![]() ![]() The legendary music composer KV Mahadevan remembered the young SPB and played his voice to MGR, who made Balasubrahmanyam an offer. In 1969, MG Ramachandran was looking for a fresh voice. The song that cemented his career also marked his entry in Tamil cinema. The song Emi E Vintha Moham, became fairly popular. ![]() SPB TAMIL SONGS 1980 MOVIEThe song drowns the listener in pathos and provides the singer ample opportunity to emote.īalasubrahmanyam made his professional debut on December 15, 1966, in the Telugu movie Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. The budding singer chose the melody Nilave Ennidam Nerungathe, sung by PB Sreenivas in the Tamil movie Ramu. At another such competition, music director SP Kodandapani asked for an audition. The friend entered Balasubrahmanyam’s name in a light music competition, which he won. He wanted to become an engineer and find a government job.Ī college friend’s intervention in 1963 changed Balasubrahmanyam’s future. SPB didn’t train in classical singing, although he did show interest in learning instruments. SPB’s father was an exponent of harikatha, the tradition of narrating songs and stories about the gods. Born on June 4, 1946, in Konetampet in the unified Madras Presidency, his family had Telugu origins. His entry into playback singing was accidental. It was this generational shift that SPB embodied. Screen heroes slowly turned back into mortals, and the film music industry shifted from theatrical numbers to subdued, low-octave melodies. The subtlety of PB Sreenivas and AM Rajah was considered a lesser art.Ĭhange came in the late ‘60s and early ’70s, when directors such as K Balachander filmed the drama of family life and the nuances of social engagement. The high-pitched singing of TM Soundararajan, Sirgazhi Govindarajan and KV Mahadevan was the norm. MG Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan and NT Rama Rao, all with foundations in theatre, donned these epic roles, and singers who lent their voices to these characters had to match their theatrics. Cinema was the medium that created the Dravidian superhero through a thematic insistence on valour and ethnic pride. In the preceding decades, epics and myths were used to bolster the prevalent political discourse. But as in sports, mere numbers do not make a great artist.īalasubrahmanyam emerged on the scene in the late 1960s, when South Indian films were going through an epochal change in direction. Where will history place SPB, as he is known, in the pantheon of great singers? His sheer longevity, perhaps matched only by the other south Indian stalwart KJ Yesudas, sets him apart from most. He has sung over 40,000 tracks in his mother tongue Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. In 2015, it was the singer’s partner in his musical journey, Ilaiyaraaja, who received the award.īalasubrahmanyam’s songs are part of the collective experience of film fans across southern India. In December 2016, SP Balasubrahmanyam completes half a century of playback singing – the equivalent of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar if we take into account the magnificence of the consistency in this longevity.īalasubrahmanyam will also be honoured with the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the International Film Festival of India (November 20-28). Humayun’s tomb: What are the architectural principles and influences on the famous Delhi monument?.Already approved in India, a new patent-free Covid-19 vaccine could be a game changer globally.Behind the rise of the Hindi dub of Telugu crime drama ‘Pushpa’, a long journey of hits and misses. ![]() Daughter of male Hindu entitled to her father’s self-acquired, inherited property, says SC.‘Ranjish Hi Sahi’ review: It’s time we left Parveen Babi alone.IPL 2022: Hardik Pandya named captain of Team Ahmedabad, KL Rahul to lead Lucknow.Watch: Lion and tiger cubs play with Labrador dog at Irkutsk zoo in Siberia, Russia. ![]() Four members of Indian family freeze to death near US-Canada border.Extinguishing the Amar Jawan Jyoti and the Beginning of History.Before Pakistan can produce any science worth the name, it must overcome its deeply held prejudices.Lee Zii Jia won’t be allowed to register for international badminton events for two years: BAM.Caught in fishing nets, sea snakes are dying along the Malvan coast of Maharashtra. ![]()
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