Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma

Sarath was born to Vayalar Ramavarma and Bharathy amma in Vayalar village in Alapuzha district of kerala.his father was a popular malayalam lyricist.he studied at St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Trivandrum and he attended Mar Ivanious College, Thiruvanathampuram for graduation and was elected as College Magazine Editor. after completing his degree, he took up a job at a distillery near Cherthala.

It was a stage in his life when his father had died and the family was undergoing a lot of hardships to even sustain.after his father’s death that the Vayalar Trust was set up in fond memory of his father. Sarath’s turning point came after he lost his job. His second sister’s wedding was fixed and his grandmother was critically ill, and he was unable to go to the office for a long time. This led to his termination for the job and his grandmother too had died then and the wedding was over too.As he was jobless, he was totally immersed in reading his father’s works. However, one day he scribbled some lines which came out from his imagination, and it sounded good to him.He sent those works to singer K.J.Yesudas and the singer accepted his work. His lyrics was set to music by Alleppey Ranganath and appeared in the 10th volume of Ayyappa songs in 1990. Thus, Sarath started his journey in writing songs. Later, he debuted in films through the film 'Ente Ponnuthamburan', released in 1992. That film had 4 songs composed by G. Devarajan and Mohan sithara. But, his career had a break only through the film 'Mizhi Randilum' which was directed by Rajith and the music was composed by Raveendran all of the songs in the film bcome iconic,From that day on wards, he is busy in songwriting field and he wroted about 508 songs from 174 movies. he is married to Sreelatha and they have a daughter Subadra.

• 2012 - Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist for "Azhalinte" - Ayalum Njanum Thammil
• 2011 - P. Bhaskaran Award[1]
• 2009 - Asianet Film Award for Best Lyricist -Neelathaamara
• 2003 - Asianet Film Award for Best Lyricist -Mizhi Randilum

• Walking in his father's footsteps
• Film critics' awards for Vayalar Sarathchandravarma

• Neelathaamara (written by M. T.)- it is a modern remake of Neelathamara which MT had written years back and was directed by Yusufali Kecheri.
• Hits of Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma