Thiruvananthapuram : Popular lyricist and poet Murugan Kattakada received a phone call claiming a gang was deployed to murder him. The caller did not identify himself but indicated his song “Manushyan Aavanum(Should Become Human)” was the source of provocation. Murugan lodged a formal complaint in the regard.
Murugan composed “Manushyan Aavanum” for the biographical film “Choppu” based on life of EK Aymu - the “J Nalla Manushyan Aakaan Nokku” writer-dramatist. The song went viral during selection contest. The lines lines read :-
“മനുഷ്യനാകണം, മനുഷ്യനാകണം, ഉയര്ച്ചതാഴ്ചകള്ക്കതീതമായ സ്നേഹമേ, നിനക്ക് ഞങ്ങള് പേരിടുന്നു, അതാണ് മാര്ക്സിസം"
(Should Become Human, Should Become Human
Love that transcends high and low
We call you Marxism)“
