Today, he might not be physically around us, but I believe that he continues to be a part of our lives, says MJ Shriram The first time I got the opportunity to sing a song of his on stage was in 1985.

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, who died in Chennai on Friday at the age of 74, rendered over 100 songs in Malayalam, and some of them topped the charts too. But it wasn't those songs that endeared him to ...

CHENNAI: Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, popularly known by the magical three letters 'SPB', belonged to a rare breed of playback singers whose golden voice cast a spell over generations.