Palakkad Sreeram

Palakkad Sreeram (born 16 February 1972) is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema but has also sung in Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi. He is known for his frequent collaborations with A. R. Rahman.

Palakkad Sreeram
Background information
Birth nameKavassery Lakshminarayanan Sreeram
Born (1972-02-16) 16 February 1972
Palakkad
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Flute
Years active1996 - present

Early life

Sreeram was born on 16 February 1972 in a Tamil Iyer family to Smt. Jayalaksmi and Sri. K. S. Lakshmi Narayanan in a village Kavasseri near Alathur, Palakkad district in Kerala. He completed his post graduation in Music from Govt. College Chittur, Calicut University and moved to Madras for his musical journey.

Career

Sreeram started learning music under his mother from very young age and also under Sri. Sundareswara bhagavathar, and he had an immense passion on musical instruments.[1] He owns an audio label Swararnavam[2], and has scored music for two Malayalam films, Mazhamegha Pravukal and Melvilasam Sariyanu. He moved to Chennai in 1995 soon after his marriage and he had learnt flute by himself. He made his debut in the film industry as a flutist in 1996.[3][4] In 2022, he received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.[5]

Sreeram has predominantly worked with composer A. R. Rahman,[6] singing notable songs such as Vetri Kodi Kattu from Padayappa (1999) and Liquid Dance in Slumdog Millionaire (2008).[7] He has also worked with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Devi Sri Prasad, among other composers.

Personal life

Sreeram is married to Baby,[8][9] a vocalist and composer[10], and they have two children, a son Bharath and a daughter Anagha.

Filmography

As playback singer
Year Film Song Composer Language Co-artist(s)
1998 Uyire "Thaiyya Thaiyya" A. R. Rahman Tamil Sukhwinder Singh, Malgudi Subha
1999 Padayappa "Minsara Poove" Srinivas, Nithyasree Mahadevan
"Vetri Kodi Kattu"
Taj Mahal "Thirupaachi" Kalpana Raghavendar, Clinton Cerejo, Chandran
En Swasa Kaatre "Kadhal Niagara" Harini, Anupama
2000 Thenkasipattanam "Kadamizhiyil (Version 2)" Suresh Peters Malayalam Swarnalatha
2001 Paarthale Paravasam "Love Check" Sivamani Tamil
2002 Ivan "Ulagame Nee" Ilaiyaraaja
2003 Saamy "Tirunelveli Halwada" Harris Jayaraj
2004 Kovil "Arali Vidhaiyil"
Venky "Silakemo" Devi Sri Prasad Telugu Kalpana Raghavendar
Gajendra "Gaja Varanda" S. A. Rajkumar Tamil
Chatrapathy "Naanga Ninna" Pop Shalini, Kalpana Raghavendar
Manmadhan "Vaanamunna" Yuvan Shankar Raja Shankar Mahadevan
Aai "Neathi Adida Aai" Srikanth Deva Javed Ali, Gopal Sharma, Kumar, Suchitra
Shatruvu Telugu
2005 Maayavi "Tamizh Naattil" Devi Sri Prasad Tamil Malathy Lakshman
Sandakozhi "Mundasu Sooriyane" Yuvan Shankar Raja Karthik
2008 Kaalai "Veeramulla" G. V. Prakash Kumar Manikka Vinayagam, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
Slumdog Millionaire "Liquid Dance" A. R. Rahman Hindi Srimathumitha
2011 Rowthiram Theme Music Prakash Nikki Tamil
2012 Attakathi "Podi Vechi Pudippan" Santhosh Narayanan Sathyan, Brinda
Madhubana Kadai "Samarasam Ulavum" Ved Shankar
Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty "Oh Thingal Pakshi" Sharreth Malayalam
2013 Annakodi "Kola Vaala Edungada" G. V. Prakash Kumar Tamil A. R. Reihana, Maya
Attarintiki Daredi "Deva Devam" Devi Sri Prasad Telugu M. S. Subbulakshmi, Rita
2014 Isaac Newton S/O Philipose "Thengum" Bijibal Malayalam
Vallinam "Vallinam" Thaman S Tamil Rahul Nambiar, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav
Poojai "Odi Odi" Yuvan Shankar Raja
2015 The Reporter "Ekayayi" Sharreth Malayalam
"Varmathiye"
KL 10 Patthu "Enthaanu Khalbe" Bijibal Soumya Ramakrishnan, Najim Arshad
Savaale Samaali "Savaale Samaali" Thaman S Tamil
2017 Mom "Kaandil Ellam" A. R. Rahman Malayalam Pooja, Sharanya Srinivas, Blaaze
Valla Desam "Megam Kalaivathillai" R. K. Sundar Tamil
2018 Contessa "Takka Takka" Jafriz Malayalam
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: I "Ratchasa Maamaney" A. R. Rahman Tamil Shreya Ghoshal, Mahesh Vinayakram

Albums
Year Album Song Composer Language Co-artist(s)
2014 Mahalakshmi Kataksham "Khanana Khan Khanita" M. M. Srilekha Telugu
2020 Soul of Anamika Greesjmame Sakhi Malayalam

References
  1. Suryanarayan, Renuka (30 March 2017). "Noteworthy for its novelty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "SREERAM". nm.carolagrey.de. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. s, venkadesan (9 September 2014). "Palghat K.L. Sreeram says music is his mentor". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. K.ganapathi (14 June 2018). "Full of tonal vigour". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards declared". The Hindu. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. "Palakkad Sreeram". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. "All you want to know about #PalakkadSriram". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. cris (10 January 2018). "Baby wants more jobs for artistes". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. "வாத்யகலா வல்லவர்!". Kalki. 31 December 2000. pp. 80–81. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  10. Anand, Lakshmi (13 February 2020). "Baby Sreeram has a penchant for aesthetics". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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