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Gangai Amaran

Gangai Amaran
Birth name Ganesh Kumar Gangai Amaran
Born (1947-12-08) 8 December 1947 (age 69)
Pannaipuram, Theni, Tamil Nadu
Occupation(s) Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Film score composer, lyricist, music director, songwriter, singer, conductor, instrumentalist
Instruments Vocals, (playback singing), guitar
Years active 1976–2016
Associated acts Ilayaraaja, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Venkat Prabhu, Premgi Amaren

Gangai Amaran is a music director, singer, lyricist, script writer, film director and actor in Tamil films.

He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of director and actor Venkat Prabhu and actor, composer and singer Premji Amaren. He had elder brothers R. D. Bhaskar and Pavalar Varadharajan both died long back. Composers Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, singer Bhavatharini and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar are his relations.


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