Madhan Karky, the eldest son of notable Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu, was born just at the moment his father was penning his first lyric. Madhan Karky made his debut in Kollywood as a Lyricist with the 2010 science-fiction film Enthiran, penning the song ‘Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam’. For the same film, he had assisted director Shankar in writing the film’s dialogues, especially assisting with the technical terminology.