SP Bala Subrahmanyam Biodata

Birth Name : Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam

Date of birth : 04/06/1946

Place of birth : Konetammapeta, Chittor dist, Andra pradesh, India

First Movie : Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna

Category : Hindi

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', having two children 'Pallavi' and 'Charan' who is also a playback singer and film producer. He joined at JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur in 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. 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. He has won National Film Awards across four languages as well as a Filmfare Award, three Filmfare Awards South 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.

Awards

Padmashri in 2001

Padma Bhushan in 2011

National Awards

Shankarabharanam 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 Career

S. 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 Director

Balasubrahmanyam has sung over 40,000 songs in various Indian languages. He sung in five different languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. The singer’s 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 Artist

SP 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 List

As A Music Director

1977: 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 Actor

1969: Pellante Noorella Panta (Telugu)

1971: Mohammed Bin Tuglaq (Tamil)

1976: Parvathalu Paanakalu (Telugu)

1980: Pakkinti Ammayi (Telugu)

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