Later he took the lead role of Dushyant in the famous Tamil film 'Sakuntala' in which another great musician, M.S.Subbulakshmi was the heroine. His anxiety to satisfy the susceptibilities of the audience was immense.Д®ven as a boy, he had taken part in musical and dramatic activities in the Hindu High School which he joined in the sixth standard. His joy would be immense at the excellence of others. A further feature of his concerts was that he would review the performances of his accompanists and his own.

He would return the nominal honoraria he got from the Music Academy as donation. A gentleman with humility as he was, he would not sing his own compositions in concerts. Out of his 250 compositions in sanskrit, Telugu and Tamil in traditional and his own invented ragas like Chandrahasita, Sivasakti, Amrita Behag, etc., sixty had been published. GNB was one of the prominent composers of recent decades. His singing was crisp and 'sangatis' measured. His command of ragalakshanas was amazing revealing the quintessence of the ragas at the very outset. His disciple, Trichur V.Ramachandran states that his master's style was essentially of a madhyamakala which sustained the interest of the audience.

He had a partiality for Todi, Kalyani and Kamboji and for Andolika, Nalinakanti, Vasantabairavi, Jothiswarupini, etc. He had high respect for Ariyakudi Ramanuja Ayyangar, the senior artiste of eminence. His brikas were infectious and he kept his ears and mind open to receive what was best in other musicians. His melifluous voice would traverse the three octaves and the three 'kalas' with ease. His unique style, regulated tempo and masterly delivery were the delights of the audience. His bracing, resonant and impressive voice and his special style rich with brisk brikas and pleasing delivery of kritis was a satisfying and thrilling experience to the vast concourse of admirers. GNB, as he was popularly known, was a top vocalist of repute in a period which had seen fairly a large number of top-ranking musicians. He studied in the Wesley College while learning music under his father, a disciple of Karur Chinnaswamy Ayyar and under Madurai Subramania Ayyar. Balasubramaniam was born on Januat Gudalur in Mayiladuthurai taluk. Fame and glory crowned G.N.Balasubramaniam quite soon even as the eastern sun in summer shoots into the sky and spreads its floodlight with dynamic speed and no twilight. He acceded and the son gave the concert, a memorable debut in which his guru Madurai Subramaniam and Pudukottai Vakil K.Rajamani accompanied on violin and mridangam. The parallel thrilled the ear of the father. The authorities pointed out that Ariyakudi Ramanuja Ayyangar shot into fame only in similar circumstances by ascending the dias when the senior Vidwan Madurai Pushpavanam failed to turn up and had never an occassion to look back. Narayanaswamy Ayyar could not comprehend the request and was as confounded as Dasaratha was when sage Viswamitra wanted him to depute his son Rama. They decided upon the substitute and proceeded to meet G.V.Narayanaswamy Ayyar, Head Master, Hindu High School, Triplicane to depute his young son, Balasubramaniam to take the concert. The top artiste to give the concert of the day did not turn up and the temple authorities were in a quandry.

Baalasubramaniam - (1910-1965) It was festival in the Kapaleeswarar temple, Mylapore, Madras.

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