S. Thaman

SS.Thaman
Background information
Birth name	Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Sivakumar
Also known as	SST, SS.Thaman and Thaman.S
Born	(1983-11-16) 16 November 1983 Andhra Pradesh, India
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	Actor, composer, record producer, music director, singer
Instruments	Rhythm pads and keyboard
Years active	2003–present

Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Siva Kumar, popularly known and credited as S. Thaman and SST, is an Indian film music composer, who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.^[1][2] Although Thaman entered the film industry as an actor in a side role in the film Boys, he soon turned film composer and became popular for his work as a music director. His debut film as music director was the Tamil film Sindhanai Sei,^[3][4] while his first Telugu film was Kick.^[5][6]

Soon, he is going to debut in Bollywood with Salman Khan's Kick 2.^[7]

Personal life and career

He was born in Andhra Pradesh, India into a Telugu Brahmin family. He is the grand child of Ghantasala Balaramayya, erstwhile 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.^[5] Thaman is married to Play back singer Sri Vardhini.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.

He then spent six and a half years under the tutelage of Manisharma and worked on eighty films with him. On the whole he put in fourteen years of rhythm and keyboard programming with the veterans before branching out on his own.^[10][11][12]

Thaman 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.^[13]

He began his career as a composer with the Tamil film Sindhanai Sei, while his first Telugu film was Kick in 2009.^[5][14] Aagadu in 2014 was Thaman's 50th film as a music director.

He owns a music band named Thakkali.^[1][15]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu for Dookudu^[16]

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2011: SIIMA Award for Best Music Director for Dookudu
• 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Sir Osthara" – Businessman
• 2012: Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Music Director for Businessman

Other Awards

• The Hyderabad Times Film Awards 2011 – Best Music Director for Dookudu^[17]
• MAA Music Awards 2011 – Best Music Director for Dookudu
• TSR TV9 2011–2012 – Best Music Director for Dookudu

Filmography

Film scores and soundtracks

Forthcoming soundtracks

As singer

As actor

References

External links

• S. Thaman at the Internet Movie Database
• Thaman on Facebook
• Thaman on Twitter