California-based
Sid Sriram is currently the most wanted vocalist in South cinema. Born in Chennai and raised in the city of Fremont, the R&B songwriter, singer and performer started his film career by crooning Adiye in Mani Ratnam’s 2013 film ‘Kadal’. In his debut movie itself, he managed to associate with Oscar-winning musician
AR Rahman
and carve a niche for himself with his distinctive voice. Despite not gaining many offers during his initial years, the talented youngster held his nerve and didn’t change his style of singing. He firmly believes that a musician should maintain artistic integrity.
Finally, in 2016, Sid Sriram roused to fame with the super success of Vellipomaakey from Gautham Menon’s Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo. With consecutive chartbusters like Adiga Adiga (Ninnu Kori), Inkem Inkem Inkem (Geetha Govindam),
Undiporaadhey
(Hushaaru) and many more, he became a hot favourite among listeners and a go-to option for music composers. However,
Samajavaragamana
from
Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo took the craze and popularity of Sriram to a whole new level in the Telugu states. Owing to the monstrous success of the album, the makers have even held a music concert in Hyderabad, the first time for a Telugu film.
Before the films’ release itself, his latest songs like
Neeli Neeli Aakasam
and Maguva Maguva hit the bull’s eye with the Telugu audience. Besides Hindi, he has sung in all four South Indian languages. Ever since he pursued his graduation in Music Production and Engineering, Sid has been frequently visiting India and performing Carnatic concerts. Born into a musicians’ family, the talented singer recently forayed into music direction with Mani Ratnam’s production venture Vaanam Kottattum.
Sid Sriram is celebrating his 30th birthday on Tuesday (May 19) and on the special occasion; scroll down for some of his soothing Telugu numbers. During a recent interaction on Twitter, he revealed that his favourite song is AR (Rahman) Sir’s ‘Kandukondain Kandukondain’.
Samajavaragamana from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Besides the mesmerising tone of Sid Sriram and soulful music by Thaman, the meaningful lyrics of Samajavaragamana penned down by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry connected well with the audience. The romantic number was shot in the exotic locales of Paris and the eye-popping chemistry between Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde was mesmerising to watch. Not only Samajavaragamana, all songs in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo turned out to become chartbusters.
Neeli Neeli Aakasam from 30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela Introducing Anchor Pradeep Machiraju as the protagonist, 30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela has bagged massive hype before the release, thanks to Neeli Neeli Aakasam crooned by Sid Sriram and Sunitha. Chandrabose’s catchy lyrics and the pleasant visuals have made the video song bag over 100 million views on YouTube.
Undiporaadhey from Hushaaru Helmed on a shoe-string budget, Hushaaru bagged a lot of attention before the release, thanks to the superhit numbers Undiporaadhey and Pichaak. Especially, the groovy Undiporaadhey crooned by Sid Sriram connected with the listeners big-time.
Ninnu Chuse Anandamlo from Gangleader Adiga Adiga from Ninnu Kori Inkem Inkem Inkem from Geetha Govindam Released in 2018 as a small budget project, Geetha Govindam recorded an astounding victory at the box-office. Starring Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, the romantic-comedy struck the right chord with the viewers’ owing to the crackling chemistry between the lead pair and the marvellous songs composed by Gopi Sunder. In fact, it was Inkem Inkem sung by Sid Sriram that brought the much-required attention to the film.
Maate Vinadhuga from Taxiwaala
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