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Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and music composer and singer-songwriter. He Mainly scores music for Tamil films. Being 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 which included mixed EDM and jazz styles of music. Starting at the age of 16 he composed music for his first film in tamil called aravindhan which went on to be noted only for his music. In a few years he got to work for A. R. Murugadoss's directorial debut in 2000, the action flick Dheena, starring Ajith Kumar, which went on to become a blockbuster and Yuvan Shankar Raja's first major successful film and his background score was well apreciated. Following that film he gave many wonderful compostions in movies such as Thulluvatho ilamai , Nandha , Mounam pesiyathey , kaadhal kondaen, 7G rainbow colony , Manmadhan and many more.His composition in the film raam made him the winner of best music director in cyprus int. film festival making him the first indian to win that award.His compositons in the movie paiyaa gave him a huge fanbase equal to that of actors in indian film industr.He is often compared to oscar winning composer AR rahman And yuvan shankar raja is indeed an " Young Maestro".