14 June 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Jubin Nautiyal (Singer) Biography, Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Birthday & More

Jubin Nautiyal Biography

This Amazing singer was born in Dehradun, Uttrakhand on June 14th 1989. Jubin Nautiyal is known as one of the musicians who made it to the industry in the shortest period of time. His father Ram Nautiyal and mother Neena Nautiyal are both businesspersons and homemaker.

Jubin Nautiyal father and wife

Jubin Nautiyal did his schooling up to eighth grade from St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. Thereafter, he continued his schooling at Welham Boys’ School, Dehradun, where he formally studied music as a subject and built a base in classical music. He also learned to play instruments like guitar, piano, harmonium, and drums.

Career

Most of Jubin Nautiyal’s childhood Jubin Nautiyal was very good at singing and also had gained recognition among his neighbourhood as a good singers by the time he was 18. He performed live at many events and gave his support to several charities.

After completing his schooling, he moved to Mumbai in 2007 and joined Mithibai College. He continued to train in music (under Pandit ChhannuLal Mishra Ji in Varanasi) and explore the music scenario of Indian films.

During this time he met A.R. Rahman who appreciated his voice quality and suggested that he continue to work on and explore his voice for a few more years before entering into the Indian Music Industry. Taking Rahman’s advice, Jubin moved back to his hometown and continued to train under his schoolteacher, Mrs. Vandana Srivastava.

He also took additional music lessons in the Hindustani classical music from his guru Mr. Samant. Jubin spent four years polishing his skills in music, travelling and playing with different musicians. He traveled to Benaras to learn light classical from Chhannulal Mishra.

He also took training in western music at a music academy in Chennai where he had the opportunity to study under Veteran Guitarist Prasanna.

Jubin Nautiyal participated in the television music reality show X Factor where he went up to being in the top 25 participants.

Jubin Nautiyal made his debut in the Indian Music Industry with the song “Ek Mulakat” from the film Sonali Cable (2014), which was a hit. Jubin has since given several hit songs.

Jubin Nautiyal also sang ‘Meherbani‘ for The Shaukeens in the same year.

In 2015, he sang ‘Zindagi‘ for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, ‘Bandeyaa’ for Jazbaa, ‘Tu Itni Khoobsurat Hain Reloaded’ for Barkhaa & ‘Samandar’ with Shreya Ghoshal for Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.

Jubin Nautiyal made his Telugu debut for Sarrainodu under the music direction of S. Thaman & Bengali debut in the movie ‘Aashiqui’.

Jubin Nautiyal performed on MTV Unplugged Season 5 and sang Dahleez’s track “Jiya Re“.

He worked with composer duo Sachin-Jigar for the title track of series Ek Duje Ke Vaaste & Amit Trivedi for the film Fitoor where he lent his voice for “Tere Liye” along with Sunidhi Chauhan.

Jubin also worked with composer Nadeem Saifi for the title track of Ishq Forever and also sang two songs for Kuch Kuch Locha Hai(2015) under them. He also collaborated with JAM8’s Kaushik & Akash for “Gumnaam Hai Koi” for the film 1920 London.

His songs “Le Chala” for One Night Stand and “The Sound of Raaz” & “Yaad Hai Na (Reprise)” for Raaz Reboot gave him an opportunity to work with composer Jeet Gannguli and this collaboration continued till “Dhal Jaun Main” for Rustom.

He was the lead singer of the Hrithik Roshan-starrer film Kaabil which had music by Rajesh Roshan. He also sang four songs for Dharma Production’s film Ok Jaanu, including the title track and “The Humma Song.”

He released a Hindi pop song along with Pawni Pandey named ‘Dil Budhhu’ on T-Series He sang for Raabta, Tubelight, Commando 2, Machine.

He sang ‘Bawra Mann’ for Jolly LLB 2, ‘Socha Hai’ Remake for Baadshaho & ‘Raat Baki’ Remake for Ittefaq. He sang the title track of Star Plus popular series Tu Sooraj, Main Saanjh Piyaji with Palak Muchhal & for Star Parivaar Awards 2017. In 2018, he sang ‘Gazab Ka Hai Din Remake’ with Prakriti Kakar for Dil Juunglee.

He sang ‘Boond Boond’ with Neeti Mohan for the film Hate Story 4. For the same film, he also sang ‘Tum Mere Ho’ with Amrita Singh under Mithoon’s composition. This was also his first collaboration with Mithoon following Baaghi 2. He also sang ‘Pehla Nasha Once Again’ with Palak Muchhal for Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz.

Collaborations

  • Amjad – Nadeem – Ek Mulakat (Sonali Cable), Ishq Da Maara (Kuch Kuch Locha Hain), Bandeyaa (Jazbaa), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (Pyaar Tune Kya Kia), Ishq Forever (Ishq Forever)
  • Pritam & JAM8 – Gumnam Hain Koi (1920 London), Zindagi Kuch  Toh Bata (Bajrangi Bhaijaan), Ik Vaari Aa(Raabta), Tinka Tinka Dil Mera(Tubelight)
  • Payal Dev – Tu Hi Aana (Marjavaan), Dil Chahte Ho (Dil Chahte Ho)
  • Sukumar Dutta – Main Tujhsa Hogaya, Aadat.
  • Tanishk Bahchi – Ittefaq se (Ittefaq) Gazab Ka Din Hain (Dil Junglee).
  • A.R Rahman – Humma Humma (Ok Jaanu)

Awards

  • Mirchi Music Award – Upcoming Vocalist of the Year – Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
  • ITA Award for Best Singer – Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh Piyaji.
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10 June 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Mika Singh Age, Birthday, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Mika Singh Biography

Amrik Singh a.k.a Mika Singh was born on June 10, 1977 in Durgapur city in West Bengal. Mika Singh is the youngest of 6 brothers. His elder brother Daler Mehdi is a well-known Bhangra and Bollywood singer. Daler Mehendi is known to popularize Bhangra and Punjabi music to all over the world.

mika singh father

Mika and his brother found the inspiration from his father Shri Ajmer Singh Chandan, Mika cannot stop from thanking his father in his recent Instagram post, where he mentioned that his father was his only inspiration to the music, his fathers a Punjabi classical singer and would always use to Singh in the Gurudwara the holy song in Patna Sahib Gurudwara.

There is where Mika and Daler Mehendi got inspiration and decided to be a singer. Mika Singh has the most versatile voice and has a very energetic voice among all others.

Career

Mika Singh started playing Tabla when he was mere 8 Years old later after 4 years he learned to play harmonium and often used to go to Gurudwara alongside his father and big brother to perform. After two years of learning Tabla and Harmonium he learnt Guitar and started composing his own songs.

His interest in the folk music got developing during his visits to the Gurudwara and also he was very much keen towards the Punjabi music tradition.

Mika Singh entered into Bollywood with his smash hit song “Saawan me Lag Gayi Aag” and got immense fame from there.

He has also sang for the movie of Riteish Deshmukh and multi starrer Apna Sapna Money Money  which was a hit movie at that time and the song was the party songs and were played at various public gathering and other social and religious events. It was basically considered as a party song and after party song. ‘Dil Mein Baji Guitar’ from the movie ‘’Apna Sapna Money Money”.

