Sid Sriram
Sidharth Sriram (born 19 May 1990) is a Carnatic musician, an Indian music producer, playback singer, and songwriter. He is an R&B songwriter and has been working in the Tamil and Telugu music industry and also in Kannada and Malayalam film productions. He regularly collaborates with his sister Pallavi Sriram, a Bharatanatyam dancer, and music directors. Early life. Sid sri Ram was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to Tamil family. He moved with his parents to California when he was a year old, and he grew up in Fremont. His musical skills were nurtured by his mother , Latha Sriram, a Carnatic music teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started learning Carnatic music since he was 3 years old. He simultaneously started picking up R&B. After graduating from Mission San Jose High School in 2008, he joined the Berklee College of Music and graduated in music production and engineering. Since his graduation, he has been regularly visiting India and performing Carnatic concerts, including as a part of the December Music season - "Marghazhi Utsavam". Since then, he moved back to India and currently resides in the Mylapore area in Chennai. He also recently worked in some Malayalam  songs like Uyire from "Gauthamante Radham" and also worked in some Telugu songs like Kola Kale Ila from "Varudu Kavalenu". He also sang two songs from the Hindi film "Jhund". Singing career. He also made his debut as a music composer where he would compose for ace director Mani Ratnam's production, "Vaanam Kottatum", which is directed by Mani's former assistant and director of "Padaiveeran", Dhana Sekharan. His Srivalli song from was well received