14 Facts About Rahul Raj

Rahul Raj has composed and produced scores and soundtracks predominantly for Malayalam movies.

Rahul Raj is an alumnus of the prestigious Berklee College of Music and holds a postgraduate degree in scoring for films, TV and video games.

Rahul Raj's schooling was in Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara Cochin.

Rahul Raj graduated as an IT Engineer from CUSAT, Cochin and later on pursued courses such as CCNP and CCIE in Bangalore ILloka networks, before moving to London.

Rahul Raj helped Pradeep Menon, a UK-based Indian businessman, remix a Tamil Ayappa record that was originally produced, composed and sung by Pradeep Menon and Shashi Kumar in 1985.

On returning to India, Rahul composed more than 100 jingles for commercials in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.

Rahul Raj had a dull opening in 2014 with the high budget romantic comedy London Bridge and Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 the much hyped sequel to the cult comedy classic Mannar Mathai Speaking failing at the box office.

Rahul Raj had composed only three tracks for London Bridge, as he had to leave the project owing to scheduling conflicts.

Rahul Raj signed Academy Award Winner Resul Pookutty's multilingual titled The Sound Story directed by Pookutty's protege Prasad Prabhakar.

Rahul Raj composed the songs of the film, but opted out before composing the background score, as there were schedule conflicts with his stint in Berklee, Spain.

Rahul Raj returned from Europe in July 2019 and was immediately signed by Priyadarshan to compose the background score of his magnum opus Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, a historical epic set in the 16th century.

Rahul Raj scored two films in 2023, both ending up has box-office duds with the music too making no significant impact.

Rahul Raj's notable upcoming releases are the Suresh Gopi-starrer Varaaham directed by Sanal V Devan, The Statesman directed by Kishore Prakash Menon and an untitled film directed by Rathish Ambat in Malayalam; Yaar in Tamil; and another untitled film in Hindi.

In 2013, Rahul Raj was designated as the President of the FEFKA Music Directors' Union, the official association of film composers in the Malayalam film industry.