Category - Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter.
Other Names | Yuvan, Yuvanshankar, YSR, U1 ,Abdul Khaliq |
Date Of Birth | 31 August 1979 |
Age | 43 years 3 months 24 days |
Place Of Birth | Madras, Tamil Nadu |
Brother | Karthik Raja(music composer) |
Sister | |
Father | Ilayaraja |
Mother | Jeeva Ilayaraja |
Education (High School) | St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai |
Teacher | Jacob Master |
He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films.
The youngest son of noted film composer Ilaiyaraaja,
he began his musical career in 1996, at age 16, when he composed the film score for Aravindhan. After initial struggle,
he made his big break with the Thulluvadho Ilamai soundtrack (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema’s most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s