He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor Jai.

[6][7] In his young age, Srikanth Deva used to play musical instruments in Gangai Amaran, Deepan Chakravarthy, and Malaysia Vasudevan's Katcheri.

[8] In 2000, Srikanth made his debut as music director in Doubles which is directed by Pandiarajan.

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 is released on 5 August 2023.