Sreenesh Lakshman Prabhu | |
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| Born | 17 November 1983 |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
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Sreenesh Lakshman Prabhu (born 17th November 1983) is an amateur lyricist ,music director,Rifle Shooter who hails from Alappuzha (Venice of East), Kerala, India. He is basically a banker by profession, but musician by passion. His music always is theme based rooting on some social issues and he believes music is his weapon and medium to express his social responsibility despite of caste creed religion and political parties.
Personal life
editHe is born to D Lakshmana Prabhu (a bank clerk) & Jayasree Prabhu in a Gowda Saraswath Brahmin family, at Changanacherry, Kottayam, Kerala.
He is married and have two kids. From childhood onwards Sreenesh was inspired by the musical vibes at home, as radio and tape recorder were always in air. In an interview he quoted "Father was working in bank and once he back home,as a stress- breaking technique, he used to lie on bed and sing, by drumming on wooden cot & as a kid i noticed it and it lit interest in me,which introduced me many famous songs of Devarajan Master, Ilayaraja Sir;further happened to notice songs with a special tone "Gentleman ""Duet" "Rangeela" and many more played on music system by my cousin brother Rajesh Gopalakrishna Prabhu. Advent of A R Rahman Sir fuelled my music interest.."
Music ran this guy mad and had failed for 2 papers in Degree exam, but instead of scolding, knowing the pulse of son, father made him join at Rev.Thomas D Thycattusherry's institute of music "Sadas Music ", Parelpally, Changanacherry, Kerala. (Further he cleared degree and had MBA Finance too.) As referred from an article written in Talented Bankers Official page,by Mr.Naveen Remanan/Mrs.Arya Gayathri, Sreenesh 's mother Jayasree planted seeds of Carnatic in him and got more manure especially influence of his maternal grandfather R Rajendranath Naick..an ardent carnatic music lover cum businessman in Alappuzha town. Sreenesh's younger brother Ganesh L Prabhu used to buy different genres of music albums which enriched Sreenesh 's music knowledge a lot and brother happened to be instrumental for the debut album during floods January 2019
Career/Discography
editIn 2018,he composed his first song professionally and released in January 2019 named "Vismaya Keralam " (Rise up Kerala Anthem) which launched him to the music world sang by colleague Anoop Kumar V, Sreenesh, wife Sneha and Vidya Ganesh. After the success, he used to do music as a response to contemporary social matters. In February, 2020 released his second single, this time Sreenesh made it Tamil "Amma-Ocean of Love" about Motherhood,which became an instant social media hit, well rendered by reknowned singer K S Sudeep Kumar. Then released another rise up song during lockdown "Uyirthu Paattu " penned by upcoming poet and his colleague Suresh Narayanan,following Corona Mhonu - a Konkani song penned by his cousin brother Arpookara Manoj Pai, "Karuthalayi Kaavalaayi" penned by noted lyricist Subhash Cherthala (Kerala Police ), etc but a song for preserve Wildlife got huge attention named "Hatha Kunjara (Dead Elephant ) in Sanskrit lyrics and music by Sreenesh, well rendered by his childhood friend & carnatic singer Jayadevan Devarajan which is well appreciated in social media and news channels including Doordarshan & Janam tv and atlast World Wildlife Fund India posted it on their official page,which was an honour for his musical effort. Next was against racism with nuance of real incident in USA,about racism victim George Floyd, "White Dove & Black Berries " sang by Ganga S Chandra & Sreenesh as guest singer and it is special for him because a surprise for his request Oscar Laureate Resool Pookutty impressed with the song theme and unveiled the poster of song and song released by reknowned music directors Ousepachan and Kailas Menon.
In between Sreenesh's musical piece work with animation and enigmatic vocals "Thanatos (Greek God of Death), against rapes happened during the period (Nirbhaya, Manisha Valmiki) created ripples in social media and pointed importance implementing Chemical castration of culprits in India. His latest song released in February 2021 through Manorama Music, a reggae genre with socio-comedy flavor "Aramathilile Koonanurumbu " got noticed, with Jassie Gift's voice on lead..which depicts and declares importance of social distancing and covid protocol.
His recent work against organ mafia and drugs released on 26th June 2022 "Pakal Parunth Ira" noticed for the plain content. His 2023 album "Soorya Gaana Jwaala " or SGJ ,which supported gender equality penned by Suresh Narayanan well received by media and people. Comparison with AR Rahman style, was accused but song was totally SLP style, sung by playback singer Ranjith Jayaraman .Recent release "Shabdha thaara pathathile thaarame" alias "Sound Man Anthem " a song released dedicating to Sound engineers on 30th May 2024 ,Oscar Laureate Sound Engineer Resul Pookutty birthday. Song is well received and Resul Pookutty himself tweeted it .
Composing pattern of this guy is totally different, as he never sit infront of any instrument, his most tunes happens while vrooming on bike or scooter. Another strange thing is,according to the theme or subject he fix language of song, so his songs are in Malayalam Tamil, Konkani, Hindi, Sanskrit and English. Alongwith music ,his interest lies on Rifle shooting and Pistol as per his latest social media updates.
Controversy
editHe is accused to have Owl worship and many comments in social media says the locket wore by him is "illuminati " triangle with ruby stone embedded. Photograph of a mottled owl saved by Sreenesh was tweeted by PETA which reinforced his Owl worship and many believe that fetch him fame.However he denied all accusations about his rise based on conspiracy theories. He says he is secular ,but a Hindu who believes Prajnaanam Brahma and always pray Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu .
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