Mostly songs sung by Mika was played at the end the movie which is called as party anthem of that particular movie. He had also done many other movie songs and in many different languages.

Mika Singh can sing in many different languages as Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Odia, Urdu and Hindi.

Mika Singh Songs List

Telugu Songs

  • Pila Naa Valla Kaadu
  • Pathikella Chinnadi
  • Yahoon Yahoon

Kannada Song

  • Nidde Bandilla
  • Vone Vone
  • A Darling Darling
  • Selfie

Bengali Songs

  • Paglu
  • Paglu 2
  • Hobe Re Hoichoi

Odia Song

  • Aaila re Aaila

Urdu Songs

  • Khul Jaaye Botal
  • Imagine
  • Ishq Brandy
  • Gabru
  • Maahi Kehan De
  • Mast Kalandar
  • Super Girl from China
  • Billo

Movies and Television

Mika Singh has also tried his luck in the movies without any prior acting lessons or studies. He has worked in two Punjabi movies Mitti (2010) & Loot (2011). 

He had been a mentor, a judge as well as a team captain for the team called ‘Mika’s Blasters’ in the reality show called ‘Music Ka Maha Muqabla’, hosted on STAR Plus.

Divine Touch (NGO run by Mika Singh)

Mika Singh founded Divine Touch Foundation with an aim to provide education, healthcare, direction to earn a livelihood for the underprivileged society and empowering women. The objective of the Not-for-Profit Foundation is to wipe out poverty in the nation, by facilitating education along with soft skill development to the deprived people, focusing on children and women. Its objective is to set in pursuit of imparting the power of knowledge and education and to encourage them to employ that in earning their livelihood.

The Not-for-Profit Foundation targets to hold the hands of the people of the low-income community, to facilitate them a better education and to augment their innate potentials to change their lives.

They have a belief that, “Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach them how to fish and you feed them for a lifetime” Various Programs Carried out by the organization:-

Livelihood Project

Earning livelihood is the spine of a man and supporting a family is his pride. Under the Livelihood Project of Divine Touch Foundation, we are focused to educate people through training and skill development classes and make them aware of the employment opportunities to increase their earning capacities.

The main aim of this Foundation is to provide education to the underprivileged part of society which cannot afford studies and other expenses.

Healthcare and Women Empowerment.

They are very keen in providing hygiene and free healthcare benefits to the weaker section of the society. So that they can have a better future for their family and their upcoming generations. Works beyond the caste, creed, religious barriers and targets to empower women from all sections of the society to help them earn resources and respect for themselves.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Indian Television Academy Award for Best Singer – 2015.
  • Indian Telly Award Best Judge On a T.V – 2015.
  • Mirchi Music Award Listner’s Choice Album of the Year – 2019.

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6 June 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Neha Kakkar Birthday, Biography, Age, Husband, Family & More

Neha Kakkar Biography

Neha Kakkar was born on June 6, 1988 in Rishikesh city of Utrakhand. She is one of the Kakkar siblings. That is she is younger sister of Sonu Kakkar and Tony Kakkar. Neha belongs to a normal middle class family where her father Mr Rishikesh Kakkar use to sell samosa outside a college in order to make the ends meet and her mother Mrs Niti Kakkar was a home maker.

They used to live in a rented flat and the house was so small that they have to make it into a kitchen but putting a wooden table.

Neha Kakkar childhood images

Neha Kakkar alongside her brother Tony Kakkar would do stage shows and bhajan in order to earn living for their family.

Neha Kakkar Family

In the early 1990s Neha Kakkar alongside her family shifted to Delhi, in order to make their life better, at the mere age of 4 Neha started singing at the local gathering from the age 4 to the age 16 Neha Kakkar had only sang bhajans she later realized since she is born in the house of singers she did not require any professional training in singing.

Neha Kakkar got married to her boyfriend Rohanpreet Singh who is a Punjabi music artists and also won sever award in the field of music.

Neha kakkar husband

Career

In the starting of the year 2006 Neha Kakkar tried her luck by participating in Indian Idol season 2. Being the youngest participant she can recollect the memories of pampering and how everybody used to treat her like a kid, although without any prior training in singing Neha Kakkar got eliminated from the show.

but she did not feel disheartened or sad about the fact infect, she worked on her pace and tone of her voice and made It better for her further opportunities.

neha kakkar audition

Anyway, shad mentioned that the participation in Indian idol gave her a clear idea about her singing and it also fuel her confident in the field of singing. She alongside her brother Tony Kakkar was associated by Indian Idol.

After getting out of Indian Idol she struggled for nearly 5 years and did not get any work from the Bollywood side, as she did not much plead any director or music director for work according to her and in the meanwhile she got busy with her international tours and other stage shows. 

And during that 5 years people started recognizing her talent and her voice and she started getting offers from the industry.

People would normally call her ‘Jai Mata Di’ girl as she had a record of singing many bhajans in her childhood for more than 10 years.

As Neha Kakkar started getting confidence Neha, in 2010 launched her own album ‘’Neha The Rockstar’’ alongside music duo Meet Bros in which she performed some of the romantic songs which were very melodious to listen.

During the time, she recorded for a music album, Romeo Juliet composed by her brother, Tony Kakkar. The song “Mohabbat Hai” from the album received limited recognition from the listeners which resulted in the offer to render her first Kotak Mahindra jingle, “Mera Jaisa Koi Mere Zindagi Main Aaye”.

After making albums and many singles Neha Kakkar finally got a call from Sandesh Sandilya who was looking for a new voice to record the song “Hai Rama” from Meerabai Not Out (2008).

Neha got lucky because following that year, she was featured in an A.R. Rahman’s composition, the theme song of Blue (2009) where she provided the chorus vocals for the song. She then lent her voice for the title track of the Hindi-language soap opera Na Aana Is Des Laado (2009) which holds a special place in her heart, as the “song was a touching experience since it focused on women”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdwxFVLAPsI

One of the most successful A.R Rahman also help Neha to feature in one of his composition theme song of the movie ‘’Blue” where she had sang a song alongside other artists she sang a chorus track.

Bollywood Movie Debut

Neha also thought of trying her luck into acting and he was approached by the very talented and one of the most famous movie director on Bollywood Sooraj Barjatya. In the year 2010 he made a film called Isi Life Mein.

neha kakkar song

She portrayed a role of a college student. Neha Kakkar gave a nice performance but the film failed to impress people in India and in box office. Sooraj Barjatya was not able to impress much as he is known as main stream cinema director he was not very much happy about his production.

Then Neha realized that her luck is not going to work in movies so she decided to stick to the music and singing industry.

She had also made her debut with Kannada and Telugu music industry by performing 4 tracks for Sandeep Chowta.

  • Nodu Baare
  • Neeve an neeve na
  • Jaaniya Jaane
  • Woh Ek Pal

Television

Neha Kakkar was has been on episodes of ‘’Comedy Circus ke Tansen” alongside the king of comedy in India Kapil Sharma and his colleague Ali Asgar.

