Natarajan Sankaran

Natarajan Sankaran is an upcoming Kollywood Film Score and Soundtrack Composer. His first composition Moodar Koodam is due release this 2013.

Early Life & Career
Natarajan was born to Sankaran and Sundari of Tirunelveli City of Tamil Nadu. He had his schooling at Seventh Day Adventist School, Hosur. After completion of his education in Engineering, he joined a private company and started his professional career at New Delhi. It was here, that he along with his friend and colleague Naveen, decided to focus on Music Career and went on to become a Film Music Composer.

Notable Works
Natarajan Sankaran remixed Rare Feat of K J Yesudhas. K J Yesudhas could not have got a better gift in his 50th year in the film industry. The veteran playback singer has achieved a rare feat of recording his first ever Tamil film song once again for a new film in his golden jubilee year. As the script subtly deals with the meaning and purpose of life, the climax song needed to be more philosophical. The song ‘neeyum bommai naanum bommai’ from the 1963 cult classic movie ‘Bommai’ directed by the legendary director S.Balachander is the best song that explains life in a more philosophical but rather simpler way.

Director Naveen thought a remix version of the song with the same lyrics and mesmerizing voice of Yesudhas sir would do more justice to the climax of the film. “After finishing the track, Director Naveen and Music composer Natarajan Sankaran visited sundaram Balachander sir’s Mylapore house, met his family members and told them about our idea of remixing and using the song in our movie and played the track for them. After hearing the remixed version, smt. Vasantha Balachander and Mr.S.B.Raman (son of S.Balachander), readily agreed and issued a legal NOC for the usage of the song in our film" Later when the team were planning to proceed with the recording, director thought that reaching Yesudhas sir will be a herculean task for an independent filmmaker like himself and decided to record the song with Vijay Yesudhas’s voice. Vijay listened to the track and was very impressed. He himself suggested that none other than the legend himself can do justice to the song. He played the track to Yesudhas and he immediately accepted to sing the song. He seems to have recreated his magic once again after 50 years with this song. He was very pleased with the way the song has been remixed. He appreciated music director Natarajan Sankaran for having preserved the soul of the song while remixing it. He recorded the song in 20 minutes and shared his experience for more than an hour and a half.

Yesudhas sir is against remix songs and he is a person who doesn't appreciate remixing classic songs. But, he himself has volunteered to sing this version of 'Neeyum Bommai' song in Moodar Koodam. His words - "I don't consider this song as a remix version. I appreciate the way this version of the song has emerged. The soul has been retained and yet it sounds very new, very fresh with a different mood. This is a very different song and I want to render my voice for this version in a different mood and style too. Singing this song after 50 years is like completing a circle."

Upcoming Events
The audio launch of Moodar Koodam directed by debutant Naveen, a former assistant to Pasanga director Pandiraj is set to happen on April 29th in Chennai. Produced by White Shadows Productions, mostly featuring debutants, also stars Oviya, Jayaprakash, Anupama Kumar, Sentrayan (of Pollathavan fame) and (Fivestar fame) Krishna.