Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (pronunciation(helpinfo)) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. He is mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu. He has won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs.[1]

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HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-entertainment.oneindia.in-3" [3] He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times and the Nandi Awards in Telugu cinema 25 times from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[4]

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HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-7" [7]He has sung over 40,000 songs in various Indian languages.[8] He has won National Film Awards across four languages as well as a Filmfare Award, five South Filmfare Awards and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the government of India.[9]Contents

1 Early life and background 2 Personal life 3 Early career: 1960s1970s 4 International recognition: 1980s 5 1990s 6 2000s-present 7 Voice actor 8 Filmography 9 Awards and nominations 10 References 11 External linksEarly life and backgroundBalasubrahmanyam was born to S. P. Sambamurthy in Konetammapeta, Nellore district, of Andhra Pradesh.[10] Balasubrahmanyam's father was a Harikatha artiste who had also acted in plays.[11] He has two brothers and five sisters, including singer S.P. Sailaja.[12]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-13" [13]Balasubrahmanyam developed an interest towards music at an early age, studied notations and learned to play instruments such as the harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. He enrolled at JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur with the intention of becoming an engineer. He discontinued his studies early due to typhoid and joined as an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Chennai.[8]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-67thBirthdayBlurb-14" [14]He continued to pursue music during his engineering studies and won awards at singing competitions. In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organised by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation. 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).[15] He was selected as the best singer in a singing competition which was judged by S. P. Kodandapani and Ghantasala.[16]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-17" [17] Often visiting music composers seeking opportunities, his first audition song was "Nilave Ennidam Nerungadhe". 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.[18]Personal lifeBalasubramanyam is married to Savitri and has two children, Pallavi[19]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-20" [20] and S. P. B. Charan. Charan is also a playback singer and film producer.[21]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-22" [22]Early career: 1960s1970sBalasubrahmanyam made his debut as a playback singer in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a Telugu film scored by his mentor, S. P. Kodandapani.[23]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-RLA-24" [24] The first Non-Telugu song that he recorded just eight days after his debut Telugu song was in Kannada in 1966 for the film 'Nakkare Ade Swarga' starring Kannada comedy stalwart T. R. Narasimharaju.[25]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-26" [26] He recorded his first Tamil song "Eyarkai ennum illaya kanni" in the 1969 film Shanthi Nilaiyam starring Gemini Ganesan. He sang "Aayiram Nilavae Vaa" for M.G.R in the Tamil film Aadimai Penn.[27] He was then introduced to Malayalam film industry by G. Devarajan in the film Kadalppalam.[28]He has the rare distinction of rendering most number of songs on a single day by any singer. He has recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bangalore from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on February 8, 1981 and 19 songs in Tamil, 16 songs in Hindi in a day which is a notable achievement and a record.[3] He established a prolific career. "There were days when I used to record 1520 songs, but only for Anand-Milind. And I would take the last flight back to Chennai."[29]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-30" [30] 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 and L. R. Eswari. Balasubrahmanyam's association with Ilaiyaraaja began in the late 1970s when the latter made his cinematic debut.

International recognition: 1980s

Balasubrahmanyam pictured in 1985

Balasubrahmanyam came to international prominence with 1980's Shankarabharanam. The film is considered to be one of the best films ever to emerge from Telugu film industry.[31]

HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" \l "cite_note-32" [32] Directed by K. Vishwanath, the film's soundtrack was composed by KV Mahadevan and led to an increase in usage of Carnatic music in Telugu cinema. Not a classically trained singer, he used a 'film music' aesthetic in recording the songs.[33] Balasubrahmanyam received his first National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his work. His first work in Hindi films was the following year, in Ek Duje Ke Liye (1981), for which he received another National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.[6]Balasubrahmanyam began to record more songs in Tamil especially for Ilaiyaraaja with Janaki, the trio considered to be highly successful in the Tamil film industry from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s in Telugu films based on classical music like Saagara Sangamam (1983), for which both Ilaiayaraaja and S.P.B won National Film Awards, Swathi Muthyam (1986) and Rudraveena (1988) which again won National Awards for Ilaiyaraaja and Balasubrahmanyam.[34]In 1989, Balasubrahmanyam was the playback singer for Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya.[35] The soundtrack for the film was very successful and he won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Dil Deewana. For much of the next decade, Balasubrahmanyam continued as the 'romantic singing voice' on the soundtracks of Khan's films.[36] Notable among these was Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time[37] Balasubrahmanyam's duet with Lata Mangeshkar, "Didi Tera Devar Deewana", was so popular that Mangeshkar was awarded a Filmfare Special Award. This solidified Balasubrahmanyam as one of the biggest playback singers in India.[38]1990sIn the 1990s he worked with composers like Vidyasagar, M. M. Keeravani, S. A. Rajkumar, but his association with A.R.Rahman turned out be a major success.

Balasubramanyam's association with Hamsalekha began after the latter's successful venture Premaloka in Kannada. Balasubramanyam sung the most number of songs for Hamsalekha in Kannada. He received his 4th National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Umandu Ghumandu" from the Kannada film Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi (1995), which was a Hindustani classical music based composition by Hamsalekha.[34]Balasubrahmanyam recorded three songs for A. R. Rahman in his debut film Roja. He had a long time association with Rahman right from Roja, the latter's debut film. Other popular songs include "July Maadham" from Pudhiya Mugam, which also marked the debut of singer Anupama, "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 his sixth and latest of his National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer till date.

2000s-presentIn 2013, Balasubrahmanyam recorded the popular title song for Chennai Express "Nikal Na Jaaye Chennai Express", singing for the lead actor Shahrukh Khan, under the music direction of Vishal-Shekhar. He returned to Bollywood music after being away from it for 15 years.[39] New generation's versatile singer K.K picked him as his one of the favourite singer.

