Other successful early songs written by Snekan were from the album Dhaya and the dance number "Chumma Chumma" in Charlie Chaplin (2002) which was picturised on Prabhu Deva and Gayathri Raghuram. He first garnered acclaim for his songs in the art film Penngal (2000) and the dubbed film Kandein Seethaiyai (2001), before making a breakthrough with his song "Avaravar Vazhkaiyil" from Cheran's family drama Pandavar Bhoomi (2001). He has since written more than 2500 songs for more than 500 films, working with various directors and music composers in the Tamil film industry. Rajkumar to write lyrics for the film Putham Puthu Poove, which eventually did not have a theatrical release.
Balachander to write songs in films and he got the chance from music director S. At the book release function of his works Mudhal Adhyayam and Innum Pengal Azhaga Irukkirargal in 1995, he was asked by K. Later, he worked as the editor of Ilanthendral, a monthly magazine for three years. Moving to Chennai, Snekan first worked as a protégé to noted poet and lyricist Vairamuthu for five years. He later changed his name to Snekan, because it translates literally to "man of love" Cinema career Snekan was born in a small village in the Thanjavur district, the youngest of 8 sons into an agricultural family.