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SP Bala Subramanyam is on ventilator # SP Bala Subramanyam with his family # SPB with family Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (born 4 June 1946) mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu is an Indian playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. SP Bala Subramanyam has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. holds the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs . SP Bala Subramanyam has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi; 25 Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. SP Bala Subramanyam garnered the Bollywood Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South. In 2012, SP Bala Subramanyam received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.In 2016, He was honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year consisting of a Silver Peacock Medal. SP Bala Subramanyam is a recipient of civilian awards such as Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was born in Nellore. His father, late S. P. Sambamurthy, was a Harikatha artist who had also acted in plays.His mother was Sakunthalamma, who died on 4 February 2019. He has two brothers and five sisters, including singer S. P. Sailaja. Balasubrahmanyam developed an interest towards music at an early age, studied notations and learned music. He enrolled at JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur with the intention of becoming an engineer. He discontinued his studies early due to typhoid and joined as an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Chennai. He continued to pursue music during his engineering studies and won awards at singing competitions. In 1964, he won the first prize in a music competition for amateur singers organised by the Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation. He was the leader of a light music troupe composed of Anirutta (on the harmonium), Ilaiyaraaja (on guitar and later on harmonium), Baskar (on percussion), and Gangai Amaran (on guitar). He was selected as the best singer in a singing competition which was judged by S. P. Kodandapani and Ghantasala.[26][27] Often visiting music composers seeking opportunities, his first audition song was "Nilave Ennidam Nerungadhe". It was rendered by veteran playback singer P. B. Srinivas, who used to write and give him multi-lingual verses in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, English and Urdu. Personal life SP Bala Subramanyam Balasubramanyam was born into a Telugu Brahmin family. He is married to Savitri and has two children, a daughter Pallavi and a son S. P. B. Charan, also a playback singer and film producer. SP Balasubramanyam's mother Sakunthalamma died at the age of 89 on 4 February 2019 in Nellore. In August 2020, Balasubramanyam tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai. Subsequently, his health deteriorated and he was shifted to the ICU in a critical state. Currently he is on ventilator support and his vitals are being closely monitored.