Sidharth Sriram (born 19 May 1990) is an Indian Carnatic musician, music producer,

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

. He is an R&B songwriter and has been working in the

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and English music industry. He regularly collaborates with his sister Pallavi Sriram, a

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dancer, and music director.

Early life

Sid Sriram was born in

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to a

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family. He moved with his parents to

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at the age of one, growing up in Fremont. His musical skills were nurtured by his mother, Latha Sriram, a

Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

teacher in the

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. He started learning Carnatic music since he was 3 years old. He simultaneously started picking up R&B. After graduating from

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in 2008, he joined the

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and graduated in music production and engineering. After his graduation, he regularly visited

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and performed in Carnatic concerts, including as a part of the December Music season - ''Marghazhi Utsavam'' and has since moved back to India and currently resides in the

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area in Chennai.

Career

He recently worked in some

songs like Uyire from '' Gauthamante Radham'' and also worked in some

songs like Kola Kale Ila from ''Varudu Kavalenu''. He also sang two songs from the

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'' Jhund''. He made his debut as a

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where he would compose for ace director

Mani Ratnam Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. H ...

's production, ''

Vaanam Kottatum ''Vaanam Kottattum'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Dhana, who co-wrote the film with Mani Ratnam. The film has an ensemble cast of R. Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Shanthanu ...

'', which is directed by Mani's former assistant and director of '' Padaiveeran'', Dhana Sekharan. His Srivalli song from '' Pushpa: The Rise'' was well received. Outside of films, Sriram released his own debut LP ''Entropy'' in 2019, based on the independent song of the same name that he published in 2012. He began production on ''Sidharth'', an all-English album, in 2021 with producer Ryan Olson on the label

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. The album mixes Carnatic music with R&B and indie rock influences that Sriram has previously explored. The album was released on August 25, 2023, following the release of singles ''Dear Sahana'', ''The Hard Way'', and ''Friendly Fire''. He has also collaborated with independent musicians on various singles as a featured artist.

Discography

Composer

Playback singing

Tamil

Telugu

Malayalam

Kannada

Hindi

Marathi

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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