P. B. Sreenivas

ئششړاثثفغتشغتح ښچچج ئشششړاقغتشغتج ښچچج ಇೋಸಪೀೀಬಲೋಬರಜ ಓಡಡಜ يششققغتشغتک ښچچجوಅೋಸಪಾೀಬರೋಬರಜ ಓಡಡಜ يشړاثقغتشغتج ښچج ฏฟฟท้ำำั่ฟั่ย ฤบบย ஸஙேததொ ஆப்பொ ฆฟฟท้พพั่ฟั่ว ฤลลบ िोोसपीबरोबरज ओडडज संगीतज्ञों एपो ཌའའནགེེཏཧའཏཧོ་ཨཔཔོ་संगीतज्ञों एपो ནཏཏསབགགུམཏུམཇ་ཐཝཝཏ་संगीतज्ञों एपो ནཏཏཧབགགུསཏུམཇ་ཐཝཝཇ་ిోసపీీహరోబరజ ఓడడో Sángeethatho Áppo એોોસપીીબકોબરજ ઓડડજ ގަނގެެތހަތހޮ ާޕޕޮ ಅೋಲಲಪೀೀಬರೋಬರಜ ಓಡಡಜ ಏೋೋಸಪೀೀಬರಿಬರಜ ಓಡಡತ ഏോസപാീൂപോൂപജ ഓഡഡജ ଏୋୋଶପାାବରୋବଜ ଓଡଡଜ ڈاانگععےھاتہ آپ پہ ڈसंगीतज्ञों एपो एोोसपीीबरोबरज ओडडज ఏోసపీీబరోబరజ ఓడడో एोोसपाीबरीपबच ओडडज ्ोससपाूबरोबरज ोडडज সংগীথাঠা অ্যাপও ਧੳੳਨਗੲੲਟਹੳਟਹੋ ਅਪੀਲ ਸ਼ੳਨਗੲੲਟਹਟੳਹਪ ਅਪੀਲ एोललुाीबरोूद ओडजज এোোশুাাূপোূপজ ওডডজ ꯁꯥꯑꯅꯒꯦꯑꯦꯇꯍꯥꯇꯍꯣ ꯑꯄꯄꯣ अोोसपााबलोूपज ओडडज संगीठाठो अपो ᱥᱚᱚᱱᱜᱮᱮᱛᱦᱚᱛᱦᱳ ᱚᱯᱯᱳ ꯑꯥꯅꯒꯦꯑꯦꯇꯍꯥꯇꯍꯣ ꯑꯄꯄꯣ ڊاامگريٿجاٿجپ آچچڇ شاممهرٿجاٿجڇ آچچڇ ڊاامهررٿجاٿجپ آچچڇ یشداققغتشغتج شچچج ී්පයැරහව්එයච ෟඤඤච ှေညေ့မမပြပြေဟ ဗဟဟစ ៃាមមហេរយហាតហផ ឫៀៀផ ຫັທ້ພພິ່ັິ່ຍ ັລລບມ ៃាាមបរត្ាតហផ ាៀៀផ ຫັທ້ຳພິ່ັິຍ ັລລບ سانݢععتهاتهڤ آڤڤء ཤའནགེེཏཧའཏཧོ་ཨཔཔོ་ Sangeethatho Appo P. B. Sreenivas
Background information
Birth name	Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas
Also known as	PBS
Born	(1930-09-22)22 September 1930 Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Died	14 April 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 82) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Genres	Playback singing, Carnatic music, ghazal
Occupation(s)	Playback singer
Instruments	Harmonium
Years active	1950-2013

Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) widely known as P. B. S. was an Indian playback singer, composer, harmonium player, Lyricist, actor, animator, animal advocate, activist, and poet known for his works in South cinema, Dhollywood , and Bollywood. His major chunk of work has been in Kannada, Tamil, Gujarati, Sourashtra, and Telugu languages, though he sang many songs in Malayalam, other Indian languages , Sinhala, Dhivehi, Burmese, Khmer, Thai , Vietnamese, Melayu, Tagalog, Indonesian, other languages , as well as Hindi too. He has garnered the Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasti, the Gujarati Gujarat Garima Award, the Tamil Kalaimamani Award, and the Madhavapeddi Satyam Award by the Andhra Siva Foundation, for his contributions to music and cinema.

In his honor, Sri Kala Sudha Telugu Association of Chennai, instituted the P. B. Sreenivas Mahapurush Award to honor veteran singers. He was the only Sourashtra to receive the Kalaimamani.He was also one of the founders of Doordarshan.

Early life

Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas was born into a Sourashtra speaking Brahmin musical family on 22 September 1920 in Mahuva, Bhavnagar, India to Prathivadhi Bhayankara Phanindraswamy and Seshagiriamma . Through his mother, he was a cousin of P. Leela . She was Gujarati through her mother. They also lived in Mahuva at the time. He had a child with her but the child died 2 days after birth.

