Ok.S. Chithra used to be conferred the Padma Bhushan, the 3rd best civilian award of the rustic
Mythical singer S P Balasubrahmanyam used to be on Tuesday posthumously honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, the second one best civilian award of the rustic, at a rite on the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Balasubrahmanyam’s son S P Charan gained the award on his father’s behalf from President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Popularly referred to as SPB, the distinguished singer died in September 2020 because of COVID-19 headaches. He used to be 74.
His profession spanned 5 a long time within the movie and level tune international with hits in 16 languages, many in Tamil and his mom tongue Telugu.
The singer used to be the on-screen voice of superstars Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Salman Khan in numerous movies.
Balasubrahmanyam used to be in the past felicitated with Padma Bhushan in 2011 and Padma Shri in 2001.
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Veteran playback singer Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, or just Chithra, and singer Bombay Jayashri Ramnath have been additionally honoured on the rite.
Chithra used to be conferred the Padma Bhushan, the 3rd best civilian award of the rustic.
A stalwart on the planet of Indian tune, Chithra has recorded greater than 25,000 songs in more than a few Indian languages, together with Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu, in addition to overseas languages reminiscent of Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French.
She has sung duet songs with fellow singers Balasubrahmanyam and Rajesh Krishnan, and collaborated with tune composer AR Rahman on a number of hits like “Rukkumani Rukkumani”, “Kehna Hee Kya”, “Kulu Kulu”, “Yaaro Sunlo Zara”, amongst others.
Singer Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, who has sung in a couple of languages together with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, used to be offered with Padma Shri by means of the president.
“Humbled to be honoured by means of the Executive of India with Padma Shri #BombayJayashri #PadmaShriAward” the singer wrote on Twitter after the rite.
Malayalam lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri used to be additionally conferred with Padma Shri award on the rite.
As a lyricist in Malayalam cinema, Namboothiri made his debut with the hit music “Devadundubhi Sandralayam” in 1986 romance drama “Ennennum Kannettante”, directed by means of Fazil. He has since penned over 300 songs.
Namboothiri later expanded as an actor, tune composer, poet, and screenwriter.
