{{infobox film | name	Kareeb Ek Prem Kahani | image Kareeb.jpg| director Vidhu Vinod Chopra| writer Kamna ChandraAbhijat Joshi| starring Bobby Deol, Shabana Raza, Moushmi Chatterji| producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Vir Chopra| music Anu Malik| distributor Tips, Eros Labs ''(United States)'' ''(DVD)''| released 17 July 1998| country India| language Hindi | budget 25 Crores }}

Kareeb (Hindi: क़रीब, translation: ''close'') is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Bobby Deol and Shabana Raza.

Plot [link]

Bobby Deol (Birju) is a young man from an upper middle class family in Himachal Pradesh. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty thievery, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees Neha for the first time on a river bank during a 'Sandhya Aarti' with lots of 'diyas' lit around her. Birju falls in love with Neha from that very moment. Neha also starts liking birju but she hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha but every effort and Neha accepts that she loves Birju and can't live without him.

Birju's father is interested in getting Birju married to a poor family but Birju lies that Nehas's uncle is rich and arranges their wedding. Birju steals money from his home and pretends that the money has been sent by Neha's uncle. However on the night of the wedding, Birju's father discovers the truth and calls off the wedding.

Neha's mother, unable to withstand this emotional setback, suffers a heart attack and is transferred to a hospital in Shimla. When Birju meets Neha, but she is very sad for her mother and also very angry on birju for his habit of lying. Neha takes an oath from birju that he would never show his face again. Then neha takes her mother to a shimla hospital in an ambulance. Birju follows her and eventually does find Neha and the hospital where Neha's mother is hospitalized. Birju spends that night sleeping on the footsteps of a laundry shop owned by Bhigelal (Johnny Lever). Bhigelal is an interesting character as well. He has a dream of visiting England one day and the fellow has a collection of antique coins to sell it to some diwanji. He earns hard and with the money earned by coins and his hard work, he plans to visit England (which also was his father's dream). He hires birju and birju starts working as a laundry boy. This is birju's first job and he does that to stay near neha and to earn some money to support the treatment for neha's mother. One day birju meets uncle and aunty (Shammi Kapoor and Sushma Seth). They treat Birju as their own son and tells him to meet them whenever he needs help.

Once when Birju makes inquiries about neha's mother, he is told by the receptionist that neha's mother needs an immediate operation and the operation for Neha's mother will be very expensive and will cost in lakhs of rupees. On the other hand, neha tries to contact birju for help but is not able to contact him. There comes doctor Abhay in the scene. He is very fond of neha and proposes her for marriage as if she marries Dr. Abhay then her mother's operation can be done for free as doctors have their free quota for their relatives.

Here Birju goes to uncle and aunty and they suggests him to buy a lottery ticket and they will make him win by corrupting some government officials and asks birju to get them some amount to bribe the officials. Birju buys the ticket, works hard day and night and gathers the amount for bribing and gives it uncle and aunty but eventually comes to know that uncle and aunty were a fraud and they took money from many other people and ran away. finally helpless birju robs the money from bhigelal to pay for the surgery. He returns to the hospital with the money and gives it to the doctor and asks the doctor to keep that secret to Neha.

On the other side, birju's family realizes birju's loves for neha and decides to support their son in simla. They reach simla and handle things with bhigelal who goes mad on seeing his robbed drawer with Birju's note consisting of a promise to return back the money. Neha comes to know that birju helped her in the operation money required and wants to meet him. They both meet again on staircase of hospital and times stops again to see them completely in love with each other.

Cast[link]

Bobby Deol...Brij 'Birju' Kumar

Shabana Raza...Neha

Moushumi Chatterjee...Neha's Mother

Johnny Lever...Bighelaal

Sushma Seth...Lata (Mrs. Thakur Ranbir Singh)

Saurabh Shukla...Birju's father

Shammi Kapoor...Thakur Ranbir Singh

Vijayendra Ghatge...Diwan Virendranath

Soundtrack[link]

Anu Malik wrote the film's music and Rahat Indori penned the lyrics. The pair was sued by Syed Mohammed Hasan Imam who alleged that they had used his lyrics without permission in ''Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil''.

! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
1	"Chura Lo Na Dil Mera"
2	"Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili"
3	"Chori Chori Kismat Ne Awaaz Di"
4	"Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil"
5	"Tum Juda Ho Kar Hamen"
6	"Reet Yahi Jag Ki"
7	"Tera Ghussa"
8	"Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil (II)"

External links[link]

Category:1998 films Category:Hindi-language films Category:Indian films Category:Films directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra

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name	Bobby Deol
birth name	Vijay Singh Deol
birth date	January 27, 1969
birth place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
spouse	Tanya Deol
occupation	Actor
years active	1995–present }}

Bobby Deol (; born Vijay Singh Deol on January 27, 1969) is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry.

Deol has mostly acted in thriller films, often playing characters who are forced to committ crime to avenge the deaths of loved ones. Examples of such films include Gupt, Jurm and Bichhoo. His films commonly involve themes of jealousy, deceit and revenge and in his more romantic thrillers often involve him caught in love triangles.

Deol was awarded the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his role in the 1995 film ''Barsaat'' and was later nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in ''Humraaz'' in 2002.

Early life and background[link]

Bobby Deol was born into a Punjabi Sikh Jat family and is the second son of Bollywood movie star Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He is the younger brother of Sunny Deol. Bobby Deol was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has two sisters, Vijeyta and Ajita, and two half sisters – from his father's second marriage to actress Hema Malini – Esha Deol and Ahana Deol. Actor Abhay Deol is his younger cousin.

Bobby Deol is married to Tanya Ahuja and has two sons.

Career[link]

1990s[link]

Deol first briefly appeared as a child actor in the film ''Dharam Veer'' in 1977 & '' Ghulami'' in 1985. Just ten years old at the time, he played the younger version of the film's lead actor, his father, Dharmendra. Deol then made his adult debut with Twinkle Khanna in the 1995 Bollywood film ''Barsaat'', directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Deol plays the character of Badal, a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love. Partly shot in Scotland, Deol broke his leg in an equestrian accident while filming and had to be flown to London to recuperate and had to call off several publicity shoots which documented his debut. The film was nonetheless a considerable success and garnered him the Filmfare Best Debut Award.

In 1997, Deol starred in ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'', a suspense thriller directed by Rajiv Rai, considered his breakthrough role. Cast alongside Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Raj Babbar, Deol played the role of Sahil, a young man accused of murdering his step father over an engagement proposal and wrongly imprisoned. He escapes and tracks down the real killer. ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack and was a major commercial success. In the same year, Deol appeared in ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya'', alongside Aishwarya Rai in her debut Bollywood role. The film failed to do well at the box office.

In 1998, Deol starred opposite Neha in the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film, ''Kareeb''. Deol played the character of Birju, an irresponsible young man from an upper middle class family in Himachal Pradesh with a love of petty thievery and deceit. Later in 1998, he appeared in Abbas Mustan's military thriller ''Soldier'', alongside Raakhee Gulzar and Preity Zinta. Deol played the mysterious character of Vicky, later revealed as Raju, son of Vijay Malhotra who was convicted of arms smuggling. In 1999, Deol starred in ''Dillagi'', directed by and co-starring his brother Sunny Deol. The film is noted for being the first time Sunny Deol directed a film and also the first time he acted alongside Bobby. This pairing was repeated in ''23rd March 1931: Shaheed'' (2002), ''Apne'' (2007) and ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' (2011). ''Dillagi'' features the two as the brothers Ranvir and Rajvir, fighting for the affection of Shalini (Urmila Matondkar).

2000-2003[link]

In 2000, Deol appeared in the action drama ''Badal'' alongside Rani Mukerji, under the director's helm of Raj Kanwar. The film is set in 1984 when riots were engulfing parts of Punjab and Delhi. Deol plays the character of Badal, a boy who witnesses the massacre of his family and villagers by a corrupt police official Police Inspector Jai Singh Rana (Ashutosh Rana) and grows up to be a dreaded terrorist, fuelled by the anger and hatred of the authorities who wrongly deprived him of his family and friends. The film is inspired by ''The Devil's Own'' (1997), starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. Following this he starred alongside Karisma Kapoor in ''Hum To Mohabbat Karega'' (2000), and reunited with Rani Mukerji to star in ''Bichhoo'' (2000), a blatant remake of Luc Besson's 1994 film ''Leon'', starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. In ''Bichhoo'', Deol plays Reno's role, Jeeva, a young man from a struggling middle-class family who has the misfortune of falling in love with the wealthy Kiran (Malaika Arora). Her cruel, disapproving father in rage at their relationship has Jeeva's mother and two sisters publicly arrested for prostitution, and eventually all three kill themselves. Jeeva becomes a professional killer and later extracts vengeance against Kiran's father and his henchmen. He and his neighbour Kiran Bali (Mukherjee) soon witness the entire Bali family get murdered. Jeeva now decides to help Kiran seek revenge on the men who killed her family. The film and Deol's performance was panned by the critics, with ''Sakanya Verna'' of Rediff.com citing the film as "one of the most painful of the year" and commenting, "Bobby Deol's performance is quite, well, robotic. He religiously hangs on to a brooding expression right through the film. Why o why doesn't someone insist he goes to an acting school?"

