S. A. Rajkumar (born 23 August 1964) is an Indian music composer and lyricist, known for his work primarily in

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, Telugu, and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

cinema.

Early life

Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular music directors such as Ilayaraja, Gangai Amaren,

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among others. Rajkumar admired his father's musical career and developed an interest in music. It was his mother who encouraged his father to make him join music classes. Rajkumar underwent classical music training under the guidance of Subbaiah Bhagavathar for 3 years.

Career

After completing his music training, Rajkumar started to organize musical shows on his own and was searching for film opportunities. Come 1987 and director duo Robert–Rajasekar gave him his first breakthrough by signing him as the music composer for their film '' Chinna Poove Mella Pesu''. Since then, Rajkumar has composed music for over hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada language films. His compositions for the films such as '' Pudhu Vasantham'' (1990), '' Shruthi'' (1990), '' Poove Unakkaga'' (1996), '' Surya Vamsam'' (1997), '' Aval Varuvala'' (1998), '' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' (1998), ''

Thullatha Manamum Thullum ''Thullatha Manamum Thullum'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by debutant S. Ezhil. It stars Vijay and Simran, while Manivannan, Dhamu and Vaiyapuri among others play supporting roles. The f ...

'' (1999), ''

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'' (1999), ''

Vaanathaippola ''Vaanathaippola'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Vijayakanth in a dual role. The supporting cast includes Meena, Prabhu Deva, Livingston, Kausalya and Anju Aravind. Produced by ...

'' (2000), '' Priyamaana Thozhi'' (2003) and '' Vasantam'' (2003) have all been blockbuster musical hits.

Awards

* 1990 –

Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given to film composers by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil ( Kollywood) films. A. R. Rahman is the most frequent winner with seventeen wins, whi ...

– '' Pudhu Vasantham'' * 1990 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada – '' Shruthi'' * 1999 – Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu – ''

'' * 1997 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director – '' Suryavamsam''

Discography

Tamil cinema

Telugu cinema

Kannada cinema

Malayalam cinema

Television

* 2010 ''Kodi Mullai''

Onscreen appearances

*''Pudhu Varusham'' (1992) – guest role in song "Ovvorthanum Kaadhalikkiren" *'' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' (1998) – himself in song "Vaanambadiyin Vaazhvile" *'' Endrendrum Kadhal'' (1999) – himself in song "Nadodi Nanba" *'' Ennavale'' (2000) – himself *''

Priyamanavale ''Priyamaanavale'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Selva Bharathy. The film stars Vijay and Simran in the lead roles with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vivek and Radhika Chaudhari in supporting roles. It revol ...

'' (2000) – himself

Singer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajkumar, S. A. Musicians from Chennai Kannada film score composers Living people Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners Filmfare Awards South winners Tamil film score composers Telugu film score composers 1964 births