Neha Kakkar tv show

Recollecting the memories she had on the comedy circus Neha would say that she was always very much fascinated and very much happy about the atmosphere the team of comedy circus would keep.

She was always laughing with Kapil there was always jokes which was said around, in an interview Neha Kakkar revealed that ‘’Atmosphere on the sets was positive and the jokes had us all cracking up. I particularly enjoyed it since I am bubbly and always smiling”.

Neha has also been a judge on a very famous and one of the oldest singing reality T.V show in India ‘’Indian Idol’’ which acts as a platform for many singers in India and abroad Anu Malik being the judge on the show for the most time.

Neha Kakkar alongside Vishal Dadhlani and Anu Malik are judging the show since the year 2018 till present.

Neha Kakkar photo

Neha is known to be very emotional kind of a person so, whenever a contestant comes who has a very sad past or a sad story to tell Neha usually break down and try to control her feelings and make sure she doesn’t not judge then on the grounds of their story but their singing talent.

Collaboration with various Music directors and Singers

Pritam

Neha had collaborated alongside pritam for various songs, pritam happened to be a kick-start for Neha’s Bollywood career as he gave her a big opportunity to work with his legacy in the industry.

  • Second Hand Jawani
  • Dhating Naach
  • Tutur Tutur
  • Naina

Pritam invited iconic DJ Marshmello to Jam8 for his first visit to a recording studio, in India on February 14th. The duo recently collaborated on the song Biba.

During this special visit they were jamming and sharing notes on music. Pritam also introduced Marshmello to the stalwarts of the Music Industry such as Baadshah, Neha Kakkar, Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh and the singer whose vocals are on BIBA-Dev Negi.

In true tradition of Indian hospitality, Pritam gifted Marshmello a personalized jacket with their song name and logo that was curated by ace at leisure designer Narendra Kumar. Warmed by the gesture, Marshmello instantly put it on and posed for pictures.

Yo Yo Honey Singh

Neha Kakkar and Honey singh
  • Manali Trance
  • Sunny Sunny
  • Aao Raja

Taniskh Bagchi

  • Kudiya Sheher Dia
  • Aashiq Banaya Apne
  • Dilbar
  • Morni Banke
  • Aankh Maare
  • Kala Chashma

 Included in the list of the most viewed Bollywood songs on YouTube, “Kala Chashma” was admired by the critics for its use of “dub-step, hip-hop beats, and a very groovy bass” for which Surabhi Redkar from Koimoi applauded Kakkar’s “powerful vocals” in the song.

She worked with Epic Bhangra for the film Sanam Re, where they released the song “Humne Pee Rakhi Hai“, a mix of club and EDM which was deemed as an “unnecessary addition to the album” and Kakkar vocals were noted to be “awfully shrill”.

She also provided her vocals for an additional song in the album, “Akkad Bakkad“, a rap song performed along with Baadshah to celebrate the music of the film.

Apart from lending her vocals to the party song, “Kar Gayi Chull” from Kapoor & Sons, which was a remake of the Haryanvi track “Chull” and her first recording for Dharma Productions

Kakkar performed several other recreated songs during the year including, “Maahi Ve”–a remake of the song “Maahi Ve” from Kaante (2002)  and “O Janiya”–a remake of the song “Kaante Nahi Kat Te” from Mr. India (1987) for Wajah Tum Ho and Force 2 respectively.

Joginder Tuteja a critic  from Bollywood Hungama opined that Kakkar’s rendition in the former is “decent but not as good as the original” while he noted that “Kakkar, the young woman is just the right follow up to Alisha Chinai as her voice comes with the right mix of naughtiness and seduction” in the latter.

Inspiration for Neha Kakkar

Every one of us in our lives at some point of time need to get inspired from somebody, it could either out friend, teacher or any big person who we adore very much. Many a times in the music industry mainstream singers always find their magic of learning and inspiration from the past legendary singers or the current legendary singers.

But mostly it is from our own family members Neha Kakkar has said that her own elder sister Sonu Kakkar was always her inspiration and always will be, and her brother Tony Kakkar is a pillar for her career.

Apart from her siblings, Kakkar mentioned Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal and Sunidhi Chauhan as her favorite music artists. “Like, there have been singers like Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar who have defined music and left their legacies, I believe they fit in the same league”.

Also inspired by Sonu Nigam’s versatility, she “hopes” that she will be able to sing diverse kinds of music. In spite of the musical artists, she called Govinda an “inspiration” and a “role model” to her.

“I have been following him since an age where we ourselves do not have an understanding about life” said Neha Kakkar in an Interview.

Collaborations

  • Yo Yo Honey Singh – Sunny Sunny, Manali Trance, Aao Raja, Chhote Chhote Peg, Moscow Suka
  • Pritam – Tukur Tukur, Dhating Nach, Second Hand Jawani,
  • A.R Rahman – Blue Theme
  • Amit Trivedi – Halka Halka, London Thumakda,
  • Tony Kakkar – Ek, Do, Teen , Chaar, Mile Ho TUm Hamko, Dheeme Dheeme.

Awards

  • PTC Punjabi Music Awards – 2017
  • Zee Rishtey Awards – Favourite Judge Award 2017.
  • Brit Asia TV Music Awards – 2018.
  • 15th Mirchi Music Award – 2020.
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17 May 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Pankaj Udhas Age, 71st Birthday, Biography, Wife & More

Pankaj Udhas Biography

Pankaj Udhas is one of the well-known Ghazal artists on India. Born on 17th May, 1951. Belonging to a singing family Pankaj was born in Jetpur in Gujarat. Today Pankaj udhas age 71 years.

Family

Many famous singers happen to be a part of musical family. One might even call them lucky enough to be born in that family and also been raised around musical environment in their life.

Pankaj Udhas was no less lucky to be born in a musical family.
His father Keshubhai Udhas was a farmer and his mother was Jituben Udhas.

Pankaj’s is the youngest of the three brothers, they are also referred as “Udhas Brothers” His eldest brother Manhar Udhas achieved some success as a Hindi playback singer in Bollywood movies. His second elder brother Nirmal Udhas is also a well-known Ghazal Singer and was the first of the three brothers to start singing in the family.

Pankaj udhas with family

Udhas brothers are very well known ghazal artists, their contribution to the music industry is very inspiring. Their contribution to the industry hails from singing more than 300 songs.

Pankaj Udhas wife Farida Udhas and has two daughters Reva Udhas and Nayaab Udhas.

Pankaj Udhas wife and daughters

Career

Growing up in a musical family Pankaj Udhas was quite fascinated by his brothers, they would usually do stage performances and get recognized by the audiences. Pankaj Udhas found his interest growing up slowly towards music.
And was introduced to ghazals and stage singing by his elder brother Manhar Udhas. He gave his maiden stage performance at the time of crisis during the Indian-Sino war. He sang the song “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo“.

During his performance he was mere 11 years old and there were a crowd of 5000 people gathered during an event of Navratri (Gujarati Festival) and this particular song was written by Kavi Pradeep , and he had sang this songs during the sentimental time when there was a war situation, so basically this song was written and sung in order to dedicate and pay respect to our soldiers who has lost their lives during this war, as audience was very much emotional due to the situation Pankaj Udhas got  chance to sing that song and he did it and somebody from the audience gave him Rs. 51 (5000-10000) according to today’s inflation.