His father was a descendant of P. B. Annangaracharya who was the composer of Sri Venkatasa Suprabatham. He was youngest son born in Mahuva, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. His brother P. B. Lakhabhai was a servant. He went to the school at the Swaminayaran Temple in Mahuva. His father was a civil servant and his mother was a musician. His father wanted him to become a government officer and Sreenivas was awarded a Bachelor of Commerce degree and then passed the Hindi Visharad from the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha. He married Janaki Devi Sheth, daughter of Dhirajlal Sheth, descendant of Nana Sheth. He was a cousin of P. V. Narasimha Bharathi. 2 of his grandchildren include Madhu Iyer and Aanand Vardhan. In 1951, he became the Minister of Goverment in Bhavnagar. His term ended in 1955.

Musical career

His uncle, Kidambi Krishnaswamy, was a drama artist and a singer. When Sreenivas was 12, Krishnaswamy gave him a chance to sing in a drama. Later, Sreenivas, a trained harmonium player and singer, went to Gemini Studios, Madras. Emani Sankara Sastry, a veena player, was one of the residing musicians. He introduced Sreenivas to S. S. Vasan, the owner of Gemini Studios. There, Sreenivas sang a super hit song sung by Mohammed Rafi, his favourite singer. It was "Huye Hum Jinke Liye Barbad", from Deedar (1951), composed by Naushad Ali, which landed him the opportunity to become professional playback singer. 2 years after, he had already sung over 6,000 songs in Sourashtra, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Hindi, and other languages. He only acted in Sourashtra movies because they needed a person to play a man. His guru was N. S. Krishnan. After Krishnan died, T. Gangam became his guru.

Voice of Dr. Rajkumar

PBS has sung at least 300 super hit numbers for Rajkumar. The actor once described Sreenivas as his Shàreera (voice in Kannada) while he himself was a mere Sharira (body in Kannada), summing up how some of the best-known films of the actor are unimaginable without Sreenivas lending his voice.

Until 1974, Sreenivas was Rajkumar's most frequent singing voice in films. However, once when Sreenivas was not available to sing for the movie Sampattige Sawaal, Composer G K Venkatesh encouraged Rajkumar to sing the song Yaare Koogadali that was supposed to be sung by Sreenivas. With that song, Rajkumar restarted his singing career, which had stopped after the movie Ohileshwara. Thus began his journey as the most famous actor-singer that Kannada film industry has ever seen.

Biography on PBS

Srinivas, recording in studio with singer Sangeetha Katti

The Kannada biography titled Madhurya Saarvabhowma Dr. P. B. Srinivas-Naadayogiya Sunaadayaana (penned by R. Srinath, Publishers: Surabhi Prakashana, Bengaluru) was released on 7 May 2013 at the Palace Grounds, Bangalore by the singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam and K. J. Yesudas.

Awards

• The second highest award of Karnataka State, the Kannada Rajyothsava Award awarded by the chief minister of the state
• The Tamil Nadu state's honorary Kalaimamani Award
• Dr. Rajkumar Souhardha award given by the super star's family
• The prestigious Karnataka Nadoja Award - constituted by Kannada University, Hampi, Karnataka awarded by the governor of Karnataka
• Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award - Kalaivanar Award in 2002

