Vaali (poet)

Born as T. S. Rangarajan, Vaali worked predominantly as a poet and lyricist in the Tamil film industry. He had a five-decade long association with the Tamil film industry during which he wrote over 15,000 songs. He had even acted in numerous films namely Sathya, Hey Ram, Paarthale Paravasam and Poikkal Kudhirai. He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour in 2007.