Shimoga Subbanna

Shimoga Subbanna
Shimoga Subbanna
Background information
Birth name	G. Subramanya
Born	14 December 1938 (age 85); Nagara
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation(s)	Playback singer

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Shimoga Subbanna (born G. Subramanya 14 December 1938) is an Indian Sugama Sangeetha playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta in the film Kaadu Kudure.^[2] He is the first Kannadiga to win National Award for playback singing.^[3] Apart from being an exemplary singer and musician, he is also an advocate and a notary public.

Awards and honors[edit]

Subbanna has received several awards and honors for his contributions to Sugama Sangeetha,^[4] some of which are listed below.

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1978 ^[2]
Kannada Kampu award in 2006 ^[5]
Honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University in 2008 ^[6]
Sundarashri Award in 2009 ^[7]

References[edit]

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Karnataka / Bangalore News : 'A synonym for melody and affability'". The Hindu. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Friday Review Bangalore / Events : Songbird's story". The Hindu. 2 January 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Karnataka / Shimoga News : 'Instil love for classical music among children'". The Hindu. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Karnataka / Bangalore News : Award for C. Ashwath". The Hindu. 1 November 2006. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Karnataka / Shimoga News : Four get honorary doctorate from Kuvempu varsity". The Hindu. 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
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[award-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Karnataka / Bangalore News : 'A synonym for melody and affability'". The Hindu. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[3] "Friday Review Bangalore / Events : Songbird's story". The Hindu. 2 January 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[4] "Karnataka / Shimoga News : 'Instil love for classical music among children'". The Hindu. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[5] "Karnataka / Bangalore News : Award for C. Ashwath". The Hindu. 1 November 2006. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[6] "Karnataka / Shimoga News : Four get honorary doctorate from Kuvempu varsity". The Hindu. 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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v t e National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
1967–1980	Mahendra Kapoor (1967) Manna Dey (1968) S. D. Burman (1969) Manna Dey (1970) Hemant Kumar (1971) K. J. Yesudas (1972) K. J. Yesudas (1973) Mukesh (1974) M. Balamuralikrishna (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1976) Mohammed Rafi (1977) Shimoga Subbanna (1978) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1979) Anup Ghoshal (1980)
1981–2000	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1981) K. J. Yesudas (1982) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Bhimsen Joshi (1984) Jayachandran (1985) Hemant Kumar (1986) K. J. Yesudas (1987) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1988) Ajoy Chakrabarty (1989) M. G. Sreekumar (1990) K. J. Yesudas (1991) Rajkumar (1992) K. J. Yesudas (1993) P. Unni Krishnan (1994) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Hariharan (1997) Sanjeev Abhyankar (1998) M. G. Sreekumar (1999) Shankar Mahadevan (2000)
2001–present	Udit Narayan (2001) Udit Narayan (2002) Sonu Nigam (2003) Udit Narayan (2004) Naresh Iyer (2005) Gurdas Maan (2006) Shankar Mahadevan (2007) Hariharan (2008) Rupam Islam (2009) Suresh Wadkar (2010) Anand Bhate (2011) Shankar Mahadevan (2012) Rupankar (2013) Sukhwinder Singh (2014) Mahesh Kale (2015) Sundarayyar (2016) K. J. Yesudas (2017) Arijit Singh (2018)