Sangeeta Sudhakara sri Balakrushna Das was an Odissi vocal singer.
He received the Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1975-76 for Orissi Vocal He was an Odissi classical music trainer on Odissi Research Centre of Cultural department (Govt of Odisha)Balakrushna Das started his music career as a singer of Odissi, Bhajan and Chhandas at AIR, Calcutta in the year 1944.
Later he started working as music director in films.
His first film as a music director was Kedar Gouri in 1954.
He directed music in 20 films and hundreds of non-film albums including Odissi, Drama, Theatre and music programs for the AIR, Cuttack.