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 two Hindi films. He made his debut as a film composer in the 2014 Tamil film '' Pannaiyarum Padminiyum''.

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

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, he happened to meet

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Gopi Krishna, who advised him to study

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from

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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 on 2010

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as an assistant sound engineer and worked for him almost 10 films including the movie '' Nanban'' ''

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' ( ) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu, the film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Jayaram, Manobala and Z ...

'' '' 7 Aum Arivu'' '' Ko'' ''

Maattrraan ''Maattrraan'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by K. V. Anand, who co-wrote the script with Subha, and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Suriya in dual roles as a conjoined twin brothers, along w ...

'' ''

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''. He went on to compose music for more than 55 short films and for many noted films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi.

Personal life

Justin married Caroline Susannah on 05 October 2022 in presence of his family and friends.

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