Ram Miriyala is an Indian

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, record producer,

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r, promo producer and songwriter.

Career

Ram Miriyala initially worked in the corporate sector. He has also learned

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for two years and could not continue due to personal reasons. He told ''

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'' that these "two years made him fall in love with music". Later, he continued his career in

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as a promo producer. While working as the promo producer at the Radio Mirchi, in 2018, Ram along with his colleagues decided to form the

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Chowraasta. The primary idea of the band is to sing and produce Telugu folk songs in

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genre. The band also includes Yashwanth Nag, Bala, Akshay, Anant and Srinivas. The band started producing original songs in 2019, including "Oorellipota Mama" and "Maya", which became successful. These songs are based on the real-life issues in the society and made him popular due to which, he is commonly called as Chowraasta Ram. Speaking to ''

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'', Ram said that "We are not here for popularity. We are asking questions and hoping that people will think about it. It is an ongoing process and we will speak about issues that are close to our heart". The next year he has sung, composed and written "Cheyi Cheyi Kalapaku Ra" for the band during the

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. The song is produced to create awareness about the disease and the guidelines to be followed. Ram has stepped out of the band in 2020. During the initial stage of Chowraasta band, Ram's first recorded song "Vagalaadi" (from the film ''

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'') as a

, which was released in April 2019. Reviewing the film's soundtrack, ''

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'''s Neeshita Nyayapati wrote about the song that "It’s a classic Vivek Sagar song with a perfect blend of various musical mediums and the vocals, tune, lyrics and music are on-point".

Discography

As playback singer

As composer

Singles

Music videos

As songwriter

Other songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miriyala, Ram People from East Godavari district Telugu playback singers Living people Telugu film score composers Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian composers Indian songwriters Indian lyricists Telugu-language lyricists Indian male playback singers Singers from Andhra Pradesh Indian male pop singers Indian record producers South Indian International Movie Awards winners 1987 births