Saisharan

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Sai Sharan
Birth nameP. Sai Sharan
Born (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992 (age 31)
Genres Playback singing & Carnatic music
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentVocalist
Years active2011-present

P. Sai Sharan is a Carnatic musician and Indian playback singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He rose to prominence after winning Airtel Super Singer 3 . [1] He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the junior version of the show, Airtel Super Singer Junior .

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Early life

Saisharan started his music journey by giving his first Carnatic music concert at the age of 8 at the Thyagaraja Aradhana in Thiruvaiyaru. [2]

Television

YearName of Television ShowRoleNetwork
2024 Super Singer Season 10 Co-singer with contestant Star Vijay

Career

Television works

Saicharan competed in a number of reality TV singing competitions. He initially entered the finals of the debut season of Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer Junior . [3] He subsequently appeared as a member of the "Tiruchi Thimingalangal" team led by playback singer Srilekha Parthasarathy in the debut season of Sun TV's Sangeetha Mahayuddham , [4] in which he and his team were crowned the runner up at the grand finale.

Saisharan rose to prominence in 2011 after being crowned the winner of season 3 of Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer , when he was a 21 year old engineering student. [3] Saicharan received training in Carnatic music prior to participating in the competition. He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the junior version of the show, Airtel Super Singer Junior . He auditioned for season 3 of the show, and participated in most of the main competition performance rounds. When he was eliminated from the competition by the permanent judges by half a mark, the decision was challenged by viewers. He subsequently qualified as a wildcard contestant, and re-entered the competition as a grand finalist after receiving the highest number of viewer votes.

Saicharan was crowned the winner of the competition, and was awarded an apartment by the show's sponsor Arun Excello. He was chosen by A. R. Rahman and D. Imman to sing in the 2012 films Godfather , Manam Kothi Paravai , and Saattai .

In 2013, Saicharan captained the "Symphony Super Kings" team in the debut season of Airtel Super Singer T20 , before he and his team were crowned the winner of the show. In 2015, Saisharan also captained his "White Devils" team to victory in Super Singer T20 season 2 . His performances through Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series which were considered hits by viewers have included:

Show seasonOriginal Air DateRound NameSong TitleOriginal FilmLanguageMusic DirectorLyricist
Airtel Super Singer 3 4–8 July 2011DevotionalIsai Thamizh Nee Seidha Thiruvilaiyadal Tamil K. V. Mahadevan Kannadasan
Airtel Super Singer T20 18 January 2013Semi Finals - Captain's ChallengeUnnai Kaanaadhu Naan Vishwaroopam Tamil Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Kamal Haasan
Super Singer T20 (S2) 18 March 2015MSV HitsHarmony Medley (excerpts of raga Kiravani; "Ninaipadhellam"; "Mayakkamma" & "Malarndhum")Traditional Carnatic music
Nenjil Or Aalayam; Sumaithaangi; & Pasamalar
Tamil Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Kannadasan
1 April 2015ARR SongsOru Poiyaavadhu Sol Kanne Jodi Tamil A. R. Rahman Vairamuthu
9 April 20151960 to 1980Pattum Naane Thiruvilaiyadal Tamil K. V. Mahadevan Kannadasan
10 April 20151960 to 1980Harmony Medley (excerpts of "Paruvame Pudhiya Paadal" & "Uravugal Thodarkathai") Nenjathai Killathe & Aval Appadithan Tamil Ilaiyaraaja Panchu Arunachalam & Gangai Amaran
28 April 2015Post-2001Unakkena Iruppaen Kaadhal Tamil Joshua Sridhar Na. Muthukumar
28 April 2015Post-2001 A cappella Harmonyvariousno lyricsvariousno lyrics
12 May 2015Semifinal 1excerpts of raga Vasantha/Hamsanandi;
Vandhanam En &
Kandaen Kandaen
Traditional Carnatic music;
Vazhvey Maayam & Pirivom Santhippom
TamilSaisharan;
Gangai Amaran; & Vidyasagar
Traditional Carnatic music ; Vaali; &
Yugabharathi

Playback singing

In 2012, Sai Sharan was formally introduced as a Tamil playback singer. [5] He made his film debut co-singing "Dang Dang" in the movie Manam Kothi Paravai with Malavika, who was also a contestant in the music competition reality TV show, Airtel Super Singer 3.

YearSong TitleFilm NameLanguageMusic Director
2012Dang Dang Manam Kothi Paravai Tamil D. Imman
2012Nanbaa va Nanbaa Saattai Tamil D. Imman
2013Ari Unnai Vathikuchi Tamil M Ghibran
2013Manasukulle Yennai Edho Gnabagangal Thaalattum Tamil Mano Murthy & Kamalakar
2014 Unmanam Gubeer TamilVishal - Adithya
2014Unnai KadhalithuNadhigal NanaivadhillaiTamilSoundaryan
2015Yei Nanbaa Viraivil Isai TamilMS Ram
2015Paadukunte Jilla Telugu D. Imman
2015Nizhala Nijama Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan Tamil Joshua Sridhar
2015Run Bruce Lee - The Fighter Telugu S. Thaman
2016Othasada Rosa Marudhu Tamil D. Imman
2016Aattam Pottu Vetrivel Tamil D. Imman
2017Chilaka Chilaka Pelliroju Telugu Justin Prabhakaran
2019Vandella Life Lona 90ML Telugu Anup Rubens
2020OMG Daddy Haage Vaikuntapuradalli Kannada S. Thaman
2021Katti Karumbe Aanandam Vilaiyadum Veedu TamilSiddhu Kumar
2021Ooril Oru Raaja Yuvarathnaa Tamil S. Thaman
2021Ghani Anthem Ghani Telugu S. Thaman
2022Toofan K.G.F: Chapter 2 Telugu Ravi Basrur
2022Sulthana K.G.F: Chapter 2 Telugu Ravi Basrur
2023Sindhooram Title Song Sindhooram TeluguGowra Hari
2023Anti Bikili Theme Pichaikkaran 2 Tamil Vijay Antony
2023Badass Leo Kannada Anirudh Ravichander
2023Badass Leo Malayalam Anirudh Ravichander
2023Badass Leo Telugu Anirudh Ravichander

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