SPB possessed the expertise of modulating voice to suit the personality of the actor he is singing for like from heroes Kamal Hassan to yesteryear comedians Allu Ramalingaiah.
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Later after our kids were born, we were happily reunited,” Balu said. “We lived away from our families for two years. As their elders had some reservations, Balu, with help of friends drove to Bangalore in a car and took her to Visakhapatnam and got married at the famous Simhachalam temple.
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Renowned music director SP Kodandapani, with whom Balu shares the same SP surname, gave him the first break after spotting his talent in a singing contest in Madras.īalu’s wedding with his wife Savitri was an adventure on a movie scale. Surprisingly for a singer who sung over 40,000 songs in a career spanning three generations of actors, SPB describes his singing career as unforeseen. However, I went ahead with the procedure.” When she came to know, Lata Mangeshkar Ji called me and advised against such a step ever. But I stopped just like that when my daughter implored me once,” SPB had said in a popular Telugu TV talk-show three years back.Īnother great risk that SPB took that could have been detrimental to his voice, was getting operated, several years ago, to get a nodule formed in his throat removed. SPB was also addicted to cigarettes for many years but left it one fine day when his daughter Pallavi pleaded with him not to smoke. No food item ever harmed my voice,” SPB said once.
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“I eat everything without restrictions except non-vegetarian food. Singers value their voice so immensely that they shun many favorite food items considered harmful to a melodious tone.Īlthough, Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, aka Balu or SPB to his millions of fans never felt the need to suppress his cravings.īalu used to relish all kinds of food items from groundnut, coconut, to ice-creams, sweets, sodas, and also savored the avakaaya (the famous Andhra spicy mango pickle).