Sailaja. [50] The soundtrack for the film was very successful and he won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Dil Deewana. [64] He has also provided voice-overs for various artists, including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Salman Khan, K. Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Anil Kapoor, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesan, Arjun Sarja, Nagesh, Karthik, and Raghuvaran in various languages. Up Next. He died of complications of Covid-19. SP Balasubrahmanyam and Salman Khan was a combo as comforting as hot chocolate on … Balasubramaniam – Songfacts", "Friday Review Hyderabad / Events : The stars shimmered bright", "SP Balasubrahmanyam: Legendary Indian singer dies", "Happy Birthday SP Balasubramaniam: Five interesting unknown facts about the fabulous singer", "Have lost count of songs sung, says record holder S.P. ", "Waheeda receives Indian Film Personality of the Year award at IFFI", "SP Balasubrahmanyam honoured with centenary award", "SPB wins Padma Bhushan, no Bharat Ratna this year", "Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : S.P.Balasubramaniam shares memories with music buffs", "Tamil Cinema news – Tamil Movies – Cinema seithigal", "SP Charan on SPB's health: He's eager to leave the hospital as early as possible", "S. P. Balasubramanyam – Photos and All Basic Informations", "Andhra Pradesh / Ongole News : Telugu will thrive forever, says Balu", "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Raja-Lakshmi award for S.P. "[44][45] In the 1970s, he also worked with M. S. Viswanathan in Tamil movies for actors such as M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini Ganesan. Other popular songs include "July Maadham" from Pudhiya Mugam, which also marked the debut of singer Anupama,[57] "Mannoothu Manthayilae" from Kizhakku Cheemayile which was a folk number and he almost sang all songs in the musical love story Duet and "Thanga Thaamarai" from Minsara Kanavu which fetched him, the sixth and latest of his National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer to date. [43] He had recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bangalore from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on 8 February 1981 and 19 songs in Tamil, 16 songs in Hindi in a day. [26] He had two brothers and five sisters, including singer S. P. Legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam aka SPB breathed his last on September 25 due to illness. He recorded duets with P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Vani Jayaram and L. R. Eswari. He broke into Bollywood in 1981. Encouraged by his initial success, he went on to perform in a band; one member, Ilayaraja, also became well-known. As the legendary singer breaths his last today, September 25, we take a look at the SP Balasubrahmanyam-Salman Khan combo. The cause was complications of Covid-19, according to a statement from MGM Healthcare, where he had been hospitalized. [7][8] In addition, he won the Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South. National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer, National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, List of awards and nominations received by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, "S.P. SPB’s son SP Charan told reporters at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, “SPB belongs to everyone. Mr. Balasubrahmanyam often spoke of the inspiration he received from Mohammed Rafi, one of the most popular Indian singers in the 1950s and ’60s. “I often sit with the lyricists and ask them what they meant to convey so that I get the emotional crux of the song,” he once said in a newspaper interview about having to be expressive in so many languages. Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as S. P. B. or Balu, was a veteran Indian musician, playback singer, television anchor, music director, actor, dubbing artist, and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam films. [49], In 2013, Balasubrahmanyam recorded the title song for Chennai Express – "Chennai Express", singing for the lead actor Shahrukh Khan, under the music direction of Vishal-Shekhar, breaking his 15-year hiatus from Hindi cinema music. He was then introduced to the Malayalam film industry by G. Devarajan in the film Kadalppalam. He was 74. once said that he became a singer by accident. PTI. Balasubrahmanyam", "SP Balasubrahmanyam Dies at 74: 5 Facts About The Guinness Record Holder", "S.P. Wife Savitri Balasubrahmanyam performs rituals as daughter Pallavi Balasubrahmanyam and son SP Charan mourn near the mortal remains of legendary playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, an Indian singer who delivered songs for more than 1,000 movies in a smooth and vibrant voice and in a multitude of regional languages, died on Sept. 25 in Chennai, India. [60], In May 2020, SPB crooned a song on humanity titled "Bharath Bhoomi" which was composed by Ilaiyaraaja as a tribute to the people such as police, doctors, nurses and janitors who have been significantly working amid COVID-19 pandemic. [8], Balasubrahmanyam began to record more songs in Telugu and other South Indian languages, especially for Ilaiyaraaja with S. Janaki, the trio considered to be highly successful in the Telugu film industry from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Read about others here. It was rendered by veteran playback singer P. B. Srinivas, who used to write and give him multi-lingual verses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, English and Urdu. [5][6], Balasubrahmanyam 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. SP Balasubramaniam has the credit of singing about 40,000 film songs in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and other languages. Balasubrahmanyam, our cultural world is a lot poorer,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India wrote on Twitter. In the first week of August, SP Balasubrahmanyam, fondly called SPB, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. [52] Balasubrahmanyam's duet with Lata Mangeshkar, "Didi Tera Devar Deewana", was very popular. 1990s. In addition, he recorded 19 songs in Tamil and 16 songs in Hindi in a day, which has also been called a record. His best-known songs were in the languages of Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. [47] Directed by K. 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