Here’s a video of Pankaj Udhasji recollecting the memory of his first ever song he had sang in front of the audience on the stage.

Pankaj Udhas got his motivation to take singing as a career. He had studied in Sir BPTI Bhavanagar. His family moved to Mumbai and Pankaj attended St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.

Four years later he joined the Sangeet Natya Academy in Rajkot and learned the nuances of playing the tabla. After that, he pursued a Bachelor of Science degree at Wilson College and St Xavier’s college, Mumbai and started training in Indian classical vocal music under the tutelage of Master Navrang.

Pankaj Udhas first song was in the film “Kamna” a solo composed by Usha Khanna and written by Naqsh Lyallpuri, the film was a flop but his rendition was very much appreciated.

As time flew he started developing interest in Tabla (a musical intrument) he started training in Ghazals.

He wanted to be a full time Ghazal player. He learned Urdu and spent a lot of time in the US and Canada and did various Ghazal concerts.

His confidence was sky high when he returned. Upon his return, his debut Ghazal album called Aahat released in the year 1980.

After which, he has released over 50 ghazal albums and all of them are well received. It is difficult though to pinpoint one but his album Mehak was arguably the biggest hit album of his career.

This album’s songs Chupke Chupke Sakhiyo Se Wo, Mekhane Se Sharab Se, Mere Khat Ka, Na Kajre Ki Dhar, Jiye to Jiye.

As a Ghazal singer, he himself appeared in films such as Saajan, Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi and Yeh Dillagi.

His success was on the peak, till 2011 he was successful enough to release more than 50 albums and 100s of compilation songs.

Pankaj Udhas got his fame from the movie ‘’Naam’’ in the 1986 film in which his song “Chitthi Aayee Hai” became an instant hit.

In 1994, Udhas sang the notable song, Na Kajre Ki Dhar, from the film Mohra. His album Shagufta launched by Music India in December 1987 was the first to be released on compact disc in India.

Mentor to John Abraham

Bollywood handsome hunk John Abraham has revealed that when he was new to the industry and while started his career as a model, like any other do it as well in the same way. That when he was introduces new to the industry it was Pankaj Udhas who saw talent in him and appointed him as a model in one of his video.

Famous Albums

  • Aahat (1980)
  • Nasha (1997)
  • Mukarrar (1981)
  • Tarrannum (1982)
  • Mehfil (1983)
  • Shamakhana
  • Pankaj Udhas Live at Albert Hall (1984)
  • Nayaab (1985)
  • Legend
  • Khazana
  • Aafreen (1986)
  • Shagufta
  • Nabeel
  • Aashiana
  • Rubayee
  • Teen Mausam
  • Geetnuma
  • Kaif
  • Khayaal
  • Aman
  • Woh Ladki Yaad Aati Hai
  • Stolen Moments
  • Mahek (1999)

Bollywood Collaboration

  • Vaibhav Saxena – Maango Ram Ke, Japp Mann Mera, Sau Din Safal Ganeya, Pucho Sant Mero, Dhan Dhan Hamare, Das Tere Ki Banti(Shabad), Tu Sabni Thai, Tujh Bin Awar.
  • Mohan Sharama – Mata Ki Bhetein (Palchhin, Maiyya Pukaare Re, Aarti, Chandi Jaisa Rang)

Awards and Honours

  • Padmashri by Government of India for his contribution to the art of Ghazal singing 2006.
  • Awarded the prestigious “Kalakar” award at Kolkata for “Hasrat” as “Best Ghazal album of 2005”.
  • Special Felicitation at the Wembley Conference Center, London for Completing 20 Years of Performance at the Prestigious Venue 2004
  • MTV Immies Award for the successful album ‘In Search of Meer’ 2003
  • Special Achievement Award at the Bollywood Music Award, New York for Popularizing Ghazals across the Globe 2003
  • Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award conferred by the Dadabhai Naoroji International Society for Contribution to Ghazal and the Music Industry 2003
  • Award for Excellence in Music Field presented by Sahyog Foundation at Mumbai 2002
  • Honored by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce 2002
  • Vocational Recognition Award for Outstanding Performance as a Ghazal singer presented by Rotary Club of Mumbai Downtown 2001
  • Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA Award for extraordinary services to Indian music, especially promotion of ghazals in India and abroad. Presented at the Festival of Ghazals held in New York 1999
  • Indian Arts Awards Gala presented by the Mayor of the City of Jersey City 1998
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award presented by the American Academy of Artists at Atlantic City 1998
  • Indira Gandhi Priyadarshani Award for Outstanding Services, Achievement and Contribution to Music 1996
  • Honorary Citizenship of Lubbock Texas, USA 1994
  • Radio Lotus Award for Outstanding Achievement and for the many songs featuring on the official hit parade of the radio. Presented by Radio Lotus, South Africa at the University of Durban 1994
  • Giants International Award for extraordinary efforts to achieve the highest standards in the field of music thereby motivating the entire community to pursue excellence 1993
  • Outstanding Young Persons’ Award (1989–90) for positive leadership and distinguish services rendered to the nation. Presented by the Indian Junior Chambers 1990
  • K L Saigal Award for being the Best Ghazal Singer of the Year. 1985
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13 May 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Benny Dayal Age, 38th Birthday, Biography, Wife & More

Benny Dayal Biography

Benny Dayal was born on 13th May, 1984 in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India. He did his initial schooling from Abu Dhabi, UAE and later went to Madras Christian College to complete his graduation in B.Com. After he completed his graduation from MCC, he did a diploma in Journalism from the same college.

Benny got married to his long time model girlfriend Catherine Thangam in a close-knit ceremony in Bengaluru.

Benny Dayal wife

Career

Benny Dayal was born and brought up in Abu-Dhabi, Dubai. He completed his schooling from Abu Dhabi Indian School in Abu Dhabi, Dubai. He went on to complete his B. Com and Masters in Journalism from Madras Christian College.

Dayal worked as an Event Coordinator with RR Donnelley. He quit his job in BPO to accomplish his career with music.

After getting his interests in music he form his own band named S5 Band.

S5 Band

Benny Dayal had formed a band named S5 is an Indian pop band formed in 2004. The members of the band are Benny Dayal, Anaitha Nair, Suvi Suresh, Bhargavi Pillai and Arjun Sasi. They were the winners of the first SS Music voice hunt competition.

The band’s only album “Isai” (English: “music”) with 8 songs in Tamil language composed by Praveen Mani was released in March, 2005.

They later sung and performed all songs for the Malayalam movie By the People. They also recorded a song “Vaa endru koopidum” as a band for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja for a movie named “Vyuham”, but it was never released.

After one year the contract came to an end and the band split. Since then, all of them are pursuing their own careers. Benny Dayal has become a famous playback singer, Suvi Suresh has sung many hit songs in Tamil and Bhargavi Pillai in Telugu, while Anaitha Nair has become a Bollywood actress.

