Diljale is a Hindi film released in the year 1996. It stars Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre and Madhoo as the lead protagonists. Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Parmeet Sethi played supporting roles in the film. The film was directed by Harry Baweja. It was a major hit and established Sonali Bendre's acting credentials.

Plot

The story is based in Kashmir. It starts with a sad Radhika (Sonali Bendre) being introduced to an Army Major (Parmeet Sethi) by her father, Raja Saab (Shakti Kapoor) an erstwhile king and current politician. Raja Saab tells her that the Major will be a good husband for her. On the day of the engagement, news breaks of a terrorist attack in a nearby village led by the terrorist, Shaka (Ajay Devgn). The Major and Raja Saab leave with a large force to that village. But that turns out to be a ruse as Shaka comes to the place of the engagement and burns the marriage Mandap. Then he gives a long look to Radhika, who looks at him with hatred, and leaves. Shaka reaches his lair where he meets his leader, Dara (Amrish Puri) and Shabnam (Madhoo) and the rest of his gang. Dara welcomes him and proclaims him to be Diljale (one who has suffered a burnt heart). Shabnam, who loves him, tries to hug him but Shaka rebuffs it.

Shaka then goes to visit his mother (Tanuja) where the story of Shaka is shown in a flashback. Shaka was originally Shyam, a patriotic college student and son of a local village leader. Radhika studies in the same college and they both fall deeply in love. When Raja Saab tries to usurp all the village land, Shyam's father organizes all the villages against him. Raja Saab bribes a local police officer (Gulshan Grover) who proclaims Shyam's father as a terrorist and kills him in an encounter. When Shyam goes to Raja Saab's home to take revenge, Raja Saab (who knows of their love affair and feels it is below his family's dignity) frames Shyam also as a terrorist and tries to kill him. Shyam escapes but Radhika, who only sees him threatening her father, berates him and proclaims him a terrorist. Brokenhearted Shyam joins Dara's group and becomes Shaka.

Back in the present time, the Major surrounds Shaka at his mother's home but finds himself outnumbered by Shaka's men. Shaka asks him to go away. The Major then confronts Radhika and asks her if she knows Shaka from earlier. Under pressure from Raja Saab, she denies knowing Shaka.

The army captures four associates of Dara. In order to get them freed, Dara asks Shaka, Shabnam and some others to hijack a bus traveling from Vaishno Devi. When Shaka captures them and brings them to a ruined temple, he is shocked to find Radhika (who had gone to Vaishno Devi to pray for Shaka) among the hostages. She confronts him and tells him that he never loved her or the homeland, India. Shaka is stung and tells he that he lost everything for her love. She then tells him to release everyone since they are innocent and says that if he loves her, he will do so. He agrees under the condition that she will remain with him. When Shabnam and the others tried to stop this release, Shaka disarms them and releases the hostages and runs away with Radhika.

Dara is livid with the betrayal and wants to kill Shaka. Raja Saab meets him and tells him to kill Shaka and release Radhika. Dara agrees but in return wants his four associates released and for his entire group to be safely escorted by Raja Saab to Pakistan.

Meanwhile the corrupt police officer, who killed Shyam's father, tries to kill Shaka who disarms him. In order to save himself, the police officer tells the truth to Radhika who is shocked to see the depth of love which Shaka has for her. Shaka kills the police officer but is captured by Dara's men. Dara puts both of them under lock and key but Shabnam releases Shaka. Shaka confronts Dara and asks him not to sell his homeland to politicians like Raja Saab but Dara orders his men to kill Shaka. The Major and his army attack at that very moment. Raja Saab, Dara and his men escape with Radhika in their custody with Shaka and Shabnam in close pursuit. The Major finds Raja Saab's son hiding in a corner and finds out the truth about Shyam and Raja Saab.

Dara speaks to his Pakistani Intelligence controller that they need help crossing the border now. Since some Americans are visiting the border and Pakistan doesn't want to be caught supporting terrorists, the Pakistanis decide to mine the border crossing and kill Dara and his men.

Dara, Raja Saab and others reach the last border outpost. Raja Saab goes to talk to the captain of the post in order to facilitate the escape of Dara and his men. But Shaka has already reached there and is waiting for him in the captain's office. He kills Raja Saab but Dara and his men escape. When a couple of Dara's men try to kill Radhika, Shabnam kills them and rescues her. Shabnam brings Radhika to Shaka but they are all confronted by the Major. He tells Shaka that he knows the truth and is sorry but will still have to arrest him. Shaka agrees but wants to stop Dara and is men from crossing the border since he believes that they still have good in their heart. The Major agrees and they go in a snowmobile towards the border and reach there before Dara and his men. They see Pakistani soldiers laying mines but are captured by them.

