Palakkad Sreeram

Palakkad Sreeram (born 16 February 1972) is an Indian film singer, who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. Vetri Kodi Kattu in Padayappa and Liquid Dance in Slumdog Millionaire are some of his notable works.[1]

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

Family and 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, Kavassery 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. Married to Baby,[2] a vocalist and composer[3] and they have two children named Bharath and Anagha. Sreeram own a recording studio "Swararnavam".[4]

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.[5] He has many film songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.[6] He owns an audio label Swararnavam, has scored music for two Malayalam films Mazhamegha Pravukal and Melvilasam Seriyanu. He moved to Chennai in 1995 soon after marriage and he had learnt flute by himself. He made his debut in the film industry as a flutist in 1996.[7][8] In 2022, he received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.[9]

Filmography
Year Film Language Song Notes/Co-singer
1998 Uyire Tamil Thaiyya Thaiyya Sukhwinder Singh
1999 Padayappa Tamil Minsaara Poovae Pen Poovae Nithyasree Mahadevan, Srinivas
Vetri Kodi Kattu Super star Rajinikanth
Taj Mahal Tamil Thirupachi Aruvala Kalpana Raghavendar
En Swasa Kaatre Tamil Kadhal Niagara Harini
2002 Ivan Tamil Ulagame Nee
2003 Saamy Tamil Tirunelveli Halwada
2004 Shatruvu Telugu
Venky Silakemo
Manmadhan Tamil Vaanamunna
2005 Maayavi Tamil Tamilnaatil Ellorukkum
2009 Slumdog Millionaire Hindi Liquid Dance Oscar winning movie
2012 Atta Kathi Tamil Podi Vechi Pudippan
Madhubana Kadai Samarasam Ulavum Solo singer
Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty Malayalam O Thinkal Pakshi
2013 Attarintiki Daredi Telugu Deva Devam
Vallinam Tamil Vallinal
2014 Poojai Tamil Odi Odi Solo singer
Mahalakshmi Kataksham Telugu Khanana Khan Khanita
2015 KL 10 Patthu Malayalam Enthanu Khalbe
The Reporter Nee En Kaathare
Varmathiye
Savaale Samaali Tamil Savaale Samaali Solo singer
2016 Valla Desam Tamil Megham Kalaivathillai Solo sinnger
2017 Mom - Malayalam Malayalam Kooke Kawn
Valla Desam Tamil Megam Kalaivathillai
2018 Contessa Malayalam Takka Takka Solo singer
2020 Soul of Anamika Malayalam Greesjmame Sakhi
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: I Tamil Ratchasa Maamaney Shreya Ghoshal, Mahesh Vinayakram

References
  1. "All you want to know about #PalakkadSriram". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. cris (10 January 2018). "Baby wants more jobs for artistes". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. Anand, Lakshmi (13 February 2020). "Baby Sreeram has a penchant for aesthetics". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "SREERAM". nm.carolagrey.de. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. Suryanarayan, Renuka (30 March 2017). "Noteworthy for its novelty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "Palakkad Sreeram". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. s, venkadesan (9 September 2014). "Palghat K.L. Sreeram says music is his mentor". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. K.ganapathi (14 June 2018). "Full of tonal vigour". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy awards declared". The Hindu. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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