Acting Debut

He made his acting debut in the Malayalam movie ‘By The People‘ and showed his acting skills and impressed the director as well as audience along with his ‘S5 Partners’. The film was a suspense thriller and all the songs were sung by S5 members and it was during that time when A.R. Rahman noticed him, took an audition and as they say rest is history.

Benny Dayal has got many more upcoming projects in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages as far as his singing is concerned. After churning out some hit numbers of A.R. Rahman, he is well on his way to become a permanent singer to be featured in his upcoming films as well and it’s a momentary achievement.

Live Performances 

Benny Dayal, like every other artists he has also played in front of audiences and gave a remarkable performance.

After getting successfully launched in Bollywood film industry after the recognition of A.R Rahman, Benny had piled up a few live performances in his career.

He had performed live in many cities and countries all over the world. With his melodious voice and soulful songs like.

  • Rehna tu – from Delhi 6
  • Lat Lag gayi – Race 2
  • Rootha – TE3N
  • Kaise Mujhe Tum Mil Gayi – Gajini.

He brings so much of joy and emotion in his voice that listeners just get along with him and follows him in his rhythmic songs.

Following is the list of places where Benny Dayal had performed till now –

  • IIT jodhpur, on 23 February 2020
  • Riviera 2020, VIT Vellore, on 13 February 2020
  • Imperium 2019, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
  • Festember 2019, National Institute of technology, Tiruchirapalli
  • At Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune on 7 December 2018.
  • Redbull Music festival, Kochi, 24 November 2018
  • At Goa (Royal Enfield Raider Maniya) Live in concert on 19 November 2017.
  • Manipal Institute of Technology on 11 March 2017 as part of Revels, the annual cultural festival of MIT.
  • At IIT Hyderabad (ELAN- NVISION) Live in Concert on 21 January 2017
  • At PBWA Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav—Live in Concert on 21 October 2015
  • Spirit of Wipro Run 2015 – Wipro Limited, Bangalore on 20 September 2015
  • Zephyr 2013, the annual cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College in Bhubaneswar
  • 2013 – Annual Cultural Fest, Siliguri Institute of Technology, Siliguri, West Bengal.
  • SSN College of Engineering on 5 March 2010, with Stephen Devassy and others
  • Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy, Tanjore as a part of the cult fest Kuruksastra in 2009
  • NIT Calicut on 26 March 2009 as part of the cultural festival Ragam ’09

Songs in other languages

Apart from Hindi language songs Benny Dayal has also sang songs in many different languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malyalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali.

Benny Dayal has been highly recognized not only in Hindi language films but with different languages films as well. His tone of voice and style of singing has given him so much of talent and face around the globe.

Following are some of his famous songs in

Tamil Language

  • Balleilakka
  • O Nenje
  • Chikku Bukku
  • Step Step
  • Sirikkalam Parakkalam

Telugu Songs

  • Gum Gum Yeyo
  • Bhoome Gundranga
  • Vegam Vegam
  • Sugar Honey

Malyalam Songs

  • Aaramam nirangal
  • Chalaname
  • By the People

Bengali Songs

  • O Modhu I Love You
  • Party All Night
  • Bonny

Hindi Songs

  • Badtameez Dil
  • Locha-E-Ulfat
  • Pepsi ki Kasam
  • Naach Meri Jaan
  • Lucky Tu Lucky Mein
  • Ude Dil Befikre

Collaboration

  • A.R Rahman – Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na, Yuvraaj, Love Aaj Kal 2, Baba(Tamil), Sivaji(Balleilakka), Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Sakkarakatti (Tamil).
  • Salim- Sulaiman – Rocketsingh , Pyaar Impossible, Tarkeebein, Band Baja Baraat, Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl, Jodi Breakers, Heroine, Chakravyuh.
  • Pritam – Golmaal Returns(Vacancy), Badmaash Company (Badmaash Company), Always Kabhie Kabhie, Cocktain, Lat Lag Gayi, Ye Jawani Hain Deewani, Phata Poster NIkla Hero.
  • Vishal – Shekhar – Hasee Toh Phasee, Bang Bang, Befikre, War,

Awards

  • Filmfare Award – RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – Kaise Mujhe (Gajini)
  • Stardust Award – New Musical Sensation – Pappu Can’t Dance Sala (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)
  • Ananda vikadan Cinema Awards – Best playback singer – male.
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25 April 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Arijit Singh Age, Birthday, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Arijit Singh Biography

Arijit Singh was born in West Bengal to a Punjabi father and a Bengali mother. He hails from a family of musicians with his maternal grandmother being a singer, maternal aunt being trained in Indian classical music, maternal uncle playing the tabla, and his mother being a singer and a tabla player, imparting music to this artist since his childhood.

He studied at Raja Bijay Singh High School and Sripat Singh College. He learnt Indian classical music from Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in playing the tabla under Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. He trained for Rabindra Sangeet and pop music under Birendra Prasad Hazari.

Arijit Singh first married one of his co-contestants Koyal Singh from a reality show, but got divorced. The singer then married his childhood friend Koel Roy in Tarapith temple, West Bengal in 2014. Koel was also previously married and has a daughter from her first wedding.

Arjit singh Wife

Career

Arijit Singh’s musical career began when his guru Rajendra Prasad Hazari, who felt that “Indian classical music was a dying tradition“, insisted he leave his hometown and participate in the reality show Fame Gurukul (2005) at the age of 18. Arijit Singh was eliminated by audience polling, finishing in sixth place.

arjit singh

During the show, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali recognized his talent and had him sing “Yun Shabnami” a song scheduled to be used in his upcoming film Saawariya. During production, the script changed and the song was no longer required. It was never released. After the Fame Gurukul, Kumar Taurani, the head of Tips, signed him for an album which was never released.

Arijit Singh participated in another reality show 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil and won. He chose to move to Mumbai in 2006 to freelance, staying in a rented room in the Lokhandwala area of the city. He invested the prize money of ₹1 million from 10 ke 10 Le Gaye Dil to build his recording studio. He became a music producer and began composing music and singing pieces for advertisements, news channels and radio stations.

Arijit Singh spent a part of his early musical career as a music programmer and music producer for music directors such as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekhar, Mithoon, Monty Sharma and Pritam. While working with other composers he supervised the vocals, and the chorus sections, but it was while working with Pritam, that he began to produce and program music by himself.

Arijit Singh started working with Pritam on three films—Golmaal 3, Crook and Action Replayy. He started with singing scratches in the Telugu Film Industry with the 2010 film Kedi with the song “Neeve Na Neeve Na” composed by Sandeep Chowta.

Bollywood Debut

Arijit Singh made his Bollywood musical debut with the Mithoon composition, “Phir Mohabbat” from Murder 2, which though he recorded it in 2009 was released in 2011.

The same year, when he was programming for the song “Raabta” from Agent Vinod (2012)

Pritam asked him to sing as well. The part was retained in all four versions of the song, and he was made to sing the entire composition in one of the versions. Apart from Agent Vinod, Arijit Singh dubbed for Pritam in three, other films released during the year: Players, Cocktail and, Barfi! He also sang for Chirantan Bhatt in 1920: Evil Returns for the song Uska Hi Banana.

