BAHUT PURANE DUKH HOTA HAI AISI KHABAR SUNKAR. KAL SE HI KHABREIN AANE LAGI THIN TAB SE UPSET THA AUR AAJ YEH SUNKAR KYA KAHOON!! BADE DUKH KI BAAT HAI.

I ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS A FAMILY PERSON. HE USED TO COME AT HOME AND USED TO TALK VERY POLITELY, VERY SOFTLY AND YEH TO HUM SABHI JANTE HAIN KI KITNI IMPRESSIVE AAWAZ THI UNKI.

WE HAVE LOST A NOBLE SOUL AND A GREAT SINGER.

K BALACHANDAR, The Director of ‘EK DUJE KE LIYE’ When he narrated the story, we all have finalized immediately that the Voice which will match to the character of Kamala Hasan, be only SP’s voice. South’s great Composer ILLIYARAJA Ji had introduced us to SP.

‘Mujhe Abhi sab saaf nazar aa raha hai ki kaise wo Milte the, Baithte the, baatein Karte the.

Aap ko yaad hoga ‘Ek Duje ke liye’ ka ek gaana jismein filmon ken am the ‘MERE JEEVAN SATHI, PYAR KIYE JAA. Toh ye gaana Laxmiji ki upaj tha. Unhein laga ki aisa ek gaana hona chahiye kyonki character Hindi nahi janta, Aise mein dil ki baat film ke hisaab se hi karega…aur phir Bakshi saab ne yeh geet likha aur SP ne kitne nirale andaaz mein gaaya. Mujhe Unke Na Rehne ka bada dukh hai, kya kaha jaye!!

As told to Raviraj Pranami