There are some voices in the Indian music world which do not become old with time and S. P. Balasubramaniam was one of them. With his melodious voice and brilliant singing, he entertained many generations. From South Indian cinema to Bollywood, his songs remain people’s favorite even today. On the occasion of his birthday, let us know the story of that singer, who made a distinct identity in the world of music on the basis of his hard work, talent and unique records.

History was created by recording 21 songs in one day

Imagine a singer entering a recording studio in the morning and coming out at night with 21 fully recorded songs to his credit. This is not a fictional story, but a history created in Bengaluru on 8 February 1981, which was made true by the great singer Sripati Panditaradhyula Balasubramaniam (SPB or Balu) while recording Kannada songs for music composer Upendra Kumar. He also made a record of recording 19 Tamil and 16 Hindi songs in a day.

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Dream of becoming an engineer, but fate made him a singer

Born on 4 June 1946 in a Telugu Brahmin family in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Balasubramaniam’s father S. P. Sambamurthy was a ‘Harikatha’ artist. His father wanted ‘Balu’ to become an engineer. Respecting his father’s wish, he started studying engineering, but when he left his studies due to typhoid, he came to Madras (Chennai).

MGR had stopped recording for a month

In the year 1969, Tamil cinema megastar M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) for the recording of the song ‘Aayiram Nilave Vaa’ from his film ‘Aadimai Penn’. Was waiting for P. Balasubramaniam. At the last moment S. P. Balasubramaniam fell ill. The surprising thing was that MGR stopped the recording of the film for almost a month so that S. May P. Balasubramaniam recover and sing this song. This S. It was the magic of P. Balasubramaniam’s talent that this song recorded after his recovery proved to be a milestone.

S., who started his career on 15 December 1966 with the song ‘Emiye Vint Moham’ from the Telugu film ‘Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna’. P. Balasubramaniam did not take any formal classical education in music. Despite this, when in the year 1980, director K. When Vishwanath entrusted him with the responsibility of singing the songs of the film ‘Shankarabharanam’ based on pure Carnatic music, the veterans of classical music were skeptical.

But musician K. Under the direction of V. Mahadevan. P. Balasubramaniam sang the most complex bands like ‘Omkara Nadhanu’ with his smooth musical melody in such a way that he got his first ‘National Film Award’ for Best Playback Singer.

Got recognition in Hindi cinema from ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’

In the year 1981 when S. P. Balasubramaniam by K. He entered Hindi cinema with Balachander’s film ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’, the song ‘Tere Mere Beech Mein, Kaisa Hai Yeh Bandhan Anjaana’ from this film won him the second National Award.

Balasubramaniam became the voice of Salman Khan

After this, Balu became the official on-screen voice of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. Be it ‘Dil Deewana’ from ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (1989) or the timeless song ‘Didi Tera Dewar Deewana’ sung with Lata Mangeshkar from ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun…’ (1994).

Showed amazing in the world of dubbing also

In the world of dubbing, he had become the Telugu voice of Kamal Haasan. In the film ‘Dasavathaaram’ (2008), 7 out of 10 different characters of Kamal Haasan were written by S. P. Balasubramaniam brought alive the diversity of his voice. Apart from this, he also dubbed for Hollywood actor Ben Kingsley in the Telugu version of the film ‘Gandhi’.

Honored with many big honors

For his unprecedented contribution, the Government of India honored him with Padma Shri in 2001, Padma Bhushan in 2011 and Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 2021. The Andhra Pradesh government honored him with Nandi Awards a record 25 times.

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His legacy is still alive today

S. died on 5 September 2020 at MGM Hospital, Chennai. P. Balasubramaniam breathed his last. Paying tribute to his unbroken legacy, a bronze bust of him was unveiled on 15 December 2025 at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad in the presence of stalwarts of the country.

After the results of Tamil Nadu Elections 2026 were revealed, Thalapathy Vijay proved that he has become the king not only of the box office but also of EVMs. Actor’s party TVK is winning 107 seats in Tamil Nadu elections 2026. It has given a big competition to even the powerful old parties of the state, DMK and ADMK. There are intense discussions about Thalapathy Vijay that he can become the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In such a situation, seeing this scene, it is believed that he has reminded the times of MGR.

MGR’s record remained intact for 4 decades

This historic victory of Thalapathy Vijay is being compared with that of MGR. Both are superstars of the film industry. MG Ramachandran had made a record in 1969, which remained intact for almost 4 decades. In 1969, the actor’s film ‘Adimai Penn’ was released, which had the highest opening in the history of any Tamil film. This film was directed by MGR and he also acted in it.

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Thalapathy Vijay had broken MGR’s record

It took almost 35 years to break this record of MGR at the box office. Thalapathy Vijay broke it in the year 2004. That year, the actor’s film ‘Ghilli’ was released, which was the Tamil remake of Mahesh Babu’s Telugu blockbuster ‘Okkadu’ (2003). It ran in theaters for more than 200 days and according to reports, its India net collection was Rs 500 crore. This was the first Tamil film to cross this magical figure. This film broke the record of MGR’s film and at that time the actor was 29 years old.

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Victory on the way to MG Ramachandran?

MG Ramachandran separated from DMK and founded AIADMK in 1972 and became the Chief Minister. When he founded the party, other political parties had believed that his party would not survive but he showed the power of his popularity as an actor in politics and won a bumper victory and remained in power for three terms. At the same time, Thalapathy Vijay is also on the same path. He seems to be repeating history. Only two years have passed since his party TVK was formed. His party neither had any alliance nor any vote bank. Nevertheless, he has made a great start in politics.