

His song “Aayiram Nilavae Vaa” for M.G.R in the Tamil film Aadimai Penn became very popular and he etched himself a niche for him in Tamil films. From then on, he became the most sought-after singer in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. Later he entered Tamil films and recorded his first Tamil song in the 1969 film Shanthi Nilaiyam, that starred Gemini Ganesan.
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He recorded his first non-Telugu song in the Kannada movie Nakkare Ade Swarga for the song “Kanasido Nanasido” with P.

Kodandapani and the legendary singer Ghantasala Balasubrahmanyam was selected as the best singer, subsequent to which Kodandapani played a major role in moulding his career. 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. He holds the record of having sung the most number of songs for any male playback singer in the world.īefore becoming a full-fledged cinema singer, Balu 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 50,000 songs in more than 15 different Indian languages, including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, English, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tulu, Sanskrit, Assamese, Konkani, Badaga and Gondi. 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. Balasubramanyam 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 in a Brahmin Family. He is a recipient of the civilian awards such as Padmashri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India. He holds the record of having recorded the most number of songs for any male playback singer. 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. Starting his career in 1966, he went on to become one of the leading playback singers of his time in India. He has sung over 40,000 songs in 15 Indian languages with a career spanning over 4 decades. He holds a record to have won the Nandi Awards twenty five times from Andhra Pradesh state government. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (born 4 June 1946) is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer.
