since then, I have been lucky enough to perform this song on several stages. I have to say that slowly but surely, people took over it in stride"; Vinod said later while asking about the popularity of the song. It became more popular after it was included in an musical album called "Madhumazha", which is a collection of ten songs by Valsan. It is one of the most sung songs across the school festivals in Kerala. During the 50th anniversary of the song, Valsan was honoured in Vadakara in an event organised by musicians and music lovers in 2019.