Karthik Raja

The famous south Indian film composer, singer, music director, musician, a mesmerizing keyboard and piano artist and many more was born in Tamil Nadu, India on January 29, 1973. He has now settled down in Chennai, the great peak city of Tamil Nadu. He is known to have made a debut film as a composer in his very own movie in the year 1996 called 'Alexander'. This film is known to have touched the peak of popularity and has won hearts of many music lovers, and it was one of the critically as well commercially acclaimed films.

EARLY LIFE

Karthik Raja was born in a great musical family and is known to acquired the best of all the music skills. His father being a great renowned, respected and celebrated musician of India, Mastro 'Ilayaraja'. His family consists of a brother and a sister who both are also known to have built a huge reputation in the film industry. Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja is the popular music composer, >> Read More... , his brother, is a playback singer as well as a great music director. His sister, ' Bhavatharini Bhavatharini is a Tamil singer and music composer. >> Read More... ', has also worked with him in many films and notable music assignments. Karthik Raja has done this schooling in St. Bede's school, located in Chennai and holds a graduation degree from the Loyola College, Chennai. Karthik Raja was married happily at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

CAREER

As he was born in the faculty with heavy musical background and reputation, he got exposure into the musical arena at a very young age. In his young age, he would often visit along with his father during the music composition and to recording studios as well. Although his father was a classical singer, Karthik Raja has completed his formal education of music in a western sphere from the Trinity school of music. He is also known to have been affiliated the respected piano graduation from Jacob John. He is well versed both in western as well as in Carnatic music, from T. V. Gopalakrishnan and the great Malayalam music composer V. Dakshinmoorthy.

ACHIEVEMENTS

He is recognized for his composition in his movie "Alexander," then followed by the movie, " Manikyam Click to look into! >> Read More... ." He played the keyboard out tracks for many movies such as "Nayagan", which also earned him popularity. He then holds record a few renowned blockbuster which consists of "Ullasam," very soon followed by "Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar." He is also known to have performed and acted in many Hindi movies with Grahan, which awarded him the R. D. Burman Award for the best new talent in 1998. He was even awarded Cinema Express Awards as a Best music director award for the movie Dumm Dumm Dumm.

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Karthik Raja is a Chennai-based composer. He made his debut as a music composer with a Tamil movie named ‘Alexander’, in the year 1996. He was born on 29 June 1973. He graduated from Saint Bede’s School in Chennai. He got married to Raja Rajeswari Raja rajeswari is a spiritual drama telecasted on >> Read More... on 8 June 2001. Grown up in a family of musicians made him somehow lead towards the same way. He is the son of legendary musician ‘IIayaraja’. His siblings also work in Tamil films as music directors and playback singers. He got exposure at a very early stage. He took training from Trinity School of Music in western classical music. He has been considered as one of the youngest music composers in the Kollywood Industry. He also attained professional training in Carnatic music from Gopalakrishan and Dakshinmoorthy. His list of achievements is endless. He played piano for the soundtrack of the movie ‘Nayagan’.

At the age of 13, he started playing keyboard and also played for the song Kanukkum from the Tamil movie “Ninaikka Therinda Maname” in the year 1987. He used to accompany his father to the studios for recording. He also made some background music for the TV series Bible. He also composed music for three Hindi movies. He received Best Music Director award in 2001 for the movie “ Dum Dum Dum Serial story coming soon.. >> Read More... ”. Karthik Raja worked with famous Hindi producers and actors namely Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... , Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... and much more. In the year 2000, he got married to Raja Rajeswari at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Raja won the ‘R. D. Barman’ award for the Best New Talent for the Hindi film ‘Graham’. With his non-stop hard working skills, he has reached a level of fame and today has become a very successful person in his field. His talent and skills has made him one of the best-known music composer and director in the industry.