Tamil cinema has seen a lot of successful male lyricist. The honourable tradition includes the names of Pattukottai Kalayanasundaram, Kannadasan, Vaali, Vairamuthu and Na.Muthukumar among many others who have penned thousands of songs that would stand the test of time.

A 'female lyricist' is something extremely rare in Tamil cinema. Thamarai who entered Kollywood in the late 1990s has carved her own niche as a much sought after lyricist in Tamil films. A positive change in the recent years has been the emergence of few other woman lyricists who are already noted for their independent poetry works. The list includes Kutty Reathi, Tamizhachi Thangapandian and Uma Sakthi.

Uma Devi gained prominence in Kollywood by penning the super hit 'Naan Nee' song in director Pa.Ranjith's 'Madras'. Now in a recent even the young filmmaker has revealed that Uma Devi has written two songs in his upcoming film 'Kabali' which stars Superstar Rajinikanth and Radhika Apte in lead roles.

The audio release of 'Kabali' is expected to happen within the first fortnight of June. We can expect Uma Devi will scale new heights as a lyricist in Tamil film industry after the release of 'Kabali', as a super hit song in a Superstar film will definitely help her in this mission.