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Indian playback singer (1938–2022)

Shimoga Subbanna
Shimoga Subbanna in 2012
Background information
Birth name	G. Subramanya
Born	(1938-12-14)14 December 1938 Nagara, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	11 August 2022(2022-08-11) (aged 83) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation	Playback singer

Musical artist

Shimoga Subbanna or Shivamogga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha(Light Music) 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. He was the first Kannadiga to win National Award for playback singing. Apart from being an exemplary singer and musician, he was also an advocate and a notary public.

Awards and honors

Subbanna received several awards and honors for his contributions to Sugama Sangeetha, some of which are listed below:

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1978
Kannada Kampu award in 2006
Honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University in 2008
Sundarashri Award in 2009

Death

He died on 11 August 2022, at the age of 83, after suffering from a cardiac arrest.

References

"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.
"Feature Film Awards 1979" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2023.
"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.
"Renowned Kannada playback singer Shivamogga Subbanna passes away". Times of India. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

External links

Shimoga Subbanna discography at Discogs
Shimoga Subbanna at IMDb

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) Dr. Rajkumar (1992) K. J. Yesudas (1993) P. Unnikrishnan (1994) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1995) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996) Hariharan (1997) Sanjeev Abhyankar (1998) M. G. Sreekumar (1999) Shankar Mahadevan (2000)
2001–2020	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) B Praak (2019) Rahul Deshpande (2020)
2021–present	Kaala Bhairava (2021) Arijit Singh (2022)

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