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Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian singer-songwriter, film score andsoundtrack composer, lyricist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films. Being the youngest son of the popular Indian film composer MaestroIlaiyaraaja, 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 (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. His notable works and loyal fanbase earned him the honorific nickname Youth Icon [1][2]
Within a span of 15 years, Yuvan Shankar Raja has worked on over 100 films. Yuvan Shankar Raja recently has reached his 125th film by finishing Vishal starred Irumbu thirai film. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of western music elements and often credited with having introduced Hip hop to the Tamil film and music industry and having started the "era of remixes" in Tamil Nadu.[3][4][5]
He has won two Filmfare Awards; the Best Music Director Award in 2004 for his score in the drama 7G Rainbow Colony and Filmfare Special Award - South in 2009 for his Telugu musical Oy!. Also, he received six nominations for Filmfare Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Award in 2006 and 2010 and the Cyprus International Film Festival Award in 2006 forRaam, becoming the only Indian composer to win it.[6] In 2015, he created his own music label, U1 Records and in 2017, he started his own film production studio, YSR Films. Famous musical combo = (YSR-Simbu) (YSR-Thala Ajith) (YSR-Dhanush)
Early life
Born on 31 August 1979, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu into a Tamil family, Yuvan Shankar Raja is the third and youngest child of musician and film composer Ilaiyaraaja and his late wife Jeeva. He is the younger brother of music director Karthik Raja and playback singer-cum-music director Bhavatharini. Yuvan once confessed that his brother Karthik Raja was more talented than him, but he did not get a successful break into the music business since he did not get a "good team to work with".[7] His father as well as his siblings have sung many songs under his direction. Film director and film composer Gangai Amaran and R. D. Bhaskar are his uncles and their sons Venkat Prabhu, Premgi Amaren and Parthi Bhaskar, who are working in the Tamil film industry as well, are his cousins.
Yuvan Shankar did his schooling at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai,[8][9] and discontinued his education after his tenth class. He started learning music from Jacob Master,[10] attending piano classes at "Musee Musical" in Chennai, which is affiliated to Trinity College in London, UK.[11] Yuvan Shankar Raja stated that he always wanted to become a pilot and travel "all around the world", but as he grew up "with music around him", he eventually became a musician.[10] He admires the work of his father and other composers such as S. D. Burman, R. D. Burman, M. S. Viswanathan andNaushad Ali and the voices of singers Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, P. B. Sreenivas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ,A. R.Rahman ,and P. Susheela.[10]
Career
Music style and impact
Yuvan Shankar Raja has been credited with having introduced Hip-hop in the Tamil film music industry and having successfully integrated the genre into the Tamil musical mainstream. He has explored various genres,[96] and experimented with new sounds. Yuvan Shankar Raja has not learntIndian classical music,[106] although he has used complex swara patterns and carnatic rāgas in several films, including Nandha andThulluvadho Ilamai. Critics have noted that Yuvan Shankar Raja's music has a "youthful character to it",[106] with his compositions in particular appealing to the younger generation.
Yuvan Shankar Raja started the "era ofremixes"; "Aasai Nooru Vagai" from Kurumbu(2004) is considered as the first remix in a Tamil film, following which several composers began remixing Tamil film songs from the 1970s and 80s. He has experimented with the fusion of old songs with his own original compositions, mixing and incorporating parts of them into his songs, e.g., "Theepidikka" from Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and "Enga Area" fromPudhupettai (2005). In 2010, he and his friend and fellow actor Silambarasan released the song "Evan Di Unna Pethan" from the filmVaanam (2011) as a single, which generated the trend of releasing single tracks from film soundtracks in Tamil cinema several months prior to the actual release,[107][108] although the first single in Tamil cinema had been released in 2001 already.[109]
Personal life
Yuvan Shankar Raja married his girlfriend Sujaya Chandran on 21 March 2005, at the Mayor Sri Ramanathan Chettiyar Hall inChennai, India.[110][111] Yuvan had met her in 2002 as a fan at a music cultural program in London and both fell in love later.[112] Sujaya was a London-based singer and the daughter of Dr. C. R. Velayutham and Dr. Sarojini Chandran.[113] They had a secret registered marriage in September 2003 in London, before the formal public wedding was held in 2005 with the consent of their parents.[112] In August 2007, they filed for divorce with mutual consent, which was granted in February 2008, after 6 months.[112][114] The reason for the divorce was cited to be "irreconcilable differences".[114]
On 1 September 2011, he married Shilpa Mohan at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple,Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on 1 September 2011.[115] The marriage was held in a simple ceremony with only family members and close friends being present.[116] Shilpa was revealed to be a B. Pharm graduate from theUniversity of Adelaide, Australia.[117] Awedding reception was arranged a day later in Chennai.[118]
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