Glamsham in its review of the song “Uska Hi Banana” wrote that Arijit had sung the song intensely, emotionally and passionately and at a very high pitch.

Arijit Singh sang on Vishal–Shekhar’s composition “Duaa” in the film Shanghai.

It won Arijit Singh the Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Male Playback Singer award. He was nominated in the same category for Phir Le Aya Dil from Barfi!

Arijit Singh breakthrough came in Aashiqui 2 where he was a lead and key vocalist and came to prominence with the release of the song “Tum Hi Ho” from the movie.

The song won him several awards and nominations including Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Arijit continued to work with Pritam, singing

  • Dilliwaali Girlfriend
  • Kabira
  • Ilahi for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
  • Balam Pichkari
  • Main Rang Sharbaton Ka
  • Dhoka Dhadi
  • Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari
  • Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse
  • Laal Ishq

Working With Sajid-Wajid and A. R Rahman

Arijit Singh got the chance to work with two of his favourite music directors, Sajid–Wajid and A. R. Rahman. Arijit Singh’s performed two tracks on Main Tera Hero and the song Raat Bhar from Heropanti for Sajid-Wajid

  • Medhuvaagathaan
  • Samjhawan
  • Aaj Phir
  • Mast Magan
  • Jiya
  • Jaise Mera Tu
  • Hai Dil Ye Mera
  • Manwa Laage
  • Sajde

Recent Works

In the starting of the year 2020, 10 of his songs were released. Out of these, two songs are chartbusters Shayad

  • Haan Main Galat
  • Khulne Do
  • Sab Jhulas Gaya
  • Dua Karo
  • Chal Ghar Chalen
  • Azaadi Ke Liye

He has also sang a song in a Bengali film, Love Aaj Kal Porshu.
On 18 July 2020, Singh announced his upcoming venture in making non-film music under the banner “Oriyon Music”.

He made an appearance in a music video from Sunny M.R.’s new single “Lifafe” on 31 July 2020.

Singh released his first single “Rihaa” under his banner Oriyon Music on 4th October, 2020; along with the Bengali version “Mukto Kore Dao” on 10th October, 2020 with the Hindi lyrics written by Shloke Lal and the Bengali lyrics written by Singh himself.

Arijit’s Inspiration

Arijit has shared his fondness for Kishore Kumar, while citing Mohit Chauhan and Atif Aslam as inspirations with whom he is often compared. Though he has been inspired by many artists, Singh named KK as his favorite singer along with Ayushmann Khurrana. He named Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal–Shekhar, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Amit Trivedi, Mithoon and A. R. Rahman as his favorite music directors. Singh has idolized Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh and Mehdi Hassan.

In an interview with Filmbeat in April 2013, he declared that he is the biggest fan of singer Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK). His desire to sing for Aamir Khan came to reality in 2016 with the song “Naina” from Dangal. In an interview with The Indian Express, Singh stated that he loves the work of Shalmali Kholgade, Shefali Alvares, and Irfan. He also mentioned that his “current favorite” singer is Chinmayi.

In 2016 he appeared on the popular chat and comedy show The Kapil Sharma Show aired on Sony TV India. The show’s host Kapil Sharma explained the difficulties he had bringing Singh on the show due to his shy nature.

Singh has often been portrayed by the Indian media as a “small-town boy who made it big”. He had also been trolled on social media to which he replied “I use my social media sparingly for things that are close to my heart. I don’t read the comments. My team filters out the comments for me, I don’t involve myself a lot into paying attention to criticism on social media. I speak what I want to speak and my team lets me know the needful.

Arijit Singh’s Hobbies

Apart from being a singer Arijit Singh, he is a badminton player, a writer, a movie freak and a documentary maker. He also likes cricket, football and his favorite sportsmen are Sachin Tendulkar, Lance Klusener, Sourav Ganguly, and Jonty Rhodes. He is an ardent football fan, and a self-proclaimed Manchester United fan. He has also expressed a wish to sing the anthem for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In badminton, he likes Saina Nehwal.

Arijit enjoys listening to retro songs by Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and the classical and ghazal songs along with the music of Coldplay. He expressed his desire to work with artist Norah Jones someday as he loves her music. He says he is uncomfortable with all the attention that fame has brought.

In an interview given to Mid-day.com in the December 2016, Arijit said “Independent music in India needs to be redefined” and he is working on some “independent music projects” but he believes that Bollywood music overpowers independent music, and there is a lack of infrastructure and platform for independent music in India, and it is difficult to produce it in India.

Collaboration

  • Pritam – Players, Agent Vinod, Cocktail, Barfi!, Shanghai, Phata Poster Nikla Hero, R…Rajkumar, Yaariyan, Shaadi Ke Side Effects.
  • Jeet Ganguly – Aashiqui 2, Youngistaan, Citylights, Singham Returns, Khamoshiyan, Mr. X, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Boss, Rangbaaz
  • Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy – Kuda Na Khasta (One By Two), Mast Magan (2 States), Sajde (KillDill), Ghayal Once Again, Raazi, Chhapaak,
  • Amit Trivedi – Aaj se Teri (Padman), Woh Ladki, Dooba Dooba (Andhadhun), Kedarnath.
  • Indraadip Das Gupta – Proloy, Mishawr Rawhoshyo, Hanuman.com, Chander Pahar.

Awards

  • Bollywood Hungama Surfers Choice Music Awards – Aashiqui 2 & Dilwale – 2013, 2016
  • Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Aashiqui 2, Dilwale , Roy , Ae Dil Hain Mushkil, Raazi and Kalank – 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020.
  • Gaana User’s Choice Icons – Favorite Male Artist – 2016.
  • GIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
  • Star Guild Award for Best Male Playback Singer
  • IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
  • Music Mirchi Awards
  • Mirchi Music Awards Bangla
  • National Film Awards
  • RMIM Puraskaar
  • Screen Award for Best Male Playback
  • South Indian International Movie Awards
  • Stardust Awards
  • Tele Cine Awards
  • West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards
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8 April 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Wishing You a wonderful Happy Birthday Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi was born in Bandra, Mumbai but has a native in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat. He has done his education from Rizvi College Mumbai. He was very much fascinated from electronic music instrument due to which his interest started getting developed into music composition.
Amit got married to Krutee Desai and have a son named Yaman Trivedi.

Career

In his initial days of college, Amit Trivedi joined a band named ‘’Om’’

In his younger days, an electronic musical instrument fascinated Amit Trivedi, and he was slowly drawn towards music, mainly influenced by classical music. At 19–20, he began composing music. They struck gold when Times Music took notice at one of their shows, and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare well, due to lack of promotion. Eventually Trivedi went on to compose for theatre (Hindi, English and Gujarati plays), background music for television shows, programming for some Marathi films, live performances, dandiya shows, orchestras etc. He also had a brief stint composing advertisement jingles, for brands such as McDonald’s and Airtel.

After sound engineer and Audio Garage Recording Studio owner Arvind Vishwakarma introduced Amit Trivedi to Sony BMG, he began composing music for non-film albums. As a part of his two-year contract, Trivedi composed some tracks for Abhijeet Sawant’s Junoon and one song in Prashant Tamang’s debut album.