The Pakistani Major tells them they want to kill Dara and his men since they can always create more terrorists. Shaka and the Major kill them all and go towards the border. When Shaka goes to stop Dara and his men, the Major stops him saying that he wants to kill terrorists. Shaka says that he wants to kill terrorism. He shouts at Dara to stop but Dara thinks it is a trick. So Shaka jumps at one of the mines and is blasted. Shocked, Dara asks his men to stop.

Shaka wakes up in a hospital to find his mother, Radhika and the Major next to him. The Major takes him outside where Dara, Shabnam and everyone is waiting. Dara hugs him and apologizes and admits that love can defeat anything even terrorism. He says that they have all surrendered. Shabnam too bids him goodbye. Shyam and Radhika hug each other in the backdrop of the Tiranga.

Music

Music of the film created waves among the youths. The film has 6 songs. They are listed below. The music composer is Anu Malik.

! Song	! Singer	! Picturised on/Notes
Ho nahi sakta	Udit Narayan	Shot on Ajay and Sonali
Mera Mulkh, mera desh	Kumar Sanu, Aditya Narayan	Shot on Ajay Devgan
Jiske aane se	Kumar Sanu	Shot on Parmeet Sethi who is the husband of archana puran singh and Sonali Bendre
Kya kehto ho iss bare mein	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan	Shot on Ajay and Sonali
Shaam bhi hain dhuan dhuan		Shot on Madhoo
Ek Baat Main Apne Dil	Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik
Kuch Tum Beheko	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
Mera Mulk Mera Desh (Sad)	Alka Yagnik

Reception

It was highly praised and was blockbuster of 1996.

Category:Hindi-language films Category:1996 films

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name	Ajay Devgn (Devgan)
birth date	April 02, 1969
birth place	New Delhi, India
yearsactive	1991–present
occupation	Film actor, Director, Producer
spouse	Kajol (1999–present)
birthname	Vishal Veeru Devgan
othername	Ajay Devgan
website	ajaydevgn.com }}

Ajay Devgn (), born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.

He made his film debut with ''Phool Aur Kaante'' in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award. He then starred in films such as ''Jigar'' (1992), ''Dilwale'' (1994), ''Suhaag'' (1994), ''Naajayaz'' (1995), ''Diljale'' (1996) and ''Ishq'' (1997).

In 1999, Devgan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama ''Zakhm''. Some of his later films of the decade are ''Pyar To Hona Hi Tha'', ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' and ''Kachche Dhaage''.

In the early 2000s, he starred in ''Lajja'' (2001) and ''Company'' (2002). In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh''. Throughout his career he has given many critically and commercially successful films including ''Raincoat'' (2004), ''Yuva'' (2004), ''Omkara'' (2006), ''Golmaal'' (2006), ''Golmaal Returns'' (2008), ''All The Best: Fun Begins'' (2009), ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010), ''Golmaal 3'' (2010), ''Raajneeti'' (2010), and ''Singham'' (2011). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood.

Biography

Devgan's father, Veeru Devgan, is a stunt choreographer, and his mother Veena Devgan, has produced one film. Anil Devgan, his brother, is a Hindi film director. He is a graduate of Bappu School in Juhu and Mithibai College. On February 23, 1999, he married Hindi film actress Kajol. The venue for the wedding was changed from a Gurdwara at Andheri in northwest Mumbai to the Devgan residence, after a newspaper revealed the location. The couple has two children. Daughter Nysa was born in April 2003 and son Yug was born in September 2010. In August 2009, Devgan changed his last name to Devgn on the request of his family. He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire an aircraft for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips. His father is originally Punjabi Hindu from Amritsar Punjab.

Career

In 1992, Ajay starred in ''Jigar'' alongside Karishma Kapoor, which grossed Rs.7,00,00,000. In 1993, he worked with director Deepak Bahry in the action film ''Ek Hi Raasta'', and with Deepak Pawar in ''Platform''.

In 1994, Devgn worked in Harry Baweja's ''Dilwale'', ''Suhaag'' and ''Vijaypath".

In 1995, he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's "Naajayaz", for which he was nominated for "filmfare best actor award". In 1996, he continued with "Diljale".

