Chitti Babu is associated with which musical instrument?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Veena.
- Chitti Babu (13 October 1936 – 9 February 1996) was a classical musician from Bharat, and one of the greatest Veena artists, in the Carnatic Music genre, who became a legend in his lifetime.
- His name was synonymous with the musical instrument Veena, and he was and even today is known as Veena Chitti Babu to Carnatic Music lovers.
- Chitti Babu had a significant stint as a key Veena artist, in the South Indian Film Music industry from 1948 to 1962, playing Veena for numerous background scores in movie soundtracks under eminent music directors of the time like S.Rajeswara Rao, Pendyala Nageswara Rao, G.Devaranjan and the duo of Viswanathan-Ramamoorthi among others.