S. P. Balasubramaniam

S. P. Balasubramaniam

Born: June 4, 1946
Died: September 25, 2020
in 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.

Movies for S. P. Balasubramaniam...

Payanangal Mudivathilai
Title: Payanangal Mudivathilai
Character: Himself
Released: July 9, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Devadas
Title: Devadas
Character: Seetharamayya (Cameo Appearance)
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Moone Moonu Varthai
Title: Moone Moonu Varthai
Character: Arjun's Grandfather
Released: June 26, 2015
Type: Movie
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?
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Thirudan Police
Title: Thirudan Police
Character: Guest Appearance
Released: November 14, 2014
Type: Movie
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?
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Title: Weekend With Ramesh
Character: Himself
Released: August 2, 2014
Type: TV
Prominent celebrities in various fields, primarily from Karnataka, are invited to tell the story of their lives. Over steaming cups of coffee, Ramesh Aravind takes the audience on an inside journey with the celebrities through all walks of their lives.
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Chandra
Title: Chandra
Character: Special Appearance
Released: February 14, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Mithunam
Title: Mithunam
Character: Appadasu
Released: December 21, 2012
Type: Movie
An elderly couple live by themselves while their children are settled abroad; they take each day as special and enjoy their life.
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Shakti
Title: Shakti
Character: Vijayaraya
Released: April 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Bale Pandiya
Title: Bale Pandiya
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Pandian is a young man, looking for something positive to occur in his life. After failing in every attempt to find a job and make a life for himself, he gets branded as a complete loser and a jinx.Unsuccessful in getting a job, failed in love and heavily in debt
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Naanayam
Title: Naanayam
Character: Viswanath
Released: January 14, 2010
Type: Movie
Ravi is an electronics engineer who works in a bank and is in love with Nandhini. Fareed is a criminal who claims that he can prove that Ravi has killed a man and blackmails him into robbing the bank.
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Kathanayakudu
Title: Kathanayakudu
Character: Ashok Kumar (Voice)
Released: August 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Balakrishna and Ashok Kumar. Balu stops at nothing to make his friend happy. As time passes by, they take different paths, and Balu becomes a barber in a small village called Siricilla. He marries Devi and has three children and leads a happy life. Balu is a man with self-respect and honesty. His life continues the same until one day there is news that a film shooting is going to happen in a place near their village and the hero of the film is superstar Ashok Kumar.
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Inthi Ninna Preethiya
Title: Inthi Ninna Preethiya
Character: Cameo
Released: February 29, 2008
Type: Movie
Rajeev dejected in life, after he is unable to marry his girl Namana hits the bar. Rajeev is married off to parimala, by his brother with a hope that he mends his ways. His struggle with his addiction forms the plot.
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Maya Bazaar
Title: Maya Bazaar
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Myth, Magic and Money play some interesting twists in the life of a couple.
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Boys
Title: Boys
Character: Himself as a Music Award Show Host
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Magic Magic 3D
Title: Magic Magic 3D
Character: Acharya
Released: April 11, 2003
Type: Movie
When Indrajit is separated from his grandfather, a magician, he runs away from his father and befriends two thieves. The grandfather employs all his magic tricks to find Indrajit.
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April Maadhathil
Title: April Maadhathil
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
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.
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Indra
Title: Indra
Released: July 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Indra opens in a village in Andhra Pradesh showing the rivalry between two families. A police officer wishing to end this hostility comes up with the proposal of marriage between the two families which ultimately is used by Shivraj as a trap to finish off his rival. After the funeral, no one is willing to stake claim for the leadership of the clan when the young Indrasena Reddy comes in and tells his grandmother that he will.
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Devullu
Title: Devullu
Character: Lord Vinayaka
Released: November 9, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Vaanavil
Title: Vaanavil
Character: Bakthavatchalam (Special appearance)
Released: October 27, 2000
Type: Movie
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Priyamaanavale
Title: Priyamaanavale
Character: Vishwanathan
Released: October 26, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Goppinti Alludu
Title: Goppinti Alludu
Released: July 21, 2000
Type: Movie
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
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Kummi Paattu
Title: Kummi Paattu
Released: May 21, 1999
Type: Movie
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Pedda Manushulu
Title: Pedda Manushulu
Released: January 13, 1999
Type: Movie
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Jolly
Title: Jolly
Released: May 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Shankar decides to go to Dubai to earn money, but his mother and cousin wants him to study. His mother takes a loan and sends the money to Shankar. Will Shankar be able to fulfill his mother's dreams?
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W/O V.Varaprasad
Title: W/O V.Varaprasad
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
W/O V. Vara Prasad is a 1998 Indian Telugu film, directed by Vamsy and Produced by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars J. D. Chakravarthy, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vineeth and Esha in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani.
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Ratchagan
Title: Ratchagan
Character: Padmanabhan
Released: October 29, 1997
Type: Movie
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.
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Aaro Pranam
Title: Aaro Pranam
Released: August 5, 1997
Type: Movie
K.Veeru's First Film
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Nandhini
Title: Nandhini
Released: July 11, 1997
Type: Movie
'Nandhini' traces the metamorphosis of a young college going girl, Raji. Raji is in love with Suresh but strange stories of her mother Nandhini being linked with Rangaswamy, their paying guest, deeply affect her. Raji questions Rangaswamy but he is deeply anguished by her behaviour and suffers a heart attack that ultimately ends the Good Samaritan’s life. Raji is emotionally disturbed and refuses any association with Suresh, and seeks solace with Nandhini. However Nandhini’s strange behaviour devastates her and she wishes to get back with Suresh. Finally, Suresh came to know about the Story about Prakash and he continues his relationship with Raji.
