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.