He is the first recipient of the “Ghantasala National Award” named after the famous and legendary singer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, and whom Balasubrahmanyam admires a lot. Between three recording theatres in Mumbai, he sang 17 songs in a day for Anand-Milind. Again for Ram Laxman, he recorded six songs in 4 hours in Mumbai. For Kannada composer Upendra Kumar, Balasubrahmanyam recorded 16 songs in just 6 hours. In 1976, he recorded up to 23 songs, including 15 duets with P. He received his first National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1980 for the Telugu film Shankarabharanam, a film directed by K. In 1969 he sang “Ee Kadalum Marukadalum” from the film Kadalppalam in Malayalam. He was introduced to Malayalam film industry by R. He sang “Aayiram Nilavae Vaa” for M.G.R in the Tamil film Aadimai Pennwhich released first before Shanthi nilayam could release. He recorded his first Tamil song in the 1969 film Shanthi Nilaiyam starring Gemini Ganesan and the song is ” Eyarkai ennum illaya kanni”.
Balasubrahmanyam was selected as the best singer. Kodandapani and the legendary singer Ghantasala. He was selected as the best singer in a singing competition which was judged by S. Balasubrahmanyam made his debut as a playback singer on 15 December 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a Telugu film scored by his mentor, S. Early career: 1960sīefore becoming a cinema singer, Balasubrahmanyam 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).
Playback singing careerīalasubrahmanyam has sung more than 40,000 songs in different Indian languages. Srinivas who used to write and give him some multi-lingual verses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, English and Urdu. The first song that he sang for an audition was, “Nilave Ennidam Nerungadhe”, a melody rendered by veteran playback singer P. Kodandapani.Īfter dropping out of engineering, Balasubrahmayam used to regularly visit music composers seeking for opportunities to sing. In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organised by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, and earned his first opportunity from music director S. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. Later he discontinued the course due to typhoid, and then joined as an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Chennai. His father wanted him to become an engineer, which brought him to Anantapur, where he enrolled for the Engineering course at JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur. īalasubrahmanyam 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.
Charan who is a playback singer and film producer as well. He is married to Savitri and has two children, Pallavi and S. Balasubrahmanyam’s father was a Harikatha artist who had also acted in plays. Sambamurthy in Konetammapeta of Madras Presidency, present day Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the government of India.īalasubrahmanyam was born to S. He has also won a Filmfare Award, three Filmfare Awards South and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He is the only playback singer in India to have won National Film Awards across four languages. He has sung over 40,000 songs in various Indian languages. He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times and the Nandi Awards 25 times from Government of Andhra Pradesh. info) born 4 June 1946) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer.Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam ( pronunciation ( help
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