Voice actorBalasubrahmanyam accidentally became a dubbing artist with Kamal Hassan's film Manmadha Leela, the dubbed Telugu version of Manmadha Leelai.[40] He has also provided voice-overs for various artists, including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Salman Khan, K. Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Anil Kapoor, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesan, Arjun Sarja, Nagesh, Karthik and Raghuvaran in various languages. He was assigned as the default dubbing artist for Kamal Hassan in Telugu dubbed versions of Tamil films and vice versa. For the Telugu version of Dasavathaaram he gave voice to seven characters (including the female character) out of ten characters played by Kamal Hassan.[41] He was awarded Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the films Annamayya and Sri Sai Mahima.[42] He dubbed for Nandamuri Balakrishna for the Tamil version of the movie Sri Rama Rajyam in 2012.[43]FilmographyMain article: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam filmographyAwards and nominationsSee also: List of awards and nominations received by S. P. BalasubrahmanyamReferences1. "Wish singer SPB on his birthday today". The Times of India. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.2. http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=34933. http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/s-p-balasubramaniam/biography.html4. "Friday Review Hyderabad / Events: The stars shimmered bright". The Hindu. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2011.5. "SPB to be honoured". Sify.com. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.6. "Entertainment Hyderabad / Events: In honour of a legend". The Hindu. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2011.7. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=211818. Staff Reporter (11 June 2012). "Singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam honoured". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 July 2013. According to the citation of the award, the singer who had won Padma Sri and Padma Bhushan had sung over 40,000 songs in four languages. He had also won six national awards. He had directed music for over 40 films, and had worked as a dubbing artist, television anchor and even produced movies.9. 26 January 2011 DC Correspondent New Delhi (26 January 2011). "SPB wins Padma Bhushan, no Bharat Ratna this year". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 May 2011.10. indicine. "SP Balasubrahmanyam".11. Suganthy Krishnamachari (26 August 2010). "Arts / Music: Motivating, musically". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 May 2011.12. "Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News: S.P.Balasubramaniam shares memories with music buffs". The Hindu. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2011.13. http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2014/03/25214939/SP-Balasubramaniam-world-recor.html14. "SP.Balasubrahmanyam's 67th Birthday". 4 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013. Today, S.P.Balasubrahmanyam is celebrating his 67th birthday. The man was born on June 4th 1946 into a Brahmin family in Nellore. Balasubrahmanyam started singing from a very young age. After dropping out from an engineering program in JNTU, SPB got his first break in 1966, when he sang for 'Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna' and he has sung over 40,000 songs. The State Government of AP presented the Nandi Award to Balasubrahmanyam 25 times. The Govt. of India honoured him with a 'Padma Bhushan' in 2011 and also presented him with six National Awards.15. Dinathanthi, Nellai Edition, 11 August 2006, p. 11.16. "SP Balasubrahmanyam". Artistopia.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.17. "S. P. Balasubramanyam Photos and All Basic Informations". Networkbase.info. Retrieved 1 May 2011.18. "Arts / Music: An unsung genius". The Hindu. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2011.19. "Unnai Charan Adainthaen". The Hindu. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2011.20. http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2014/03/30210811/cinema-history-sp-balasubraman.html21. "The cup of joy called friendship". The Hindu. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2011.22. "Metro Plus Madurai / Events: A medley of sorts". The Hindu. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.23. "Andhra Pradesh / Ongole News: Telugu will thrive forever, says Balu". The Hindu. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.24. "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News: Raja-Lakshmi award for S.P. Balasubrahmanyam". The Hindu. 15 August 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2011.25. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/201139/of-soulful-strains.html26. http://www.alkahera-alyoum.com/viewvideo/17160/wikispeaks/s-p-balasubrahmanyam-wiki-article27. http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2014/03/26213901/mgr-introduce-sp-balasubramani.html+28. "Metro Plus Kochi / Columns: KADALPAALAM 1969". The Hindu. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2011.29. Thakkar, Mehul S (24 May 2013). "Salmans voice now belongs to Shah Rukh". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 22 July 2013.30. T. Krithika Reddy (8 January 2010). "Life & Style / Metroplus: Swinging sixties". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 May 2011.31. "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Iffi.nic.in. Retrieved 1 January 2013.32. [1][dead link]33. Dalmia, edited by Vasudha; Sadana, Rashmi. The Cambridge companion to modern Indian culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.248. ISBN978-0521736183.34. "Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Music: Balu live and lively". The Hindu. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.35. Kadam, Prachi (25 February 2010). "I knew Rahman as a toddler: SP Balasubrahmanyam". DNA India. Retrieved 22 July 2013.36. "HindustanTimes-Print". Hindustan Times. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2011.37. "The Biggest Blockbusters Ever in Hindi Cinema". Box Office India. Retrieved 4 October 2012.38. "The Beat". The Beat (University of California: Bongo Productions) 11: 71. 1992.39. "Balasubramaniam returns with Chennai Express title track". India Today. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.40. sales@andhravilas.net (26 March 2009). "Chit chat with S. P. Balasubramaniam Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News , Bollywood , Songs:". Andhravilas.com. Retrieved 2 May 2011.41. Chit chat with S. P. Balasubramaniam Andhravilas.com -Telugu Cinema, Telugu Movies, India News & World News , Bollywood , Songs:. Andhravilas.com (26 March 2009). Retrieved 7 January 2012.42. http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2000.html43. http://tamilcinemanews123.blogspot.in/2012/04/spb-and-chinmayi-voice-for-balakrishna_02.htmlThe correct Spelling of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is here. Balasubrahmanyam made his debut in film music as a singer in Dec 15,1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a film scored by his mentor Kodandapani. He has sung more than 39,000 songs[2]since in more than 5 different Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. However, he has sung most of his songs in Telugu. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any singer (the record for a female singer is held by Lata Mangeshkar).

A gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. These qualities allowed him expression across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of Indias film music composers. His approach to singing is methodical; he perseveres to understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings (many of which are very poetic) and the settings in which these songs are couched in order to most effectively match their requirements with his vocal delivery.S.P.B., though was very young, started singing for many different language films. As he became very busy, at times he used to sing even 17 songs in 12 hours at the recording theatre. He has also sung in Sanskrit and some regard his pronunciation of this language to be very good.

