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Vaali (Tamil: வாலி)

Vaali (Tamil: வாலி) is a Tamil language poet who writes lyrics for songs for films. Most recently he has written a song Athiradee in Sivaji: The Boss for the music of A. R. Rahman. He has also acted in a couple of films most notably, Hey Ram and Parthale Paravasam. He was recently nominated for Padma Shri for his literary work.


Biography

Kavignar Vaali's real name is Rangarajan. He was born at Srirangam in Tiruchi in 1931. He was an artist and he worked in AIR (All India Radio). He has the record of having written most number of lyrics in Tamil. He has written more than 10,000 lyrics. He is a prolific writer too, he has written books like Avathara Purushan, Pandavar Bhoomi, Ramanuja Kaviyam, Krishna Vijayam, Kalaignar Kaviyam, Krishna Bhakthan, Naanum indha Nootrandum, etc.

Trivia

Kavignar Vaali is the only lyrics writer in Tamil who can write any sort of song for Tamil movies. He has proven that he can not only write lyrics in pure Tamil, but all sorts of folk, hip-hop, rhythm and blues. He can even mix any language in Tamil songs.

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