Veteran lyricist Vaali who was suffering from respiratory illness was hospitalized on June 21st and kept on a ventilator couple of days back as his condition was very critical. He was 81 and passed away today today at 5.10 pm in a private hospital. The cremation will be taking place tomorrow, July 19th at 3.30 pm.
Poet Vaali started his career during the 1960’s and has written more than 10,000 songs for Tamil in 5 decades. He has written many super hit songs for MGR, Sivaji, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijay, Ajith, Suriya, Simbhu and many and he was the one who wrote lyrics according to the trend in tamil cinema. He was honoured with Padma Shri award by the government of India, India’a fourth highest civilian honour.
He has even penned songs for recently released films Udhayam NH4, Alexpandian,KLTA and upcoming film Maryan. His death is a big loss to the tamil cinema industry, May his soul rest in peace.
