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
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...
. He received a
national award
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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:
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National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer
The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singers whose performances have won awards have worked in nine ...
in 1978
* Kannada Kampu award in 2006
* Honorary doctorate from
Kuvempu University
Kuvempu University is a public state university in Shankaraghattta, Bhadravathi taluk, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India. It was established in 1987 by the act of the Karnataka state legislature through amendment No. 28/1976 dated 29 January 1989 ...
in 2008
* Sundarashri Award in 2009
Death
He died on 11 August 2022, at the age of 83, after suffering from a
cardiac arrest
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.
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1938 births
2022 deaths
Singers from Karnataka
Indian male playback singers
Kannada playback singers
Kannada people
People from Shimoga
Film musicians from Karnataka
20th-century Indian singers
Best Male Playback Singer National Film Award winners
21st-century Indian singers
20th-century Indian male singers
21st-century Indian male singers
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