T. R. Pappa

Thiruthuraipoondi Radhakrishnan Sivasankaran (T. R. Pappa) (3 July 1922 – 15 October 2004) was an Indian music director of Tamil, Telugu and Sinhalese films. He was born in 1923 at Thiruthuraipoondi, Madras Presidency, British India.[2][3]

T. R. Pappa
Background information
Birth nameSivasankaran
Born3 July 1922[1]
OriginThiruthuraipoondi, Madras Presidency, British India
Died15 October 2004(2004-10-15) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Film score composer, music director
Instrument(s)Violin

Early life

Papa's real name is Sivasankaran, who is from a lineage of musical family. He started training on the violin from early childhood. His father had inability to pay tuition fees his education was stopped in middle. He was trained by Siva Vadivelu Pillai who joined in National movie tone cinema company, as fiddle player to some movies Seemanthini 1936 Parvathi Kalyanam 1936 and this life of carrying instruments ended in 1938.

After he joined as a helper to S.G. Kasi Iyer, elder brother of great Kittappa. In 1941 most of the citizens was flying to other towns due to fear of Japanese Bombing Jupiter Pictures was shifted to Coimbatore, M.S.Viswanathan went with S.V.Venkatraman who is famous music director on those days. Kalki's daughter Ananthi, Sadasivam's daughter Radha were dancers, jointly made dance Programmes, M.S.Viswanathan as Playback Singer along with Papa Violin.

Career

Papa started playing the violin in Manonmani (Modern Theatres) and Kannagi, Kubera Kuchela and Mahamaya (Jupiter Pictures). In the late 40s, Papa and T. K. Ramamoorthy were the highest paid violinists for the movies and were always in demand.

Papa became music director for Malayalam film Aathmasanthi in 1952. The chance was given to him by Joseph Thaliath Jr. of Citadel Film Corporation. This film is dubbed in Tamil under the same title.

Then onwards, Papa went on to compose for many of Citadel films such as Mallika, Vijayapuri Veeran, Vilakketriyaval, Iravum Pagalum and Kathal Paduthum Padu.

Papa also composed music for many Sinhalese films. The song Siriyame Sara, sung by H. R. Jothipala is one of the popular hits in Sinhalese.

He worked with singers like T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Thiruchi Loganathan, C. S. Jayaraman, S. C. Krishnan, A. L. Raghavan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, P. Leela, Jikki, T. V. Rathnam, A. P. Komala, P. B. Sreenivas, K. Jamuna Rani, P. Susheela, A. G. Rathnamala, T. S. Bagavathi, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, A. Nithyakala, S. Janaki, L. R. Eswari, S. P. Balasubrahmaniam, B. S. Sasirekha and S. P. Sailaja.

The singing actors K. R. Ramasamy, T. R. Rajakumari, P. Bhanumathi, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram and J. P. Chandrababu also sang memorable songs under his compositions.

As a Nilaya Vidwan of AIR from 1946, Papa accompanied the violin for many great classical vocalists. He composed music for many wonderful devotional albums with Seerkazhi Govindarajan where the song Chinnanjiru Penn Pole dedicated to the Goddess Abirami is notable. Papa scored music for the album Abirami Andhaadhi. Papa has served as the Principal of Madras Music College.

T. R. Ramanna and Papa were classmates in Thanjavur. T. R. Ramanna was in the midst of the making of Arunagirinathar when the music director G. Ramanathan fell ill. Papa was called upon to complete the rest of the songs. T. R. Ramana again engaged Papa for his movies in the early 1970s.

Tamil Isai Sangam conferred the title Isai Perarignar (Great Scholar of Music) on him.

Works

Some of the notable music compositions:

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageDirectorBannerCo-Music Directors
1952AathmasanthiMalayalamJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1952AathmasanthiTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1952AlphonsaMalayalamO. J. ThottanJeo Productions
1952MappillaiTamilT. R. RaghunathNational ProductionsN. S. Balakrishnan
1953AnbuTamilM. NatesanNatesh Art Pictures
1954Iddaru PellaluTeluguF. NagoorNagoor Cine ProductionsT. A. Kalyanam & T. K. Kumaraswamy
1954SandehiMalayalamF. NagoorNagoor Cine Productions
1954AmmaiyappanTamilA. BhimsinghNational Pictures
1955SuranganiSinhalaCyril P AbeyratneCeylon Theatres Ltd.
1956AasaiTamilM. NatesanNatesh Art Pictures
1956Graha DevathaMalayalamF. NagoorNagoor Cine Productions
1956Kudumba VilakkuTamilF. NagoorNagoor Cine Productions
1956Raja RaniTamilA. Bhim SinghNational Pictures
1956Rambaiyin KaadhalTamilR. R. ChandranKalpana Pictures
1956Rangoon RadhaTamilA. KasilingamMekala Pictures
1956SurathaliSinhalaCyril P AbeyratneCeylon Entertainments
1957Deva SundariMalayalamM. K. R. NambiarMunna's Films
1957MallikaTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1959Thaai Magalukku Kattiya ThaaliTamilR. R. ChandranKalpana Kala Mandir
1960KuravanjiTamilA. KasilingamMekala Pictures
1960SubhadraSinhalaS R Charlie & Cyril P AbeyratneC P A Producers
1960Sundara BirindaSinhalaT. YoganandanCeylon Entertainments)
1960Vijayapuri VeeranTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1960Mugguru VeeruluTeluguJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1961Kumara RajaTamilG. K. RamuSivakami Pictures
1961Nallavan VazhvanTamilP. NeelakantanArasu Pictures
1961Veeradhi VeeruduTeluguA. KasilingamMekala PicturesA. A. Raj
1962Ethaiyum Thangum IthaiyamTamilP. NeelakantanUdhaya Suriyan Productions
1962Seemaan Petra SelvangalTamilS. RamakrishnanParamu Films
1964ArunagirinatharTamilT. R. RamannaBaba Art ProductionsG. Ramanathan
1964Sujage RahasaSinhalaP. Neelakantan
1965Iravum PagalumTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1965Kathal Paduthum PaduTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1965VilakketriyavalTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1966Kathal Paduthum PaduTamilJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1967Premalo PramadamTeluguJoseph Thaliath Jr.Citadel Film Corporation
1967PandhayamTamilA. KasilingamM. K. Movies
1968TeacherammaTamilPuttanna KanagalSubbulakshmi Pictures
1969Avare En DaivamTamilC. N. ShanmugamMeenakshi Sundareswar Films
1969Magane Nee VazhgaTamilM. Krishnan NairSubbulakshmi Pictures
1970Yaen?TamilT. R. RamannaE.V.R. Pictures
1971ArutperunjothiTamilA. T. KrishnaswamyBalu Films
1972Avasara KalyanamTamilV. T. ThyagarajanSubblakshmi Movies
1972Yaar JambulingamTamilM. S. GopinathanSri Govindan Films
1973Maru PiraviTamilT. R. RamannaVijaya & Suri Combines
1974Idhayam ParkiradhuTamilA. JagannathanUdhaya Arts
1974VairamTamilT. R. RamannaVijaya & Suri Combines
1976Vayilla PoochiTamilK. S. GopalakrishnanKalavalli Combines
1996Enga Chinna PonnuTamil

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