16 Facts About Santhosh Narayanan

Santhosh Narayanan was born on 15 May 1983 and is an Indian film composer and musician who has worked predominately worked in Tamil cinema, while having some Telugu and Malayalam films to his credit.

Santhosh Narayanan was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli.

Santhosh Narayanan completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at JJ College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

Santhosh Narayanan composed the music including two original songs for the Telugu short film Advaitham, Santhosh Narayanan was part of the contemporary folk music band "La Pongal" in which he performed in a few live shows in 2009.

Santhosh Narayanan made his debut as an independent music director in the 2012 Tamil film Attakathi directed by Pa.

All three albums, Attakathi, Uyir Mozhi and Pizza were recorded and mastered by Leon Zervos at Studios 301 in Sydney Australia; furthermore, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra had performed for the soundtrack of Pizza, which saw Santhosh Narayanan collaborating with Gana Bala again, albeit on a Blues number this time.

For Uyir Mozhi, some of the songs Santhosh Narayanan had scored for a private album were used by the director.

Santhosh Narayanan won accolades that year: the Jaya TV 2012 award for Sensational Debutant Music Director for Attakathi, and the Big Tamil Melody Award for Best Debut Music director for Pizza.

Santhosh Narayanan worked on the black comedy film Soodhu Kavvum directed by the Director Nalan Kumarasamy next.

Santhosh Narayanan had four soundtracks released that year, the first being the album to the romantic drama Cuckoo.

Cuckoo's soundtrack was highly appreciated by critics who called it an "alluring and immersive album" and "the best soundtrack that composer Santhosh Narayanan has produced yet".

In May 2017, Santhosh Narayanan signed for Kaala, his second film for Superstar Rajinikanth.

Santhosh Narayanan was involved with Dulquer Salmaan's 2021 Malayalam film Salute, before being replaced by Jakes Bejoy.

Santhosh Narayanan composed the soundtrack and film's score for Sarpatta Parambarai; It marked the composer's fifth consecutive film with Pa.

Santhosh Narayanan worked with Maajja on independent music as Enjoy Enjami sung by Arivu, Dhee and himself which clocked 19 million views within one week of release making it the highest watched Tamil music video album and keeping now at 474 million views.

Santhosh Narayanan will make his Bollywood debut in Salman Khan's film Sikandar in which he will give the background score.