James Vasanthan is an Indian Television (Tamil) host, a film music composer, and a filmmaker and a motivational speaker.

James Vasanthan was born in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India, to Brownie Sophia and George Theophilus, a police officer, who died in service, due to cancer.

His mom used to tell him that her father Antony who was an engineer in the ropeway services in Anamalai Hills, Pollachi, erected and maintained by the Brits in the colonial times, was a meticulous person known for his discipline and strictness.

It was his mentor Dr Uma Maheswari (former principal of Government College of Music, Thiruvaiyaru) who advised him to do this course and paid all his fees and provided every course material and resource, being a scholar in the subject.

After a six-year stint as music teacher, he migrated to Madras to fulfill his long-term desire and dream of making as a film composer.