Devgn began starring in comedy films, such as ''Ishq'' in 1997.

In 1998, he starred in "Major Saab" and ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''. He next starred in Mahesh Bhatt's ''Zakhm''. He won several awards for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Star Screen Award for Best Actor

Devgn's 1999 work included Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' as well as "Hindustan ki kasam" and "Kachche dhage".

In 2000, he worked in Harry Baweja's "Deewane". In this film, he essayed the role of two persons, where one is thief and another is police officer. The film was a flop at the box office. In the same year, he starred in his first home production "Raju Chacha" opposite wife Kajol. The film also bombed at the box office.

In 2001, he starred in "Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke" co-starring Madhuri Dixit and Priety Zinta. This film was an average grosser at the box office. His next release "Lajja", alongside Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor, earned him a nomination for the "Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award". The film did not perform as expected at the box office. He then worked in Mahesh Manjrekar's "Tera Mera Saath Rahen".

In 2002, he featured in Ram Gopal Verma's fictional expose of Mumbai Underworld "Company". He was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award and won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The film fared well at the box office. His next release was "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin" alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai.

In the same year, he starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic "The Legend of Bhagat Singh". The film didn't fare well at the box office. However, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance. He then starred in Anees Bazmee's "Deewangee". The film was partially inspired by William Diehl's English Language novel "Primal Fear". He won several awards for his negative role including, "Filmfare Best Villain Award", "Star Screen Award Best Villain" and "Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Negative Role". This film was a success at the box office.

In 2003, he starred in Ram Gopal Verma's "Bhoot" opposite Urmila Matondkar. The film was appreciated critically & performed very well at the box office. He then starred in action thriller "Qayamat: City Under Threat" opposite debutant Neha Dhupia which was huge commercial success. He then worked in Milan Luthria's romantic film "Chori Chori" opposite Rani Mukherji and Sonali Bendre. This film did not succeed at the box office.

In that same year he featured in Prakash Jha's "Gangaajal", for which he was nominated for "Filmfare Best Actor Award". He then worked in Rohit Shetty's directional debut "Zameen", which grossed Rs.16,00,00,000 and J. P. Dutta's war film "LOC Kargil".

In 2004 he was cast along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee which grossed Indian Rs.36,25,00,000.The film had a bumper opening and was declared success in one week. He then appeared in Director Indra Kumar's Masti. The movie was an average hit. Then he starred in critically acclaimed movies such as Yuva (his role was appreciated), and Rituparno Ghosh's Raincoat (film). He then had cameo appearance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car.

2005 was less successful for him as he starred in a series of flop movies like Insan, Blackmail, Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Tango Charlie, and Shikhar whilst Kaal and Apaharan succeeded at the Box Office. For his performance in Apaharan the Superstar was nominated National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Best Actor Award. For his villanous performance in Kaal he was nominated Filmfare Best Villain Award

2006 was a remarkable year in his career as he starred in two of his famous films Golmaal and Omkara. Omkara was a critical and a commercial hit in which he was cast in the title role and Golmaal was a sleeper hit and which was later followed by two super hit sequels Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3. He is also featured in a short documentary about Mumbai floods of 2005 named The Awakening.

2007 was again disappointing for him as he starred only in 2 movies, one of which was Anubhav Sinha's action thriller Cash in which he was cast along with Sunil Shetty. The movie did a below average collection at the box-office and the other was Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of the 1975 classic Sholay. The film received extremely poor reception from critics, and is currently placed at number 14 on the bottom 100 movies on Imdb. The film is considered as a benchmark for bad movies.

In 2008 he worked with Rajkumar Santoshi and was cast with Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan in Halla Bol. He then starred in director Rohit Shetty's third film Sunday, before directing his first movie with wife Kajol and himself in lead roles. The film, titled U, Me aur Hum, was an average success. He also had a cameo appearance in his brother Anil Devgan's film Haal-e-dil. He starred with long-time friend Sanjay Dutt and actress Manisha Koirala in Afzal Khan's Mehbooba. He then re-teamed with Rohit Shetty for the squeal of his hit film Golmaal, Golmaal Returns which was a blockbuster hit.

In 2009 he produced his third film All the Best also directed by Rohit Shetty. The film did good business and was a semi-hit. Later in the year he starred in Vipul shah's London Dreams with Salman Khan and south star Asin. The film did not succeed and was declared a flop.

