Within a span of 23 years, Yuvan has worked on over 100 films. His notable works have led him the honorific nickname 'Youth Icon'. Yuvan has won two Filmfare Awards, five Mirchi Music Awards, four Vijay Awards and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. 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 started the 'era of remixes' in Tamil Nadu.
Yuvan Shankar Raja was born on 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter.
