The singer's health deteriorated after two days of admission and he was shifted to an ICU, immediately. The same year, he was honoured with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the International Film Festival of India.SP Balasubramaniam, the legendary singer of Indian Cinema, announced that he contracted Covid-19 and his wife, Savithri also had to be admitted in the hospital, for the same. SP completed half a century of playback singing in December 2016. He was honoured with the NTR National Award in 2012. He also won a Bollywood Filmfare Award and six Filmfare Awards South. He was the music director for Padamati Sandhya Raagam, Turpu Velle Railu films.īalu won six National Film Awards for best male playback singer for Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi songs. The next year saw him foraying into Hindi films and won the national award for his very first song in Hindi, 'Tere Mere Beech Mein, from K Balachander’s ' Ek Duuje Ke Liye' (1981). He won the first national award in 1980 for 'Sankarabharanam'. SP received Padma Sri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011). Subrahmanyam had trained in classical singing but it was no bar for him in quickly learning the nuances and adopting himself to work with tough composers like MS Viswanathan during the early days of his career. He had very close friendship with several music stalwarts. The film 'Ek Duuja Ke Liye' in '81 brought him two national awards. 'Sankarabharanam', in the 80s, brought him the greatest fame. Three years later, he was picked up as the fresh voice for MG Ramachandran. He became the voice of Salman Khan in films such as Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989), Love (1991) and Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994).
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The song 'Emi Ee Vintha Moham' from this movie became very popular.
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In December 1966, SP made his professional debut with the Telugu movie 'Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna'. Despite the risks, he went for it and emerged stronger. Doctors said he could either stop singing or risk a surgery with the danger of damaging his voice forever. A vocal fold nodule in 1989 had threatened SP’s career. At another competition, music director SP Kodandapani asked for an audition and was impressed by the budding singer’s talent. A college friend of SP entered his name in a light music competition in 1963-64 and he went on to win the contest. He made an accidental entry into playback singing. Last year, as if he knew he was nearing death, Balu gifted his ancestral house in Nellore to Kanchi Peetham for running a vedic school. Legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam breathed his last on Friday in Chennai. His sister, SP Sailaja, is also a popular playback singer. His mother, Shakuntalamma, passed away in February last year. He enrolled at JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur, dreaming of landing a job in the government as an engineer. Balu used to participate in his father's Harikatha programmes. He took keen interest in learning instruments but had no plans of making a career in music. His father, SP Sambamurthy, was an exponent of Harikatha. He sang songs even in languages which have no script.īorn on June 4, 1946, at Konetammapet in Nellore district of then Madras Presidency, SP’s family had Telugu origins. He was fluent in Telugu (mother tongue), Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, and preferred to converse with others in the language they were comfortable with. Sarve Sujana Sukhino Bhavantu," which means, "May all people be good. Known for his humble conduct, SPB ends any programme with his fond words, "Sarve Jana Sujano Bhavantu. Popular for the unique drama in his voice, SP developed a command over different modulations. In February 1981, he had set an all time record by singing 21 songs in a single day. In the Telugu film 'O Papa Lali", he sang a song without break. He brought out the latent talent in many in the younger generation, even though he himself did not have a formal learning in music.
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What he leaves behind are not just his over-40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages but innumerable Shishyas (students), well-groomed under his guidance through the Paadutaa Tiyyagaa, Paadalani Vundi and Swaraabhishekam programmes on popular TV channels. Having dominated the music landscape of South India for about six decades, he left his indelible mark.įondly called 'Gana Gandharv' by countless admirers, Balu was a natural phenomenon. From intellectuals to shepherds, every one would enjoy humming his songs. For many women, his songs from the radio (now mobile phones) gave them enough strength to finish domestic chores with ease. The names SP Bala Subrahmanyam, Balu, SP or Bala Subrahmanyam is enough to turn the environment cheerful and soothing. Even at 74, Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam left people spellbound with his songs.