Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie Doubles in 2000. He is the son of famous music composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo SabeshâÂÂMurali and the cousin of actor Jai. In 2023, Srikanth Deva was awarded the National Film Award â Special Mention (non-feature film) for composing music for a Tamil short film called Karuvarai (2021).
In his young age, Srikanth Deva used to play musical instruments in Gangai Amaran, Deepan Chakravarthy, and Malaysia Vasudevan's Katcheri (musical concert). Srikanth had a band along with his friends called "Surabi".
In 2000, Srikanth made his debut as music director in Doubles which is directed by Pandiarajan. He made his next film in 2004 with Silambarasan's Kuthu, in which the songs became a hit in the industry for its dance numbers. Same year, he worked for M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi which won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director. Srikanth Deva made his 100th film Priyamudan Priya which released on 5 August 2023. Srikanth married Febi Mani, a playback singer in the Tamil film industry, on 21 February 2005 at Chennai.