Image Source : INSTAGRAM/SPBLIVEON,CINETIMEE KS Chithra given Padma Bhushan, posthumous Padma Vibhushan for S P Balasubramaniam
Legendary singer S P Balasubramaniam was on Monday posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the nation after Bharat Ratna. Veteran playback singer Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra, or just Chithra, has been conferred the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award of the nation. The names from Indian cinema to have been named as Padma Shri recipients embody Malayalam lyricist Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Gujarati movie stars Maheshbhai and Nareshbhai Kanodia (posthumously) and singer Bombay Jayashri Ramnath.
Popularly often called SPB, celebrated singer Balasubramaniam died on September 25, 2020 at a Chennai hospital attributable to COVID-19 issues on the age of 74. His profession spanned 5 many years within the movie and stage music world with hits in 16 languages, many in Tamil and his mom tongue Telugu.
Since his singing debut in 1966 with the Telugu movie “Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna”, Balasubrahmaniam has bagged a number of National Awards and recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages.
The singer went on to develop into the on-screen voice of superstars Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Salman Khan in a number of movies.
Another stalwart on this planet of Indian music, Chithra has recorded greater than 25,000 songs in numerous Indian languages, together with Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu, in addition to international languages corresponding to Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French.
She has largely sung duet songs with fellow singers Balasubrahmanyam and Rajesh Krishnan, and collaborated with music composer AR Rahman on a number of hits like “Rukkumani Rukkumani”, “Kehna Hee Kya”, “Kulu Kulu”, “Yaaro Sunlo Zara”, amongst others.
As a lyricist in Malayalam cinema, Namboothiri made his debut with the hit track “Devadundubhi Sandralayam” in 1986 romance drama “Ennennum Kannettante”, directed by Fazil. He has since penned over 300 songs.
A multi-hyphenate, Namboothiri later expanded as an actor, music composer, poet, and screenwriter.
Veteran Gujarati movie star-turned-politician Naresh Kanodia was one other cine star the nation misplaced final 12 months attributable to coronavirus.
He died on October 26, 2020 — two days after his elder brother and Gujarati singer Mahesh Kanodia”s loss of life after extended sickness.
The Kanodia brothers had been well-liked Gujarati movie personalities and carried out collectively in various stage exhibits in India and overseas.
Ramnath, popularly often called Bombay Jayashri, has sung in a number of languages together with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi motion pictures.
One of her most memorable hits embody “Zara Zara Behakta Hain” (the Hindi model of “Vaseegara”) within the film “Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein” and she or he collaborated with composer Mychael Danna on “Pi”s Lullaby” from the movie adaptation of Yann Martel”s e-book “Life of Pi” in 2012, starring late Irrfan Khan and Suraj Sharma.
The Union Home Ministry stated the President has authorized conferment of 119 Padma awards — seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri — to eminent personalities throughout fields of artwork, literature and schooling, medication, commerce and business, sports activities, public affairs, social work and science and engineering have been recognised.
Twenty-nine girls are among the many Padma awardees and the checklist additionally contains 10 individuals from the class of foreigners, NRI, PIO AND OCI and one transgender.
Sixteen individuals have been given the award posthumously.
The Padma awards are introduced yearly on the eve of Republic Day.
