S. P. B. Charan

S. P. B. Charan
Born Charan Sripathi Balasubrahmanyam
January 7, 1974 (1974-01-07) (age 38)[1]
India
Occupation Actor, singer, film producer, anchor
Years active 1997–present

Charan Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, better known and creditted as S. P. B. Charan (Telugu: ఎస్. పి. బి. చరణ్), is an Indian actor, producer and a playback singer. Son of popular Indian singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, he first worked as a playback singer in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. He turned actor with the 2000 Kannada film Hudugigagi and is probably best known for his performance in the 2008 film, Saroja.[2] He established a film production company called Capital Film Works, and produced several Tamil films, including the cult hit Chennai 600028 in 2007.[3]

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Career

Charan established a film production company Capital Film Works in 2002 and first produced the film Unnai Charanadainthen, in which he himself essayed the lead role alongside his friend Venkat Prabhu.[3][4] The film, which notably featured musical score by Charan's father, Balasubrahmanyam, received four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.[3] He further produced the Jayam Ravi-starrer Mazhai (2005), a remake of the Telugu film Varsham,[5] which was a moderate success. His next production was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut Chennai 600028 (2007), considered a trend-setting film that featured 11 newcomers in the lead and became one of 2007's biggest commercial as well as critical successes.[6] In 2011, his sixth production Aaranya Kaandam released, which fetched high critical acclaim and became noted for getting 52 cuts by the regional Central Board of Film Certification.[7]

As Singer

Being noted singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's son, Charan has also worked as a playback singer with several film composers. His first song was "Deepangal Eetrum" from Devathai (1997) under Ilaiyaraaja's direction. Aside from Ilaiyaraaja, he has frequently sung for composers Yuvan Shankar Raja, A. R. Rahman and Devi Sri Prasad. His popular songs are "Nagila Nagila" from Alaipayuthey, "Mellaga" from Varsham, "Nenu Nenuga Lene" from Manmadhudu, "I Love you Shailaja" from Mazhai, "Please Sir" from Boys,"Maaja Maaja" from Jillunu oru Kadhal, "Oru Nanban Irundhal" from Enakku 20 Unakku 18, "O Shanti" from Varanam Ayiram, "Nee Naan" from Mankatha.

Filmography

As Actor

No Year Movie Role Language Notes
1 2000 Hudugigagi Kannada
2 2003 Unnai Charanadainthen Nandha Tamil
3 2004 Naalo Telugu
4 2007 Nyabagam Varuthe Tamil
5 2008 Saroja Jagapathi Babu Tamil
6 2010 Drohi Venkat Tamil Guest appearance
7 Va Marthandan Tamil

As Producer

No Year Film Cast Director Notes
1 2003 Unnai Charanadainthen S. P. B. Charan, Venkat Prabhu Samuthirakani
2 2005 Mazhai Jayam Ravi, Shriya Saran S. Rajkumar
3 2007 Chennai 600028 Jai, Nithin Sathya, Shiva, Premji Amaren, Vijayalakshmi Venkat Prabhu Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Film
4 2009 Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum Ramakrishnan, Tharshana Rajamohan
5 2010 Naanayam Prasanna, Sibiraj Shakthi
6 2011 Aaranya Kaandam Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj Thiagarajan Kumararaja

As Singer

List of songs sung by S. P. B. Charan.[8]

No Song Music Director Film Co-singers Notes
1 Aaja Meri soniye Yuvan Shankar Raja Saroja Premji Amaren, Vijay Yesudas
2 Adidaa Nayaandiyaa Yuvan shankar Raja Goa Yugendran
3 Ayyayyo Nenju G. V. Prakash Kumar Aadukalam S. P. Balasubramaniam, Prashanthini
4 Chik Chik Chinna Deva Azhagana Natkal Sujatha
5 Deepangal Pesum Ilayaraja Devathai Sandhya
6 Devaloga rani Devi Sri Prasad Mayavi Kalpana
7 Happy New year Srikanth Deva Adhi Narayana Preethi
8 Hey Vaada Bharani Tharagu Sadhana Sargam
9 Inithu Inithu Devi sriprasad Inithu inithu kadhal inithu sumangali
10 Jumbo yuvan shankar raja Rishi sujatha
11 Kadaloram yuvan shankar raja Kungama Poovum Konjum Puravum
12 Kadhal Sadugudu A. R. Rahman Alaipayuthey
13 Maja Maja a r rehman Sillunu Oru Kadhal Shreya Ghoshal
14 Mannile devi sriprasad Mazhai sumangali
15 Nee Naan yuvan shankar raja Mankatha bhavatharini
16 Oh Shanthi Harris Jayaraj Vaaranam Aayiram clinton
17 Oru nanban A R Rehman Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Chinmayi
18 Please sir a r rehman Boys chinmayi, clinton, kunal
19 Yaro yarukkul yuvan shankar raja Chennai 600028 Venkat Prabhu, s p b
20 vellaikodi yuvan Kadhal 2 Kalyanam chorus
21 mellaga devi sri Varsham Telugu
22 nenu nenuga lene Devi Sri Prasad Manmadhudu Telugu
23 Egire Mabbulalona Devi Sri Prasad Happy (2006 film) Telugu

References

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday SP Charan - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/28304.html. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  2. ^ "Sri Hari and Vaibhav in Saroja .:. newkerala.com Online News". Newkerala.com. http://www.newkerala.com/topstory.php?action=fullnews&id=839. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  3. ^ a b c "Capital Film Works - About Us | Capital Film Works - Company Profile | Capital Film Works - Official Website | Capital Film Works - Company Website". Capitalfilmworks.in. http://capitalfilmworks.in/About-Us.html. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
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  5. ^ "Metro Plus Chennai / Cinema : Another remake". The Hindu. 2005-09-29. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/09/29/stories/2005092900380500.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  6. ^ "Friday Review Hyderabad / Interview : Cricket theme goes on". The Hindu. 2007-07-13. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/07/13/stories/2007071350160400.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  7. ^ ""Censor Borad butchered Aaranya Kaandam" - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2011-01-26. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-26/news-interviews/28375516_1_film-thiagarajan-kumararaja-major-international-award. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  8. ^ http://www.thiraipaadal.com/singer.php?page=2&SGRID=S.P.B.Charan&lang=en&sort=song_asc

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