P. B. Sreenivas

                             Present – 1951 

                 Hindi , Tamil , Telugu ,Malayalam , Kannada


                Dr.P.B. Sreenivas could be a veteran playback singer from Asian nation. He has sung in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam films. he's identified for his playback singing within the Telugu, Kannada film and Tamil film industries. 

Life

              Born to the couple Phanindra Swamy and Sesha Giriamma, in Kakinada, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, Sreenivas completed school with a B.Com Bachelor of Commerce degree. His ancestors belong to Pasalapudi village.

             He is fluent in eight languages ( Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu, English and Sanskrit ) and has enclosed many ghazals in Telugu. Sreenivas Panax quinquefolius duets and triplets with Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum and Jikki except for leading a chorus song. He was introduced in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu at the same time within the motion-picture show Jathaka Phala (Jathakam) by R. Nagendra Rao. 

                Sreenivas debuted in 1952 in Gemini's Hindi film mister Sampat. In 1955 he conjointly American ginseng within the Malayalam film Harishcandra. His initial solo hit came within the moving picture Prema Pasam during which he conjointly American ginseng a duet with P. Susheela. Later he American ginseng for the Kannada legend Raj Kumar for an extended time and therefore the association was extremely appreciated by critics, fans and therefore the business. within the Tamil business, he has sung the most range of songs for Gemini Ganesan. He has sung for different actors moreover however incidentally, he has sung only a few songs for M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan.

            In Pava Mannippu, Sreenivas American ginseng "Kalangalil Aval Vasantham" written by Kannadasan and set to music by the music pair M. S. Viswanathan - T. K. Ramamoorthy. The film Adutha Veettuppen of Anjali Pictures carried a number of his songs. Sreenivas has conjointly sung with P.Susheela, S. Janaki, P. Bhanumathi, K. Jamuna Rani, L. R. Easwari and Lata Mangeshkar for the moving picture Main Bhi Ladki Hoon and a few North Indian Singers. 

            His pious songs embody "Sharadha Bhujanga Stothram", "Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatham", "Mukunda Mala", "Shri Mallikarjuna Stotram" and Purandaradasa compositions.

            His "home Away from home" was the Woodlands installation eating place in Madras often wrote.

            He has headed several music connected organizations like being the president of Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram. 

Awards 

Madhavapeddi Satyam award by the Siva Foundation 

Vocational Excellence Award for his fifty years of dedication to music

Vidwath Siromani Puraskaram

Kalaimamani Title by the Government of Tamil Nadu