He has performed both the popular and classical music of India. For example, the songs he performed in the films Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Rudra Veena were based on Carnatic classical music, and the song Umandu Ghumandu in the movie Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi was based on Hindustani classical music.

SPB virtually monopolised playback singing for more than 30 years in the Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema.His contemporary Dr.K.J.Yesudas monopolised the Malayalam music industry. SPB sang only a few songs in Malayalam. Although Yesudas voice was regarded more suitable for sad songs in Tamil, SPB also sang some of the evergreen sad songs in Tamil such as Naanum unthen uravai,Nenjukkulleand Kuyile pudichu. He hosts a popular TV show called Paadutha Theeyaga on E-TV, Paadalani Undi on MAA-TV ,Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu on E-TV Kannada and Ennodo Paattu Paadungal on JAYA-TV.

He can undoubtedly be rated in the top ten singers of all times.Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, (Tamil: . . , Telugu: ) is a prolific Indian singer and actor. He is also known as S. P. B. and Balu in the media.

Early life and backgroundBalasubrahmanyam was born into an Orthodox Telugu Brahmin family in Konetammapeta near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He is the second son in a family of three sons and five daughters. His father S. P. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Tollywood, married to Subhalekha Sudhakar. He has a daughter, Pallavi and son, S. P. B. Charan.

CareerBalusubrahmanyam took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, and had studied notations and learnt to play instruments such as harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. His father wanted Balu to become an engineer; this brought him to Ananthpur, where he enrolled for the Engineering course in JNTU. Later he discontinued the course due to typhoid and then joined AMIE. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. There he was identified as a good singer in annual college programmes where he use to sing. Some friends recommended that he sing in Madras and provided him with referrals.

In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organized a music competition for amateur singers. Balu won the first prize, and that proved a turning point in his life. Music director SP Kodandapani took him under his wing. Offers then poured in from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.

BandBefore he became a full fledged cinema singer, SPB was the leader of a light music troupe that comprising

* Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist * Ilaiyaraaja who joined the group as Guitarist and then moved over to harmonium after Anirutta became busy in his regular job * Baskar, Ilaiyaraaja's brother who was in charge of Percussion * Gangai Amaran another brother of Ilaiyaraaja who was the Guitarist after Ilaiyaraaja moved over to Harmonium

Playback SingingBalasubrahmanyam made his debut in film music as a singer in Dec 15,1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a film scored by his mentor Kodandapani. He has sung more than 40,000 songssince in more than 5 different Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. He holds the world record in the Guinness for having sung the most number of song recordings by any singer (the record for a female singer is held by Lata Mangeshkar).

A gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. These qualities allowed him expression across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. His approach to singing is methodical; he perseveres to understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings (many of which are very poetic) and the settings in which these songs are couched in order to most effectively match their requirements with his vocal delivery.S.P.B., though was very young, started singing for many different language films. As he became very busy, at times he used to sing even 17 songs in 12 hours at the recording theatre. He has also sung in Sanskrit and some regard his pronunciation of this language to be very good. Most of the introduction songs in Chiranjeevi and Rajinkanth films are sung by SPB only. Most people feel that Balasubrahmanyam's voice most suits Kamal Haasan. Sometimes, people cannot even figure out if it is Kamal singing or Balu singing or even Kamal talking or Balu talking.

He has performed both the popular and classical music of India. For example, the songs he performed in the films Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Rudra Veena were based on Carnatic classical music, and the song Umandu Ghumandu in the movie Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi was based on Hindustani classical music.

He virtually monopolised playback singing for more than 30 years in the Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema. His contemporary Dr. K.J.Yesudas monopolised the Malayalam music industry. SPB sang only a few songs in Malayalam. Although Yesudas' voice was regarded more suitable for sad songs in Tamil, SPB has also sung some evergreen sad songs in Tamil such as 'Naanum unthen uravai','Nenjukkulle' and 'Kuyilappudichu'. He hosts a popular TV show in Telugu called Paadutha Theeyaga on E-TV, Paadalani Undi on MAA-TV , and a kannada show Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu on 'E-TV Kannada' and Tamil show 'Ennodu Paattu Paadungal' on JAYA-TV.

