'We have been giving jugalbandi concerts together for some time, so there is an understanding between us,' Sriram says. Ratnam, who was producing a young film Five Star with newcomers, asked them to compose a few tunes. He had explained that 'an album is an expression of oneself whereas film is bound by situations, story, lyrics and the director's vision.

He was very encouraging but warned them that cutting albums was very different from film music. Besides, he had already heard Savariya and liked it for its freshness. The couple approached filmmaker Mani Ratnam for advice, as they felt that he would understand their kind of music. He adds that in terms of improvisation, classical music offers more scope but 'film music is a condensed and crystallised form of creativity.' That is the reason why Anuradha and I decided to compose film music,' Sriram explains. In India, a classical music album may reach five per cent of the population but film music will reach 95 per cent. 'Nothing can compete with the reach of film music. They then switched over to composing film music. The couple also composed the music of her popular Tamil pop album Chennai Girl. One of South India's leading playback singers, Anuradha, like her husband, is also well versed in Carnatic and Hindustani music. He entered the world of pop music as one of the brothers in the well-known group Three Brothers, and one of the composers of the Hindi pop album Savariya, the other composer being his wife Anuradha Sriram. Having performed over 2,000 solo violin concerts all over the world and having won the President of India's Gold Medal for Carnatic and Hindustani music, Sriram is a well-known figure.

With a fellowship from the University of Akron, Ohio, USA, Sriram went to the US to study Western classical music and later, completed a doctorate in world music from Wesleyan University. In spite of a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Mumbai and a Master's degree in Business Management from the highly acclaimed Indian Institute of Management-Kolkata, Sriram Parasuram prefers a career in music. : Movies: A duet for life: Anuradha and Sriram ParasuramĪnuradha and Sriram Parasuram are a rare husband-wife composer team in film music

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