S. Thaman

Sai Srinivas Thaman Sivakumar(Tamil: சாய் ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ் தமன் சிவகுமார்); known popularly as S. Thaman(Tamil: தமன்) (Telugu: థమన్); is an Indian film music composer who works forTelugu and Tamil films. Despite debuting his film career as an actor in Shankar's Boys, he has since established himself as a prominent music director in the South Indian film industries.

S. Thaman
Birth name	Sai Srinivas Thaman Sivakumar
Also known as	S.S. Thaman
Genres	Film score
Occupations	Actor, composer, record producer, music director,singer
Instruments	Rhythm Pads and Keyboard
Years active	2003–present

Personal life and career

Thaman, also known as Sai Srinivas Thaman Sivakumar was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He originally hails from a family connected to music. His father Siiva kumar was a Drummer, who worked for 700 films for music composer K. Chakravarthy, his mother Savitri is a playback singer, his aunt is singer P. Vasantha, and his grand father Ghantasala Balaramayya is a director and producer, known for producing the film 'Seetarama Jananam' under the banner Pratiba Pictures which is the debut film of Akkineni Nageshwara Rao.

At the age of nine, he joined SPB, Ilayaraja's brother and G. Anand as a rhythm pads player and discontinued studies when he lost his father when he was 13. He was compelled to make his hobby into a profession to meet the crisis in his family.

He joined Raj-Koti team, worked for three years on 60 films and then joined Keeravani and worked with him for 3 years completing 30 films and also gained experience from Vandemataram Srinivas, Chakri, RP Patnaik and Devi Sri Prasad. However the most memorable period in his life is his tutelage under Mani Sharma with whom he spent six and a half years and worked on eighty films. On the whole he put in fourteen years of rhythm and keyboard programming with the veterans before branching out on his own.

Thaman had worked with leading music directors was added to the cast of Boys after a successful audition in which he had to play the drums and went on to help out with the background score of the film.

Filmography

Acting

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Boys	Phani	Tamil
2009	Sindhanai Sei		Tamil	Cameo appearance
2010	Ayyanar		Tamil	Cameo appearance
2011	Vandhaan Vendraan		Tamil	Cameo appearance

Discography

Film scores and soundtracks

Released films/ soundtracks

Year	Tamil	Telugu	Other languages
2008	Sindhanai Sei •	Bheebatsam (2009)
		Malli Malli
2009	Thillalangadi • (2010) (2 songs)	Kick •
	Moscowin Kavery •
		Anjaneyulu •	Sher-Dil (Hindi) (2010)
	Eeram •	Vaishali (2011)
	Sivappusamy (2010)	Sankham •
		Jayeebhava •
2010	Naanayam • #	Padmavyuham
	Mundhinam Paartheney •
	Aridhu Aridhu •
	Ayyanar •	Vastad (2011)
	Nagaram •
		Brindavanam •
	Vambhu (2011)	Ragada •	Ragada (Hindi) (2011)
		Mirapakaay •
2011	Mambattiyan •	Bebbuli
	Sabash Sariyaana Potti •
		Veera •
	Kanchana •	Kanchana
	Vandhaan Vendraan •	Vachadu Gelichadu
		Kandireega •
		Dookudu •
	Osthe •
	Mouna Guru •
		Bodyguard •
	Pudhiya Nayagan	Business Man •	Business Man (Malayalam)
2012		Nippu •
	Kadhalil Sodhapuvadhu Eppadi •	Love Failure •
	Ishtam