Sai Shravanam

Sai Shravanam is an Indian music producer, recording and scoring engineer. He is a self trained tabla player and one of the few classically trained sound engineers in the country. He is the owner and founder of Resound India in the city of Chennai.

Early career

As a child music prodigy and ardent devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, Sai Shravanam showed signs of great talent from the tender age of six. While he was watching a TV commercial for tea featuring tabla wizard of Ustad Zakir Hussain creating magical notes, Sai Shravanam imprinted those notes in his mind. The impact of it was so profound that his parents got him his first tabla set. Four years later, he was spotted by maestro Zakir Hussain. Early percussion lessons from Hussain and his brother Fazal Quereshi showcased his talent and got him the opportunity to work in various cross cultural and experimental music endeavours with composers and artists.

He is considered by the Times of India to be a rare engineer who has dedicated his career towards concentrating on recording, archiving and producing classical Indian music. Since 2004, Sai has been an active musician, sound engineer and producer for various film projects, classical music albums, documentary films, and dance theatre productions. In the Indian film industry, Sai has performed exclusively for the legendary music composer A.R. Rahman, both in his soundtracks as well as live performances.

Main works

* His first commercial album as a musician, music director and music producer, "Confluence of Elements," was released in the year 2007. Sung by Bombay Jayashri, this album is regarded as one of the most uniquely executed music album in the country.
* In 2012, his versatility fetched him commendable recognition as a Sound Recordist/Additional Engineer for the Academy Award winning film ''Life of Pi'' by 20th Century Fox, directed by Ang Lee.
* In 2015 in ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' directed by Mathew Brown, Sai Shravanam was credited uniquely as Indian Music Producer, arranger, Musician and Sound Recordist.
* Music production and sound design for the dance theatre production, Thari- the Loom, is the work of Sai Shravanam. The 75-minute programme explores the design and play of thread in the Bharatanatyam language of dance. Sai Shravanam recorded the sound of the silk and cotton looms in Kanchipuram India, the most famous temple town. Using these sounds and the rhythm of the weaver, he composed an exclusive soundtrack with the loom sounds specifically to the sound of Classical Indian Dance, Bharatanatyam.

Awards

* 1996 – Ugadi Puraskar Awards- Child prodigy For Tabla
* 2017 – Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Yuva Puraskar – Music for Dance
*2021- Kalaimamani award by TamilNadu Government.

Discography

* Tamasha, the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman
* As sound analyst in Chains: Love Stories of Shadows the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman.
* Lingaa (soundtrack)
* Confluence of elements album composed and produced by Sai Shravanam sung by Bombay Jayashri
* Kaaviya Thalaivan (soundtrack)
* As Sound Analyst in Yudh: Three perspectives, one truth.
* Sai has worked on the movie Kabali, music by Santhosh Narayanan
* Mixed and Mastered Music of Server Sundaram, music by Santhosh Narayanan
* Worked in Mersal, music by A. R. Rahman
* Worked in Kaala, music by Santhosh Narayanan
* Worked in Bigil, music by A. R. Rahman
* Mixed and mastered the single Enjoy Enjaami by Dhee, featuring Arivu and produced by Santhosh Narayanan

References

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Indian sound designers
Indian record producers
Musicians from Chennai
1981 births
Living people
21st-century Indian musicians