In 2001 (although filmed in 2000), Deol starred alongside Karisma Kapoor and Rahul Dev in Indra Kumar's ''Aashiq''. Following this, he featured in Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla's thriller, ''Ajnabee'', alongside Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Bipasha Basu. The film, adapted from the 1992 American thriller film ''Consenting Adults'', features Deol as Raj, the new husband of Priya Malhotra (Kapoor) who after moving to Switzerland and initially befriending their neighbours (Kumar and Basu), become entangled in a web of deceit and extra-marital activity. Ziya us Salaam of ''The Hindu'' was unconvinced with Deol's performance, remarking that he "only occasionally manages to transmit fear of the fugitive."

In 2002, Deol starred alongside his brother Sunny in the historic film ''23rd March 1931: Shaheed''. Set in British India, it depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and his companions Rajguru and Sukhdev on March 23, 1931. The film stars Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh and Sunny Deol as another revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad. The film received a mixed reception from critics, with some good reviews. Rediff.com believed the movie had plenty of good moments, and plenty of bad ones and believed the film was superior to that of the original on Bhagat Singh, although they believed the agony of Bhagat Singh's fight was underplayed, diminishing the brutality and anguish suffered in the real life event. While Deol was praised for some scenes, he was criticized for shouting and Rediff believed he was overshadowed by Ajay Devgan remarking, "In terms of performance, Devgan is clearly the winner, with the advantage of a stronger script and a better director. Devgan, who reportedly lost weight to look the part, is today emerging as one of India's finest actors, willing to try out different roles. Deol tries his best, but it is difficult to shout and act simultaneously."

Later in 2002, Deol was nominated for the prestigious Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as a suave, wealthy shipping businessman in Abbas-Mustan's romantic thriller ''Humraaz''. The film is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's ''Dial M For Murder'' (1954) (remade in 1998 as ''A Perfect Murder'') and features Deol in a love triangle with Akshaye Khanna and Amisha Patel. The film was generally praised by critics/ with ''Chitra Mahesh'' of ''The Hindu'', saying "Bobby Deol spends the entire first half looking moony eyed and spaced out, but overcomes the stupor towards the end where he actually gives a good performance. Deol's final film of 2002 was David Dhawan's ''Chor Machaaye Shor'' in which he played Shyamm alongside Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Bipasha Basu and Om Puri, a small time crook who gets his hands on some diamonds worth millions.

2004-2006[link]

In 2003, Deol took a hiatus from acting and returned to the screen in 2004 in ''Kismat'' opposite Priyanka Chopra. In ''Bardaasht'', a drama based on the screenplay written by Vikram Bhatt, Deol starred alongside Lara Dutta and Rahul Dev as Aditya Shrivastav, a deserted army officer. The film deals with themes of police brutality and corruption and justice. Deol then played another army officer, a Lieutenant Commander in Anil Sharma's ''Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo'' as Kunaljit Singh/Vikramjeet Singh. The film, which featured some prominent Bollywood actors such as Amitabh Bachchan (who played a general and Deol's father), and Akshay Kumar, it was arguably Deol's highest profile film to date but despite high box office expectations it was a commercial failure. His most famous role of all time in ab tumhare watan satio was when he wore a pugh/turban. That gave him more audience from the Punjabi crowd, and had gotten comments saying he looks better in a turban.

