S. P. Balasubramaniam

Sound

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Born 1946-06-04 · Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), also referred to as S. P. Balu, S. P. B., or Balu, was an Indian musician, playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. He has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi; 25 Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In addition, he garnered the Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South. In 2012, he received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2016, He was honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year consisting of a Silver Peacock Medal. He is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.

Acting credits

Boys poster
6.7

The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. The film conveys a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex.

Boys

2003

Gunaa poster
7.0

Gunaa, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes that she is his imaginary love and kidnaps her.

Gunaa

1991

Devadas poster
6.1

A sincere doctor Das works at a private clinic, where he meets the dreaded don Deva who arrives injured. After the treatment, Das and Deva form a deep friendship until Deva's mafia background and gruesome history causes a rift in their bond.

Devadas

2018

Raja Paarvai poster
7.3

Ragu is a blind violinist who leads an independent life. When Nancy learns about him, she decides to cover his inspiring story. Soon, love blossoms between the two, egged on by her grandfather.

Raja Paarvai

1981

Mithunam poster
7.2

An elderly couple live by themselves while their children are settled abroad; they take each day as special and enjoy their life.

Mithunam

2012

Paattu Paadava poster
8.0

Murali goes through a traumatic childhood and lands in a mental asylum due to his abusive father. He falls in love with Devi, a social worker, who is in love with Rishi, a doctor.

Paattu Paadava

1995

Keladi Kannmani poster
7.6

A young woman shares a deep bond with her father and later, falls in love with a man. Shortly afterwards, she is diagnosed with a terminal illness and attempts to make amends for her past behavior.

Keladi Kannmani

1990

Ullasam poster
5.5

Two boys grow up being influenced by each other's respective fathers. While one becomes a singer, the other becomes a local goon. Incidentally, both love the same girl in college.

Ullasam

1997

Payanangal Mudivathilai poster
NR

Payanangal Mudivathilai is a Grand Concert. Shripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (born 4 June 1946) mostly referred to as S.P.B. or Balu is an Indian playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu cinema. He has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi; twenty-five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.In addition, he garnered the Bollywood Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South.

Payanangal Mudivathilai

2019

Ratchagan poster
7.7

A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but her father has a condition that he should control his anger and work with him in his factory.

Ratchagan

1997

Chandra poster
2.2

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chandra is a 2013 and 2014 Indian fantasy film, simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. Directed by Roopa Iyer, it features Shriya Saran and Prem Kumar in the lead roles. The film deals with the life of a last generation princess and her love story. Chandra is a joint production of India Classic Arts and Narasimha Arts. The film was released on 27 June 2013 to positive reviews and emerged as a commercial success, also becoming one of the highest grossing kannada films at its time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Duryea, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Chandra

2014

Priyamaanavale poster
6.8

A modern man, Vijay, marries his father's sincere secretary who hails from a poor family. But their stringent prenuptial agreement grants him the power to end his marriage after 12 months.

Priyamaanavale

2000

April Maadhathil poster
4.6

Kathir comes from a poor family and aspires to study hard and start earning. After turning down many girls, he falls for Shweta, a rich girl, but both do not confess their feelings to each other.

April Maadhathil

2002

Devullu poster
8.3

Two children whose parents are about to get divorced visit seven holy shrines at their grandmother's behest who believes the gods are angry with her because she did not fulfill her promise.

Devullu

2000

Thirudan Police poster
4.9

Vishwa, an idler, gets the job of his constable father after the latter is killed during a police operation. Will Vishwa, who is glad that his father is dead, go after his dad's murderers?

Thirudan Police

2014

Shakti poster
3.2

The central minister's daughter who secretly goes on a trip is targeted by some evil Egyptians who want her and a holy diamond in their custody, while a guide gets linked to the fight as he protects her from all possible dangers.

Shakti

2011

Moone Moonu Varthai poster
7.0

Arjun and Karna, two happy-go-lucky friends who have resigned from their jobs, start a bad news delivery service and one of their assigments ends up in a marriage getting cancelled. And the bride happens to be the sister of Arjun’s girlfriend Anjali! Can they undo the damage?

Moone Moonu Varthai

2015

Indra poster
6.5

A man embarks on a quest to make peace between two families fighting over the water problem in their district. In a bid to solve this crisis, he agrees to marry a girl from the rival family.

Indra

2002

Goppinti Alludu poster
NR

Goppinti Alludu is a family based movie in which, Murali Manohar(Balakrishna) is son of the industrialist SVR(SPB). He arrives India from Switzerland after finishing his graduation. SVR fixes a girl for him and asks him to marry her. To get rid of unwanted marriage, Maohar escapes back to Switzerland. Sowmya(Simran) is the grand daughter of Achyuta Ramayya(Satyanarayana). Achyuta Ramayya

Goppinti Alludu

2000

Kadhal Desam poster
7.3

Two boys from rival colleges, one rich and the other poor, become good friends after an incident. A new girl in college makes both their hearts melt but neither realises that they love the same girl.

Kadhal Desam

1996

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shabash Ramu

1993

No artwork available
7.0

Suhasini, a divorced nurse, is the sole wage earner of her large family and navigates various struggles in her life. One day, she meets a novelist who encourages her to get a new start in life.

Manathil Uruthi Vendum

1987

Thirugu Baana poster
NR

When a man helps out a stabbed victim, his family gets targeted by the unknown assailant. Thereafter, the man tries to find the mysterious murderer with a police officer's help.

Thirugu Baana

1983

Thiyagu poster
NR

A middle class man relives his childhood trauma to overcome his addiction to alcohol.

Thiyagu

1990

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