He was born in a middle class family. He lost his father when he was eight years old.He never completed his studies. He started composing music at the age of nine.
When he started, he was composing music only for advertisements.
After some years, he got a scholarship at College of Trinity of Music in London.
His first film in Tamil was 'Roja' directed by Manirathnam and it got the National Award.
Then , he got more than 100 Awards at the National level. He is the 'Brand Ambassador'
for World Peace by UNO. In the year of 2009, he got the 'Golden Globe' award for best sound mixing for the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
As a Tamilian, he is the first to win an Oscar. He always says, ‘Ella pugazhum Iraivanukkae’, after his achievements.
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B.Balamani.
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