Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) SP Balasubrahmanyam won six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer.
(2) He was conferred Padma Bhushan in 2011.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 25th September 2020, Iconic Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam died in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.He was 74.
- In August he was hospitalized following Covid 19 illness. The singer tested negative almost a month later on September 4.
- In his 50-year career,S P (Sripathi Panditaradhyula) Balasubrahmanyam sang over 40,000 songs, a Guinness World Record, in 16 languages, predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films.
- He won six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
- In 2012, he received the state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
- He was conferred Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/25/legendary-indian-singer-sp-balasubramanyam-passes-away
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam