Frances Antony Cyril Raja (born 24 July 1975) known professionally as Vijay Antony, is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first Indian Music Director to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the song Naaka Mukka advertising film in the Best Music category. The song was played at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He made his debut film Naan in 2012. He is best known for his roles in action thriller films such as Salim (2014) and Pichaikkaran (2016).

Early life
Vijay Antony was born in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. When entering the Tamil industry he had changed his name to Agni, but this was then changed by S. A. Chandrasekhar who had stated that Agni was not lucky, so decided to add on his son's Vijay (actor) name to the front of Antony.