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S. P. Charan
Born	Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan Madras (present-dayChennai),Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Occupations	Singer actor producer
Years active	1997–present
Parents	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (father) Savithri (mother)
Relatives	S. P. Sailaja (Aunt) Subhalekha Sudhakar (Uncle)

Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan, credited asS. P. Charan, is an Indianplayback singer and actor works predominantly works inTamil cinema andTelugu cinema.^[2]

He is the son of the singerS. P. Balasubrahmanyam. He first worked as a playback singer inTamil andTelugu. He made his acting debut inMaha Edabidangi (1999) and is best known for his performance in theSaroja (2008).^[3] He has established the film production company Capital Film Works, and producedChennai 600028 (2007),Aaranya Kaandam (2012) and others.^[4]

Charan was born to the singerS. P. Balasubrahmanyam and his wife Savitri in aTelugu family. He was raised inChennai, India. He studied at Asan Memorial School, Chennai, where actorAjith Kumar also studied and was a school friend. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration fromPace University inNew York,United States in 1994 and completed a two-year course in film and television.^[5][6]

Charan began working as a playback singer in 1997 with "Deepangal Pesum" fromDevathai, with music composed byIlaiyaraaja. About being the son of an icon, he stated: "my voice sounds so much like appa, people might not want to use a similar voice. When SPB himself is rocking, why would composers need his clone?".^[7] He has sung for composersM. M. Keeravani,A. R. Rahman andDevi Sri Prasad. Charan's most popular songs include "Nagila Nagila" fromAlai Payuthey, "Mellaga" fromVarsham, "Nenu Nenuga Lene" fromManmadhudu, "I Love you Shailaja" fromMazhai, "Please Sir" fromBoys, "Maaja Maaja" fromSillunu Oru Kaadhal, "Oru Nanban Irundhal" fromEnakku 20 Unakku 18, "O Shanti" fromVaaranam Aayiram, "Nee Naan" fromMankatha. In 2010, he recorded a song inKadhal 2 Kalyanam, composed byYuvan Shankar Raja. He also recorded alongside his father for the first time inAadukalam, for which they both won theVijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer.^[8][9]

Charan first acted with his father in a film calledMaha Yedabidangi, directed byK. S. L. Swamy, but the film was not released.^[10][11] Balachander's son Kailasam approached him to act in the television showOonjal, produced byK. Balachander and directed by Sundar K. Vijayan.^[6] It was followed by Radan'sAnnamalai. He also starred in a TV serial namedBommaigal in Tamil andAkka Chellulu in Telugu.^[5] His first release was the Kannada filmHudugigagi in 2003, directed by B. Manjunath.^[12] In 2008, he played one of the lead roles inVenkat Prabhu'sSaroja. On his performance, Sify wrote: "S.P.B Charan as Jagapathy Babu suits the role and is fantastic".^[13] He acted inVa, in which he played Shiva's prospective brother-in-law.^[8] He acted in two Tamil filmsVanavarayan Vallavarayan andVizhithiru.^[14]

Charan established the film production company Capital Film Works, in 2002. Their first production wasUnnai Charanadainthen, in which Charan played the lead role, alongside his friendVenkat Prabhu.^[4][15] The film, which notably featured musical score by Charan's father, Balasubrahmanyam, received fourTamil Nadu State Film Awards.^[4] Charan revealed that he decided to produce the film after hearing Samuthirakani's narration.^[6] He further produced theJayam Ravi-starrerMazhai (2005), a remake of the Telugu filmVarsham,^[16] which was a failure at the box office.^[6] His next production was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debutChennai 600028 (2007), featured eleven newcomers in the lead and becameone of the year's most successful Tamil films.^[6][17] In 2011, his sixth productionAaranya Kaandam, was released to critical acclaim and became noted for getting 52 cuts by the regionalCentral Board of Film Certification.^[18] Although it did not achieve the expected box office success, Charan won aNational Film Award as a producer of the film.^[19] His next production wasThirudan Police, by another debutant,Caarthick Raju.^[20]

SP Charan designed and produced SPB50 concert tour^[21] with his fatherSP Balasubrahmanyam and was felicitated for his 50 years of journey in the industry. The concert tour held in Toronto, Russia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai and few places in the United States like Seattle, Los Angeles, New Jersey. Other singers likeKS Chithra,Kalpana Raghavendra,SP Sailaja were part of the series.

Starting from Dubai expo 2020, SP Charan has been part ofIlayaraaja's shows and has accompanied him in various other shows that has been conducted in United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Muscat and in various cities in India including Yuva Dasara Mysore 2024.

As a tribute to his father, he toured "Simply SPB"^[22] in 2023 and performed in various venues across the United States in many of the same venues where his father had performed before. SingersSP Sailaja,Sai Vignesh and Srisha were part of the series. An event in the series also happened in Bangalore, where singers in the Kannada industry, including Rajesh Krishnan, VijayaPrakash, Anuradha Bhat, also performed.

In June 2025, on the occasion ofLal Salam movie release in OTT platformSun Nxt, the music directorAR Rahman published in his social media handles that, SP Charan's song 'Ena senji Ena senji ena valaccha" will be part of this release version.

In 2025, he has been part of stage shows performed by music directorDeva in India and Australia along with Srikanth Deva, Anuradha Sriram.

In 1996, he and childhood friendsVenkat Prabhu andPremgi Amaren set up a music band called Next Generation, which also hadYugendran andThaman as members.^[6][23][24]

Charan underwent a weight loss in late 2010.^[25] In response to speculation, he stated it was in response to becoming health-conscious.^[7]

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