Justin Prabhakaran (born 10 June 1986) is an Indian

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and soundtrack composer. He has scored music mostly for

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films and also a few Malayalam and Telugu films besides one Hindi film. He made his debut as a film composer in the 2014 Tamil film ''

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''.

Early life

Prabhakaran was born in

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. From childhood, he was interested in music. He was introduced to

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at an early age and groomed to become a

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player. He participated in a TV show and won the award for his own composition. He is proficient in playing keyboard and

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. During a film shoot at the

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in 2003–2006, where he studied B.Sc.

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, he happened to meet

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Gopi Krishna, who advised him to study

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from

M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute The M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as the Adyar Film Institute, is Asia's first-ever film and television training institute. Established in 1945 as Adyar Film Institute, it is one of the pioneer film in ...

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Career

While studying at M.G.R. Film & TV Institute, Prabhakaran came up with his new composition for the Tamil thendral (cultural event) every year. He joined music composer

Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with K ...

and worked for him on the movie ''

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaippuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations, and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit, the film stars Vijay and Kaj ...

''. He has composed music for more than 55 short films and for the debut movie of '' Basil Joseph'' for '' Kunjiramayanam''

Discography

;As composer ;As playback singer ;As lyricist

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prabhakaran, Justin Tamil musicians Tamil film score composers Musicians from Madurai Living people 1986 births Malayalam film score composers 21st-century Indian composers Telugu film score composers