Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer and film producer working predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He made his debut as music director in 2005. He is the first Indian to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the song Naaka Mukka advertising film in the Best Music category.The song propelled his fame and was played at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. With his debut film being Naan in 2012, he is best known for his roles in action thriller films such as Salim (2014), Pichaikkaran (2016), Saithan (2017), Yaman (2017) and Kolaigaran (2019).

Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.[1] His father died when he was seven years old and his sister was four.[3] The family was pushed into difficult days and his mother took up a government job to educate the children and support the family. They lived in a small flat allotted by Tamil Nadu Housing Board at Anbu Nagar, Tirunelveli from where Antony and his sister completed their schooling. Antony graduated in a physics major from St Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, and again enrolled for BSc in Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai, and is a sound engineer by education. He took basic training in music from the legendary pianist and guitarist Cleophas (was also an English Professor at St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai). He was supported by film director S.A. Chandrasekhar during initial years in the gratitude of which Antony added the name 'Vijay' as a prefix to his name. He is the great-grandson of Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (1826–1889), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai, an Indian civil servant who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram, recognized as the first modern Tamil novel.