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{{Infobox person
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| birth_place = Valliyoor, Thirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
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| yearsactive = 2008-present
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| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], music composer
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'''S. S. Kumaran''' is a Tamil film music composer and director. He made his debut as composer with ''[[Poo (film)|Poo]]''. He also directed two films ''[[Theneer Viduthi]]'' (2011) and ''[[Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane]]'' (2014).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110704173359/http://www.sify.com/movies/music-director-ss-kumaran-turns-director-news-tamil-lhbjgWgidhh.html sify.com]</ref>

==Early life and career==
Kumaran belong to the Valliyur village in Thirunelveli district. His childhood ambition is to become a music director. Since his dad was a headmaster, his parents were not in approval for his aspirations in cinema. They had a negative approach towards cinema. He convinced his dad and joined the Film institute to pursue his dreams to become a music director. He finished his course in Photography. He composed 3 songs and showed it to director Sasi who was impressed and provided him opportunity to compose for his film ''Poo''.<ref>http://behindwoods.com/new-videos/videos-q1-09/director-interview/ss-kumaran.html</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/my-first-break-ss-kumaran/article439432.ece|title = My first Break – S.S. Kumaran|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 27 May 2010|last1 = Kumar|first1 = S. R. Ashok}}</ref> The film received critical acclaim while his music was praised, all the songs were received well especially "Choo Choo Maari".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/16ssp.htm|title = Music Review: Poo}}</ref><ref>http://behindwoods.com/tamil-music-reviews/review-1/poo-music-review.html</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Film
! colspan="2" style="width:195px;"| Credited as
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! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width=65 | Music Director
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| 2008 || ''[[Poo (film)|Poo]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Kalavani]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Nellu (2010 film)|Nellu]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Virunthali]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Theneer Viduthi]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Kadhal Paathai]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Pattathaari]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|}

; As an actor
*''[[Aval Peyar Thamizharasi]]'' (2010)

==References==
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