* Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist. Offers then poured in from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.īefore he became a full-fledged cinema singer, SPB was the leader of a light music troupe that comprised of: Music director SP Kodandapani took him under his wing. Balu won the first prize, and that proved to be a turning point in his life. In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organized a music competition for amateur singers. Some friends recommended him to sing in Madras and provided him with referrals.
There, he was identified as a good singer in annual college programmes. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions. Later, he discontinued the course due to typhoid and then joined AMIE. His father wanted Balu to become an engineer this brought him to Ananthpur, where he enrolled for the Engineering course in JNTU. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, and had studied notations and learnt to play instruments such as harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. Charan.īalusubrahmanyam took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Tollywood, married to Subhalekha Sudhakar. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. He is the second son in a family of three sons and five daughters.
and Balu in the media.īalasubrahmanyam was born into an orthodox Telugu Brahmin family in Konetammapeta near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a prolific Indian singer and actor.