What were the unknown facts about S. P. Balasubramaniam?
- Bollywood : With EK Duje Ke Liye - a super hit remake of Maro Charitra - SP Balasubramaniam dabbled in hindi film industry aka Bollywood. He was awarded National award for Best Playback singer for it.
- National awardee : He won six national awards for best playback singer-Shankarabharanam; Ek Duje Ke Liye; Sagara sangamam; Rudraveena; Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai ; Minsara Kanavu .
- Filmfare awards: He won a filmfare award for Ek Duje Ke Liye and six film fare awards for southern Indian movies.
- Padma awards : He was awarded Padma shri and then Padma Bhushan -Indian civilian honor- by President of India for contribution to music.
- Doctorates : He was awarded honorary doctorates for his contribution to music by four different universities .
- Engineer : He was a promising engineering student at JNTU ,Anantpur ;who used to sing as a hobby. But, typhoid compelled him to discontinue his studies; but he latter completed engineering course.
- Guinness Record : He holds a record for singing more than 40000 songs in sixteen different languages- Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and so on.
- Lucky Charm : All songs that he sang for Salman Khan turned out to be super hit- Maine Pyar Kiya ;Hum Aapke Hai Kaun; Sajaan ; Love.
- His sang for other hindi films too and they also turned out to be hits- Jeewan Dhara ; Andha Kanoon ;100 days.
- He also sang his last bollywood song (title song) in Chennai Express that also turned out to be super hit.
- Influence : SP Balasubramaniam was impacted by his father, a Hari Katha artiste . He always respected senior singers as Guru or teacher.
- Family : Many of his close family members - son SP Charan, wife Savitri, sister Shailaja and daughter Pallavi are in film and music industry.
- Demise : Ironically, SPB passed away due to COVID 19. His soulful voice will haunt every music lover for long.
- RIP SP Balasubramaniam Om Shanti !
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