Bowler,Dancer…now Singer

Sreesanth’s dreams as a musician are on road to fulfillment. “I am spiritual,musically inclined,pianist,dancer,poet,tattoo-lover,god-loving,national cricketer and a very proud Indian,” states the 27-year-old,in his Twitter profile. “I was always interested in music,but got involved with cricket,which caught my attention as a teenager. I often choreographed dance competitions in school,” he adds.

S-36 may not be wearing the Woodstock bifocals,“but this is our effort to highlight our kind of music and Sreesanth is definitely the star,” says popular south Indian singer Madhu Balakrishnan,a member of the band,also Sreesanth’s brother-in-law. The ‘S’ in the band name stands for Sreesanth and ‘36’ is the number on his jersey,which he considers lucky. While the band performs contemporary Hindi and English numbers,apart from a set of original compositions,its members include Anup on the piano and synthesiser,Sandeep on lead guitars,Chippu on bass and Arun Roop on drums.

Sree penned the lyrics for Jeeto India for the 2007 World Cup and Hello for the 2011 World Cup. The band’s debut album is slated to release soon. Sreesanth says,“I was always interested in literature and maintained a diary. I think my lyric-writing skills come from there.” Sister Viditha Balakrishnan,meanwhile,recalls how little Gopu would hide behind the curtain and listen to her being trained in Carnatic music. Waiting to get back to the cricket pitch in the IPL Season 4,Sreesanth and his band will perform again after the cricketing season is over.