Bharathwaj | |
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Born | 3 July 1960 |
Genres | Film score |
Occupation(s) | Composer, music director, singer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Bharathwaj is a Tamil film composer. He has since scored music in languages including Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam trained in Hindustani, Western and Carnatic music. He is a recipient of Kalaimamani Award for the year 2008 from Tamil Nadu Government. He had composed music for programmes on All India Radio (AIR) and DD at the age of 17.
Bharathwaj was born in Ravanasamuthram, Tirunelveli in a Tamil Brahmin family and had his schooling and college education in Delhi. His father was a government official. Bharathwaj qualified as a Chartered Accountant before entering the domain of music.
He studied Hindustani and Western music at Delhi.
He has scored music for almost all movies of Saran
Bharathwaj has scored 49 films in Tamil. His 1st film Kaadhal Mannan, 25th film Attagasam and 50th film is Aasal all with 'Ultimate Star' Ajith Kumar and with director Saran.