MenuFLIXANO
Start Your Free Trial
Search
Papanasam Sivan

Papanasam Sivan

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 was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Sign up to watch Free Papanasam Sivan Movies

Movies Made By Papanasam Sivan (13)

Bakasuran (2023)

A street performer is on a killing spree and a retired army man turned YouTuber tracks an online sex racket parallely. How do their lives connect and what is the street performer really seeking? ...

Watch Now

Abhimanyu (1948)

A fantasy film based on a folk-tale from the Mahabharata. ...

Watch Now

Chandralekha (1948)

Brothers Veer and Shashank fall in love with Chandralekha. Shashank kidnaps her and forces her to marry him. She requests a special drum dance prior to the wedding. The drums, however, hold a secret. ...

Watch Now

Haridas (1944)

A wealthy and careless man takes his family for granted and loses his fortune to a courtesan, leading him to realise the true values of life. ...

Watch Now

Sivakavi (1943)

Sivakavi was a 1943 Indian Tamil-language film directed, initially, by P. K. Raja Sandow and later, S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It starred M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, S. Jayalakshmi, Serukulathur Sama, Thripuramba, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. M ...

Watch Now

Thiruneelakantar (1939)

Thiruneelakantar is a 1939 Tamil-language film directed by Raja Sandow and starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. The film was a big hit and was known for M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's acting apart from his songs. Famous nadaswaram artist T. N. Rajarathina ...

Watch Now

Thyagabhoomi (1939)

A spirited contribution to the Independence movement, deploying Gandhian themes. ...

Watch Now

Sevasadanam (1938)

An abused wife Sumathi is driven out of her house by husband and later forced into prostitution. Later she reforms her ways and devotes her life to running an institution for the children of prostitutes. ...

Watch Now

Ambikapathy (1937)

The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter ...

Watch Now

Chintamani (1937)

Chintamani (Tamil: சிந்தாமணி) is a 1937 Tamil-language film directed by Y. V. Rao starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Serugulathur Sama and Aswathamma.[2] It was the first Tamil film to run for a year in a single theatre. Chintamani w ...

Watch Now

Naveena Sarangadhara (1936)

Naveena Sarangadhara is a 1936 Tamil film directed by K. Subramaniam under Murugan Talkies. Naveena in Tamil means modern. The movie was titled thus in order to distinguish itself from the earlier versions and also in order to highlight the slight modifica ...

Watch Now

Pavalakkodi (1934)

Pavalakkodi is a 1934 Tamil language film starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and directed by K. Subramanyam. It was the first film for both of them. The film's music was composed by Papanasam Sivan. Pavalakkodi tells the mythical love story of Arjuna ( ...

Watch Now

Seeta Kalyanam (1934)

The story of this film revolves around Sri Rama and Seetha's wedding. ...

Watch Now

Movies Starring Papanasam Sivan (1)

Thyagabhoomi (1939)

A spirited contribution to the Independence movement, deploying Gandhian themes. ...

Watch Now