Achievements * Has recorded over 38,000 plus songs in a span of 40 years, which include film songs and devotional numbers recorded by various recording companies of the country. It's a world record which will be soon entering into the Guinness Book of World Records * Has recorded 21 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra Kumar in Bangalore from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. on February 8, 1981 which is a record. * Has recorded 19 songs in Tamil in a day, and 16 songs in Hindi in a day, which is a notable achievement.

He has also acted in several movies in full-fledged protagonist roles or in cameo roles. And is also an anchor for a Telugu TV programme by name "Paaduthaa Theeyaga". Recently, on Maa TV, he hosted a children's singing show called 'Paadalanivundhi', which gained a lot of popularity and brought talent from all over Andhra Pradesh.

He is now preparing for another TV show in Telugu named 'Sunaadha Vinodhini' on Bhakthi Channel, where he will be exploring more into the devotional side.

Dubbing careerSubrahmanyam has also given voice for various artists like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Salman Khan, Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesh, Nagesh, Karthik, Raghuvaran, Vinodkumar etc. anand babu. SP.Balasubramanyam was the default dubbing artist for Kamal Hasan's Telugu movies, dubbed from Tamil.

Trivia * In the early 90's S.P.B. did many bollywood assignmenst in (hindi). composers like Ram-Laxman & Nadeem-Shravan regarded his voice perfect for Salman Khan. * Besides playback singing, Balasubramaniam is also the chairman of Kodandapani Audio Labs, Chennai. * In the 80's & early 90's S.P.B. worked with composers like Laxmikant Pyarelal, R.D.Burman, Bappi Lahiri, Anand Milind, Nadeem Shravan, Raam Laxman, A.R. Rehman, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, M.M.Keervani (Kreem), Naushad, O.P.Nayyar,Nikhil Vinay, Ravindra jain & many others. * He sang for Salman Khan, Kamal Hassan, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff & also for Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Sanjay Dutt & Vinod Khanna & Akshaye Kumar. * He sang for more than 170+ films & 1 Private Album in Hindi. * He is the only singer to sing in a gond language( a language spoken by tribal of jagdalpur(MP)

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BiographyName: S.P.BalasubramanyamBirth Name: Sripathi Panditaradhyula BalasubrahmanyamNick Name: BaluDate of Birth: 4thJune, 1946Married to: SavitriBirth Place: Konetammapeta, Madras Presidency, India

Family BackgroundFathers Name: S. P. SambamurthyBrothers Name:S.P.SailajaDaughters Name: PallaviSons Name: S.P.B. Charan (Singer and Film producer)

Playback singer BackgroundDebut Film: Sri Sri Sri Maryada RamannaFamous Movies: Kadalppalam, Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, Shankarabharanam, Ek Duje Ke Liye (Hindi), Roja, Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavvayi

As an actor careerManathil Uruthi Vendum,Thiruda Thiruda,Keladi Kanmani,Sigaram,Maya,Avvai Shanmugi,Rakshagan,Nandhini,Kaadalan,Parvathlu Paanakalu,Pelli Varahandi,Kalyanathasava,Malle Pandiri,Raja Hamsa,Merupu Kalalau,Prema Maha Yedabidargi,Maya Bazaar

Worked as: Singer, Actor, Music director, Film producer

AwardsBalu won National Film Awards for playback singer and also honored by three Filmfare Awards and won other awards from the State Goverenments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

AchievementsS.P.Balasubramanyam made his debut as a playback singer on 15 December 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. In 1969 he recorded his first non- Telugu film Shanthi Niaiyam. Subramanyams song Aayiram Nilavae Vaa in the Tamil film Aadimai Pen became very famous. In 1980, he received his first National Film award for Best Male Playback Singer for the Shankarabharanam.