In the beginning of 2010 he worked with legendary actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley in Leena Yadav's Teen Patti. He starred in the comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge alongside Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma which was a success. He followed this with Prakash Jha's Raajneeti and Milan Luthria's Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. Both movies were among the top grossers of 2010. Then he worked alongside Akshaye Khanna in Priyadarshan's rough adaptation of Mississippi Burning, Aakrosh. He again teamed up with Rohit Shetty for Golmaal 3. The movie was a super hit and the forth highest grossing movie in Bollywood history as it received mixed to good reviews. Then he starred in the animated film Toonpur Ka Super Hero.D In 2011 he again teamed up with Emraan Hashmi in Madhur Bhandarkar's comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji which also starred Omi Vaidya and the film became a moderate success. He was a narrator in Yamla Pagla Deewana. He also did a cameo role in the 2011 Salman Khan-starrer Ready. Singham was released on 22 july 2011 it became second biggest opener after ready and all time biggest solo opener for Devgn. It has grossed more than 47.50 crores in five days in India. According to wikipedia its net gross in has reached 150 crores.

Awards and nominations

Among other awards and nominations, Devgn has won two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.

Filmography

Actor

''Jigar'' ''Dil Hai Betaab'' ''Dilwale ''Naajayaz'' ''Jung'' ''Itihaas'' ''Major Saab'' ''Dil Kya Kare'' ''Deewane'' ''Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke'' ''Company (film) ''Bhoot'' ''Khakee'' ''Insan'' ''Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke (2006 film) ''Cash (2007 film) ''Halla Bol (film) ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' ''Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji'' ''Bol Bachchan''

Year
1991	''Phool Aur Kaante''	Ajay
1992	|	Raj "Raju" Verma
rowspan="8">1993	|	Ajay
''Divya Shakti''	Prashant Varma
''Platform (Hindi movie)	Platform''	Rajoo
''Sangram (1993 film)	Sangram''	Raja S. Singh Kanwar
''Shaktiman (1993 film)	Shaktiman''	Amar
''Ek Hi Raasta (1993 film)	Ek Hi Raasta''	Karan Singh
''Bedardi''	Vijay Saxena
''Dhanwaan''	Kashinath
rowspan="4"	1994	|	Arun Saxena
''Kanoon''	Vishal
''Vijaypath''	Karan
''Suhaag (1994 film)	Suhaag''	Ajay R. Sharma/Malhotra
rowspan="4"	1995	|	Jay Bakshi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
''Hulchul (1995 film)	Hulchul''	Deva
''Gundaraj''	Ajay Chauvan
''Haqeeqat''	Shiva/Ajay
rowspan="3"	1996	|	Ajay Bahadur Saxena
''Jaan (film)	Jaan''	Karan
''Diljale''	Shyam
rowspan="2"	1997	|	Karan
''Ishq (film)	Ishq''	Ajay Rai
rowspan="4"	1998	|	Virendra Pratap Singh
''Pyar To Hona Hi Tha''	Shekhar
''Sar Utha Ke Jiyo''
''Zakhm''	Ajay R. Desai
rowspan="7"	1999	|	Anand Kishore
''Kachche Dhaage''	Aftab
''Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet''	Raju
''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam''	Vanraj
''Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999 film)	Hindustan Ki Kasam''	Ajay/Tauheed
''Gair''	Vijay Kumar/Dev
''Thakshak''	Ishaan Singh
rowspan="2"	2000	|	Vishal/Arun
''Raju Chacha''	Shekhar/Raju Chacha
rowspan="3"	2001	|	Vicky/Rohit Verma
''Lajja (film)	Lajja''	Bulwa
''Tera Mera Saath Rahen''	Raj Dixit
rowspan="4"	2002	Company'' ||	Malik	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
''Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin''	Raja
''The Legend of Bhagat Singh''	Sardar Bhagat Singh
''Deewangee''	Tarang Bharadwaj
rowspan="7"	2003	|	Vishal
''Qayamat: City Under Threat''	Rachit
''Chori Chori (2003 film)	Chori Chori''	Ranbir Malhotra
''Gangaajal''	S.P. Amit Kumar
''Parwana (2003 film)	Parwana''	Parwana
''Zameen (2003 film)	Zameen''	Col. Ranveer Ranawat
''LOC Kargil''	Capt. Manoj Pandey
rowspan="5"	2004	|	Yashwant Angre	Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
''Masti (2004 film)	Masti''	Inspector Sikander
''Yuva''	Michael Mukherjee
''Taarzan: The Wonder Car''	Deven Chaudhary (Special Appearance)
''Raincoat (film)	Raincoat''	Manoj
rowspan="8"	2005	|	Ajit Rathod
''Blackmail (2005 film)	Blackmail''	Shekhar Mohan
''Zameer (2005 film)	Zameer''	Suraj Chauhan
''Tango Charlie''	Havaldar Mohammed Ali
''Kaal''	Kali Pratap Singh
''Main Aisa Hi Hoon''	Neel
''Apaharan''	Ajay Shastri
''Shikhar (film)	Shikhar''	Gaurav Gupta
rowspan="4"	2006	Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke'' ||	SP Kunal Singh	Bhojpuri Film
''Golmaal (2006 film)	Golmaal''	Gopal
''Omkara (film)	Omkara''	Omkara "Omi" Shukla
''The Awakening (2006 film)	The Awakening''
rowspan="2"	2007	Cash'' ||	Karan/Doc
''Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag''	Hirendra Chavan (Heero)
rowspan="5"	2008	Halla Bol'' ||	Ashfaq Khan/Sameer Khan
''Sunday (Indian film)	Sunday''	ACP Rajveer Randhawa
''U, Me aur Hum''	Ajay
''Mehbooba (2008 film)	Mehbooba''	Karan
''Golmaal Returns''	Gopal
rowspan="2"	2009	''All The Best: Fun Begins''	Prem Chopra
''London Dreams''	Arjun
rowspan="7"	2010	|	Puneet
''Teen Patti (film)	Teen Patti	Sunny
''Raajneeti''	Sooraj
''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai''	Sultan Mirza
''Aakrosh''	Pratap Kumar
''Golmaal 3''	Gopal
''Toonpur Ka Superrhero	Toonpur Ka Super Hero''	Aditya
rowspan="7"	2011	|	Naren
''Yamla Pagla Deewana''	Narrator
''Ready (2011 film)	Ready''	Raju
''Singham (2011 film)	Singham''	Bajirao Singham
''Rascals (2011 film)	Rascals''	Bhagat
''Tezz''	Ajay
''Power (2011 film)	Power''
rowspan="3"	2012	|		Filming
''S.O.S.-Son Of Sardar''
''Matru Ki Biwi Ka Mann Dola''

