#touringtalkies #chaiwithchithra #drumssivamani #spb #trajendar #arrhaman
Sivamani (1st December 1959), commonly known by his stage name Drums Sivamani, is an Indian percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, ghatam and kanjira. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 and 2010. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as A. R. Rahman's lead percussionist. They have been close friends since childhood. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri.
Sivamani is a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven. Sivamani started his musical career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. He has played for M.S.Viswanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, G. Devarajan, Illayaraja, A. R. Rahman ,Shankar Ganesh ,T.Rajendhar and others. In 1990, he shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan. He has stated that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is his godfather.[3]
Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar. . The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai. Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks. He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman and collaborated with him for Bombay Dreams. He has also been a part of a musical group called Shraddha which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa.
Sivamani has a band called "Asia Electrik" with Niladri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He also plays at another world music band named "Silk & Shrada."
Sivamani has played drums for many film score composers hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti,Swades, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se.., Guru,Kabul Express and Rockstar .
Sivamani has also acted in two Telugu films: Padamati Sandhya Ragam and Sirivennela. He has also acted in the Hindi film Madaari (2016).
Sivamani has performed in Dubai, Moscow, New York, Doha and Toronto. During the Mumbai Festival 2005, Coca-Cola India invited him to perform at the Limca Fresh Face 2005 event, where he created melody from Limca bottles. He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network. He also composed music for the ZEE5 original film Atkan Chatkan (2020) where he worked alongside A. R. Rahman.
TO COME OUT OF STRESS -WATCH TOURING TALKIES'MOHANASUNDHARAM'S PATTI MANDRAM
• பட்டி மன்ற பேச்சாளர் ம...
Follow Us for More Latest Updates:
/ socialltalkies
/ toouringtalkies
/ toouringtalkiess
TO SUBSCRIBE SOCIAL TALKIES ru-vid.com/show-UCjOT...
TO REACH TOURING TALKIES WEBSITE & BLOG CLICK:
touringtalkies.co/
touringtalkiees.blogspot.com/
NOW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TOURING TALKIES APP FROM PLAY STORE
TO SUBSCRIBE TOURING CINEMAS
/ @touringcinemas
For Advertisement & Enquiry : mktg.t.talkies@gmail.com
Phone: 9566228905
For All Latest Updates:
Like us on: / toouringtalkies
watch us on: touringtalkies.co/
Follow us on: / toouringtalkies
/ toouringtalkiess
subscribe us on :
/ @touringtalkiescinema
*************************************************************************************************
4 апр 2023
