
Kamal requested him to pen it specially for a love failure song. Once Actor Kamal Haasan asked Vaali to pen the lyrics for a love song for the film 'Aboorva Sagodharargal'. He has quoted that there were 24 hours with him but no food to eat and next came a time when he had enough on the plate but no time to eat. Thus was born the great poet we know today. The lines Unakkum kile ullavar kodi ninaithu paarthu nimmadhi naadu.changed his mindset and renewed his vigour to live a new life.
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The legend goes that Vaali at one time in his life was contemplating suicide due to immense poverty when he heard the lines of the song Mayakkama Kalakkamma from the movie SumaiThangi penned by his more illustrious compatriot Kannadasan. He has also mixed other languages in Tamil songs. Vaali has not only written lyrics in pure Tamil, but all sorts of folk, hip-hop, rhythm and blues. He was adept in painting and hence he got the name "Vaali" from his friends. Vaali, like all others who hail from the banks of the Cauvery, had in him the art. He is a prolific writer too, and has written books like Avathara Purushan, Pandavar Bhoomi, Ramanuja Kaviyam, Krishna Vijayam, Kalaignar Kaviyam, Krishna Bhakthan, and Naanum Indha Nootrandum.

He has written lyrics for hundreds songs.

He has the record of having written most number of songs in Tamil. He was an artist and he worked in AIR (All India Radio). His father's name was Srinivasa Iyengar & his mother was Ponnammal. Vaali, whose real name is Rangarajan, was born in an Iyengar family at Srirangam in 1931. He was nominated for Padma Shri for his literary work. He also acted in a few films most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai. He had written a song Kallai Mattum in Dasavatharam for the music of Himesh Reshamiyya. Vaali was a Tamil poet and lyricist who wrote Tamil language poetry and lyrics for films.
