Besides rendering melodies and chartbusters, SPB had also lent his voice, dubbing for several leading artists in Tamil and Telugu movies. But one thing that remained a constant across the industry and geographical boundaries was SPB’s mellifluous voice. In the 1990s, he was working with a long list of music directors and composers, who spanned across generations and had their distinct styles- Deva, S.A.Rajkumar, Vidyasagar, and A.R.Rahman were a few from the Tamil industry alone. His contributions to the Hindi industry are immense, as he sang for Naushad, Kalyanji-Anandji, RD Burman and was the voice of leading men, right from Rajesh Khanna to Dharmendra to Anil Kapoor to Salman Khan. SPB himself is a confessed fan of Mohammed Rafi and has made his admiration for the legendary singer public on various occasions. Renditions by SPB and S.Janaki, where the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja were huge hits and remain timeless.SPB won the hearts of the Hindi audience in 1981, singing for Kamal Hassan’s ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye’, he also delivered hits in films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, and others. One of the most formidable partnerships in SPB’s career was with legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja, who had forayed into the industry in the mid-1970s. It is said that SPB, at his peak, would record up to 15 songs a day. In Tamil Nadu where cinema stars are revered, SPB had sung for nearly 4 generations of heroes - MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, and also the contemporary stars.
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That would have been a big setback for my Tamil movie career, which he (MGR) didn’t want," SPB recalled the incident, showering praise on the magnanimity of the late actor. If I was replaced, word would spread, that MGR didn’t like my voice and so he chose some other singer. He said, after the audition, I would have told my friends about singing for MGR. "When I was at his residence, I was curious and asked MGR about why he waited and delayed the shooting.
It is said that, since SPB was down with a fever, MGR, who ruled the Tamil film industry could have always gotten another singer to croon the lines, however, MGR had waited for the young man. SPB also sang for actor Gemini Ganesan (Iyarkai Ennum Ilaya Kanni), for MG Ramachandran (Aayiram Nilavae Vaa) and also took the Malayalam film industry by storm.SPB recalled that veteran actor and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MGR had postponed his film 'Aayiram Nilavae Vaa' for his sake, as he was unwell and couldn’t sing within the allotted schedule. SPB’s song Shankara naadhashareera Para', is regarded as the most memorable from that film. Viswanath and the music scored by K.V.Mahadevan turned out to be a big hit. Telugu movie Sankarabharanam was his first big break that won him a National award for Best Male Playback singer.
Viswanathan, for the film Hotel Ramba, however, the film never got released. It is said that SPB’s first Tamil song was "Athaanodu Ippadi Irundhu Eththanai Naalaachu", a duet with L.R. Later, he started visiting music directors seeking opportunities to become a movie playback singer. Janaki encouraged him to sing for movies by saying that he can shine in the world of cinema. He had once said that, at one such competition, during the valedictory ceremony, veteran playback singer S. While pursuing his engineering degree, he used to participate in singing competitions and won various prizes. Sailaja was also a movie playback singer. Sambamurthy, a Harikatha artist and Sakunthalamma on 4th June 1946, in Andhra Pradesh, young SPB got interested in music early on but did not have formal training in music.
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