Producer

Year !! Film !! Other notes
2000	''Raju Chacha''
2008	''U, Me aur Hum''
2009	''All The Best: Fun Begins''

Director

Year !! Film !! Other notes
2008	''U, Me aur Hum''

References

External links

Ajay Devgn's Official Site

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name	Udit Narayan
background	solo_singer
birth date	December 01, 1960
origin	Nepal
genre	Playback singer
occupation	Singer, television personality, actor
years active	1980–present }}

Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan () is a playback singer in commercial Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Assamese, Maithili and Bengali language cinema. Narayan has sung in 26 different languages. He has won three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

Career

Udit Narayan Jha has stated that he was born in 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.

Narayan studied at P.B. School, Rajbiraj, where he passed his S.L.C.( class 10) and later obtained his intermediate from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, mostly know as RR campus (Kathmandu).

Udit Narayan began his career in Nepal singing for Radio Nepal as a staff artiste for Maithili and Nepali folk songs. He sang many popular nepali folk, modern songs in Radio Nepal. His first filmy playback singing was for Nepali film Sindur.It was a comedy song for famous nepali comedians (Late) GopalRaj Mainali (Chankhe) and Basundhara Bhushal (Nakkali). It was a duet song with Sushmaa Shrestha now known as Poornima in Hindi film Industry.

After eight years in that role, Indian Embassy offered him the chance to study classical music at a prestigious school in Bombay, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan on a music scholarship. He moved to Bombay in 1978.

He got his first break in 1980, when noted music director (composer) Rajesh Roshan asked him to playback for the Hindi film ''Unees Bees'', and was given the opportunity to sing with the veteran Mohammed Rafi. He later provided playback, along with another veteran Lata Mangeshkar for the 1983 hit, Bade Dil Wala for the song, Jeevan Ke Din. After several years of singing unnoticed songs for Hindi films in 1986 he sang the song "Krishna Krishna" for the film ''Tan Badan'' for the composers Anand-Milind. The actual success story of his career began in 1988 when Anand-Milind gave him the oppportunity to sing all the songs for the successful Bollywood movie ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', earning him a Filmfare Award. The film also brought actor Aamir Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and playback singer Alka Yagnik to stardom. After the success of ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'', he became one of the leading playback singers in the Indian film industry.