In 2005, Deol starred in Vikram Bhatt's thriller ''Jurm'' as the wealthy businessman Avinash Malhotra who suspects his wife Sanjana (Lara Dutt) of having an affair with Rohit (Milind Soman). Deol's performance was praised by a number of critics, with Vivek Fernandes of Rediff.com remarking, "Bobby Deol, Bhatt's schoolmate, does his alma mater proud with his controlled performance. There's a sense of maturity about his candour, which is good news." Deol then starred alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty and Ajay Devgan in Mani Shankar's war movie ''Tango Charlie'' as an Indian trooper named Tarun Chauhan of the 101st BSF Battalion, operating in the northeastern Indian province of Manipur. He followed this role by featuring in Suneel Darshan's romance film ''Barsaat'' as the ambitious young Indian Arav, who, in living in the United States, becomes involved in a love triangle with beauties Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu. The film was not a critical success, with Ziya us Salaam of ''The Hindu'' concluding, " A moth-eaten love triangle with all the stereotypes Bollywood survives on - a devoted wife with her karva chauth ki thali, the other woman with her mini-skirts, a joint family, songs, festivities..... No shower of rejuvenation, this "Barsaat" is just drenched in mediocrity." She was equally unimpressed with Deol's performance, remarking, "The girls are ready with their curls and curves, the guy just appears lost, making you wonder if Bobby has grown even an inch as an actor since he made his debut in Rajkumar Santoshi's film by the same name." His final role of 2005 was as Karan in ''Dosti: Friends Forever'', opposite Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor, and Juhi Chawla. He once again plays a wealthy businessman but is down on his luck with his finances and romancing women. The film, although performing below average in India was a major success in the United Kingdom, where it became the highest grosser of Bollywood in 2005, grossing around £888,000.

In 2006, Deol starred in the romantic musical film ''Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai''. Deol played Raj, a character who falls in love with Durga (Amisha Patel), a beautiful blind woman with a talent for shaping pottery but faces competition from Rohit (Arjun Rampal). Deol and Patel have been labelled as the "Bollywood equivalent of Hugh Grant and Rene Zellweger". Although the film received a mixed reception, a number of critics praised Deol's performance as Raj, with Taran Adarsh commenting, "Bobby Deol is only getting better as an actor. He manages to register an impact in a film that belongs to Amisha and Arjun primarily." Later that year, he made a brief special appearance in ''Alag'' in the song ''Sabse Alag''.

2007-present[link]

In 2007, Deol starred in 6 films. The first of them, ''Shakalaka Boom Boom'', was shot in South Africa and is based on conflicts and the power game involved in the functioning of the music industry, addressing the themes of envy, jealousy, insecurity, anxiety, manipulation and anger. The film, which featured Bobby alongside Upen Patel, Kangana Ranaut and Celina Jaitley was generally praised by critics, especially for its choreography, and Deol received some very positive reviews. Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM.com said after viewing the film, "Both Bobby and Upen get fabulous roles and the two actors make the most of it. Bobby is one of the most under-rated actors around. His work has been consistent all through, but one tends to overlook this talented actor's abilities all the while. Watch him go negative in Shakalaka Boom Boom and you'd agree that he's amongst the best in the business today. His outburst in the end is remarkable."

Deol's second film of 2007 was ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'', which saw him play the character of Steve/Satvinder Singh opposite Abhishek Bachchan (who played a gypsy in London), Preity Zinta, and Lara Dutta. Directed by Shaad Ali, the film was produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film was not critically acclaimed and was mostly criticized by what critics believed was a shallow screenplay. Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM.com gave the film a 1.5 out of 5 rating, saying, "the film is all gloss, no substance". He also believed that Deol was overshadowed by his co-stars, remarking that the film, "belongs to Abhishek first and Preity next". Deol next starred in the boxing drama ''Apne''. The film was a family affair, featuring Bobby Deol alongside his father Dharmendra, a disgraced retired boxer who trains Bobby and his brother (Sunny Deol) to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family. ''Apne'' was a major commercial success, particularly in northern India and overseas, especially in the UK, where it made £579,457 on the opening weekend, entering into the UK. Top Ten at Number 3.

- Deol commenting on the acting profession during the promotion of ''Apne'' in 2007.}}

Deol next starred in the suspense thriller ''Naqaab'', another Abbas-Mustan film which features him alongside Akshaye Khanna and Urvashi Sharma as another millionaire caught in a love triangle. Deol received a mixed reception for his performance. For instance, Raja Sen of Rediff.com praised several of his scenes, remarking, "Bobby gets a considerably meaty role, and there are a couple of moments when he genuinely works the audience", but describes his character as "sensitive to an annoying hilt". This film was followed by brief special appearances as himself in ''Om Shanti Om'' and ''Nanhe Jaisalmer''.

