Sreerama Chandra

Sreerama Chandra Mynampati (born 19 January 1986) is an Indian playback singer and actor known for his works in Telugu cinema, bollywood, and Television. He is a winner of the fifth season of the music reality show Indian Idol. He started his career in 2008 as playback singer in Telugu. In 2013, he made his acting debut with the Telugu film Jagadguru Adi Shankara. He has also played the lead in Prema Geema Jantha Nai. He participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu 5 in 2021 and became 2nd runner up of the show.

Personal life
Sreerama Chandra was born in Addanki, a town in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, into a Telugu speaking Brahmin family. His father is a High Court advocate while his mother is a housewife. In spite of a non-musical background, Sreerama Chandra had a passion towards singing and started singing in his school days from N.Ch.Parthasarathy and during college days.

He did his schooling at St. Andrews School, Bowenpally, Secunderabad and graduated (BTech) from the Royal Institute of Technology and Science (RITS). He learnt music at Sri Bhakta Ramadasu Govt. College of Music And Dance, Secunderabad from Bhaskara Haripriya (One of the Hyderabad Sisters – The Singing Divine Duo).

Career
Sreerama Chandra started singing during his school days, but started playback singing at the age of 17. He has completed his fifth year of his Certificate course in Carnatic vocal at Sri Bhakta Ramadasa Music College, Marredpally, Secunderabad. After participating in ETV's Sye, a singing reality show, Telugu film music director Mickey J Meyer spotted Sreeram's talent and had him sing "Chirugalithone Adiga" for a movie called Notebook.

He worked on an advertising campaign with Suzuki that featured Salman Khan. He released his debut Hindi album, Rehnuma, in 2010 and said it is a tribute to his loved ones. He has started recording his new music album called Crazy Love.

In 2021, Chandra entered the reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu season 5 as a contestant. He has a huge following from family audience. He was the 1st finalist and 2nd runner-up of the show.

He went on to star in Papam Pasivadu (TV series) that aired on Aha (streaming service) in the lead role alongside Rashi Singh.

Competitions

 * Finalist and 1st Runner-up of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star 2 in 2012
 * Title Winner of Indian Idol Season 5 by Sony Entertainment Television. in 2010 (19 March to 15 August 2010).
 * Title Winner of Okkare conducted by ETV in 2008 (June–December).
 * Reached Top 18 of Amul STAR Voice of India conducted in the year 2007 March.
 * Finalist in Sye Singer's Challenge conducted in 2006–07, by ETV.
 * Qualified for Delhi Finals Sangam Kala Group(Delhi), conducted in November 2006, by Hero Honda.
 * Winner of radio competition Voice of Andhra, Was conducted in the year 2005–06 by FM radio.
 * Runner-up in Relax songs competition conducted by Ramana Gogula in 2005.
 * Winner of Ananda Ragam Contest conducted by the team from Anand in 2004.
 * Runner of The Remix season-1 by Amazon prime India in 2018.
 * 2nd Runner-up of Bigg Boss Telugu 5 in 2021.

Achievements and performances

 * He started performing shows at the age of 8 and has done many stage shows including classical and filmi music.
 * He performed shows with singers, Mano, Malathi, Sunitha. He has done shows with Limca.
 * He has performed along with Koti, M. M. Keeravani, Madhavpeddi Suresh, Vandemataram Srinivas, Ghantadi Krishna and many more music directors.
 * He sang three songs in Sabari Gireesha Saranam an audio CD composed by Mantha Srinivas.
 * His first performance was in Hyderabad was on 25 September 2010.
 * He performed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi closing ceremony along with singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan etc.

Awards

 * Sreerama won the Lata Mangeshkar Award from Andhra Pradesh Government.
 * He was awarded the P. B. Sreenivas Award on 19 October by singer P. B. Sreenivas at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, A.P.
 * Sreerama received the Ghantasala Award on 4 December.
 * He won the Indian Idol 5 contest on 15 August 2010
 * In the non-film music category of GIMA 2011 Indian Idol 5 winner Sreerama won best music debut for Rehnuma