Published 21:06 IST, September 25th 2020
SP Balasubrahmanyam's death: When the singer had a fallout with Ilaiyaraja over royalties
SP Balasubrahmanyam's death has shocked the film industry. Read on to know about the time he had differences with close friend and mentor Ilaiyaraaja
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Indian music industry has lost one of its legendary singers as SP Balasubrahmanyam passed away at of 74 today, on September 25. veteran singer passed away due to a cardio-respiratory arrest. Re about time when SP and music maestro Ilaiyaraja h a fallout over royalties.
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When SP Balasubrahmanyam and Ilaiyaraja h a fallout
SPB and Ilaiyaraja have been close friends for a long time as y graced movies with ir music for deces. duo’s friendship saw a rift when composer sent a legal tice to SPB over performing his compositions on st, which singer spoke about in a Facebook post. In legal tice, Illayaraja h asked SPB, his son SP Charan and KS Chitra who were touring in US at time to t perform songs composed by him. He also mentioned that if trio chose to use his compositions n y would have to pay him royalty. Check out post:
However, in 2019, it seemed like SP Balasubrahmanyam and Illayaraja sorted out ir differences, as hinted by a Facebook post. former took a step forward and decided to attend tribute concert held for Illayaraja’s 76th Birthday concert in June 2019. This was first time two performed toger since resolving ir issues.
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More about SP Balasubrahmayam
SP Balasubrahmanyam was one of most celebrated singers of Indian film industry, He is popular for his work in Telugu, Tamil, Kanna, Hindi, and Malayalam films and has recorded over 40000 songs in various regional langus. late singer holds Guinness World Record for having biggest number of recorded songs.
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SP Balasubrahmanyam has received a number of awards with most prestigious ones being Pma Bhushan and Pma Shri. He secured to his name six National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, and one Filmfare Award in due course of his career. Some of his most acclaimed works came in movies like Ek Duuje Ke Liye, Maine Pyar Kiya, Saagara Sangamam, Rudraveena, Sri Ramasu, Mozhi, and Aaptha Rakshaka. His latest works from ongoing year included Darbar, Entha Manchivaavuraa, Disco Raja, Cheema Prema Mhyalo Bhaama, Palasa 1978, Vikram Rathode, and Ayyappa Kaataksham.
singer was hospitalized in MGM Healthcare, Chennai after he tested positive for COVID-19 in August. He was doing well initially but his health deteriorated lately, and he was put on maximal life support, as informed by his son SP Charan. Balasubrahmanyam passed away today on September 25, 2020 due to a cardio-respiratory stroke, at of 74.
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Promo Picture Courtesy: illayaraja_god_of_music and ispbofficial Instagram.
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21:06 IST, September 25th 2020