Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film composer, music editor, film score and soundtrack composer, lyricist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films. Being the youngest son of the popular Indian film composer Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at age 16, when he composed the film score for Aravindhan. After an initial struggle, he made his big break with the Thulluvadho Ilamai soundtrack, and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s.