S P Balasubramaniam
He was a legendary artist: Lalit Pandit Remembers S P Balasubramaniam
As the entertainment industry mourns the passing of the versatile and powerful singer S B Balasubramanian, music composers and co-singers are marveling at his extraordinary ability to “pick up” (music recording parlance for memorizing the lyrics and composition in no time at all). Recalls Lalit Pandit (of Jatin-Lalit ), “I am extremely saddened to hear the terrible news. He was a legendary artist. I had the opportunity of making him sing for a complete film of mine -‘VAADE IRADE’. He arrived in Mumbai by the morning flight. He sang all four songs in one da | Click Here...
“His Voice Conveyed The Purity Of A Copper Vessel,” Hariharan On S P Balasubramaniam
Fellow-singer Hariharan is inconsolable in his grief for the going of S P Balasubramaniam. “He was one of his kind. At 74 his voice resonated like that of a 40-year old. Everyone has to go. But why did Bala Sir have to go like this? It’s not fair. He had so much more to give.” Hariharan, a versatile singer himself, is stupefied by SPB’s versatility. “He sang in multiple languages and he understood the nuances of each of those languages. He had that special knowledge needed to make playback singing convincing. And what a throw his voice had! When he sang for Kama | Click Here...
I am still in a state of disbelief: Lata Mangeshkar On S P Balasubramaniam Death
Lataji can’t believe one of her favourite co-singers is gone. “I was given to understand SP Balaji was recovering from Covid. All of a sudden I heard he is no more. I couldn’t believe it.I thought it was another of those fake-death rumours that keep surfacing about everyone including me. Unfortunately, this rumour was true.I am still in a state of disbelief.” Lataji remembers singing with SPB for the first time in 1981. “The film was Ek Duuje Ke Liye. It was a cross-cultural love story.I sang for the Punjabi girl and Balaji sang for the Tamil boy played by Rati Agnih | Click Here...