Palakkad Sreeram (born 16 February 1972) is an Indian playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his frequent collaborations with A. R. Rahman.
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. He owns an audio label Swararnavam, 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. In 2022, he received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.
Sreeram has predominantly worked with composer A. R. Rahman, singing notable songs such as "Vetri Kodi Kattu" from Padayappa (1999) and "Liquid Dance" in Slumdog Millionaire (2008). He has also worked with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Devi Sri Prasad, among other composers.
Personal life Sreeram is married to Baby, a vocalist and composer, and they have two children, a son Bharath and a daughter Anagha.
Discography
As playback singer Tamil songs +YearFilmSongComposerCo-artist(s)1998Uyire (D)"Thaiyya Thaiyya"A. R. RahmanSukhwinder Singh, Malgudi Subha1999Padayappa"Vetri Kodi Kattu""Minsara Poove"Srinivas, Nithyasree MahadevanTaj Mahal"Thirupaachi"Kalpana Raghavendar, Clinton Cerejo, ChandranEn Swasa Kaatre"Kadhal Niagara"Harini, Anupama2001Paarthale Paravasam"Love Check"2002Ivan"Ulagame Nee"Ilaiyaraaja2003Saamy"Tirunelveli Halwada"Harris Jayaraj2004Kovil"Arali Vidhaiyil"Gajendra"Gaja Varanda"S. A. RajkumarChatrapathy"Naanga Ninna"Pop Shalini, Kalpana RaghavendarManmadhan"Vaanamunna"Yuvan Shankar RajaShankar MahadevanArasatchi"Kozhaa Puttu Penney"Harris JayarajSrilekha ParthasarathyArul"Punnakunnu"TippuAai"Neathi Adida Aai"Srikanth DevaJaved Ali, Gopal Sharma, Kumar, Suchitra2005Maayavi"Tamizh Naattil"Devi Sri PrasadMalathy LakshmanSandakozhi"Mundasu Sooriyane"Yuvan Shankar RajaKarthikThotti Jaya"Yaari Singari"Harris JayarajCeylon Manohar, Karthik, Srilekha Parthasarathy2008Kaalai"Veeramulla"G. V. Prakash KumarManikka Vinayagam, Sirkazhi G. SivachidambaramSlumdog Millionaire"Liquid Dance"A. R. RahmanSrimathumitha2011Thoonga Nagaram"Vaigai Siricha Thoonganagaram"Sundar C BabuRowthiramTheme MusicPrakash NikkiKanchana"Kodiavanin Kadhaya"Thaman SMLR Karthikeyan, Malathy Lakshman2012Attakathi"Podi Vechi Pudippan"Santhosh NarayananSathyan, BrindaMadhubana Kadai"Samarasam Ulavum"Ved Shankar2013Annakodi"Kola Vaala Edungada"G. V. Prakash KumarA. R. Reihana, MayaIrandaam Ulagam"Raakozhi Raakozhi"Harris JayarajHariharan2014Vallinam"Vallinam"Thaman SRahul Nambiar, Ranjith, Naveen MadhavPoojai"Odi Odi"Yuvan Shankar Raja 2015Savaale Samaali"Savaale Samaali"Thaman S2017Valla Desam"Megam Kalaivathillai"R. K. Sundar2022Ponniyin Selvan: I"Ratchasa Maamaney"A. R. RahmanShreya Ghoshal, Mahesh Vinayakram
Kannada songs +YearFilmSongComposerCo-artist(s)2016Kaala Bhairava"Neene Maharaja"Jassie Gift Malayalam songs +YearFilmSongComposerLanguageCo-artist(s)2000Thenkasipattanam"Kadamizhiyil (Version 2)"Suresh PetersMalayalamSwarnalatha2001Raavanaprabhu"Pottukuthedi"Suresh PetersMalayalam2001Rakshasa Rajavu"Indumathi Ithal"Mohan SitharaMalayalam2012Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty"Oh Thingal Pakshi"SharrethMalayalam2014Isaac Newton S/O Philipose"Thengum"BijibalMalayalam2015The Reporter"Ekayayi"SharrethMalayalam"Varmathiye"KL 10 Patthu"Enthaanu Khalbe"BijibalSoumya Ramakrishnan, Najim Arshad2017Mom"Kaandil Ellam"A. R. RahmanMalayalamPooja, Sharanya Srinivas, Blaaze2018Contessa"Takka Takka"JafrizMalayalam
Telugu songs +YearFilmSongComposerLanguageCo-artist(s)2004Venky"Silakemo"Devi Sri PrasadTeluguMalathy Lakshman2013Attarintiki Daredi"Deva Devam"Devi Sri PrasadTeluguM. S. Subbulakshmi, Rita Albums +YearAlbumSongComposerLanguageCo-artist(s)2014Mahalakshmi Kataksham"Khanana Khan Khanita"M. M. SrilekhaTelugu2020Soul of AnamikaGreesjmame SakhiMalayalam
Filmography Year Film Role Notes 2023 Japan Doctor Tamil film
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