| Original Name |
S.P.Balasubramanyam |
| Nicknames |
Balu-Friends
SPB-Popular
name |
| Date of birth |
June 4, 1946 |
| Place of Birth |
Konetammapeta (then in Andhra
Pradesh and now in Tamil Nadu). |
| Family |
Dad : SP Sambamurthy
Wife :
Savithri
Son
: Charan(Singer,Actor)
Daughter : Pallavi(Singer) |
| Home address |
16,Kamthar
Nagar,Mahabalipuram,Chennai-34 |
| Office |
'Kodandapani Audio
Laboratories'-modern sound recording theatre-Balu calls it his
dream temple |
| Phone No |
Home: 044-8272757
Office: 044-4729305 |
| Various roles |
Playback singer, Film/Serial
actor, Music Director, Dubbing Artiste |
| Languages |
Telugu,
Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam the ‘lingua franca’, Hindi, Tulu,
Oriya, Assamese and Punjabi |
| First Song |
Telugu :In 1966 with actor-producer Padmanabham's 'Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna' which had music by
Kodandapani
Tamil : "Iyarkai enum " for the film
Santhi Nillayam |
| Live Music
Performances |
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, U.A.E., U.K., Germany,
Switzerland, France, Canada, U.S.A. and Norway |
| Dubbing Artiste |
For artists like
Bhagyaraj, Mohan,
Girish Karnad, Gemini Ganesh, Naresh, Karthik, Raghuvaran,
Vinodkumar etc |
| As an actor |
Movies :'Guna', 'Talaivaasal', 'Keladi
Kanmani', 'Sigaram' and 'Kathalan' in Tamil, 'Pavithrabandham'
and 'Aro Pranam' in Telugu, 'Muddina Mava' in Kannada
Serials:
Jannal,Nathi Enge Pokirathu, conducted a weekly programme
'Padutha Teeyaga' aired on ETV |
| As Music Director |
- First Film:'Kanya-Kumari'
- Composed songs for about 50 more Telugu films
- background score for a Kannada film, "Sambandha",
which had no songs.
|
| Achievements |
- 36000 songs in 35 years (To be included
in Guinness World record soon)
- Recorded 17 songs in Kannada for the composer Upendra
Kumar in Bangalore from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm on February
8, 1981Recorded 19 songs in Tamil in a day, and 16 songs
in Hindi in a day
- rendered a song in one breath in the Tamil film 'Keladi
Kanmani'
|
| Important Awards |
1981
- Kalai Mamani'
by Tamilnadu Government
2001 - Padma Shri Award
2002 -
Delhi Telugu Academy's 'Rashtriya Vikas Shiromani Award (Life
time)
2002 - Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas' award,
Sangeeta Ganga award in 2001.
6 National awardsso far |
| Interesting facts |
Balu has
accompanied Latha Mangeshkar in her live shows in the US and
UK. He had the rare distinction of meeting the U.S. President
Mr.Bill Clinton along with Lathaji at the White House! And he
himself has toured widely abroad with his musical troupe.
He is passionate about the game of cricket and is a keen
watcher of the game as and when time permits him to do so. |
| Advice to new singers |
"You can imitate
my songs, but not my voice. It is healthy for each person to
sing in his own voice. No one can be an obstruction to another
in this industry. With talent and luck anybody can make it
here". |
