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.