Vamanan

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Vamanan
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NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film music historian, author, documentary film-maker, journalist
Notable workThirai Isai Alaigal

Vamanan is an Indian writer, journalist, documentary film-maker and film music historian based in Chennai. He is known for his documentation of the lives of Tamil film music composers, singing stars and playback singers. Vamanan was awarded the Tamil Nadu government's Kalaimamani award (2005) by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for his contribution to Tamil film history and won the first prize of the Government of Tamil Nadu Tamil development department for the first volume of Thirai Isai Alaigal (2000). [1] [2]

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Career

Vamanan worked in newspapers including The Hindu , The Indian Express and India Today in the editorial. He was film critic of The Indian Express in the eighties. His first book was Thirai Isai Alaigal. Subsequently, four more volumes of Thirai Isai Alaigal have been released. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] His biography of singer T. M. Soundararajan titled "TMS - Oru pann-pattu charithiram" traces the Soundararajan's life while exploring more than thirty years of film world history. [8] [9] His work Mellisai Mannargal Paattu Payanam is on the work of Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy (a duo consisting of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy) in their individual capacities. The book was released by Justice S. Mohan and the first copy was received by film producer M. Saravanan. [10]

Selected bibliography

YearBookLanguage(s)Publication
1999Thirai Isai AlaigalTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2000Vajpayee Kavithaigal (A translation from Hindi of Vajpayee's poems)TamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2002TMS – Oru Pann-Paattu CharithiramTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2003Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 3, Calcutta Netru Indru NaalaiTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2004Mellisai Mannargal Paattu Payanam, Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 4TamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2005Siva DarshanEnglishA Tattvaloka Publication
2006Sangitha Chakravarthy G. RamanathanTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2007Vallalar – A pictorial biographyTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2011Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 5TamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2012Gundusi B.R.S.Gopal – A life and anthologyTamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2014Thirai Isai Kalanjiam (1278 page Omnibus edition of five volumes of Thirai Isai Alaigal)TamilManivachagar Pathippagam
2015Mannavan Vandhaanadi (Part 1 of K.V.Mahadevan biography)TamilManivachagar Pathippagam

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