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Birth Details –

Place – Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India  

Date of Birth – 4 June 1946

Zodiac Sign – Gemini

Marital Status – Married

Nationality – Indian

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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Biography in English

Physical Appearance –

Height – 5’’Feet 7 ‘’Inches

Eye Color – Brown

Hair Color – Dark Brown

Family –

Mother  – Sakunthalamma

Father  – S. P. Sambamurthy

Sister – S.P

Wife – Savithri

Son – S. P. Charan

Daughter – Pallavi

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam also referred to as SPB or SP Balu or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer.

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 16 languages.

On 8 February 1981, he created a record by recording 21 songs in Kannada from 9 am to 9 pm. In addition, he recorded 19 songs in Tamil, and 16 songs in Hindi in a day, which has also been called a record.

On 25 September 2020, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam died in Chennai after being hospitalized for over a month for complications due to COVID-19.

Early life and background –

Balasubrahmanyam was born in Nellore, in present-day Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu Brahmin family.

Balasubrahmanyam 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 of the Institution of Engineers, Chennai.

In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organized by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organization.

It was rendered by veteran playback singer P. B. Sreenivas, who used to write and give him multi-lingual verses in –

• Telugu
• Tamil
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Malayalam
• Sanskrit
• English
• Urdu

Personal life –

Balasubrahmanyam was married in 1969 to Savithri and has two children, a daughter Pallavi, and a son S. P. Charan, also a playback singer and film producer.

Balasubrahmanyam considered S. P. Kodandapani, who gave him his first singing offer and mentored him in his early career, to be his guru.

Career –

1960s–1970s –

Balasubrahmanyam debuted as a playback singer on 15 December 1966 with the song ‘Emiyee Vinta Moham’ for Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a Telugu film scored by his mentor, S. P. Kodandapani.

The song “Medante Meda Kaadu” from the film Sukha Dukhalu (1968) composed by Kondandapani brought him recognition in Telugu cinema.

His first song with S. Janaki was “Pournami Nilavil Pani Vizhum Iravil” in Kannippenn.

He was then introduced to the Malayalam film industry by G. Devarajan in the film Kadalppalam.

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.

He recorded duets with –

• P. Susheela
• S. Janaki
• Vani Jayaram
• L. R. Eswari. Balasubrahmanyam

1980s –

Balasubrahmanyam came to international prominence with the 1980 film Sankarabharanam.

The film is considered to be one of the best films ever to emerge from the Telugu film industry.

Balasubrahmanyam received his first National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his work.

His first work in Hindi films was in the following year, in Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), for which he received another National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

In 1989, Balasubrahmanyam was the playback singer for actor Salman Khan in the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya.

Balasubrahmanyam’s duet with Lata Mangeshkar, “Didi Tera Devar Deewana”, was very popular.

This solidified Balasubrahmanyam as one of the biggest playback singers in India.

 SP Balasubrahmanyam became identified as Salman Khan’s voice in the 90s just like Kishore Kumar became Rajesh Khanna’s voice through the 70s.

1990s –

In the 1990s, he worked with composers such as Vidyasagar, M. M. Keeravani, Hamsalekha, S. A. Rajkumar and Deva among others, but his association with A.R.Rahman turned out be a major success.

Balasubrahmanyam’s association with Hamsalekha began after the latter’s successful venture Premaloka in Kannada.

Balasubrahmanyam sang the most songs for Hamsalekha in Kannada.

He received his fourth National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Umandu Ghumandu” from the Kannada film Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi (1995),

2000–2020 –

SPB is the only singer having a long spanning career of 54 years having at least two songs to record per day, even in his last days.

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.

he video song was officially unveiled by Ilaiyaraaja through his official YouTube account on 30 May 2020 in both Tamil and Hindi languages.

Other work –

Voice acting –

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
• Raghuvaran

He was awarded the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the films Annamayya and Sri Sai Mahima.

He dubbed for Nandamuri Balakrishna for the Tamil version of the movie Sri Rama Rajyam in 2012.

 He also dubbed for Ben Kingsley in the Telugu-dubbed version of Gandhi.

Television shows and films –

Balasubrahmanyam hosted and judged Telugu musical reality TV show Padutha Theeyaga, which marked his television debut.

Singers like –

• Usha
• Kousalya
• Gopika Poornima
• Mallikarjun
• Hemachandra
• N. C. Karunya
• Smita

He also hosted and judged Kannada musical reality TV show Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu.

Balasubrahmanyam also appeared in other shows such as Paadalani Undi, Endaro Mahanubahvulu and Swarabhishekam.

Awards –

Other honours –

• 1981 – Kalaimamani
• 1999 – Honorary Doctorate     
• 2008 – Karnataka Rajyothsava
• 2009 – Honorary Doctorate             
• 2009 – Kalaprapoorna Honorary Doctorate     
• 2010 – Honorary Doctorate     
• 2017 – Kala Pradarshini Ghantasala Puraskar
• 2017 – Honorary Doctorate

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Famous Songs –

• Apuroopam Ainadamma Aada Janmna
• Maayadari Maayadari Andamaa
• Poo Pookum Oosai
• Mannil Indha
• Chandiranai Thottathu Yar
• Coffee Dandakam
• Nenje Nenje
• Varanam Aayiram
• Paatante Paata Kaadu
• Naaniruntha

Other Information  –

Death – 25 September 2020

Place – Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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