THROWBACK: GUESS WHO’S THIS ROLY-POLY KID PAYING HIS RICH, EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO 'SPB MAMA'?

Music director S Thaman took to Twitter and penned -

This was at Seoul airport on our way to Los Angeles in year 1996 with the legend #SPBalasubrahmanyam gaaru . I was the youngest drummer along with a great supremely talented team Miss U mama #SpbLivesON (sic)

Here's how fans reacted to Thaman's post - 

SP Balasubrahmanyam has sung many songs in multiple languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. In fact, he has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages, reportedly. The singer has been showered with several awards and honours in his illustrious singing career.

He bagged six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi, respectively. He also won the national civilian honors such as Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan.