Education
He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
Born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, K moved to Chennai when he was four months old. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. His talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘Panatella’ for several years after that.
He moved to creating jingles for advertisements and corporate films, singing several songs for the same.
In the year 2010, K was brought on board for director Mysskin’s film Yuddham Science The film’s sound track was a hit.
He then composed for Mysskin"s Mugamoodi starring Jiiva. His next big career break came when famed cinematographer Rajeev Ravi roped him for his directorial venture in Malayalam, Annayum Rasoolum.
The movie went on to become a cult favourite.
He made his musical foray into Bollywood with the Hindi remake of the hit Tamil film Pizza", by composing the background score of the movie. Acting "Kallapadam", being directed by debutant Vadivelu, also happens to be the first film in which K will feature on-screen. He had formerly turned down a role in his first movie "Yuddham Sei", but this time around has agreed to play one of the leads in the upcoming movie.