Twenty-five-year-old Sreeram Chandra from Hyderabad won the Indian Idol Season 5 music reality TV show crown here on Sunday night beating Gujarati girl Bhoomi Trivedi and Agra boy Rakesh Maini. A highly gifted versatile singer, Sreeram came to the show after having lent his voice to several Telugu movies as a playback singer.

The name of the winner was announced by Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan at the grand finale of the long-running popular show held at Filmistan Studio. The winner gets a Rs. 50 lakh cash prize, a car, a motorbike, a one-year contract with Sony TV and a chance to sing in one of the forthcoming movies of Yashraj Films.

Winner Sreeram has already recorded a song with Bollywood playback singer Shreya Ghoshal for an upcoming movie, music for which has been composed by Salim-Suleman. An elated Sreeram thanked all those who wished for his victory and voted for him.

Published Date : Monday, Aug 16, 02:00pm IST

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