Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films.

Personal life

Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel Ramaswamy and Chinnathayi. He is the younger brother of noted music director

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and father of director and actor Venkat Prabhu and actor, composer and singer Premji Amaren. He had two more elder brothers, R. D. Bhaskar and

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, both who died long back. Composers Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, singer Bhavatharini and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar are his relations. Regarding his name, Gangai was taken from a magazine of same name which he read during childhood while Amaran is derived from a pseudonym Amar Singh which he wanted to adopt himself when he aimed to be a lyricist. His latest interview with Chithra Lakshmanan in Touring talkies YouTube channel he has shared his life experiences and about his career struggle and also about his personal differences with his elder brother Ilayaraja where he mentioned about many controversial issues with him in his career.

Career

Films

Along with his brother Ilaiyaraja, Gangai Amaran started his career as a composer and composed for many successful films such as '' Mouna Geethangal'' and '' Vazhvey Maayam'' (1983). Apart from composing, Amaran made his directorial debut with '' Kozhi Koovuthu'' (1982) and went on to direct many films including highly successful '' Karagattakaran'' (1989). ''Themmangu Paattukaran'' was his last film as a director while ''Poonjolai'' which would have been the acting debut of his son Venkat Prabhu remains unreleased. Now he is working with Clusters media college.https://www.facebook.com/clustersmediazone/videos/292896508213436/

Politics

Gangai Amaran also took plunge in politics by joining BJP and also contested in

RK Nagar RK Nagar may refer to: Places * Ramakrishnanagar, a neighbourhood in Mysore, India * Ramkrishna Nagar, Karimganj, a Township in Assam, India * Radhakrishnan Nagar, an Assembly constituency in Chennai, India * Radha Krishna Nagar, popularly known ...

constituency. Apart from that, he also served as a member of Central Board of Film Certification.

Filmography

Writer/Director

Music Director

Singer

Lyricist(Partial Filmography)

Dubbing artist

* K. Bhagyaraj - Puthiya Vaarpugal (1979), Bhama Rukmani (1980)

Onscreen appearances

*'' Karagattakaran'' (1989) *''Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu'' (1990) *'' Idhayam'' (1991) *'' Chinnavar'' (1992) *'' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen'' (1998) *'' Jodi'' (1999) *'' Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (2000) *''

Ullam Kollai Poguthey ''Ullam Kollai Poguthae'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sundar C. This film stars Prabhu Deva and Anjala Zaveri, with Karthik in a main guest appearance. Deepa Venkat and Vivek play other supporting roles. The ...

'' (2001) *'' Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings''(2016) *''

Arya Surya ''Arya Surya'' is a 2013 Tamil comedy film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Srinivasan and Vishnupriyan while Nakshatra, Kovai Sarala and Gangai Amaren play supportive roles. Cast *Srinivasan as Aryananda alias ''Arya'' *Vishnupriyan ...

'' (2013) *'' Yaanai'' (2022)

References

External links

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