P. Sai Sharan is a

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ian and Indian playback singer from

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. He rose to prominence after winning the third season of the '' Airtel Super Singer''. He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the junior version of the show, '' Airtel Super Singer Junior''.

Early life

Saisharan started his music journey by giving his first

concert at the age of 8 at the

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Career

Television works

Saicharan competed in a number of reality TV singing competitions. He initially entered the finals of the debut season of

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's '' Airtel Super Singer Junior''. He subsequently appeared as a member of the " Tiruchi Thimingalangal" team led by playback singer

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in the debut season of Sun TV's ''

Sangeetha Mahayuddham Sangeetha Mahayuddham, also known as Amul Sangeetha Mahayuddham, is a 2010-2012 Indian reality TV singing competition in the Tamil language that was broadcast on Sun TV. The show features 6 Indian playback singers who lead their teams of cont ...

'', in which he and his team were crowned the runner up at the grand finale. Saisharan rose to prominence in 2011 after being crowned the winner of season 3 of

's '' Airtel Super Singer'', when he was a 21 year old engineering student. Saicharan received training in

prior to participating in the competition. He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the junior version of the show, '' Airtel Super Singer Junior''. He auditioned for season 3 of the show, and participated in most of the main competition performance rounds. When he was eliminated from the competition by the permanent judges by half a mark, the decision was challenged by viewers. He subsequently qualified as a wildcard contestant, and re-entered the competition as a grand finalist after receiving the highest number of viewer votes. Saicharan was crowned the winner of the competition, and was awarded an apartment by the show's sponsor Arun Excello. He was chosen by A. R. Rahman and D. Imman to sing in the 2012 films '' Godfather'', '' Manam Kothi Paravai'', and '' Saattai''. In 2013, Saicharan captained the " Symphony Super Kings" team in the debut season of '' Airtel Super Singer T20'', before he and his team were crowned the winner of the show. In 2015, Saisharan also captained his "White Devils" team to victory in '' Super Singer T20 season 2''. His performances through Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series which were considered hits by viewers have included:

Playback singing

In 2012, Sai Sharan was formally introduced as a

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playback singer. He made his film debut co-singing "Dang Dang" in the movie Manam Kothi Paravai with Malavika, who was also a contestant in the music competition reality TV show,

Airtel Super Singer 3 ''Airtel Super Singer 3'' - ''Thamizhagathil Brahmaanda Kuralukkaana Thedal - Immurai Ulaga Alavil'', the third season of the Airtel Super Singer show, was a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on Vijay TV. I ...

References

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