In 2008, Deol starred opposite in Priyanka Chopra, Danny Denzongpa and Irrfan Khan in the crime drama ''Chamku'', playing the lead character and titlesake of Chamku, a man raised by Baba (Denzongpa), a Naxal leader based in the southern interiors of Bihar, after his family was brutally murdered. He is assigned by a covert governmental program jointly conceived by RAW and Intelligence Bureau to carry out political assassinations but after falling in love with the kindergarten teacher Shubhi (Chopra), he decides to lead a reformed life but is later tempted to turn to crime again. Kabeer Kaushik, the director of the film had originally approached Deol to play the lead role in his debut film, Sehar, but despite liking the script, Deol turned it down because at the time he was not prepared to work with a debutant director. Deol next featured in ''Heroes'' as an army officer and DJ Dhananjay "DJ" Shergill alongside a strong cast which included Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and Mithun Chakraborty. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008, it was pushed to 24 October 2008, the opening weekend of the holiday Diwali. Much of the filming took place in northern India, including Ladakh (notably Pangong Tso), Chandigarh, Punjab, and Delhi. Deol's last role in 2008 was in the film ''Dostana'', as Abhimanyu Singh, supporting role to the films' main stars Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra under the Dharma Productions banner The film explores the story of two men who pretend to be gay but both fall in love with the same girl, their roommate. ''Dostana'' is the first Bollywood film to be filmed entirely in Miami, United States and went on to become the eighth highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 2008.

In 2009, Deol portrayed Nandu, an orphan turned assassin wrongly accused of a politician's murder in the movie ''Ek - The Power of One''.

Deol's next film titled, ''Help'', was shot in Mauritius, in which he appeared opposite Mugdha Godse. The film was released on August 13, 2010. Deol then starred in ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' which was released on January 14, 2011. He later starred in the film ''Thank You'' opposite Sonam Kapoor. His character of a businessman who is not sincere with his wife. In 2012 , he appeared in heist film ''Players (film)'' The film proved to be a failure at box office. His role was of Ronnie., who has no experience in conning people, but is a master of illusions. He was one of the most popular illusionists who abandoned magic after a tragic incident.

Filmography[link]

''Ghulami (1985 film) ''Barsaat (1995 film) ''Gupt: The Hidden Truth'' ''Kareeb'' ''Dillagi (1999 film) ''Badal'' ''Aashiq (2001 film) ''Kranti (2002 film) ''Kismat (2004 film) ''Jurm (film) ''Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai'' ''Shakalaka Boom Boom'' ''Chamku (film) ''Ek - The Power of One'' ''Help (2010 film) ''Yamala Pagla Deewana'' ''Players (2011 film)

Year !! Film !! Role !! Other notes
1977	Dharam Veer (1977 film)>Dharam Veer''	Young Dharam
1985	Ghulami'' ||	Young Dharam	Child Artist
1995	Barsaat'' ||	Badal	Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
rowspan="2"	1997	|	Sahil Sinha
''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya''	Bobby Oberoi
rowspan="2"	1998	|	Birju/Brij Kumar
''Soldier (1998 film)	Soldier''	Vicky/Raju Malhotra
1999	Dillagi'' ||	Rajvir
rowspan="3"	2000	|	Raja/Badal
''Hum To Mohabbat Karega''	Rajiv Bhatnagar
''Bichhoo''	Jeeva
rowspan="2"	2001	Aashiq'' ||	Chander Kapoor
''Ajnabee (2001 film)	Ajnabee''	Raj Malhotra
rowspan="4"	2002	Kranti'' ||	Abhay Pratap Singh
''23rd March 1931: Shaheed''	Bhagat Singh
''Humraaz''	Raj Singhania
''Chor Machaaye Shor''	Shyam Singh/Insp. Ram Singh
rowspan="3"	2004	Kismat'' ||	Tony
''Bardaasht''	Aditya Shrivastav
''Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo''	Kunaljit Singh/Vikramjeet Singh
rowspan="4"	2005	Jurm'' ||	Avinash Malhotra
''Tango Charlie''	Sepoy Tarun Chauhan
''Barsaat (2005 film)	Barsaat''	Arav
''Dosti: Friends Forever''	Karan
rowspan="2"	2006	|	Raj
''Alag''
rowspan="6"	2007	|	A.J.
''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom''	Steve Singh/Satvinder Singh
''Apne''	Karan Singh Choudhary
''Naqaab''	Karan Khanna/Rohit Shroff
''Om Shanti Om''	Bobby Deol
''Nanhe Jaisalmer''	Bobby Deol
rowspan="3"	2008	Chamku'' ||	Jaived Pratap Singh (Chamku)
''Heroes (2008 film)	Heroes''	Dhananjay "DJ" Shergill
''Dostana (2008 film)	Dostana''	Abhimanyu Singh
rowspan="2"	2009	|	Nandu
''Vaada Raha''	Dr. Duke Chawla
	2010	Help''||	Vic
rowspan="2"	2011	|	Gajodhar Singh/Karamveer Singh Dhillon
''Thank You (2011 film)	Thank You''	Raj Malhotra
rowspan="2"	2012	Players'' ||	Ronnie

