Book pays tribute to S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
The Hindu
Homages by Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Chithra in book being released on the singer’s first death anniversary
On September 25 last year, Indian music lost one of its greatest singers with the death of S.P. Balasubrahmanyam. He may have rendered most of his popular songs in Tamil, but he had a huge fan-following in Kerala too.
One of his admirers, K.P. Sudheera, a writer of fiction in Malayalam, has come up with a book about the much-loved singer. It will be released on Saturday, on his first death anniversary.
SPB: Pattinte Kadalazham, brought out by Honey Comb Publishers, runs into more than 400 pages and contains a biography of SPB, homages to him from those who worked with him, such as actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, lyricists Vairamuthu and Sreekumaran Thampi and singers K.S. Chithra and Mano, as well as translations of some of his songs in Tamil and Hindi.
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