Vamanan
Indian writer, journalist, and film music historian
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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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| Occupations | Film music historian, author, documentary film-maker, journalist |
| Notable work | Thirai Isai Alaigal |
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
| Year | Book | Language(s) | Publication |
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| 1999 | Thirai Isai Alaigal | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2000 | Vajpayee Kavithaigal (A translation from Hindi of Vajpayee's poems) | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2002 | TMS – Oru Pann-Paattu Charithiram | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2003 | Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 3, Calcutta Netru Indru Naalai | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2004 | Mellisai Mannargal Paattu Payanam, Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 4 | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2005 | Siva Darshan | English | A Tattvaloka Publication |
| 2006 | Sangitha Chakravarthy G. Ramanathan | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2007 | Vallalar – A pictorial biography | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2011 | Thirai Isai Alaigal Part 5 | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2012 | Gundusi B.R.S.Gopal – A life and anthology | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2014 | Thirai Isai Kalanjiam (1278 page Omnibus edition of five volumes of Thirai Isai Alaigal) | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |
| 2015 | Mannavan Vandhaanadi (Part 1 of K.V.Mahadevan biography) | Tamil | Manivachagar Pathippagam |