S P Balasubrahmanyam: A file picture of the singer and Kamal Haasan. (courtesy: ikamalhaasan)
Highlights
- S P Balasubrahmanyam died in a Chennai hospital
- Kamal Haasan visited the hospital a day earlier than the singer’s loss of life
- Kamal Haasan thought-about himself the face of SPB’s voice
New Delhi:
S P Balasubrahmanyam was like his older brother, actor Kamal Haasan stated after the enduring singer’s loss of life on Friday. SPB, 74, died in the Chennai hospital he had been taken to after testing constructive for COVID-19 on August 5. Regardless of testing damaging for the virus earlier this month, Mr Balasubrahmanyam couldn’t be taken off the ventilator and on Thursday was positioned on most life help after his well being worsened; Kamal Haasan visited the hospital on Thursday night. Tributes from the movie and music trade flooded social media after SPB’s loss of life; Kamal Haasan, one of the three actors most closely associated with Mr Balasubrahmanyam (the opposite two are Rajinikanth and Salman Khan), additionally addressed a digital press convention.
Talking about why he thought-about S P Balasubrahmanyam his brother, Kamal Haasan stated, “It wasn’t not simply because he was somebody who I regarded extremely however as a result of he had been with me throughout my excessive and my low. SPB was so emotional about me that even once you say good issues about me, he would begin feeling emotional and that is one motive why, in case you wish to make SPB cry, you simply say good issues about me and you will note him wiping away his tears. I can really take credit score for him turning into an actor as a result of that’s the type of relationship we had. I pulled him into appearing and actually introduced him in entrance of the digicam as an actor.”
Kamal Haasan defined how S P Balasubrahmanyam would “mould his voice” to go well with not solely a selected hero but additionally the character being performed. When Mr Haasan, a person of various hats, sang, SPB was all the time encouraging. “You’ve achieved a very good job. Let me simply make just a few corrections,” he would say.
Kamal Haasan stated that he appears at life and loss of life as two chapters of the identical guide and that is why he thinks of SPB’s loss of life as an extension of life itself. SPB will proceed to dwell in his ideas and his thoughts, stated the actor.
S P Balasubrahmanyam was like Kamal Haasan’s public relations officer as a result of he all the time talked up the actor at each probability. “By no means thought would develop such a deep bond with SPB,” stated Mr Haasan. So intertwined had been Kamal Haasan’s face and SPB’s voice that producers and the general public all the time demanded that SPB sang for him in all movies.
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After S P Balasubrahmanyam’s loss of life, Kamal Haasan shared a bit of reminiscences within the type of a video. Among the images had been from the duo’s early years within the trade, whereas some had been comparatively latest. Kamal Haasan paid tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam with these phrases: “It is my luck that I used to be the shadow picture of SPB’s voice for a very long time. His fame will dwell for 7 generations.”
That is what Kamal Haasan posted:
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) September 25, 2020
Kamal Haasan and S P Balasubrahmanyam return a great distance. They labored collectively in a number of movies. SPB was Kamal Haasan’s voice in lots of tracks, a few of which had been Sorgham Madhuvile, Vaartha, Ore Jeevan, Orey Naal Unainaan, Aadungal, Manmatha Leelai, and Engeyum Eppodham amongst many others. A Kamal Haasan movie – Ek Duuje Ke Liye – was additionally SPB’s Hindi debut and received him a Nationwide Award. SPB additionally dubbed for Kamal Haasan in Telugu movies, together with Dasavathaaram wherein he voiced all seven characters performed by the actor.
Final yr, to have a good time each Kamal Haasan’s birthday and his 60 years in cinema, S P Balasubrahmanyam carried out at a particular live performance titled ‘Kamalum Naanum’ (Kamal And I).
In August, Kamal Haasan had tweeted that for a number of years SPB had been his voice and he had been SPB’s face.
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) August 16, 2020
S P Balasubrahmanyam, might be remembered for his in depth physique of labor, which incorporates over 40,000 songs in 16 languages. The legendary singer was the winner of six Nationwide Awards and he ceaselessly collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja, AR Rahman and different music composers. He was additionally the recipient of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. He’s survived by his spouse Savitri, daughter Pallavi, and son S P B Charan, who can also be a singer and a producer.
