Sooraj Santhosh (born 19 September 1987) is an Indian playback singer who sings mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages and also sung in Hindi, Kannada and Badaga. He was the former lead vocalist of the band Masala Coffee. 　　Singing career 　　He had won the 2004 School Youth Festival and 2004–2005 Kerala State Higher Secondary Youth Festival. He represented Kerala University in the South Zone Inter-University Youth Festival and was declared the winner three years in a row – 2009, 2010 and 2011. He has participated in the National Inter University Youth Festival. In 2009 he shifted his base from Trivandrum to Chennai. He was under the tutelage of flutist Kudamaloor Janardanan. He says that if it was not for his guru, Kudamaloor Janardanan, a professional flutist and Carnatic musician, he wouldn't have understood music in this depth. Sooraj had accompanied Kudamaloor Janardhanan for a fusion ensemble at the Kovalam Lit Fest (2010) (he was the only singer in the group). Sooraj is a vocalist with Ashram Oriental Rock, a seven-member Indo-Austrian band and had been on a European tour with the band in 2011.