Indian Idol
5 winner
Sreerama Chandra
is now the face of
Indian Idol Telugu
in the OTT world. He is hosting the debut OTT version of Indian Idol Telugu, yet another unique feather in his cap. In a freewheeling chat with ETimes TV, Sreerama Chandra opened up on the influence of Indian Idol and his journey to hosting the reality TV show now and more.
"The journey in Indian Idol and the experiences in these 10 years have made me only stronger. I’m really glad the makers wanted me to be the face of the reality TV show now. I always wanted to host a Telugu music show and I feel lucky it is Indian Idol Telugu. I'm happy they thought of me as a host for their first South Indian venture," says Sreerama Chandra.
Talking about his advice for the contestants in the upcoming season of Indian Idol Telugu, the season 5 winner said, "After Indian Idol, these 10 years went into working on how to become more global as a musician, be a better singer, utilise the exposure to scale up in life. Now, I’m actually excited to see how these contestants are doing! I will get to observe this generation's technique, mindset, preparation and presentation of a song in a reality show. Also for the first time, I can perform in a reality TV show and not have to ask for votes after my performance (laughs)."
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Sreerama Chandra has many reasons to be excited about the soon-to-be-launched OTT version of the reality TV series.
"Besides hosting the show in Telugu, I’m also keen to be associated with
Thaman
Anna (Composer Thaman S). I'll get to spend some musical time with him after a long time. I’ve played tracks for him even before making my playback singing debut and played some cricket with him as well (laughs). And, I'm really looking forward to working with
Karthik garu. We've sung a couple of songs for Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and I've huge respect for his work. Well, I'm going to meet and work with
Nithya Menen garu for the first time. I'm really happy to be working with such immensely talented people."
Sharing his thoughts on the probability of reality TV contestants finding work and being successful in today's Indian musical arena, Sreerama Chandra said, "I'm a true reality kid I should say. Yes, some win and some don't, some get and some don't. Everyone has a different journey here. Well,
Neha Kakkar is yet another biggest example. She didn't win Indian Idol but was a part of the show and today she is a superstar. I've won the show and from singing in Paadutha Theeyaga, my playback singing debut in Notebook to Subhanallah, Zaalima, Bulma and other popular songs, I've had the opportunity to work with some greats in the industry. I think your intention and sincerity towards your work matters and as long as you seriously yearn and work towards it, you should be able to do it."
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