Vamanan is an Indian writer, journalist, documentary film-maker and film music historian based in Chennai.

He is known for his documentation of the lives of Tamil film music composers, singing stars and playback singers.

[1][2] Vamanan worked in newspapers including The Hindu, The Indian Express and India Today in the editorial.

[3][4][5][6][7] His biography of singer T. M. Soundararajan titled "TMS - Oru pann-pattu charithiram" traces the Soundararajan's life while exploring more than thirty years of film world history.

The book was released by Justice S. Mohan and the first copy was received by film producer M.