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Palakkad Sreeram | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kavassery Lakshminarayanan Sreeram |
| Born | 16 February 1972 Palakkad |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Flute |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
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.
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.
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.
Sreeram is married to Baby, [8] [9] a vocalist and composer, [10] and they have two children, a son Bharath and a daughter Anagha.
| Year | Album | Song | Composer | Language | Co-artist(s) |
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| 2014 | Mahalakshmi Kataksham | "Khanana Khan Khanita" | M. M. Srilekha | Telugu | |
| 2020 | Soul of Anamika | Greesjmame Sakhi | Malayalam |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2024 | Japan | Doctor |
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