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Papanasam Sivan
Sound
26 Sept 1890
† 01 Oct 1972
Polagam Village, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
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 w...
Also Known As
Sivan, Papanasam Sivan
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