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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]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sivasankaran |
| Born | 3 July 1922[1] |
| Origin | Thiruthuraipoondi, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died | 15 October 2004 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Film score composer, music director |
| Instrument | Violin |
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.
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. He was the Director of Music Colleges
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.
Some of the notable music compositions:
| Year | Film | Language | Director | Banner | Co-Music Directors |
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| 1952 | Aathmasanthi | Malayalam | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1952 | Aathmasanthi | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1952 | Alphonsa | Malayalam | O. J. Thottan | Jeo Productions | |
| 1952 | Mappillai | Tamil | T. R. Raghunath | National Productions | N. S. Balakrishnan |
| 1953 | Anbu | Tamil | M. Natesan | Natesh Art Pictures | |
| 1954 | Iddaru Pellalu | Telugu | F. Nagoor | Nagoor Cine Productions | T. A. Kalyanam & T. K. Kumaraswamy |
| 1954 | Sandehi | Malayalam | F. Nagoor | Nagoor Cine Productions | |
| 1954 | Ammaiyappan | Tamil | A. Bhimsingh | National Pictures | |
| 1955 | Surangani | Sinhala | Cyril P Abeyratne | Ceylon Theatres Ltd. | |
| 1956 | Aasai | Tamil | M. Natesan | Natesh Art Pictures | |
| 1956 | Graha Devatha | Malayalam | F. Nagoor | Nagoor Cine Productions | |
| 1956 | Kudumba Vilakku | Tamil | F. Nagoor | Nagoor Cine Productions | |
| 1956 | Raja Rani | Tamil | A. Bhim Singh | National Pictures | |
| 1956 | Rambaiyin Kaadhal | Tamil | R. R. Chandran | Kalpana Pictures | |
| 1956 | Rangoon Radha | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | Mekala Pictures | |
| 1956 | Surathali | Sinhala | Cyril P Abeyratne | Ceylon Entertainments | |
| 1957 | Deva Sundari | Malayalam | M. K. R. Nambiar | Munna's Films | |
| 1957 | Mallika | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1959 | Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali | Tamil | R. R. Chandran | Kalpana Kala Mandir | |
| 1960 | Kuravanji | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | Mekala Pictures | |
| 1960 | Subhadra | Sinhala | S R Charlie & Cyril P Abeyratne | C P A Producers | |
| 1960 | Sundara Birinda | Sinhala | T. Yoganandan | Ceylon Entertainments) | |
| 1960 | Vijayapuri Veeran | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1960 | Mugguru Veerulu | Telugu | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1961 | Kumara Raja | Tamil | G. K. Ramu | Sivakami Pictures | |
| 1961 | Nallavan Vazhvan | Tamil | P. Neelakantan | Arasu Pictures | |
| 1961 | Veeradhi Veerudu | Telugu | A. Kasilingam | Mekala Pictures | A. A. Raj |
| 1962 | Ethaiyum Thangum Ithaiyam | Tamil | P. Neelakantan | Udhaya Suriyan Productions | |
| 1962 | Seemaan Petra Selvangal | Tamil | S. Ramakrishnan | Paramu Films | |
| 1964 | Arunagirinathar | Tamil | T. R. Ramanna | Baba Art Productions | G. Ramanathan |
| 1964 | Sujage Rahasa | Sinhala | P. Neelakantan | ||
| 1965 | Iravum Pagalum | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1965 | Kathal Paduthum Padu | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1965 | Vilakketriyaval | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1966 | Kathal Paduthum Padu | Tamil | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1967 | Premalo Pramadam | Telugu | Joseph Thaliath Jr. | Citadel Film Corporation | |
| 1967 | Pandhayam | Tamil | A. Kasilingam | M. K. Movies | |
| 1968 | Teacheramma | Tamil | Puttanna Kanagal | Subbulakshmi Pictures | |
| 1969 | Avare En Daivam | Tamil | C. N. Shanmugam | Meenakshi Sundareswar Films | |
| 1969 | Magane Nee Vazhga | Tamil | M. Krishnan Nair | Subbulakshmi Pictures | |
| 1970 | Yaen? | Tamil | T. R. Ramanna | E.V.R. Pictures | |
| 1971 | Arutperunjothi | Tamil | A. T. Krishnaswamy | Balu Films | |
| 1972 | Avasara Kalyanam | Tamil | V. T. Thyagarajan | Subblakshmi Movies | |
| 1972 | Yaar Jambulingam | Tamil | M. S. Gopinathan | Sri Govindan Films | |
| 1973 | Maru Piravi | Tamil | T. R. Ramanna | Vijaya & Suri Combines | |
| 1974 | Idhayam Parkiradhu | Tamil | A. Jagannathan | Udhaya Arts | |
| 1974 | Vairam | Tamil | T. R. Ramanna | Vijaya & Suri Combines | |
| 1976 | Vayilla Poochi | Tamil | K. S. Gopalakrishnan | Kalavalli Combines | |
| 1996 | Enga Chinna Ponnu | Tamil | |||
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