Sireesha Bhagavatula Biography: Indian Idol 17 Singer, Age, Family & Career

Rupesh Kumar

Sireesha Bhagavatula is a playback singer from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, whose voice is behind “Ghodey Pe Sawaar”, the breakout song from the film Qala. An engineer who gave up an IT job for music, she was a contestant on Indian Idol 12 and is now back on Sony TV’s Indian Idol 17 (Legends Return), paired with Ankush Bhardwaj.

Sireesha Bhagavatula Biography / Wiki Overview

Personal Details & Bio Data
Full Name	Sireesha Bhagavatula
Profession	Playback singer
Date of Birth	Not publicly known
Age	Born in 1996
Hometown	Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Parents	Bala Bhagavatula and Murty Satyanarayana
Siblings	One sister
Education	Engineering graduate, Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj (MVGR) College of Engineering, Vizag; gold medallist
Before Music	Worked at an IT firm
Playback Debut	“Maathare” (Bigil, 2019), composed by A. R. Rahman
Known For	“Ghodey Pe Sawaar” from Qala; Indian Idol 12
Indian Idol 17 Partner	Ankush Bhardwaj

Sireesha Bhagavatula, the voice of “Ghodey Pe Sawaar”.
Photo: SheThePeople (January 2023)

Early Life and Education

Sireesha was born in 1996 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to Bala Bhagavatula and Murty Satyanarayana. She grew up in a music-loving household with one sister, and began entering singing contests young, which brought her face to face with stars such as SP Balasubrahmanyam and Bappi Lahiri.

Music was not her first career. She studied engineering at the Maharaj Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj College of Engineering in Vizag, graduated as a gold medallist, and took a job at an IT firm before leaving it to sing full time.

Singing Career

Her move into film music came, she told Outlook, after she was voted out of a Tamil singing reality show and then landed a chance to sing in an A. R. Rahman film. That first playback song was “Maathare” from the film Bigil (2019). More Rahman work followed, including “Sye” from PS-I and “Yalo Yedu Sundara” from Cobra, and she has also sung in Hindi and Telugu. She has also spoken of being part of “Raja Sir’s” singing crew.

“Ghodey Pe Sawaar” and Qala

Her biggest hit is “Ghodey Pe Sawaar”, composed by Amit Trivedi for Anvitaa Dutt’s Qala. The song spread quickly on social media, though, as Outlook noted, many listeners credited only the composer and did not know whose voice they were hearing. Trivedi recorded it live, and Sireesha recalled that the crew stood and applauded when she finished. She called the film “a blessing” and thanked director Anvitaa Dutt, Trivedi and the lyricists.

“Maathare” (Bigil, 2019, A. R. Rahman), her playback debut
“Sye” (PS-I, A. R. Rahman)
“Yalo Yedu Sundara” (Cobra, A. R. Rahman)
“Ghodey Pe Sawaar” (Qala, Amit Trivedi)

Indian Idol 12 and Indian Idol 17

National TV audiences first knew her from Indian Idol season 12. In October 2026 Sony Entertainment Television brought her back for the show’s seventeenth season, Indian Idol Legends Return, which reunites singers from earlier seasons in pairs. Her partner is Ankush Bhardwaj. The season premiered on 17 October 2026 and airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 8 PM, judged by Himesh Reshammiya and hosted by Aditya Narayan. All the pairs are listed on our Indian Idol 17 (Legends Return) contestants page.

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