<p>"As of now I want to settle down in Bollywood as a singer, but I wouldn't mind taking up acting at some point in my career," Sreeram told PTI.<br /><br />The 24-year-old singer took up music five years ago with the dreams of achieving international stardom one day.<br /><br />"I want to make it big on a national stage and then represent my country on the international circuit. I want to achieve fame like Brian Adams, Beyonce Knowles, the Backstreet Boys and Westlife, who are internationally popular," said Sreeram.<br /><br />A native of Hyderabad, Sreeram has graduated in engineering and trained in classical Carnatic music. He intends to carry on learning music as well as establish himself as a playback singer in Bollywood.<br /><br />Sreeram has already recorded a duet with Shreya Ghosal for music composer duo Salim-Suleiman.<br /><br />"I am looking forward to the release of the song which I sung with Shreya Ghosal and also the album I will be recording with Sony," said Sreeram, who has also bagged a deal with Yashraj Films to sing in one of their forthcoming films as a part of his Indian Idol win.<br />Sreeram has grown up listening to the likes of Kishore Kumar and A R Rahman and is heavily inspired by them.<br /><br />"I listened to Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Shankar Mahadevan, Rahman saab. I also am influenced by the west and love Michael Jackson and Bon Jovi," he said.<br />Throughout his Indian Idol journey, not for once did Sreeram come into the bottom three or face the danger of getting voted out. Was he always confident about his win?<br />"I was the only one who never came in to the danger zone and I am glad that people loved my singing so much. But I always tried to maintain a balance and keep myself prepared for the worst," said Sreeram, who got his Idol trophy from none other than Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.<br /><br />Bachchan also took pity on a breathless Sreeram and helped him deliver his thank you speech, which is now a fond memory with the singer.<br />"It was the best moment of my life," he added.</p>
<p>"As of now I want to settle down in Bollywood as a singer, but I wouldn't mind taking up acting at some point in my career," Sreeram told PTI.<br /><br />The 24-year-old singer took up music five years ago with the dreams of achieving international stardom one day.<br /><br />"I want to make it big on a national stage and then represent my country on the international circuit. I want to achieve fame like Brian Adams, Beyonce Knowles, the Backstreet Boys and Westlife, who are internationally popular," said Sreeram.<br /><br />A native of Hyderabad, Sreeram has graduated in engineering and trained in classical Carnatic music. He intends to carry on learning music as well as establish himself as a playback singer in Bollywood.<br /><br />Sreeram has already recorded a duet with Shreya Ghosal for music composer duo Salim-Suleiman.<br /><br />"I am looking forward to the release of the song which I sung with Shreya Ghosal and also the album I will be recording with Sony," said Sreeram, who has also bagged a deal with Yashraj Films to sing in one of their forthcoming films as a part of his Indian Idol win.<br />Sreeram has grown up listening to the likes of Kishore Kumar and A R Rahman and is heavily inspired by them.<br /><br />"I listened to Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Shankar Mahadevan, Rahman saab. I also am influenced by the west and love Michael Jackson and Bon Jovi," he said.<br />Throughout his Indian Idol journey, not for once did Sreeram come into the bottom three or face the danger of getting voted out. Was he always confident about his win?<br />"I was the only one who never came in to the danger zone and I am glad that people loved my singing so much. But I always tried to maintain a balance and keep myself prepared for the worst," said Sreeram, who got his Idol trophy from none other than Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.<br /><br />Bachchan also took pity on a breathless Sreeram and helped him deliver his thank you speech, which is now a fond memory with the singer.<br />"It was the best moment of my life," he added.</p>