Amit Trivedi arranged for many musicians including Amartya Rahut for a Marathi film Uttarayan in 2004.

Film music eventually came his way, when friend and playback singer Shilpa Rao suggested his name to film director Anurag Kashyap. The latter was in search of a new composer with a distinct vision for his next film. After meeting Amit Trivedi, Kashyap offered him the chance to compose the soundtrack to Dev.D. Although it was scheduled to be his debut, Dev.D ran into production delays and was shelved for some time.

Upon Kashyap’s recommendation, Trivedi was roped in to score Raj Kumar Gupta’s directorial venture Aamir. Trivedi and Gupta worked on making the soundtrack fuse with the film narrative, resulting in an effort that garnered critical recognition.

By the end of 2008, Dev.D was finally released. The soundtrack, released in December, consisted of 18 tracks of different genres. Amit Trivedi dubbed the soundtrack the “baap (father) of different genres”. He sang five songs on the soundtrack, and wrote the lyrics for one Aankh Micholi. He shot to fame with the unusual music of Dev.D, giving many chartbusters like “Emosanal Attyachar“

Saali Khushi

O Pardesi

And many more. Trivedi wrote the score for Wake up Sid (2009) and one of his compositions “Iktara” was also included in the soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5G2z4Rjp8

In 2009 itself, Trivedi was roped in by Anshu Sharma to compose the team anthem “Game for More” for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya.

Between scoring for films, Trivedi also wrote the title track for the reality show Big Switch aired on UTV Bindaas. He also provided the music and background score for the ensemble romantic comedy-drama Aisha (2010), which also had him providing vocals for two songs, Suno Aisha

Sham.

Recently, he won Best Song for “Naina Da Kya Kasoor” at the News18 Reel Movie Awards from Andhadhun (2018).

Apart from “Naina Da Kya Kasoor”, he also sang “Laila Laila“

In 2019, Power Brands honored him with the Best Music Director of the Year award for ‘Andhadhun’ at the Bollywood Film Journalists Awards (BFJA). He has made TV appearances for various shows aired on MTV. Also, he composed title track for the television show Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

Concerts and Live Performances

Amit Trivedi will be sharing stage along with the likes of Katy Perry, Dua Lipa, Ritviz and The Local Train at OnePlus Music Festival.

There was a Coke Studio concert at IIM Bangalore on 22 November 2013, featuring Amit Trivedi along with Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer, Tanvi Shah, Mili Nair and Jaggi.

He also performed for the Bacardi NH7 Weekender (music festival) which happened in Pune, Delhi, and Hyderabad. In January 2016, he performed at Quo Vadis, the annual fest of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi. On 1 February 2016, he performed at Spring Fest, the annual festival of IIT Kharagpur along with the likes of Neeti Mohan, Yashita Sharma and Divya Kumar. He performed at Chembur Gymkhana on 4 March 2017. He performed on 19 March 2017 at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. On 26 March 2017, he performed along with Jonita Gandhi and Divya Kumar (singer) at Aura, the annual festival of Gogte Institute of Technology.

He also composed a nation song incorporating all his popular genres and celebrating unity through an amalgamation of folk music from different states of the nation at the Mirchi Music Awards held in 2017. On 20 January 2018 he performed for the first time in Navi Mumbai at SIESONS, SIES College (Nerul) with Jonita Gandhi, Shashwat Singh, Arun Kumar and Yashita Sharma. He has also performed in “Kashiyatra” IIT BHU Annual Fest on 21 January 2018; the very next day. He performed at K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering for their annual cultural festival Symphony on 7 February 2018. He also performed in “Engifest”, the Delhi Technological University Annual Fest on 16 February 2018. He also performed in “Riviera” in VIT University on 17 February 2018.

He performed in Synapse (Gujarat’s largest cultural fest) at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar on 24 February. He performed at the Hindu College for their fest “Mecca” on 16 March. In October 2018 he also performed at Thomson, IIT Roorkee. His performance at IIT Indore during Fluxus – Annual Techno-Cultural fest of IIT Indore on 17 February 2019 was highly appreciated by the crowd and considered one of his best live performances. He performed recently at the Vibrance 2019 (VIT Chennai’s annual cultural fest) on 21 February.

He is currently managed by Tarsame Mittal Talent Management for his live shows.

Songs by Amit Trivedi

Ha Raham

Chakkar Ghumyo

Motumaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ClvggZ_yL8

Aa Rela Hai Apun

Motorwada

Manjha

Ghanchakkar Babu

Senti Wali Mental

Awards and Recognitions

National Award for Best Music Director – Dev.D 2009

RD Burman Award for New Music Talent – 2010

Best Background Score – Dev.D – 2010.

Best Background Score – Udaan – 2011.

Best Background Score – Queen 2015.

Star Screen Awards – Best Music Director 2018.

Zee Cine Awards – Best Music Director 2018.

Mirchi Music Award – Listener’s Choice Song of the Year.

Global Indian Music Academy Awards – Best Film Song 2009.

Giffoni Film Festival – Best Music Score Udaan 2010.

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20 March 2021 | Bollywood Singer

Alka Yagnik Age, Husband, Birthday, Children, Family, Biography & More

Alka Yagnik Biography

Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to a Gujarati family. Her father’s name is Dharmendra Shankar. Her mother Shubha was a singer of Indian classical music. In 1972 at age six, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta. At age 10, her mother brought her to Mumbai as a child singer.

She was advised to wait until her voice matured, but her mother remained determined. On a subsequent visit, Yagnik got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor.

Alka Yagnik

Kapoor heard the girl and sent her with a letter to noted music director Laxmikant. Impressed, Laxmikant gave her two alternatives – an immediate start as a dubbing artist or a later break as a singer Shubha chose the latter for her daughter. Yagnik mentioned that she was a bright student but didn’t like studies.

Yagnik married Shillong-based businessman Neeraj Kapoor in 1989 and has a daughter named Syesha Kapoor. She and her husband were separated for four to five years but they later reunited. She compliments her husband for understanding her career in singing.

Career

Alka Yagnik is one of the leading singers of the Hindi film who has made an indelible mark for herself. In an industry where big and already established names were ruling, it was not easy for anyone to even get noticed.

But real talent never goes waste and she finally got her big break after which there was no turning back. Born in Calcutta on 20th March in a Gujarati family, Alka Yagnik began showcasing her talent at a very young age.

Today, the chart topping songs of Alka Yagnik are a favorite of many. Check out her life history in this biography of Alka Yagnik.

Alka Yagnik received formal training in Indian classical music at a very young age. Her parents were also well versed with classical music and persuaded her to tone her voice. At the age of six, she began singing devotional songs for Calcutta Radio.

Alka Yagnik never thought that singing would become a profession for her and always thought of it as a hobby.

To realize her dreams, she came to Mumbai. She got an offer to sing in the movie Payal Ki Jhankaar in the year 1979. She also sang Mere Angane Mein from the movie Lawaris in the year 1981. But the song that made her a star overnight was the popular hit Ek Do Teen from the movie Tezaab released in the year 1988.

