S P Balasubrahmanyam: A file photograph of the singer. (courtesy: ispbofficial)
Highlights
- S P Balasubrahmanyam died on Friday
- He was known as the voice of Rajinikanth
- “I’ll actually miss you,” tweeted Rajinikanth
New Delhi:
“You could have been my voice for a few years…your voice and your recollections will reside with me endlessly,” tweeted south famous person Rajinikanth for veteran singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, who died on Friday. SPB, because the singer was fondly known as, labored carefully with Rajinikanth prior to now. He was called the voice of Rajinikanth and two other actors – Kamal Haasan and Salman Khan. Mourning the legendary singer, Rajinikanth shared a video of himself and recalled their memorable moments in a tweet on Thursday: “#RIP Balu sir… You could have been my voice for a few years… Your voice and your recollections will reside with me endlessly… I’ll actually miss you.”
Within the clip, Rajinikanth said that S P Balasubrahmanyam’s “sweet majestic voice will ring in our ears for a hundred years.” He added that SPB revered everybody and that folks beloved him greater than his voice. Rajinikanth additionally talked about SPB’s lengthy and prolific singing profession and mentioned that was distinctive amongst different singers in having sung in so many languages – S P Balasubrahmanyam sang over 40,000 songs in 16 languages.
#RIP Balu sir … you’ve got been my voice for a few years … your voice and your recollections will reside with me endlessly … I’ll actually miss you … pic.twitter.com/oeHgH6F6i4
— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) September 25, 2020
The S P Balasubrahmanyam and Rajinikanth binary was a blockbuster hit – it turned one thing of a superhit system to have SPB sing not less than the title observe, if no different, of Rajinikanth’s movies – a few of them are My Identify Is Billa for the 1980 movie Billa, Naan Polladhavan for the 1980 film Polladhavan, Kadavul Padachan in Pokkiri Raja, Rakkamma Kaiyya Thattu for the 1991 movie Thalapathi and Ballelakkha for the 2007 movie Sivaji: The Boss. The duo final collaborated for the 2020 movie Darbar, through which SP Balasubrahmanyam sang the observe Chumma Kizhi . SPB additionally sang for Rajinikanth in his 2019 movie Petta.
S P Balasubrahmanyam was admitted to Chennai’s MGM Healthcare hospital on August 5 after he examined constructive for COVID-19. Earlier this month, he examined unfavorable for the virus. Nonetheless, he wasn’t taken off the ventilator. His health condition worsened on Thursday and died in the hospital the next day. S P Balasubrahmanyam is survived by his spouse Savitri, daughter Pallavi, and son S P B Charan, who’s a singer and producer.
S P Balasubrahmanyam received six Nationwide Awards for his work within the music business. He labored extensively with Ilaiyaraaja, A R Rahman and different composers. He was additionally an actor, producer and voice actor.