He has worked with musicians like Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman, Anand-Milind, Jagjit Singh, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Bhardwaj, Nadeem-Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal-Shekhar, and directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowariker and Karan Johar. Some of those films include Lagaan, Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Swades, and Veer Zaara. Narayan has been hailed as the screen voice of Aamir Khan. He has also sung hit songs for actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar and young Shahid Kapoor. He credits his own success in part to being able to sing for the top actors.

At the same time, he sang in Nepalese movies, and also acted in two Nepali films ''Kusume Rumal'' and ''Pirati''. He has worked in Nepalese films as well, in particular for composer Shambhujeet Baskota. During his early singing career, he performed songs composed by Shiva Shankar, Natikaji and Gopal Yonjan. In 2004, he released his first private Nepalese album, ''Upahaar'', in which he also sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha. At the Hits FM Awards in 2004 he won awards in two major categories for the album, Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Some of Narayan's other private albums are ''Bhajan Sangam'', ''Bhajan Vatika'', ''I love You'', ''Dil Deewana'', ''Yeh Dosti'', ''Love is Life'', ''Jhumka de Jhumka'', ''Sona No Ghadulo'', ''Dhuli Ganga'', and ''Ma Tarini''.

He was in the panel of judges of Indian Idol 3 along with music composer Anu Malik and female playback singer Alisha Chinai on Sony TV.

He was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for ''Waar Pariwaar'', a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers). He shared judging duties with fellow playback singer Kumar Sanu and Jatin Pandit of the famous music duo Jatin-Lalit.

Narayan has performed in many stage shows in India and abroad and is the recipient of a large number of awards. These include Screen Videocon Award, MTV Best Video Award and Pride of India Gold Award.

In 2009, Narayan was considering running as a candidate for the Padma Shri. In 2010, Udit Narayan with Madhushree sang for the English independent film "When Harry Tries to Marry"

Personal life

Narayan is now a resident of Mumbai. He is married and has one son. His second wife Deepa Narayan, whom he married in 1985, is a singer, and the two recorded an album together titled ''Dil Deewana''.

His son Aditya Narayan started his singing for child artists in Nepali film with his father before starting his singing career in Hindi movies in the 1990s.

Awards and nominations

Honours

2009: Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour.

He has received Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu,one of the highest honor given to the civilians traditionally given by the king and now by Nepalese president, by the late king Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.

He also won several awards of best singer for Nepali films and private albums

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer: 2002: "Mitwa" - ''Lagaan'' & "Jaane Kyon" - ''Dil Chahta Hain''

2003: "Chhote Chhote Sapne" - ''Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai''

2005: "Yeh Taara Woh Taara" - ''Swades''

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Won):

1988: "Papa Kehte Hai" - ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak''

1995: "Mehndi Lagake Rakhna" - ''Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge''

1996: "Pardesi Pardesi" - ''Raja Hindustani''

1999: "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" - ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam''

2001: "Mitwaa" - ''Lagaan''

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Nominated):

1992: "Pehla Nasha" - ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar''

1993: "Phoolon Sa Chehra Tera" - ''Anari''

1993: "Jado Teri Nazar" - ''Darr''

1994: "Tu Cheez Badi Hai" - ''Mohra''

1995: "Raja Ko Rani Se" - ''Akele Hum Akele Tum''

1996: "Ho Nahin Sakta" - ''Diljale''

1996: "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" - ''Papa Kehte Hain''

1997: "Dil To Pagal Hai" - ''Dil To Pagal Hai''

1997: "Bholi Si Sorat" - ''Dil To Pagal Hai''

1998: "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" - ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''

2000: "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha" - ''Dhadkan''

2001: "Udhja Kaale Kawwa" - ''Gadar''

2003: "Tere Naam" - ''Tere Naam''

2003: "Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala" - ''Koi Mil Gaya''

2004: "Main Yahaan Hoon" - ''Veer Zaara''

2004: "Yeh Tara Woh Tara" - ''Swades''

Star Screen Awards

Star Screen Award Best Male Playback:

1996: "Aye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein" - ''Raja Hindustani''

2002: "Woh Chand Jaisi Ladki" - ''Devdas''

Zee Cine Awards

Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male:

2000: "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" - ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam''

IIFA Awards

IIFA Best Male Playback Award:

2000: "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" - ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam''

Bollywood Movie Awards

1998: "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" - ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai''

Notable Bollywood Filmography

Unees Bees SannataBade Dil WalaTan-BadanQayamat Se Qayamat TakTridevDilHum (1991 film)Beta (film)AnariMohraRangeelaRaja HindustaniMohabbatDil SeMannDhadkanKabhi Khushi Kabhie GhamDevdasTere NaamVeer-ZaaraKyon KiDon: The Chase Begins AgainPartner (2007 film)Tashan (film) ''What's Your Raashee?Life ExpressWhen Harry Tries to Marry

Year		Co-singer(s)
rowspan="1">1980	|	"Mil Gaya"	Mohammed Rafi
rowspan="1"	1981	|	"Sun Jaane Jaa"	Alka Yagnik
rowsspan="1"	1983	|	"Jeevan Ke Din"	Lata Mangeshkar
rowspan="1"	1986	|	"Krishna Krishna"	Solo
rowspan="2"	1988	|	"Ae Mere Humsafar", "Papa Kehte Hai"	Alka Yagnik, Solo
Pyaar Ka Mandir	"Log Jahan Par Rehte Hain"
rowspan="1"	1989	|	"Tirchi Topiwale"	Amit Kumar, Sapna Mukherjee, Jolly Mukherjee
rowspan="2"	1990	|	"Mujhe Need Na Aye", "Hum Ne Ghar Choda Hai", "Hum Payer Karne Wale"	Anuradha Paudwal, Sadhana Sargam
Aashiqui	"Mera Dil Tere Liye Dhadakta Hai"
rowspan="2"	1991	Hum ||	"Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyar Hum"	Sudesh Bhosle, Mohammad Aziz
Yara Dildara	Bin Tere Sanam
rowspan="4"	1992	Beta ||	"Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"	Anuradha Paudwal
Chamatkar
Vishwatma	"Aankhon Mein Hai Kya", "Dil Le Gayi Teri Bindiya"
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar	"Pehla Nasha"
rowspan="2"	1993	|	"Phoolo Sa Chera Tera"
Darr	"Jaadu Teri Nazar"
rowspan="1"	1994	|	"Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
rowspan="4"	1995	|	"Kya Karen Ke Na Karen", "Yaroon Sun Lo Zara"	Solo, Chitra
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge	"Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane", "Ho Gaya Hai Tujko To Pyar Sajna", "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna"
Akele Hum Akele Tum	"Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya"
Ram Jaane	"Ram Jaane"
rowspan="2"	1996	|	"Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein", "Pardesi Pardesi", "Kitna Pyaara Tujhe Rab Ne"	Solo, Sapna Awasthi , Alka Yagnik
Diljale	"Ho Nahin Sakta"
rowspan="5"	1997	|	"Dil Ki Dhadkan Kehti Hai"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
Hamaara Faisla	"Mumbai Nagariya Mein Bhaiya", "Ladki Hai Tu Ya"
Ishq (film)	Ishq	"Ishq Hua Kaise Hua", "Dekho Dekho Jaanam", "Neend Churai Meri"
Dil To Pagal Hai	"Dil To Pagal Hai", "Bholi Si Surat", "Are Re Are"
Hero No. 1
rowspan="1"	1998	|	"E Ajnabi"	Mahalakshmi Iyer
rowspan="4"	1999	|	"Mera Mann", "Chaha Hai Tujko", "Khushiyan Aur Gham", "Nasha Ye Pyar Ka Nasha"	Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Anuradha Paudwal
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	"Chand Chupa"
Taal (film)	Taal	"Taal Se Taal Mila"
Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United	Hum Saath-Saath Hain
rowspan="5"	2000	|	"Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se"	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
Mission Kashmir	"Chupke Se Sun", "Socho Ke Jheelon Ka"
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	"Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega", "Dil Dil Deewana"
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai	"Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai", "Pyaar Ki Kashti Mein"
Mohabbatein	"Soni Soni", "Humko Humise Chura Lo", "Zinda Rehti Hai Mohabbatein", "Aankhein Khuli"
rowspan="4"	2001	|	"Bole Chudiyan"	Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
Gadar	"Main Nikla", "Udhja Kaale Kawwa"
Lagaan
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	"Dekhne Waalon Ne"
rowspan="4"	2002	|	"Chhalak Chhalak", "Woh Chand Jasi"	Vinod Rathod, Shreya Ghoshal, Solo
Raaz (2002 film)	Raaz	"Jo Bhi Kasmein"
Yeh Hai Jalwa	"Dhire Dhire", "Chuudi Khankayi Re"
Kasoor	"Kitna Bechain Hoke", "Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum"
rowspan="2"	2003	|	"Tumse Milna", "Tere Naam", "Chand", "O Jaana"	Alka Yagnik, Shaan (singer)
[[Koi... Mil Gaya	"Koi Mil Gaya", "Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala"
rowspan="4"	2004	|	"Main Yahan Hoon", "Aisa Des Hai Mera"	Solo, Lata Mangeshkar, Gurdas Mann, Pritha Majumdar
Aitraaz	"Aankhen Bandh Kark", "Woh Tassawer"
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	"Mujhse Shaadi Karogi", "Lal Dupatta", "Rab Kare"
Swades
rowspan="3"	2005	|	"Kyon Ki Itna Pyaar", "Dil Ke Badle Sanam", "Jhatka Maare"	Alka Yagnik, Kailash Kher, Shaan (singer)>Shaan
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya	"Ishq Chunairya", "Sajan Tumse Pyar"
Garam Masala (film)	Garam Masala	"Falak Dekhoon"
rowspan="2"	2006	|	"Khaike Paan Banaraswala"	Solo
Vivah	"Mujhe Haq Hai", "Milan Abhi Adha Adhura Hai"
rowspan="2"	2007	Partner ||	"Do U Wanna Partner"	Shaan (singer)>Shaan, Sajid-Wajid, Suzanne D'Mello
Om Shanti Om
rowspan="3"	2008	Tashan ||	"Falak Tak Chal Saath Meray", "Dil Dance Maare"	Mahalakshmi Iyer; Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh
God Tussi Great Ho	"Lal Chunariya"
Mere Baap Pehle Aap	"Main Hawaon Ke"
rowspan="2"	2009	|	"Sau Janam"	Madhushree, Sohail Sen
''Blue (2009 film)	Blue	"Yaar Mila Tha"
rowspan="3"	2010	|	"Pyar Ka Namak"	Shreya Ghoshal
Isi Life Mein	"Tum Darshan Hum Naina", "Apna Kaun Paraya Kauna"
Four Friends (2010 film)	Four Friends''	"Yeh Dosti"
rowspan="4"	2011	|	"Dulhe Raja"	Madhushree
Tum Hi To Ho	"Dil Ne Mere Dil Ne"
Shivam	"Khoye Se Hum Khoye Se Tum"
College Campus	"Dum Bhar Na Dum Lenge"

