The 74-year-old playback singer has sung over 40, 000 songs in 16 languages. SPB has been admitted to a private hospital in Chennai as he contracted COVID-19. The film had 7 songs and SPB rendered his voice for the song Pottu Vaitha Mugamo alongside B. Sumathi En Sundari had late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha as the female lead and it was directed by C.V.

Then he acknowledged my proficiency and gave me a chance. But to my surprise, he recognised me and asked 'You are Balu. Outside a studio, I spotted MSV sir on his way to somewhere, I was sceptical to go and talk to him. 'I took a few years to learn the language and went to Chennai. MS Viswanathan sir told me to learn Tamil and comeback,' said SPB during a TV show. 'When I was looking for an opportunity, my proficiency in the Tamil language was not good. SPB has expressed his gratefulness to the legendary music composer on many occasions. Viswanathan.įor the unversed, it was MS Viswanathan aka MSV that introduced SPB as a singer to the Tamil film industry. It was taken during the recording session of the 1971 film Sumathi En Sundari that had music by the late legend, MS. The picture has SPB grinning towards the legend while the latter was involved in a conversation. Meanwhile, one old picture of young SPB along with late legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan has surfaced on the internet.

The classic picture has been shot during the recording session of Sumathi En SundariĪmidst the prayers of music lovers of various film industries across India, SP Balasubramaniam aka SPB's health condition has been expected to get better.

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