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Vamanan

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Vamanan

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Tamil, English
Residence History
Chennai

Career

Occupations
Film music historian, Author, Documentary film-maker, Journalist
Active Years
1980-2024
Affiliations
The Hindu, The Indian Express, India Today

Awards

Kalaimamani
2005
Work: Contribution to Tamil film history
Organization: Government of Tamil Nadu
Result: 受賞
First prize of the Tamil development department
2000
Work: Thirai Isai Alaigal (first volume)
Organization: Government of Tamil Nadu Tamil development department
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Thirai Isai Alaigal

1999 Film music history

Documentation of the lives of Tamil film music composers, singing stars and playback singers.

Tamil film musicComposers' biographies

TMS – Oru Pann-Paattu Charithiram

2002 Biography

Biography of singer T. M. Soundararajan tracing his life and over thirty years of film history.

Singer biographyTamil film history

Mellisai Mannargal Paattu Payanam

2004 Music history

Work on Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy duo in their individual capacities.

Composer duoTamil film music

Bibliography

  • Thirai Isai Alaigal (1999)
  • Vajpayee Kavithaigal (2000)
  • TMS – Oru Pann-Paattu Charithiram (2002)
  • Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 3, Calcutta Netru Indru Naalai (2003)
  • Mellisai Mannargal Paattu Payanam, Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 4 (2004)
  • Siva Darshan (2005)
  • Sangitha Chakravarthy G. Ramanathan (2006)
  • Vallalar – A pictorial biography (2007)
  • Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 5 (2011)
  • Gundusi B.R.S.Gopal – A life and anthology (2012)
  • Thirai Isai Kalanjiam (2014)
  • Mannavan Vandhaanadi (Part 1 of K.V.Mahadevan biography, 2015)

Translations by Author

  • Vajpayee Kavithaigal

Legacy

Renowned for documenting the lives of Tamil film music composers and singers, contributing significantly to Tamil film history.