#Ilayaraja on spb death plus

It was renowned playback singer S Janaki who first spotted his talent when he took part in a music competition while pursuing engineering (AMIE) in Chennai and told him he will have a bright future in the film industry if he gave it a shot. 'It was never my desire to enter the film industry.В I wanted to become a gazetted rank engineer which could fetch Rs 250 salary, a jeep with a chauffeur in the 1960s,' he had repeatedly said over the years.ДЄLSO READ: SPB's regret -В I missed watching my kids grow up (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)ДЇor someone with no formal training in classical music, the heights SPB scaled were not something that even well-trained singers could touch.Д«orn on June 4, 1946, in Nellore in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the film world was never in the mind of SPB, also fondly called 'Balu' by many of his friends such as music maestro Illayaraja. He carved out a niche for himself after entering the field when the then veterans like T M Soundararajan (TMS) and P B Srinivas were ruling the roost.ДЇans gathering outside SPB's residence. The evergreen song Ayiram Nilave Vaa (Come thousand moons) from the MGR starrer AdimaipenВ catapulted him to fame in 1969 and there had been no looking back for SPB since then. VIEW GALLERY: Here are some rare pictures of legendary singer SP Balasubrahmanyam

Living and breathing music aptly fitted him as the gifted singer said a couple of years ago that he was recording a song every day, even over 50 years after he made his debut in 1966, besides being associated with several reality shows on TV.

#Ilayaraja on spb death plus

Quite unassuming despite his unparalleled achievements, including countless national and state awards and the coveted Padma Shri and Padma Padma Bhushan, he worked with generations of music composers, crooning a staggering 40,000 plus songs during his enviable over five-decade career.ДЄn extraordinary singer, who was influenced by veteran Mohammed Rafi, SPB stamped his class in thousands of evergreen songs, evoking various emotions, be it joy, romance or pathos and later also took to acting in some films.