Iconic Indian playback singer S.P. Bala during a performance at the 'SPB and Chitra Live' in Penang Concert at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra DTSP at USM Penang last year. - The Star
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com/Reuters): Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who lent his mellifluous voice to some 40,000 songs across thousands of Indian film soundtracks, died in Chennai on Friday after contracting coronavirus in August. He was 74.
Balasubrahmanyam was a frequent muse for Oscar-, BAFTA-, Grammy- and Golden Globe-winning composer A.R. Rahman, for whom he sang in numerous films, including his debut, 1992's "Roja." Rahman shared a one word reaction on Twitter: "Devastated."
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