In 1981, Subramanyam made his first break in Bollywood with film Ek Duje Ke Liye and won the National Film award for Best Male Playback Singer again. In 1990, he started work with composers like Vidyasagar, M.M.Keeravani, and S.A.Rajkumar but he famous with A. R.Rahman. Balu sang two songs for Rahman in the movie Roja.

Apart from singing and acting career, Balu has composed music for famous movie like Seethamma Pelli, Bangaru Chilaka, Naach Mayuri,Ramanna Shyamanna,Ksherasaagara,Devaralle Dane,Belliyappa Bangarappa. Balu also has opened his production house Kodandapani Film Circuits(now Captain Cine creations) and produced films like Mayuri,Subha Sankalpam,Bhamane Satya Bhamane.

S.P.Balasubramanyam has also made his career in television industry. He hosted many music shows like Paadutha Theeyagaon E-TV, Paadalani Undion MAA TV, a Kannada show Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu on E-TV, Sunada Vinodini on TTD channel and Tamil show on JAYA TV.

Balu is also known for as voice actor. He has given his voice for many artists like Rajnikanth, K. Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Anil Kapoor, Kamal Hassan, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesan, and Karthik. He received Best Dubbing Artist award in the film Annamyya.

S.P.Balasubramanyam is also a social worker. He owns a charitable trust S. P. Sambamurthy Foundation which helps the poor and needy.

As Actor

Movie NameRelease DateRoleOthers

Kodiesvaran2011

Minsaara Kanavu14/01/1997

Ratchagan1997

Nandhini1997

Kadhal Desam06/03/1996

As Producer

1980 : Hum Paanch

As Singer

2013 : Chennai Express

2007 : Sivaji

2005 : Jai Chiranjeeva

2002 : Indra

2002 : Baba

2002 : Chennakeshava Reddy

2001 : Bhalevadivi Basu

2000 : Anjaane

2000 : Preethse

1999 : Thammudu

1999 : Mudhalvan

1998 : Tholi Prema

1998 : Kabhi Na Kabhi

1997 : Ratchagan

1997 : Daud

1996 : Majhdhaar

1996 : Mr Romeo

1996 : Dushmani

1995 : Criminal

1995 : Money Money

1994 : Pramaatma

1994 : The Gentleman

1994 : Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

1994 : Andaz Apna Apna

1994 : Kanoon

1994 : Suhaag

1993 : Gardish

1993 : Chandra Mukhi

1993 : Aaja Meri Jaan

1993 : Dil Ki Baazi

1993 : Dil Tera Aashiq

1993 : Gaayam

1992 : Jaagruti

1992 : Vansh

1991 : Prem Qaidi

1991 : Patthar Ke Phool

1991 : Love

1991 : First Love Letter

1991 : Dancer

1991 : 100 Days

1991 : Saajan

1990 : Agneepath

1990 : Pratibandh

1989 : Rakhwala

1989 : Maine Pyar Kiya

1987 : Hifazat

1986 : Insaaf Ki Awaaz

1985 : Sur Sangam

1984 : Tohfa

1983 : Justice Chaudhury

1983 : Andhaa Kanoon

1982 : Main Inteqaam Loonga

1981 : Ek Hi Bhool

1981 : Ek Duuje Ke Liye

1980 : Vamsa Vriksham

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam is an Indian film playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. His actual name is 'Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam'. He was born on June 4, 1946 at Konetammapeta, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor district, Andra pradesh, India to 'S. P. Sambamurthy'. Balasubrahmanyam married 'Savitri', havi...

