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name: "L. Subramaniam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/l-subramaniam"
fi1m_id: "l-subramaniam"
imdb_id: "nm0836996"
tmdb_id: 1528570
wikidata_id: "Q571598"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 July 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:52:39.835270+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# L. Subramaniam

## Identity

L. Subramaniam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/l-subramaniam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** l-subramaniam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0836996
- **TMDB ID:** 1528570
- **Wikidata ID:** Q571598
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Subramaniam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836996/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1528570

Composer. Born 23 July 1947 in Madras, Madras State, British India.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 July 1947, Madras, Madras State, British India
- **Also known as:** Subramaniam Lakshminarayana
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Subramaniam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836996/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1528570

## Biography

L. Subramaniam, also credited as Lakshminarayana Subramaniam or Dr. L. Subramaniam, is an Indian violinist, composer and conductor. Born on 23 July 1947 in Madras (now Chennai), he trained in Carnatic music from childhood and later studied Western classical music. He holds a medical degree from Madras Medical College and has composed and performed across classical, jazz fusion and world music genres.

His film work includes the scores for *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), *Mississippi Masala* (1991) and *Baraka* (1992). He has collaborated with orchestras and musicians including Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli, and has written orchestral works performed by ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Fi1m 82, Conductor, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mudras. Bailando hilos invisibles* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Roots* (2017), Actor
- *Banaz: A Love Story* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *...Jayate* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Baraka* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Mississippi Masala* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Salaam Bombay!* (1988), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/salaam-bombay.md)

## Gallery

- ![L Subramaniam at Summer Live Vancouver (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-a7efeb264671.jpg) L Subramaniam at Summer Live Vancouver (2011) — Vancouver 125  - The City of Vancouver, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/L_Subramaniam.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L. Subramaniam at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-56e6785fcdf8.jpg) L. Subramaniam at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (2015) — Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/L._Subramaniam_at_Bharat_Bhavan.JPG/1280px-L._Subramaniam_at_Bharat_Bhavan.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L. Subramaniam](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-c519f1b2cc9f.jpg) L. Subramaniam — Kannanshanmugam.shanmugam studio,Main Road,Kollam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Violinist_LSubramoni.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L. Subramaniam at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-35ed86458dff.jpg) L. Subramaniam at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (2015) — Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/L_Subramaniam_at_Bhopal.jpg/1280px-L_Subramaniam_at_Bhopal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photographed in Kolkata, India (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-cf74a7db5c19.jpg) Photographed in Kolkata, India (2015) — Sukanta Pal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/L._Subramaniam_-_Kolkata_2015-12-4_1933.JPG/1280px-L._Subramaniam_-_Kolkata_2015-12-4_1933.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photographed in Kolkata, India (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/5553967/gallery-55e799faf2d1.jpg) Photographed in Kolkata, India (2015) — Sukanta Pal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/L._Subramaniam_-_Kolkata_2015-12-4_1903.JPG/1280px-L._Subramaniam_-_Kolkata_2015-12-4_1903.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Padma Vibhushan in art 2025: Padma Vibhushan in art (won)
- Padma Bhushan 2001: Padma Bhushan (won)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1990: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (won)
- Padma Shri in arts 1988: Padma Shri in arts (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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