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.

Vijay Antony made his acting debut in the lead role in the crime thriller Naan. The film's standalone sequel titled Salim, an action thriller was his next venture as an actor and music director. He started off as a singer with the song `Saathikadi` in the movie Sukran and then went on to record songs in several films like Dishyum, Ninaithale Inikkum, Yuvan Yuvathi, Biriyani, Pichaikkaran, and Saithan. A successful music composer, he has received nominations like Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil) for Ninaithale Inikkum (2009), and Vijay Awards for Best Music Director for Vettaikaaran (2009).