Anil speaks about his friend: SRIRAM...AHA,AHA OK CHANDU,THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD HIM SING WAS IN 5TH CLASS AND MOSTLY AFTER THAT HE WOULD SING ALL THE LATEST NUMBERS TO ONLY ONE PERSON ....KIRAN..AND SUDDENLY IN OUR 8TH CLASS WHEN HE DID A PATRIOTIC SONGS MEDLEY OF ALL LATAJI'S SONGS WHERE VANDEMATARAM (BOTH RAHMANS AND LATAJI'S)ALONG WITH FEWT OTHER,MAN THE ASSEMBLY GOT THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THIS PRODIGY.THE ENTIRE SCHOOL REVERBERATED WITH HIS NAME,AND YEAH HIS ENTRY TO THE CHOIR GROUP AS A BASS SINGER AND AS A LEADTO KNOW ABOUT MALE SINGER WAS MADE SURE.THEN HE WOULD PERFORM SOLO ALONG WITH A FREIND CHANDRASHEKAR(WHO WOULD GIVE VOCAL DRUMS SUPORT),WOULD THEN PERFORM ON ALL OCCASSIONS IN SCHOOL.HE ALONG WITH RAJASHEKAR,VAMSHI,SRIDHAR AND MITHUN WOULD SING BACKSTRRET BOYS,MJ,BOYZONE,IN CLASS DURING BREAKS OR ANY FREE PERIODS,WOW WAT A LOVELY TIME IT WASTHEN AFTER 10TH DINT GET TO SEE HIM FOR 2 YEARS AS ALL OF US WERE ON AN EAMCET EXILE:).THEN WHEN WE CLASSMATES HAD A REUNION AT A BOWLING ALLEY HE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MUSIC COLLEGE AND AT ONCE JOINED IT.THEN CAME HIS TRYST WITH THE MOST AMAZING CARNATIC VOCAL TEACHER"SMT.HARIPRIYA) FROM WHOM HE LEARNT THE NUANCES OF THE REPUTED CLASSICAL GENRE.HE WOULD DISCUSS EVERYTHING WITH HARIPRIYA MAM ALL HIS DOUBTS AND ALL HIS CONFUSION,HE WAS BLESSED TO HAVE A TEACHER LIKE HER.AFTER JOINING MUSIC COLL THEN AFTER 1 YEAR IN 2004 PARTICIPATED IN ANADARAGAM CONTEST WHERE HE WAS THE WINNER,WITH KOTIGARU AND VETURIGARU AS THE JUDGES.THAN HE PARTICIPATED IN SYE SINGERS CHALLENGE WHERE HE WAS A WINNER TOO AND THEN WENT ON TO SING FOR MICKEY J MYERS IN THE MOVIE NOTEBOOK.BEFORE THIS HE WOULD SING MORE OFTEN TO A MUSIC DIRECTOR CALLED LALITH SURESH.AND THEN HE WENT TO MUMBAI AND PARTICIPATED IN VOICE OF INDIA.WHERE HE WAS IN THE TOP 12 AND GOT ELIMINATED CAUSE HE HAD A BREAK DOWN AND FORGOT LYRICS BUT HE WAS RECOGNISED FOR THE MAGIC HE POTRAYED UNTILL THEN.AFTER THAT HE JUGGLED BETWEEN HYDERABAD AND MUMBAI FOR MORE THAN AN YEAR.IN MUMBAI HE WOULD LEARN HINDUSTANI AND WOULD SING TRACKS FOR THE MUSIC DIRECTOR CALLED VIKRAM.THEN HE WENT ON TO GIVE HIS CERTIFICATE EXAM IN CARNATIC MUSIC WHERE HE PASSED IN DISTINCTION.AND THEN HE PARTICIPATED IN ETV"OKKARE" SINGERS CHALLENGE WHERE HE WON THE TITLE.AND DURING THE SHOW GOT AN OFFER FROM KALYANI MALIK TO SING 2 CHARTBUSTER SONGS IN THE MOVIE "ASHTACHAMMA".THEN WENT ON TO SING FOR OTHER MUSIC DIRECTORS AS WELL.
HE WAS WORKING WITH HIS INSPIRATION "MANI SHARMA GARU" UNTILL THE INDIAN IDOL SHOW CAME HIS WAY.NOW AS U ALL KNOW HE IS IN THE INDIAN IDOL TO WIN THE TITLE WITH OUR SUPPORT AND HIS PERFORMANCES.
HE HAS TRAVELLED TO MALASIYA,SINGAPORE MORE RECENTLY LONDON WHERE HE GAVE CONCERTS TO A LARGE GATHERINGS WHICH WERE HIGLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED.
HE HAS GIVEN MORE THAT 25 CLASSICAL CONCERTS