Yugabharathi


Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet, Music Director, and lyricist. His birth name was "Santhanam Desan" and he was known as "Santhanam" by his family and friends. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharathi" in honour of the great Tamil poet Subramanya Bharathi, commonly known as Mahakavi Bharithiyar.
Debuting in the film Aanandham with lyrics for the song "Pallankuzhiyin vattam parthaen", he has become a successful lyricist penning more than 1000 songs.

Education

Yugabharathi studied in Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School and received his diploma in mechanical engineering at Government Polytechnic College.

Notable works

Some of the more notable songs which Yugabharathi has written lyrics for are "Kadhal pisase" from Run, "Manmada Rasa" from Thiruda Thirudi, "sambo siva sambo" from Naadodigal, and "Konja neram" from Chandramukhi.

Filmography

Lyricist

2002-2009

2010-2015

2016 - 2019

Writer

;Vijay Awards
;South Indian International Movie Awards
;Filmfare Awards South
;Tamil Nadu State Film Awards