Yuvan Shankar Raja Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Yuvan Shankar Raja has predominantly worked in Tamil Films and is famously considered to be a versatile composer giving his music for over 100 films. He started his career by composing music for an album and finally entered into the film and music industry of Tamil Cinema at the age of 16. Since then he has been producing music and has got immense love and popularity from the listeners.

 

Yuvan is also recognized as the Rockstar of Tamil Cinema, as he was the one who introduced the era of remixes and western music in Tamil Film Industry. This is the cause of Yuvan’s huge popularity among the youth. He has won several awards for his work in 7G Rainbow Colony, Oy! And Raam.

 

He was the first Indian Composer to receive an award at the Cyprus International Film Festival Awards in 2006 for Raam. In a career of over 25 years, he has composed songs for over 100 films and is arguable one of the most sought after musician in Tamil film industry. He is often compared to A.R. Rahman as well. He is also the owner of music label U1 records and also has started his production studio named YSR Films. Some of his noted works include 7G Rainbow Colony,  Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu, and Paruthiveeran  among others. In addition to Tamil, he has also composed music for other South Indian language films as well. In addition to music composer, he is a noted singer as well. Films which feature some of his popular songs are Maadhathil, Pattiyal, Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu, Pudhupettai, and Paiyaa among others.