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Veteran lyricist Vaali, who has carved a niche for himself penning several hundred songs in Tamil movies, celebrated his birthday on Sunday. Having worked over three generation of film-makers and artistes, Vaali's career spanning over five decades saw his work with stalwarts like MGR, Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini till the latest Dhanush's and Jeyam Ravi's. Winner of several awards and accolades, Vaali has been quite youthful in his songs. The classical example is his songs in the latest Sillunu Oru Kaadhal set to tunes by A R Rehman. Having worked with several musicians, Vaali has come out with several poetries and all of them have widely acclaimed and appreciated. A close aide of poet Kannadasan, Vaali says that he still has a long way to go and achieve more.
Vaali's songs will be eternal: Lyricist Thamarai
Mourning the death of the Tamil cinema's renowned lyricist Vaali, Thamarai says his work will never fade with time and his songs will remain eternal. Vaali, 82, passed away Thursday due to respiratory problem in a private hospital here. "It's a big loss for our industry. So many legends have passed in the past few months. Vaali sir will always be remembered for his work. Time can take him away, but definitely not his songs, which will remain eternal," Thamarai, a lyricist, said. "Some songs are popular during a time period. People listen to these songs for a while and then move on. But, the songs Vaali sir has given us are not time bound," she added. Thamarai, who has written several chartbusters such as "Anul Maley Pani Thuli" and "Kangal Irandhal", says it would be almost impossible to find Vaali's heir-apparent. "We have so many wonderful lyricists now, but I doubt if any of us could even replace Vaali sir. It's not about the number of songs he has written, but the number of lives he has touched with his words," she said. Thamarai recalls Vaali as an octogenarian with a heart of a 20-year old. "He was a teenager at heart. His age was just a number, but seldom did it have an effect on his work. He could write songs that would even impress today's teenager who might be exposed to western music and Bollywood," she said. Vaali most recent hit songs include "Sonapareeya" from Tamil romantic-drama "Maryan", which released Friday and recently released song called "Ethir Neechal" and "Velicha Poove" from Tamil romantic-comedy "Ethir Neechal". In a career spanning over five decades, Vaali has penned lyrics to over 10,000 songs. Some of his evergreen hits include "Thottal Poo Malurum", "Naan Aanai Ittal", "Moondrezhuthil Yen Moochirukkum" and "Puthiya Vaanam, Puthiya Boomi".
Big honor for Vaali
Veteran lyricist Vaali, who has working with over three generation of actors, is one of the proud recipients of the Padma Shree awards announced by the Central government for this year. Still young at heart, Vaali has penned lyrics for over thousands of songs beginning from MGR till S J Suryah and Silambarasan. He has worked with almost all the music directors in Tamil cinema. He shares a good rapport with veteran music-directors M S Viswanathan, Ilayaraja and the likes of A R Rahman and Yuvan Shankar Raja too. Many of his songs for MGR are popular among the Tamil music-lovers. Winner of several awards, he is also a great spiritualist, who has penned poems on Mahabaratha and Ramayana. Also known for his acting skills, he had acted in few films including Kamal Haasan's Hey Ram. Currently Vaali is penning dialogues for a movie titled Maaligaipurathamman.
B-day for Vaali
The Bhishmar Pithama among Tamil film lyricist Vaali today celebrated his birthday with typical unassuming elegance. The age-less poet was congratulated and wished on the occasion by Tamil film dignitaries and other poets in the language. We at musicmazaa wish this phenomenal writer a very happy birthday too.
Tamil cinema's prolific lyricist Vaali passes away
One of Tamil cinema’s celebrated lyricist, an evergreen poet, Vaali, who ruled the film industry for over five decades, passed away here Friday. He was 82. He died due to respiratory illness in a private hospital. Vaali, who acted in Tamil films such as "Sathya", "Hey Ram" and "Parthale Paravasam", had also penned the biographies of Rama, Krishna and Ramanuja. He even wrote an autobiography titled "Naanum Indha Nootrandum". Born as T.S Rangarajan, he rechristened himself as Vaali, since he was a devoted fan of artist Mali. Before picking up the pen to write, he worked with All India Radio (AIR) for a brief period of time. He was also actively involved in Tamil theatre and even directed few plays. He came to Chennai in 1950 and struggled for many years. He wrote his first song in 1958 for the film "Azhagarmalai Kalla", but his much needed recognition came in 1963 with the song "Idaythil Nee" from the film "Karpagam". In 1964, Vaali penned the lyrics for the song "Thottal Poo Malurum" from the film "Padagotti" featuring late Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G Ramachandran (MGR). The song went on to be a chartbuster, and subsequently he wrote for almost all films of MGR. Besides MGR, Vaali also wrote several songs for Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. In the last decade, he wrote songs for young actors such Dhanush, Siddharth and Suriya. In Dhanush-starrer Tamil romantic-drama "Maryan", which is releasing Friday, Vaali wrote two songs "Naetru Aval" and "Sonapareeya". Known to be the nemesis of lyricist Kannadasan, Vaali only went on to be called his heir-apparent. Even though both were professional rivals, but in real life they were considered best friends. Vaali has more than 10,000 songs to his credit. In his illustrious career, he has penned several chartbusters such as "Naan Aanai Ittal", "Moondrezhuthil Yen Moochirukkum" and "Puthiya Vaanam, Puthiya Boomi".
Simbhu to play dual role in ‘Vaaliban’?
The energetic star Silambarasan who was very happy with the outcome of his recent flick ‘VTV’ is busy on working with his new project ‘Valiban’. Latest news is that it is going to be one-side love story that is going to be filmed at three backdrops- India, Srilanka and USA. Raising more expectations on the movie, it was said that Silambarasan will play the dual roles as Chennaite and Eelam Tamilian. Unlike routine script, there would be blood relation between these two roles and they would meet on normal situations.