Karthik Raja, born on June 29, 1973 in India, is a composer and Tamil playback
singer based in Chennai. Raised in a family of musicians, he received formal
training in Western classical music from the Trinity School of Music and
Carnatic music from T.V. Gopalakrishnan and V. Dakshinamoorthy. At age 13,
Karthik Raja played the keyboard for "Kannukkum" from Ninaikka Therinda Maname
(1987). He composed his first song "Pandianin Rajiyathil" for Pandiyan (1992)
and debuted as a fully-fledged composer with Alexander in 1996. Notable works
include the soundtracks for Ullasam, Naam Iruva...