M. G. Vallabhan (1943–2004) was an Indian journalist, poet and screenwriter. Though born in Kerala, he wrote primarily in Tamil.^[3]

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Vallabhan was born in 23 March^[2] Perinjanam in Thrissur at Kerala.^[3] When his family shifted to Chennai, he studied and learnt Tamil despite Malayalam being his mother tongue.^[3] He made his debut as lyricist with the film Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu (1979) where he wrote his first song "Solaikkuyile".^[3][2]

Vallabhan worked as a journalist for the film magazines Cinemalaya and Pesum Padam and also worked as editor for Bhagya magazine.^[4][3][2] He directed a film Thai Pongal (1980) and wrote screenplay and dialogues for many films.^[3][1]