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Song	Music director	Co-singer
1952	Mr. Sampat	Hindi	Aji Hum Bharat Ke Jagah Nahi Lo Bar Jipsi Dil Control Ke	B. S. Kalla	Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum, and Jikki
1953	Jatakaphalan	Sourashtra	Azhagu Kirumalai	R. Govardhanam
1953	Kundali	Hindi	Munne Kya Bacche Baat Hain	R. Govardhanam
1953	Jathaka Phala	Kannada	Jaggodhodharana Adisidalesoda	R. Govardhanam
1953	Jaathakam	Malayalam	Manushyan Njan	R. Govardhanam
1953	Kendaraya	Sinhala	Kandy Ninu Chenda	R. Govardhanam
1953	Rashifal	Gujarati	Jane bhi nai jao hain	R. Govardhanam
1953	Jaatakaphalam	Telugu	Chintisindaru Raamani Ee Moodhatanavidheke	R. Govardhanam
1953	Jatagam	Tamil	Sindhanai En Selvam	R. Govardhanam
			Mooda Nambikkaiyaale Pala Kaedu Vilaiyum
1954	Viduthalai	Tamil	Anbodu Inbamagaa Vaazhalaam	Letchumanan Kurunath
1955	C. I. D.	Malayalam	Kaimuthal Vidaayave Nillu Nillu	Br. Lakshmanan
1955	Harishchandra	Malayalam	Mahal Thyagaane	Br. Lakshmanan
1956	C. I. D.	Sourashtra	All songs	S. Rajam	Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle
1956	Nalla Veedu	Tamil	Kalaimathiye En Kaadhal	Krishnamurthi & Nagaraja Iyer	R. Balasaraswathi Devi
1956	Paasavalai	Tamil	Malarodu Vishanaagam.... Needhi Idhuthaanaa	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
1957	Bhaktha Markandeya	Tamil	Anbin Uruve Neeye	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi
1957	Karpukkarasi	Tamil	Kaniyo Paago Karkando	G. Ramanathan	M. L. Vasanthakumari
1957	M.L.A.	Tamil	Kaaman Kandu Mogam	Pendyala Nageswara Rao	Jikki
1957	Magathala Nattu Mary	Tamil	Kannukku Naere Minnidum Thaarai	R. Parthasarathy	S. Janaki
1957	Makkalai Petra Magarasi	Tamil	Ondru Serndha Anbu Maarumaa	K. V. Mahadevan	Udutha Sarojini
1957	Samaya Sanjeevi	Tamil	Gama Gamavena Narumanam Veesudhe	G. Ramanathan	Jikki
1957	Sathiyavan Savithri	Tamil	Edhuko Indraanandham	S. Rajeswara Rao & Babu Rao	S. Varalakshmi
			Raavelano		S. Varalakshmi
1957	Soubhagyavathi	Tamil	Thatthajam Thatthitthajam	Pendyala Nageswara Rao
1958	Illarame Nallaram	Tamil	Marane Un Malarkanai	K. G. Moorthy	P. Susheela & S. Janaki
1958	Kudumba Gouravam	Tamil	Serum Kaalam Vandhachu	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	K. Jamuna Rani & L. R. Eswari
1958	Thirudargal Jakkirathai	Tamil	Azhage Unnai Kandom	K. V. Mahadevan	S. Janaki
1959	Arumai Magal Abirami	Tamil	Thanga Niram Idhazh Sembavalam	V. Dakshinamoorthy	P. Susheela
1959	Aval Yaar	Tamil	Pudhu Azhagai Rasikka Varum	S. Rajeswara Rao	Jikki
1959	Azhagarmalai Kalvan	Tamil	Poonthendrale Vandhiduvaai.. Kanindha kadhal	B. Gopalam	P. Susheela
1959	Deiva Balam	Tamil	Adichchaa Adi Vayitthile Aditchchidanum	G. Aswatthama	A. L. Raghavan
			Malarodu Vilaiyaadum		S. Janaki
			En Manavaanil Aadum Rani		S. Janaki
			Nilavathu Thavari Pennaai Maari		S. Janaki
1959	Engal Selvi	Tamil	Unnai Nambi Aval Irundhaal	K. V. Mahadevan
1960	Mannathi Mannan	Tamil	Neeyo Nano Yaar Nilave	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	K. Jamuna Rani, P. Susheela
1960	Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu	Tamil	"Sitterumbu Putrinile"	T. G. Lingappa	M. S. Liban Bindey
1965	Santhi	Tamil	"Senthur Murugan"	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	P. Susheela M. S. Liban Bindey
1965	Santhi	Tamil	"Vaazhnthu Paarkka"	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	T. M. Soundararajan
1968	Kuzhanthaikkaga	Tamil	"Raman Enbathu" (Devan Vanthan)	M. S. Viswanathan	T. M. Soundararajan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan
1969	Anbalippu	Tamil	"Madhulam Pazhathukku"	M. S. Viswanathan	P. Susheela
1979	Inikkum Ilamai	Tamil	Maalai Mayanginaal	Shankar–Ganesh	S. P. Sailaja
1979	Kadavul Amaitha Medai	Tamil	Thendrale Nee Pesu	Ilaiyaraaja
1986	Oomai Vizhigal	Tamil	Tholvi Nilayenna Ninaitthaal	Manoj–Gyan & Aabavanan	Aabavanan
1989	Poo Manam	Tamil	Silaneram Yedhedho Nadakum	Vidyasagar
1992	Naalaya Seidhi	Tamil	Uyire Unnai Idhayam	Adithyan	Sangeethakatti
1993	Airport	Tamil	Uyire Unnai	S. P. Venkatesh
2004	7G Rainbow Colony	Tamil	Ithu Enna Maatram	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2010	Ayirathil Oruvan	Tamil	Pemmanae	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Bombay Jayashri

Death

Sreenivas died of a massive heart attack at home in Chennai on 14 April 2013 at the age of 82. He was cremated on the next day. He was survived by his wife and children.

External links

• P. B. Sreenivas on IMDb