Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist.He is the son of Malayalam poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma. He was born in the village of Vayalar, Cherthala, in Aalappuzha district. He is married to Sreelatha and has one daughter, Subhadra. Sarath studied predegree at St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Trivandrum in 1975-77. He attended Mar Ivanious College, Thiruvanathampuram for graduation and was elected as College Magazine Editor. He entered to the lyrics field through the Ayyappa devotional songs