 Roldan was born to the renowned mridangam player Srimushnam V. Raja Rao and Padma, the daughter of novelist Sandilyan.He began a career in music composing and working on Carnatic tracks before venturing into independent Tamil music with his band Sean Roldan & Friends.Roldan was recommended by film producer C. V. Kumar to Varun Manian, the producer of the bilingual film "Vaayai Moodi Pesavum" / "Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram", who was looking for a composer after the director's original choice, Anirudh Ravichander, had opted out.