Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who lent his mellifluous voice to some 40,000 songs across thousands of Indian film soundtracks, died in Chennai on Friday (Sept 25) after contracting coronavirus in August. He displayed an early aptitude toward music and won singing competitions while he was at school and university. Balasubrahmanyam made his film debut with 1966's Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, in which he sang a song in the Telugu language. He had been the on-screen singing voice of several leading Indian actors including Salman Khan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna. In 2016, he was anointed Indian film personality of the year at the International Film Festival of India.

Source: The Star September 25, 2020 08:26 UTC