Na Muthukumar, the leading lyricist of Tamil songs, has hit a century by penning down more than 100 songs in over 34 films this year. He has set a record which no lyricist earlier has. His has written lyrics for movies like Thuppaki, Neethaane En Ponvasantham, Nanban, Maattrraan, Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal and Samar this year.

Na Muthukumar’s hit songs are Balleilakka, En Kadhal Solla and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi. He began his career trying to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But he went on to become a lyricist with Veera Nadai, directed by Seeman. He is touted to be the busiest writer of Tamil industry and has worked mostly with Yuvan Shankar Raja. He even turned dialogue writer for AL Vijay’s Kireedam.