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

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Early life

Sreeram was born on 16 February 1972 in a

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family to Smt. Jayalaksmi and Sri. K. S. Lakshmi Narayanan in a village Kavasseri near Alathur, Palakkad district in

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. 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

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. Sreeram has predominantly worked with composer

, singing notable songs such as "Vetri Kodi Kattu" from ''

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'' (1999) and "Liquid Dance" in ''

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'' (2008). He has also worked with

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and

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, 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

Kannada songs

Malayalam songs

Telugu songs

Albums

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sreeram, Palakkad Tamil playback singers 1972 births Living people Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award