Harish Sivaramakrishnan

Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Born	29 September 1980 (age 45) Shoranur, Palakkad, Kerala
Alma mater	BITS Pilani
Occupations	Playback singer Composer Carnatic musician Engineer Head of design (CRED)

Harish Sivaramakrishnan is an Indian playback singer who works in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. He is also the lead vocalist of the Bangalore-based popular Carnatic progressive rock band Agam. ^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

Harish was born and brought up at Shoranur in Palakkad, Kerala. ^[3] He is a chemical engineering graduate from BITS Pilani. ^[4]

Career

Harish Sivaramakrishnan is the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the band Agam. ^[5] He is also a playback singer working in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil languages. Apart from his musical career, he is also working as the Chief Design Officer at CRED, after working for over a decade in Adobe and Google. ^[6]

In 2016, composer Leon James introduced Harish to singing in Tamil cinema, and Harish sang "Unnai Matrinaal" for the former's film Ko 2 .

In 2021, he won the South Indian International Movie Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) (Tamil) for his song "Veyyon Silli" in the film Soorarai Pottru (2020).

Discography

Films

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Language
2012	Jawan of Vellimala	"Marayumo"	Bijibal	Malayalam
2014	Angels	"Irul Mazha"	Jakes Bejoy
2015	Oru Vadakkan Selfie	"Parvanavidhuve"	Shaan Rahman
	Rockstar	"Paalnila"	Prashant Pillai
		"Varikallo"
2016	Ko 2	"Unnai Maatrinaal"	Leon James	Tamil
2017	Ramaleela	"Nenjileri Theeye"	Gopi Sundar	Malayalam
	Solo	"Oru Vanchi Paattu"	Agam
		"Dhevadhai Pol Oruthi"		Tamil
2018	Seethakaathi	"Avan"	Govind Vasantha
2019	Chola	"Nee Vasanthakaalam"	Basil C J	Malayalam
	Neermathalam Poothakalam[ citation needed ]	"Yaminiyaayi"
	Puzhikkadakan	"Puzhikkadakan"	Ranjith Meleppat
2020	Soorarai Pottru	"Veyyon Silli"	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Tamil
	Aakasam Nee Haddu Raa	"Pilla Puli"		Telugu
2022	Ori Devuda	"Evariki Vaare"	Leon James
2023	Thaaram Theertha Koodaram	"Raave"	Mejo Joseph	Malayalam
	Aneethi	"Thuli Eeram Surakkaadha - Theme song"	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Tamil
2024	Siren	"Aagayam Odanju"
	Teenz	"Vaanamey Kaanomey"	D. Imman

Albums

Year	Song	Composer	Label
2015	Padayatra	Job Kurian	Mathrubhumi Kappa TV
2017	Mist of Capricorn	Agam	A Dream to Remember
2018	Thoomani Madathu	Agam	Sessions from the Space
2018	Kooth (Koothu) Over Coffee	Agam	A Dream to Remember
2019	Paadukayanu Sakhi	Pallippuram Sajith	Music Mumbe
2021	Maayate	Mejo Joseph	Saina Music

Other works

Main article: Agam (band)

Awards

South Indian International Movie Awards:

• 2021– Best Playback Singer (Male) (Tamil) – Soorarai Pottru – "Veyyon Silli"

References

1. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (14 February 2019). "Rock star of Carnatic music". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. M, Athira (10 January 2020). "The Agam Story' documents the journey of rock band Agam". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. N, Aswin V. (22 February 2018). "Gearing up for a different stage". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. "From shy kid to showman". 26 September 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
5. Kusnur, Narendra (30 August 2019). "Carnatic blended with rock". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
6. Aravind, Indulekha (2 August 2020). "Meet the professionals who juggle a great day job with a successful creative career and won't give up either". economictimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links

• Harish Sivaramakrishnan on Twitter