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Kumar Narayanan Ramanathan is an Indian music director who started his career in 2008 with Saintunes in Chennai. He directed some many kinds of music and also help mentor aspiring musicians in Chennai. He has been active from the year 2008 to present. Kumar, though a student of commerce was more passionate about music, sound and creative designing.

Career
R. Kumar Narayanan started his career as the founder and Managing Director of Saintunes. As Managing Director of Saintunes, Kumar has worn many hats through the years in business; a musician, a sound engineer, a graphic designer and a singer. With over a decade in music and design space, he has worked on several corporate, music and sound-related projects, and also took classes for graphic design and image drawing at NIFT and IOD in Chennai.

He has been a part of the music and design industry over ten years. He has worked over 100 music and sound related projects. He has worked as a music composer, singer, and is also a sound engineer. His list of projects includes ringtones for Hungama and music scores for Park-Hyatt. On the design front, R. Kumar Narayanan has showcased his work as a freelance graphic designer and as an academic in reputed institutes. As a designer, he has handled over 100 corporate projects and has also worked with high profile fashion labels. Notably, in 2009, his work for Kohlers was featured in fashion magazine Femina. His corporate plan includes designing for Kiwi and San Vision Energy Technology. As an academic, R. Kumar Narayanan has taught courses on graphic designing, Photoshop and image drawing at NIFT and IOD. He has also designed websites for feature films like Adiyum Andamum.

Saintunes is also known for having brought out fusion bhajans, contemporary English songs, an album of romantic Tamil ballads, a soundtrack for the Worldwide Human Rights & Welfare Organisation, a sound and design project for the movie Ethirmarai (the first digital film in Tamil), and lots more. Urgineyen as a music and video album serves as a precedent for young and upcoming talent to produce their independent work in a cost-productive way. A complete performer, R. Kumar Narayanan has been a producer, actor, singer, and also has been a music composer for this album. Both believe that Indian music industry needs more record labels that are open to upcoming talent and newcomers. They envision Saintunes as a label company catering to pan Indian and global requirements. Currently, the Saintunes team is working on a sound and design project for the movie Ethirmarai, the first digital film in Tamil. Saintunes

Saintunes
Saintunes Creative Services was established in 2008 by R. Kumar Narayanan in Chennai. Kumar, though a student of commerce was more passionate about music, sound and creative designing. That's how, over the years, Saintunes has gradually evolved into a media hub. Presently, Saintunes focuses in music, and films, corporate presentations and cinema.

N. Srinivasan, the co-founder of Saintunes, has had a life-long passion towards music. A marine engineer and professor at CSSM, he soon realised that his true calling was within the creative industry. Saintunes was a way by which he could contribute to the music industry.

Both founders intend Saintunes music and design to cater to an "All Audience". They believe that music and art cannot be trapped in genres and labels. As a company, Saintunes comprises of individuals who are equally multi-faceted like their founders on both design and music front. They have used modern platforms on the internet like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to reach out to thousands of audiences. They have also uploaded their albums in other music sharing forums.

Singer
R. Kumar Narayanan has worked as a music composer, singer, and is also a sound engineer. His list of projects includes ringtones for Hungama and music scores for Park-Hyatt. Kumar's anthem for the Chennai Super Kings, Dho-Dho-Dhoni is still a rage,  as is his other song Roar for CSK.