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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Biography

Actual Name: Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam

Name: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Birth Date: June 4, 1946

Birth Place: Konetammapeta, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor district, Andra pradesh, India

Father: S. P. Sambamurthy

Siblings: two brothers and five sisters

Spouse: Savitri

Children: Pallavi, Charan(Singer, Film Producer)

Debut Movie: Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna

AwardsPadmashri in 2001Padma Bhushan in 2011National AwardsShankarabharanam for the song 'Om Kaara Nadhaanu' (Telugu) in 1979

Ek Duje Ke Liye for the song 'Tere Mere Beech Mein' (Hindi) in 1981

Saagara Sangamam for the song 'Thakitha Thadimi' (Telugu) in 1983

Rudra Veena for the song 'Cheppaalani Undi' (Telugu) in 1988

Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai for the song 'Umandu Ghumandu Ghana Gar Je Badara' (Kannada) in 1995

Minsaara Kanavu for the song 'Thanga Thamarai' (Tamil) in 1996

Andhra Pradesh State Award'Naalaaga endaro' - Best Singer in 1978

'Shankarabharanam' - Best Singer in 1979

'Premaabhishekam' - Best Singer in 1981

'Bahudoorapu baatasaari' - Best Singer in 1983

'Suvarna sundari' - Best Singer in 1984

'Mayuri' - Best Music Director in 1985

'Sirivennela' - Best Singer in 1986

'Abhinandana' - Best Singer in 1987

'Neerajanam' - Best Singer in 1989

'Chanti' - Best Singer in 1991

'Bangaaru mama - Best Singer in 1992

'Mr.Pellaam' - Best Singer in 1993

'Bhairavadweepam' - Best Singer in 1994

'Pavithra Bhandam' - Best Supporting Actor in 1996

'Priya Ragalu' - Best Singer , 'Annamayya' - Best Dubbing Artist in 1997

'Raghavayyagari Abbai' - Best Singer in 2000

'Vasu' - Best Singer in 2002

'Seetayya' - Best Singer in 2003

'Pellam Pichhodu' - Best Singer Andhra Pradesh in 2005

Filmfare Awards'Mozhi' (Tamil) in 2007

Maine Pyar Kiya for the song 'Dil Deewana' (Hindi) in 2008

Early CareerS. P. Balasubrahmanyam developed an interest towards music at an early age, studied notations and learned to play instruments such as the harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organised by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organization. He was the leader of a light music troupe. S.P.B made his debut as a playback singer in 1966 with 'Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna', a Telugu film scored by his mentor 'S. P. Kodandapani'. He recorded his first Tamil song in the 1969 film 'Shanthi Nilaiyam' starring Gemini Ganesan and the song is 'Eyarkai ennum illaya kanni'. He sang 'Aayiram Nilavae Vaa' for M.G.R in the Tamil film 'Aadimai Penn'. He was then introduced to Malayalam film industry by G. Devarajan in the film Kadalppalam. He recorded duets with P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Vani Jayaram and L. R. Eswari.

As A Singer And A Music DirectorBalasubrahmanyam has sung over 40,000 songs in various Indian languages. He sung in five different languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. The singers name also features in Guinness Book of World Records, for singing the most number of song recordings within a very short period. He has sung songs in various genres of Indian music. His maximum songs are in Telugu, followed by Tamil. Apart from film songs, he has also chanted slokas in Sanskrit for cassettes, one of the most popular being 'Sivastuti'. Apart from singing, SP Balasubramaniam has composed several songs for Telugu films as well.

As An Actor and Dubbing ArtistSP Balasubramanyam made his debut as an actor in the Telugu film 'Pellante Noorella Panta', released in 1969. Thereafter, he was offered character actor roles in many Telugu films. He acted around 50 movies. He also went on to do Tamil films, in which he contributed as a supporting actor. Balasubrahmanyam became a dubbing artist with Kamal Hassan's film 'Manmadha Leela', the dubbed version of 'Manmadha Leelai'. He has also provided voice-overs for various artists, including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Salman Khan, K. Bhagyaraj, Mohan, Anil Kapoor, Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesan, Arjun Sarja, Nagesh, Karthik and Raghuvaran in various languages. He was assigned as the default dubbing artist for Kamal Hassan in Telugu dubbed versions of Tamil films and vice versa. For the Telugu version of 'Dasavathaaram' he gave voice to 7 characters (including the female character) out of 10 characters played by Kamal Hassan. He was awarded Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the films 'Annamayya' and 'Sri Sai Mahima'.

