| Full Name |
Iyer Parameswaran
Balram |
| Original name |
Iyer Parmeswaran
Balram |
| Nick Names |
Balu, 'Balshali
Balram' |
| Date of birth |
March 1, 1961 |
| Born and brought
up in |
Mumbai |
| Education |
B.E.(Mech) and
a Post Graduate in Materials Management |
| School |
St.John the Baptist
High School -Thane (KG to Std IV)
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School
- Chembur (Std V to Std XI) |
| College |
S.I.E.S (Std
XII)
Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute
BE (Mech) |
| Famil Details |
Father:
R.Parameswaran retired from Philips India
Mother: House wife
Sister: Meera
Brother: Padmanabhan setted in
Bangalore
Wife: Radha (Arranged Marriage
-1986)
Daughter: Lavanya
Son: Shiva
|
| Languages
Known |
Hindi, Marathi,Tamil,
English.Have sung in all Indian languages namely Telugu,
Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi,
Punjabi, Oriya and also Sinhalese |
| Contact Details |
Tel: 91-22-26631558
(R)
E-mail:shivlaya@vsnl.com
Address(R): A-12, 6th Floor, Hira Manek
Society, 48-D, Baptista Road, Vile Parle (west) Mumbai-400056.
|
| Best friend |
Anil Hingorani
(collegemate) |
| Favourites |
Pastime:
Physical work-out at home, going to a cinema theatre
suddenly with wife
Song: "Aap Ke Hasin Rukh
Pe" sung by Rafi from the film 'Bahren Phir Bhi
Aayegi'
Singer:
Kishore Kumar
Music
director: R.D.Burman
Personality: Amitabh Bachhan
Colour: Blue |
| Turning Point
in Life |
Birth of son
Shiva on 7th Feb 1991. Music Career took off the same
year in June'91 to sing his first jingle for State Bank
of India in 5 languages. Gave up his job in 1996 to
make music his profession. |
| Best moment
in life |
When called by
A.R.Rahman to sing in 'Parthale Paravasam' |
| Worst moment
in life |
Losing 1000 USD
in Singapore in 2000. |
| Dream |
To sing for Ilayaraja |
Fun Facts
|
In a school singing
competition, he developed hiccups halfway through the
song. The song was 'Yaadon Ki Baarat' title song. He
got the second prize because there were only 2 participants!!!! |
| Jingles |
“Maruti 800”
in Tamil,Telugu & Malyalam.
“Promise Gel” toothpaste
in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi,
Bengali & Punjabi.
“Reynolds” in Tamil,Telugu
& Malayalam.
“Cofitos” in Tamil,Telugu
& Malayalam.
"Gilbey's Gold Club"
Whiskey in Hindi & Telugu.
"Tata Tea" in Hindi,Telugu,Kannada
& Bengali.
"Ford Ikon Josh"
in Hindi
" Johnson's
Baby Oil " in Marathi
"Jo Rose
" & "Jo Sandal " in Tamil, Telugu,
Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi
& Bengali.
Mortein
in 4 South Indian Languages
DermiCool
in Tamil, Telugu & Malayalam
|
| Title songs
in teleserials |
Saheb Biwi
Ke Ghulam
on Sabe TV
Khatta Meetha
on Sabe TV
|
| Albums |
Tujse
Pyaar Hai - released in July 2000 from
Deep Music
( 5 Solos & 1 duet with Sadhana Sargam
)
Khwabon
Mein - released in April 2001 from
Saregama HMV
( A solo Album )
|
| Playback
Singing in Films |
"
Parthale Paravasam" ( Tamil ) & "Paravasam"
( Telugu) for A.R.Rahman.
"Kannathil
Muthamittal" in Tamil & Telugu for A.R.Rahman.
"Raaz"
in Tamil & Telugu for Nadeem Shravan.
"Adhaarstambh"
in Marathi
Nayee
Padosan in Hindi
Other
Tamil Films - Run, Junction, Kadhal Samrajyam,Kadhal.Com,Kurumb
& Parthiban Kanavu
Malayalam-
"Gramaphone" for Vidyasagar
|
| Modelling |
"Surf
Excel" model for the South at the time of its launch
in 1996. |
