S.S.Thaman | |
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Native name | ఘంటసాల సాయి శ్రీనివాస్ తమన్ శివకుమార్ |
Birth name | Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Sivakumar |
Born |
Andhra Pradesh, India |
16 November 1983
Genres | Film score |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Singer , record producer, music director. |
Instruments | Drums, Rhythm pads, Keyboard |
Years active | 2003–present |
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Siva Kumar, popularly known and credited as S.S.Thaman is an Indian film music composer who mainly composes music in Telugu and Tamil.
Although Thaman entered the film industry as an actor in a supporting role in the film Boys, he soon turned film composer and became popular for his work as a music director. His debut films as music director were Sindhanai Sei in Tamil, and Kick in Telugu, Kick went on to become his first blockbuster film.
He was born in Andhra Pradesh, India into a Telugu Brahmin family. He is the grand child of Ghantasala Balaramayya, director and producer, known for producing the Telugu film Seetarama Jananam, the debut film of Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Thaman hails from a family of musicians from Pottepalem, Nellore District. His father Ghantasala Siva Kumar was a Drummer, who worked for seven hundred films, under composer, K. Chakravarthy, his mother Ghantasala Savitri is a playback singer and his aunt is singer P. Vasantha. Thaman is married to Play back singer Sri Vardhini.
At the age of nine, He joined S.P. Balasubramaniam, Ilaiyaraaja's brother, and G. Anand as a rhythm pads player, and discontinued studies when he lost his father at the age of 13. He was compelled to make his hobby into a profession to meet the crisis in his family. He then joined Raj-Koti team, and worked for three years on sixty films and then joined M. M. Keeravani and worked with him for three years completing thirty films. He has also gained experience from composers like Vandemataram Srinivas, Chakri, R. P. Patnaik and Devi Sri Prasad.