
Lawrence D’ Souza’s Saajan, starring Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, is one of the all-time hit Hindi albums. While there are many hit tracks in the album, the one that’s most favourite among them is Aaja Shaam Hone Aayee, a duet featuring Salman and Bhagyashree. In Sooraj Barjatya’s Maine Pyar Kiya, starring Salman Khan and Bhagyashree, SPB sang all the songs in the album. The album also featured another hit SPB number O Maria, a wedding number. Sach Mere Yaar from Ramesh Sippy’s Saagar is a friendship-based song featuring Kamal Haasan, Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. Tere Mere Beech Mein is one of the hit tracks from the album and Balasubrahmanyam went on to Nation Award for Best Playback Singer Male. Featuring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri in the lead, the film had a great soundtrack by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. SPB forayed into Bollywood with K Balachander’s Ek Duuje Ke Liye, a remake of his own Telugu film Maro Charitra. On the occasion of his 74th birthday, we list out five best Hindi songs of the veteran singer. From Ek Duuje Ke Liye to Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hai Kaun among others, he has been associated with quite a few Hindi hit tracks.

With over 40,000 songs across many Indian languages and numerous prestigious honours, including Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan to his credit, Balasubrahmanyam aka SPB can still give many young singers a run for their money, and he continues to mesmerize us with his voice even today.Īlthough he has predominantly sung in Telugu and Tamil languages, he has several Hindi chartbusters to his credit. Singer SP Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) is a name to reckon with when it comes to playback singing.
