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Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Siva Kumar, popularly known and credited as S. Thaman is an Indian film music composer, who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.〔(Thaman to render music for NTR – Harish Shankar movie – Pluz Media )〕〔(Interview with Music director SS Thaman )〕 Although Thaman entered the film industry as an actor in a supporting 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'',〔http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yuvan-and-thaman-team-up-again-for-'adhyaayam'/276400-8.html〕〔http://www.raagalahari.com/news/16807/thaman-hits-fastest-half-century-in-music-history.aspx〕 while his first Telugu film was ''Kick''.〔 ==Personal life and career== He was born in Andhra Pradesh, India into a Telugu Brahmin family. He is the grand child of Ghantasala Balaramayya, 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. Thaman is married to Play back singer Sri Vardhini.〔(Studio N – Exclusive interview with Music Director Thaman S | ap7am )〕 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.〔(Budding Talent in Music )〕 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.〔(Thaman launches music band – The New Indian Express )〕〔(Shadow-Baadshah-Nayak – Common Issues – Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News , Bollywood , Songs : )〕〔(Thaman S Biography, Thaman S Profile – entertainment.oneindia.in )〕 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. He began his career as a composer with the Tamil film ''Sindhanai Sei'', while his first Telugu film was ''Kick'' in 2009.〔 ''Aagadu'' in 2014 was Thaman's 50th film as a music director. He owns a music band named Thakkali.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. Thaman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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