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Ullasam
Title: Ullasam
Character: Thangiah
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Ullasam revolves around around two father and sons. Raghuvaran was a smuggler,who lives in a house nerab s.p.balasubramaniam, father of ajith. In his childhood days, getting attracted by Raghuvaran's activities, Ajith remains to stay with him always.While SPB tries to convince his son, it is all in vain. He got vexed, and started to grow up Vikram, son of Raghuvaran as a good man. In college days, Vikram becomes a singer, while Ajith studying in the same college turns out to be a local dada, who helps Raghuvaran in his business. In the meanwhile, Ajith and Vikram love the same...
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Minsara Kanavu
Title: Minsara Kanavu
Character: James Thangadurai
Released: January 14, 1997
Type: Movie
Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the help of Deva to change her mind.
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Avvai Shanmugi
Title: Avvai Shanmugi
Character: Doctor
Released: November 10, 1996
Type: Movie
A divorced husband desperately misses his daughter. In order to be with her, he takes up a job in his father-in-law's house. The only catch is that the job is that of a female governess.
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Kadhal Desam
Title: Kadhal Desam
Character: Divya's father
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
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.
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Pavithra Bandham
Title: Pavithra Bandham
Released: June 30, 1996
Type: Movie
Pavithra Bandham is a 1996 Telugu film directed by Muthyala Subbayya. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, S P Balasubramaniam and Subhalekha Sudhakar in lead roles.
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Halo Mogudu Bale Pellam
Title: Halo Mogudu Bale Pellam
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Film with music from Chitra & S.P. Balasubrahma
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Kadhalan
Title: Kadhalan
Character: Kathiresan
Released: September 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Prabhu, a college student, falls in love with Shruthi, a governor's daughter. On knowing about their love affair, her father imprisons Prabhu and forbids him to meet Shruthi.
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Thiruda Thiruda
Title: Thiruda Thiruda
Character: CBI Inspector Laxminarayan
Released: November 13, 1993
Type: Movie
An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.
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Muddina Maava
Title: Muddina Maava
Character: Ramaiah
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Vijay, a village chairman, marries a poor girl, Lakshmi, against his family's wish. Vijay's brother-in-law is enraged for not marrying his daughter and devises a plan to defame him.
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Unna Nenachen Paattu Padicchen
Title: Unna Nenachen Paattu Padicchen
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
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Thalaivasal
Title: Thalaivasal
Character: Shanmugasundaram
Released: September 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Nachiappan College is considered to be one of the worst college of Chennai; everyday violence erupts between two final-year groups. The students are influenced by the local bigwig Beeda Settu, who sells ganja to the students and basically rules the college from outside. The first group is led by Sudhakar whereas the other one is led by Kalaiarasan. The college management and the police get tired of that situation. They decide that they need to change the principal. The vice-president, Chandran, dies to sit in that post but the college management asks the successful Shanmugasundaram to take the post. His daughter Shobana will study in the same college. The rest of the story is how Shanmugasundaram succeeds in his mission.
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Nadodi Paattukkaran
Title: Nadodi Paattukkaran
Released: May 16, 1992
Type: Movie
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Bharathan
Title: Bharathan
Released: April 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Bharath is framed for the murder of his elder brother by Gangadharan, a powerful businessman. In jail, he befriends three convicts who help him escape and take revenge against Gangadharan.
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Gunaa
Title: Gunaa
Character: CBI officer Ramaiah
Released: November 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Guna, 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.
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Sigaram
Title: Sigaram
Character: Damodar
Released: January 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Sigaram is a 1991 Tamil drama film directed by Ananthu. The film features S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rekha and Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandaswamy.
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Keladi Kanmani
Title: Keladi Kanmani
Character: A. R. Rangaraj
Released: July 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Keladi Kanmani (English: Listen, my dear) is a 1990 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Vasanth in his directorial debut. The film stars S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Radhika Sarathkumar. The film was a commercial success and ran for over 285 days at theatres.
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Thiyagu
Title: Thiyagu
Character: Dr. Reddy
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A middle class man relives his childhood trauma to overcome his addiction to alcohol.
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Prema
Title: Prema
Character: Satya Rao
Released: January 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Pruthvi is an orphan who tries hard to become a great singer. One day he comes across a beautiful, naughty young girl Maggi , and they both fall in love. When he approaches Maggi's parents to ask her hand in marriage, his criminal background comes into the picture.
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కళ్ళు
Title: కళ్ళు
Released: July 23, 1988
Type: Movie
With the help of an editor, one of the five blind friends has his eyesight restored. Instead of being grateful, he resorts to vicious ways, corrupted by the society and environment around him.
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Manathil Uruthi Vendum
Title: Manathil Uruthi Vendum
Released: October 21, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Malle Pandiri
Title: Malle Pandiri
Released: April 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A story about a 35-year-old bachelor.
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Raja Paarvai
Title: Raja Paarvai
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
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.