In 1993, Yagnik sang a seductive song “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” with Ila Arun. The song created controversy because of the lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. She got a second Filmfare award for the song, which she shared with Ila Arun.

In 1994, she sang another seductive song “Din Mein Leti Hai” from the film Amanaat with co-singer Kumar Sanu and Ila Arun, composed by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics by Anwar Sagar. Besides the duet version, she also sang the female version of the song with Ila Arun.

She has performed several shows with Kalyanji-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Throughout the 90s Yagnik along with Kavita Krishnamurthy and Poornima were singing most of the songs for heroines.

Yagnik worked on private albums like “Tum Yaad Aaye” in 1997 in close collaboration with award-winning lyricist Javed Akhtar and composer Raju Singh.

“Tum Aaye” in 2002 with Javed Akhtar and singer Hariharan and “Shairana” in 2003 with Javed Akhtar and singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan.

She has also performed the Hanuman Chalisa and various devotional songs. Her song “Chamma Chamma” from China Gate was featured in the song “Hindi Sad Diamonds” from the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge.

In 2012 she along with Sonu Nigam sang a song ‘Shiksha Ka Suraj’ as part of the National Literacy Mission of India for which she was felicitated by Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal. Also in 2012, on the occasion of 100 years of Hindi Cinema, her song “Taal Se Taal Mila” from the movie Taal was voted as the best song of the century in a poll conducted by DesiMartini, Hindustan Times and Fever 104.

Also, her song “Choli Ke Peeche” from the movie Khalnayak was voted as the hottest song of the century in a poll conducted by Sanona.

Yagnik has also been involved in various projects to empower girls. In 2014, Yagnik again teamed up with Sonu Nigam to sing the song “Phool Khil Jayenge” for child health awareness.

She also sang a song titled “Maine Li Jo Angdai” for the album Women’s Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere.

It was composed by Farid Sabri, Harish Chauhan, and Gurudatt Sahil and penned by Sudhakar Sharma.

In 2015, she sung ‘Agar Tum Saath Ho’ for which she informed that the music director of the song, A.R. Rahman wasn’t present in the studio but he was giving instructions on Skype video call and after giving some instructions, he gave power to Yagnik to do any of own style of singing in ‘Agar Tum Saath Ho’ song.

Yagnik shares the title for the greatest number of Filmfare Awards with Asha Bhosle (seven) by a female playback singer. She has sung 2,486 Hindi songs in 1,114 films. She is the fifth most prolific Bollywood singer of all time after Asha Bhosle (7886 songs), Mohammed Rafi (7405 songs), Lata Mangeshkar (5596 songs) and Kishore Kumar (2,707 songs). She is the third topmost female playback singer after Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle who has sung the maximum number of female solos in her Bollywood career.

The Golden Trio

Alka yagnik, kumar sanu, udit narayan

The most iconic and the most prolific singing trio of Bollywood could ever get in 1990s is Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik.

During the 90s Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik gave many hit songs, there was a very much rivalry among Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan. Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu have given numerous hits during the 1980s and 1990s.

Songs with Kumar Sanu

  • Chura ke dil mera
  • Baazigar O Baazigar
  • Mera Dil Bhi Jitna Pagal Hain
  • Pehli Pehli Baar Mohabbat
  • Paas Woh Aane Lage
  • Kitne Dino Ke Baad
  • Saaton Janam Main Tere

Songs With Udit Narayan

  • Dil Ne Ye Kahan Hain Dil Se
  • Kyon Ki Itna Pyaar
  • Tumse Milna
  • Chand Chupa Badal Mein
  • Abhi To Mohabbat ka
  • Tip Tip Barsa Paani
  • Kitni Bechain Hoke
  • Thoda Sa Pyaar Hua Hain.

Concert in South Africa

Alka yagnik, kumar sanu, udit narayan

Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan thrilled an audience with Bollywood numbers as they appeared together on stage for the first time ever at an event in South Africa.

Over 5,000 Bollywood music admirers attended the event in Pretoria in Gauteng province in South Africa Saturday night.

They have been at events together in the past, but have never sung together at the same show, it has been a special privilege for her to perform alongside two legends of the industry.

Narayan said he was amazed at the reaction of the audience to Bollywood music.

Television

Alka Yagnik has also been a judge on a singing reality television series Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs.

Alka Yagnik and Kapil Sharma

Alka has also appeared on The Kapil Sharma show on TV alongside Kapil Sharma.

Collaboration

  • Kalyanji – Anandji – Lawaaris, Itni Si Baat, Sannata, Nastik, Raaj Tilak, Yudh, Pighalta Asmaan, Baat Ban Jaaye, Patthar, Tridev.
  • Laxmikant – Pyaarelal – Jeevan Dhara, Coolie, Mera Jawaab , Daku Hasina, Insaaf Ki Manzil, Janam Janam, Tezaab, Dayavan, Bhrashtachar, Veedu Daada.
  • Bappi Lahiri – Kanoon Apna Apna, Ghar Ka Chirag, Aaj Ka Arjun, Afsana Pyaar Ka, Geet, Shola Aur Shabnam, Aankhen, Dalaal, Jallaad, Smuggler.
  • Anand – Milind – Tan-Daban, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Aurat Teri Yehi Kahaani, Shiv Shakti, Rakhwala, Maha- Sangram, Taqdeer Ka Tamasha, Haque, Chandra Mukhi
  • Nadeem – Shravan – Sapne Sajan Ke, Divya Shakti, Rang, Aadmi Khilona Hain, Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Raja.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Taal Se Taal – 2000.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer -Re Chhori – 2002.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer -Meri Mehbooba – 1998.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Hum Tum – 2005.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback – Ek Do Teen – 1988.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback – Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se – 2001.
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback – Choli Ke Peeche – 1992.
  • National Award
  • National Award for Best Playback Female Singer – Ghoongat Ki Aad Se – 1983.
  • National Award for Best Playback Female Singer – Kuch Kuch Hota Hain – 1998.
  • Lata Mangeshkar Award – Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna 2007.
  • Global Indian Films Awards – Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna 2007.
  • MTV Asia Viewer’s Choice Award for “Jaane Kyon”- Dil Chahta Hai – 2001.
  • Sahara Sangeet Award Best Female Playback for “Tere Naam”- Tere Naam – 2004.
  • Sangam Kala Group- Music Awards 2007 Best Playback Singer for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna – 2007.
  • Gr8 Women Achievers’ Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Music – 2011.
  • Sony Entertainment Asia Pearls Wave Voice of India Honour – 2011.
  • Kalakar Awards Best Female Playback for “Milenge Milenge ” – Milenge Milenge – 2011.
  • Sahyog Foundation– Kala Shiromani Award – 2011.
  • Dr. Ambedkar National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Music – 2012.
  • Asia Pacific Brands Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution To Music – 2012.
  • Global Indian Music Award for Best Folk Album – Mone Robe – 2012.
  • King Vikramaditya National Music Award – 2013.
  • Mirchi Music Awards Listener’s Choice – “Agar Tum Saath Ho” – 2016.
  • Atal Mithila Samman for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Music – 2019.

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