He is best known for his mix of Aashiqui 2 soundtrack for which he won GiMA Award for Best Recording Engineer.
[1][2][3] Pillai aspired to become a music producer and recording engineer since the age of 11.
In 1999 he started working independently and in 2011 he built his own recording setup named as Future Sound of Bombay.
[3] Pillai won the GiMA Award for Best Recording Engineer for his mix of the soundtrack of Aashiqui 2.
[1][2] Pillai subsequently won International Indian Film Academy award, in the category of Best Recording Engineer for the song Galliyan.