Yuvan Shankar Raja is a renowned Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and song writer from Tamil Nadu, India. Since 1996 he has been active in this sector.
Yuvan Shankar Raja Profile
| Name | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Other Names | Y Shankar Raja, Abdul Haliq |
| Date of Birth | 31-Aug-79 |
| Age | 43 Years |
| Birth Place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Producer, Music Director, Singer, Music Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboard, vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Sony Music, Think Music India, U1 Records and Divo |
| School Name | St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai |
| College Name | Trinity College, London, UK |
| Education | Graduate |
| Debut | Aravindhan |
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Parents | Ilaiyaraja & Jeeva Rajaiya |
| Siblings | Karthik Raja, Bhavatharini |
| Wife Name | Zafroon Nisa |
| Height | 5”2 |
| Weight | 69 Kgs |
| Hobbies | Singing, Reading |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality (Country) | India |
| YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@yuvanshankarraja246 |
| https://www.instagram.com/itsyuvan/?hl=en | |
| https://www.facebook.com/itsyuvan/ | |
| https://twitter.com/thisisysr |
Yuvan Shankar Raja Age, Family, Biography and more
Yuvan Shankar Raja was born on 31st August 1979 in Theni, Tamil Nadu, India. Now he is 43 years old. He belongs to a Hindu family. His zodiac sign is Virgo.
His father Ilayaraja was a music composer and mother Jeeva Rajayya was a classical dancer. He has a brother and sister named Karthik Raja and Bhavatharini.
He got married with Sujaya Chandran on 21st March 2005. She was a London based singer and daughter of Dr C R Velayuthm and Dr Sarojini Chandran. Unfortunately they got sepeated in 2007.
Later he got hitched with Shilpa on 1st September 2011 at Tirumala Venketeswara Temple, Tirupathi.in 2014 they embraced Islam and changed name to Abdul Haliq. After that he got married with Zafroon Nisa and the couple has a daughter.
Education Qualification and Career Journey
He completed schooling from St Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He attended piano classes from Musee Musical, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Yuvan started his career as a soundtrack composer. He composed various film songs and performed songs for films. his musical genres are film score and world music.
Composer, Lyricist
From 1997 to 2005 he composed songs for the movies “Aravindhan”, “Velai”, “Kalyana Galatta”, “Poovellam Kettuppar”, “Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga”, “Rishi”, “Dheena”, “Manadhai Thirudivittai”, “ Nandha”, “Thulluvadho Ilamai”, “Junior Senior”, “Kadhal Samrajyam”, “Bala”, “Pop Carn”, “Kurumbu”, “Bose”, “Raam” and “Sandakozhi.”
Later he composed songs for the movies “Pattiyal”, “Kedi”, “Kannamoochi Yenada”, “Saroja”, “Sarvam”, “Baana Kaathadi”, “Pathinaaru”, “Vaanam”, “Ullam”, “Biriyani”, “Anjaan”, “Masss”, “Taramani”, “Kadamban”, “Peranbu”, “Hero”, “Chakra”, “Valimai”, “Bommai”, etc.
He worked as lyricist for the movies “Chennai 600028” (2007), ‘Saroja”(2008), “Mankatha” (2011), “Biriyani” (2013) and “Maari 2” (2018).
Playback Singer
He was the playback singer in the movies “Thendral Sudum” (1989), “Anjali” (1990), “Alexander” (1996), “Friends” (2001), “Bala”, “Kurumbu”, “Raam”, “Manmadhan”, “Pattiyal”, “Raju Bhai”, “Aegan”, “Oye”, “Goa”, “Pesu”, “Panjaa”, “Billa 2”, “Maryan”, “Poojai”, “Yakkai”, “Balloon”, “Peranbu”, “Kazhugu 2”, “Master”, “Valimai”, “Captain” and “Dada.”
Web Series
He was the scriptwriter of the web series ‘Nilamellam Rattham” along with Ameer and Vetrimaran aired on ZEE 5.
Awards
He won the awards such as ‘South Indian International Movie Awards’, ‘Filmfare South Awards’, ‘Tamil Nadu State Film Awards’, ‘Vijay Awards’, ‘Crprus International Film Festival Awards’ etc.
YouTube and Instagram
Yuvan runs a YouTube channel named ‘U1 Records.’ He started this channel on 13th May 2015. Now he has 1.34 million subscribers and 337 videos are uploaded. Total view of the channel is 461, 119, 743.
The Instagram ID of Yuvan is ‘yuvanshankarraja_official.’ He gained 3600 followers and 86 videos and photos are posted.
Physical Appearance
The height of Yuvan is 5 feet 6 inches and weight is approximately 65 kilograms. He has black colored hairs and eyes.
You can check out the similar Indian singer Anirudh Ravichander.
