Key facts
- Born
- 4 June 1946, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district
- Died
- 25 September 2020, Chennai
- State of birth
- Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
- Sector
- Playback singers
- Profession
- Indian playback singer (1946–2020)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian singers of all time. He worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films and sang in a total of 16 languages.
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Timeline
- 1946Born in Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district
- 1984Awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
- 1990Awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
- 2020Dies in Chennai
- 2021Awarded the Padma Vibhushan
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · Robertbrnstn