SP Balasubrahmanyam and his wife being felicitated by K. Srinivas, who used to write and give him multi-lingual verses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, English and Urdu. It was rendered by veteran playback singer P. Often visiting music composers seeking opportunities, his first audition song was "Nilave Ennidam Nerungadhe". He was selected as the best singer in a singing competition which was judged by S. He was the leader of a light music troupe composed of Anirutta (on the harmonium), Ilaiyaraaja (on guitar and later on harmonium), Baskar (on percussion) and Gangai Amaran (on guitar). In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organized by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organization. īalasubrahmanyam continued to pursue music during his engineering studies and won awards at singing competitions. He discontinued his studies early due to typhoid and joined as an associate member the Institution of Engineers, Chennai. He enrolled at the JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur with the intention of becoming an engineer. īalasubrahmanyam developed an interest in music at an early age, studied musical notations and learned music. Charan is also a popular South Indian singer, actor and producer. He had two brothers and five sisters, including singer S. His mother was Sakunthalamma, who died on 4 February 2019. Sambamurthy, was a Harikatha artist who also acted in plays. īalasubrahmanyam was born in Nellore, Madras Presidency (present-day Andhra Pradesh) into a Telugu Brahmin family. Balasubrahmanyam died in Chennai after being hospitalized for over a month for complications due to COVID-19. He was a recipient of the Padma Shri (2001), Padma Bhushan (2011) and Padma Vibhushan ( Posthumously) (2021) from the Government of India.He also won Harivarasanam Award by Govt of Kerala. In 2016, he was honoured with the Silver Peacock Medal as Indian Film Personality of the Year. In 2012, he received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
In addition, he recorded 19 songs in Tamil and 16 songs in Hindi in a day, which has also been called a record. He recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bengaluru from 9 am to 9 pm on 8 February 1981. According to some sources, he held the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs. In addition, he won the Filmfare Award and six Filmfare Awards South. īalasubrahmanyam has won six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages – Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi 25 Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his work in Telugu cinema and numerous other state awards from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He is widely considered one of the greatest Indian singers of all time. Image: Mohan and Revathy in Mouna Raagam.Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, music director, actor and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. The soft romantic lyrics, with SPB’s soothing vocals, makes this one of his most memorable songs. Nilaave Vaa Sellathey Vaa from Mani Ratnam's blockbuster film, Mouna Raagam, is a timeless classic that you never tire of. While it is virtually impossible to pick his top 10 songs, here is a list of some of his more popular numbers. S P Balasubrahmanyam won the Padmashri in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2011, and has received numerous State Awards from the governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He has sung over 40,000 songs and holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs.Īt the peak of his career, SPB is believed to have recorded as many as 15-20 songs on a single day. S P Balasubrahmanyam has won six National Film Awards across four different Indian languages. We celebrate the singer by listing some of his most memorable songs.
One of the greatest and most versatile singers of our time, S P Balasubrahmanyam, turned 68 on June 4.
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