About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1890-09-26
Place of birth:
Polagam Village, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Papanasam Sivan

Overview

Papanasam Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1970. He was also the foremost film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in 1930s and 1940s.

A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagaraja. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S. Subbulakshmi.

In 1962, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Known for

Acting
1939 Thyagabhoomi Actor Sambu Sastri 59
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Writing
2023 Bakasuran Writing Lyricist 59
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Sound
1944 Haridas Sound Music 59
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1943 Sivakavi Sound Music N/A
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1939 Thiruneelakantar Sound Music N/A
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1939 Thyagabhoomi Sound Music 59
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1938 Sevasadanam Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1937 Ambikapathy Sound Music N/A
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1937 Ambikapathy Sound Songs N/A
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1937 Chintamani Sound Music N/A
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1937 Chintamani Sound Songs N/A
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1936 Naveena Sarangadhara Sound Songs N/A
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1936 Naveena Sarangadhara Sound Music N/A
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1934 Pavalakkodi Sound Music N/A
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1934 Pavalakkodi Sound Songs N/A
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1934 Seeta Kalyanam Sound Music Director N/A
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