Sreekumaran Thampi was born at Harippad in Alappuzha district, Kerala. is a lyricist, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema and he also writes poetry. Thampi was introduced to the Malayalam film industry in 1966 by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film Kaattumallika. He has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs. He is also the author of the well-known literary work Prem nazir enna prema ganam. His film Kanakkum Kavitayum won the national award while his films Gaanam and Mohiniyattam won state awards. Thampi is widely known as "Hrudaya Ragangaluday Kavi" which means Poet of Love Songs, as the majority of his songs invoke romantic moods. He is known for his obstinate and uncompromising attitude to his work and strives to make his songs blend with the scene. Thampi has written four novels named Kakkathampuraatti, Kuttanad, Kadalum Karalum and Njanoru Kadha Parayam and collections of poems Engineerayuday Veena, Neelathaamara, En Makan Karayumpol, Sheershakamillatha Kavithakal, Achante Chumbanam and Ammakkoru Tharaattu). His collection of selected songs, titled Hridaya Sarassu, had three editions in two years.