Veteran ace singer S P Balasubrahmanyam was posthumously honoured with the Padma Vibhushan at a ceremony on the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
For the matter of fact, Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in the country. On Tuesday, the legendary singer was venerated with the award. On his behalf, his son SP Charan went and received the award.
The authentic Rashtrapati Bhavan Twitter handle shared a photo and wrote, “President Kovind presents Padma Vibhushan to Shri S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (Posthumous) for Art. One of the leading figures of Indian cinema, particularly the southern Indian movie industry, he was a top-notch playback singer in multiple languages”.
Balasubrahmanyam, popularly called SPB, passed away in September 2020 because of COVID-19 complications at the age of 74. He became a playback singer, song director, and dubbing artist.
He has sung over 40,000 songs in sixteen languages in his storied and prolific career.
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