biographical sketch of s.p bala subrahmanyam
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hripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam ( born 4 June 1946) mostly referred to as S.P.B. or Balu is an Indian playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada cinema.[5] He has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages.[6] He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in 4 different languages; Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil; twenty five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.[7][8] In addition, he garnered the Bollywood Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South.[9][10]
He is honored with the Guinness World Record for recording the most number of film scores.[1][11] In 2012, he received the state Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.[12] In 2016, he is honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year consisting of a Silver Peacock Medal.[13][14][15][16] He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the government of India.[17]
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyamis a prolific Indian singer and actor. He is also known as S. P. B. and Balu in the media.
Early Life And Background
Balasubrahmanyam 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.
Career
Balusubrahmanyam 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. Some friends recommended him to 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 to be 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.