Movie ListAs A Music Director1977: Kanya Kumari (Telugu)

1978: Sandarbha (Kannada)

1979: Captain Krishna (Telugu), Ra Ra Krishnayya (Telugu), Toorpu Velle Railu (Telugu)

1980: Hum Paanch 'Background Score' (Hindi)

1981: Ohamma Katha (Telugu), Sangeeta (Telugu), Thaiyyalkaaran (Tamil)

1983: Uranta Sankranti (Telugu)

1984: Bharyamani (Telugu), Seethamma Pelli (Telugu)

1985: Bangaru Chilaka (Telugu), Devaralledane (Kannada), Dongallo Dora (Telugu), Jockey (Telugu), Kongumudi (Telugu), Mayuri (Tamil), Mayuri (Telugu), Muddula Manavaralu (Telugu)

1986: Bete (Kannada), Maghadeerudu (Telugu), Naach Mayuri (Hindi), Padamati Sandya Ragam (Telugu), Sowbhagyalakshmi (Kannada)

1987 Gouthami (Telugu), Lawyer Suhasini (Telugu), Pratima (Telugu), Ramu (Telugu)

1988: Chinnodu Peddodu (Telugu), Kallu (Telugu), Neeku Naaku Pellanta (Telugu), Oh Bharya Katha (Telugu), Premayanam (Telugu), Ramanna Shyamanna (Kannada)

1989: Vivaaha Bhojanam (Telugu)

1990: Siddartha (Telugu)

1991: Mahayagnam (Telugu), Sigaram (Tamil)

1992: Belliyappa Banagarappa (Kannada), Jaithra Yaatra (Telugu), Ksheera Saagara (Kannada)

1993: Muddina Maava (Kannada)

2003: Unnai Charanadaithaen (Tamil)

As An Actor1969: Pellante Noorella Panta (Telugu)

1971: Mohammed Bin Tuglaq (Tamil)

1976: Parvathalu Paanakalu (Telugu)

1980: Pakkinti Ammayi (Telugu)

1982: Baalondu Chadaranga (Kannada), Malle Pandiri (Telugu)

1983: Bharat 2000 (Kannada)

1987: Manadil Urudi Vendum (Tamil)

1988: Prema (Telugu), Vivaha Bhojanambu (Telugu)

1990: Keladi Kanmani (Tamil), Palai Vanna Ragangal (Tamil)

1992: Koteswaran (Tamil), Thyagu (Tamil), Guna (Tamil)

1993: Thiruda Thiruda (Tamil)

1994: Jolly (Telugu), Kaadalan/Premikudu (Tamil)/(Telugu), Ullasam (Tamil)

1995: Raja Hamsa (Telugu), Tirugu Bhana (Kannada)

1996: Drohi (Telugu), Kaadal Desam (Tamil), Minsarakanavu (Tamil) Myna (Telugu), Nandini (Tamil), Pavithra Bandham (Telugu), Avvai Shanmugi (Tamil)

1997: Devullu (Telugu), Pellivaramandi (Telugu), Prena (Telugu), Rakshagan (Tamil), w/o Vara Prasad (Telugu)

1998: Bharathan (Tamil), Paattu Paadavaa (Tamil), Sandhrba (Kannada)

1999: Aaro Pranam (Telugu), Dheerga Sumangali (Telugu), Mechanic Maavaiah (Telugu), Paadutha Theeyaga (Telugu)

2000: Goppinti Alludu (Telugu), Manasu Paddanu Kanni (Telugu), Maya (Tamil), Priyamaanavale (Tamil)

2001: Chirujallu (Telugu)

2002: Indra (Telugu), Padharella Ammayi (Telugu)

2003: Magic Magic (Tamil), Fools (Telugu), Maha Yedabidangi (Kannada)

2004: Royela (Telugu)

2006: Mayabazaar (Telugu), Roommates (Telugu)

2007: Yen Uyirinum Melana (Tamil)

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