Notable Tamil songs

"Kadhalikum Pennin" - ''Kadhalan'' (1994)

"Kuluvalilae" - ''Muthu'' (1995)

"Romeo Aatam" - ''Mr. Romeo'' (1996)

"Coimbatore Mappillaikku" - ''Coimbatore Mappillai'' (1996)

"Soniya Soniya" - ''Ratchagan'' (1997)

"Pathikiche" - ''Rhythm'' (2000)

"Kadhal Pisase" - ''Run'' (2002)

"Kokarakokarako" - ''Ghilli'' (2004)

"Iyyo Iyyo" - ''M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi'' (2004)

"Sahana" - ''Sivaji'' (2007)

"Engeyo Paartha" - ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' (2008)

"Thean Thean" - ''Kuruvi'' (2008)

"Raangi Rangamma - ''Padikkathavan''(2008)

"Vaa Chellam" - ''Thoranai'' (2009)

"Vaamma Duraiamma" - ''Madrasapattinam'' (2010)

"Chellam Vada Chellam" - ''Siruthai'' (2011)

Notable Telugu and Kannada songs

"Raamma Chilakamma" - ''Choodalani Vundi'' (1998)

"Cheppave Chirugaali " - ''Okkadu'' (2003)

"Egire Chilakamma" - ''Bangaram'' (2006)

"Kunidhu Kunidhu Baare" - ''Mungaru Male'' (2006)

"Antu Intu " - ''Milana'' (2007)

Notable Malayalm film songs

"chilamboli kaate" - ''CID Moosa''

"munthiripaadam" - ''Kochi Rajavu''

"oru kinnara ganam" - ''Speed''

"sundari onnu parayu" - ''Lion''

"tammil tammil" - ''Paapi Apacha''

"yeh dosti hum(remix)" - ''Four Friends''

References

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