Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubramaniam or simply, S P Balasubramaniam or S.P.B is a prolific Indian playback singer, music director, voice actor and actor and today he celebrates his 67th Birthday. He was born on June 4 1946 to S.P. Sambamurthy, a Harikatha artist, in Konetammapeta of Madras Presidency (present Chittoor district in A.P). Singer S.P. Sailaja is his younger sister. His wife is Savitri and the couple has two children, Pallavi and S.P.B. Charan, who is also a singer and film producer. Balu was passionate towards music since childhood and learnt playing harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. S P Balasubramaniam moved to Anantapur and joined JNTU College of Engineering but discontinued due to typhoid and later joined AMIE, Chennai. Meanwhile, he continued singing and won several awards in many singing competitions.
His first opportunity was from music director S.P. Kodandapani after he won the first prize by Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation. During 1960s and before his singing career, Balu was the leader of a light music troupe comprising Ilaiyaraja, Baskar and Gangai Amaran. Debut as a playback singer of this Celebrity horoscope happened with a Telugu film, Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna in 1966. He never looked back since then and sung more than 40,000 songs in various Indian languages like Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam etc. For the 1980 Telugu film, Shankarabharanam, he won his first National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and he is the first recipient of the Ghantasala National Award.
In 1980s, he made Bollywood entry with the film, Ek Duje Ke Liye and received the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He sung songs for actor Salman Khan in many hit films which are remembered even today. He sung some thousands of songs in Kannada and most of them for actor Vishnuvardhan. S.P.B also acted in many movies including Tirugu Bhana, Sigaram, Kadhalan, Pavitra Bandham, Sandhrb, and Indra etc. He composed music for around 40 films, given voice to several actors. Balu also appeared in television shows like En Jannal Vandha (Tamil), Padalani Undi (Telugu), and Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu (Kannada) etc. He won Tamil Nadu and Karnataka state awards and civilian awards like Padmashri and Padma Bhushan.
S.P. Balasubramaniam is a Gemini born individual, who is imaginative, energetic, down to earth and very generous with friends. He is independent, and freedom is important to him. He is a good communicator and comes forward to help with persuasion and enthusiasm. Balu's Horoscope for the year is favourable yet some difficult times might take place. Relationships with close people will stay strong and professional life will be stable. Sarika celebrated her 51st Birthday on 3rd June.
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