P. B. Sreenivas

{{Infobox musical artist

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas

| alias = PBS

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|4|14|1930|9|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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| instrument = Harmonium

| genre = Playback singing, Carnatic music, ghazal

| occupation =Playback singer

| years_active = 1951-2013

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Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) widely known as P. B. S. was an Indian playback singer, composer, harmonium player, Lyricist and poet known for his works in South cinema, and Bollywood.{{Cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=14 April 2013 |title=PBS leaves behind a treasure trove of melodies |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/pbs-leaves-behind-a-treasure-trove-of-melodies/article4617631.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}{{Cite web |date=4 March 2016 |title=Mangalorean.com - Mangalore News Articles, Classifieds to Around the World |url=http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=389985 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023842/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=389985 |archive-date=4 March 2016}} His major chunk of work has been in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages, though he sang many songs in Malayalam and Hindi too.{{Cite news |date=14 April 2013 |title=PBS no more |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/pbs-no-more/article4617123.ece?homepage=true&ref=slideshow}} He has garnered the Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasti, the Tamil Kalaimamani Award, and the Madhavapeddi Satyam Award by the Andhra Siva Foundation, for his contributions to music and cinema.{{Cite news |last=Kolappan |first=B. |date=15 April 2013 |title=A singer who evoked pathos, a nonpareil |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-singer-who-evoked-pathos-a-nonpareil/article4617627.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}{{Cite web |date=14 April 2013 |title=Chennai: Legendary singer Dr P B Sreenivas no more |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=170410 |website=Daijiworld}}

In his honor, Sri Kala Sudha Telugu Association of Chennai, instituted the P. B. Sreenivas Mahapurush Award to honor veteran singers.

Early life

Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas was born into a Telugu speaking Brahmin musical family Prathivadhi Bhayankara Phanindraswamy and Seshagiriamma as their younger son in Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. 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.{{Cite web |title=The Hindu : Bit of drive-in nostalgia |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/11/stories/13110464.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508091458/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/11/stories/13110464.htm |archive-date=8 May 2009 |access-date=18 April 2008}}{{Cite news |last=Khajane |first=Muralidhara |date=14 April 2013 |title=P.B. Sreenivas was the voice of Rajkumar |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pb-sreenivas-was-the-voice-of-rajkumar/article4617526.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=5§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=15-04-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00500&publabel=TOI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614001555/http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=5§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=15-04-2013&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00500&publabel=TOI |archive-date=14 June 2013 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=mobiletoi.timesofindia.com}}Madhurya Sarvabhouma Dr.P.B.Srinivos - Nadayogiya sunaadayaana by R. Srinath

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/325984/language-bridge-not-wall.html|title=Language bridge not wall|work=Deccan Herald|date= 15 April 2013}}{{cite news|url= https://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/news/2013/pb-srinivas-dies-82-107519.html|title=PB Srinivas dies at 82|work=Filmibeat.com|date=15 April 2013}}{{cite news|url= https://www.deccanherald.com/content/542295/his-voice-lives-on.html|title=His voice lives on|work=Deccan Herald|date=24 April 2016}}

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.[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/dr-rajkumar/biography.html Dr. Rajkumar Biography, Dr. Rajkumar Profile - entertainment.oneindia.in]{{cite news|url= https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/dr-rajkumar-the-singing-star-of-indian-cinema/|title=Dr. Rajkumar the singing star of Indian cinema|work=The South first|date=24 April 2023}}

Biography on PBS

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The 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{{Cite web |title=P.B. Sreenivas was the voice of Rajkumar |url=http://pressclubofindia.co.in/p-b-sreenivas-was-the-voice-of-rajkumar/ |access-date=16 April 2013 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615190843/http://pressclubofindia.co.in/p-b-sreenivas-was-the-voice-of-rajkumar/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Rajyotsava Awardee's list |url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State%20Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=Karnataka Govt website |publisher=Govt of Karnataka}}
The Tamil Nadu state's honorary Kalaimamani Award
Dr. Rajkumar Souhardha award given by the super star's family{{Cite web |date=9 June 2012 |title=PB Srinivas gets Dr Rajakumar Souhardha award - South Cinema - Kannada News - ibnlive |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pb-srinivas-gets-dr-rajakumar-souhardha-award/264432-71-205.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609064642/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pb-srinivas-gets-dr-rajakumar-souhardha-award/264432-71-205.html |archive-date=9 June 2012}}
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

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Year	Title	Language	Song	Music Director	Co-Singer
class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2\|1953	rowspan=2\|Jatagam	rowspan=2\|Tamil	Sindhanai En Selvam	rowspan=2\|R. Govardhanam
Mooda Nambikkaiyaale Pala Kaedu Vilaiyum
1954	Viduthalai	Tamil	Anbodu Inbamagaa Vaazhalaam	Letchumanan Kurunath
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
rowspan=2\|1957	rowspan=2\|Sathiyavan Savithri	rowspan=2\|Tamil	Edhuko Indraanandham	rowspan=2\|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
rowspan=4\|1959	rowspan=4\| Deiva Balam	rowspan=4\|Tamil	Adichchaa Adi Vayitthile Aditchchidanum	rowspan=4\| 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
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.{{Cite web |title=Null | NewsWhip | |url=http://www.newswhip.com/MoreInfo/PB-Srinivas-the-voice-of-Rajkumar-is-no-/39093072 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615190844/http://www.newswhip.com/MoreInfo/PB-Srinivas-the-voice-of-Rajkumar-is-no-/39093072 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |access-date=3 February 2022 |website=www.newswhip.com}}