References[link]

External links[link]

Official Website

Bobby Deol at Facebook

Official YouTube Channel

Bobby Deol is as cool as ever

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name	Kumar Sanu
alt	Kumar Sanu
background	solo_singer
birth name	Kedarnath Bhattacharya
alias	King Kumar Sanu
birth date	September 23, 1957
birth place	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
origin	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
death date
genre	Playback singing
occupation	Singer, Music Director
instrument	Tabla
years active	1984–present
label	Sony Music, T-Series, Tips, Saregama, Venus Records & Tapes
website
notable instruments	}}

Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya, born in Kolkata) is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.

Early life [link]

Kumar Sanu's father Pashupati Bhattacharya was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing publicly in 1979, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He modeled his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar. Later he developed his own singing style.

Career [link]

In 1987, music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film ''Aandhiyan''. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film ''Jaadugar''. Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.

Sanu started off singing Jagjit Singh's film songs, and went on to work with composers including Naushad, Ravindra Jain, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Pt.R K Razdan, Kalyanji Anandji, and Usha Khanna.

For the 1990 film ''Aashiqui'', music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs which included "Ek Sanam Chahiye", "Tu meri zindagi hain", "Nazar Ke Saamne", "Jaane Jigar Jaaneman", "Ab Tere Bin Jee Lenge Hum" and "Dheere Dheere Se". He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies ''Saajan'' (1991), ''Deewana'' (1992), ''Baazigar'' (1993), and ''1942: A Love Story'' (1994).

Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan. Some of their collaborations include songs in movies like ''Aashiqi'' (1990), ''Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin'' (1991), ''Sadak'' (1991), ''Saajan'' (1991), ''Deewana'' (1992), ''Dil Ka Kya Kasoor'' (1992), ''Kal Ki Awaz'' (1992), ''Shreeman Aashique'' (1993), ''Salami'' (1993), ''Damini: Lightning'' (1993), ''Dilwale'' (1994), ''Agni Sakshi'' (1996), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Jeet'' (1996), ''Pardes'' (1997), among others.

In a career spanning two decades he has sung with composers including R.D. Burman, Anand-Milind, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan, Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rajesh Roshan, Sajid-Wajid, Viju Shah, Uttam Singh for Dushman, Raam Laxman, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Anand Raj Anand, Aadesh Shrivastava, Vishal-Shekhar, M. M. Keeravani &Vishal Bharadwaj.

He has also created music for Indian films and also produced the Bollywood film, ''Utthaan''. Currently Kumar Sanu team up with Rakesh Bhhatia and together they produced Hindi feature film based on the four street children of Mumbai. All four children are doing shoe- polish on railway platform in order to earn their daily bread and butter. Mithun Chakraborty is acting in his movie as a lead role. Recently Kumar Sanu has sang for epic Bengali film ''Hason Raja'', which directed by UK-based filmmaker Ruhul Amin.

Sanu was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers) and on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera.

Awards [link]

2009: Padma Shri: India's 4th highest civilian honour given by Government of India.

Filmfare Awards [link]

! Year	! Song	! Film	! Music director(s)	! Lyricist
1990	"Ab Tere Bin"	''Aashiqui''	Nadeem-Shravan
1991	"Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai"	''Saajan''	Nadeem-Shravan	Sameer
1992	"Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar"		Nadeem-Shravan	Sameer
1993	"Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen"	''Baazigar''	Anu Malik	Rani Malik
1994	"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha"	''1942: A Love Story''	R. D. Burman	Javed Akhtar

Star Screen Award [link]

! Year	! Song	! Film	! Music director(s)	! Lyricist
1994	"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha"	''1942: A Love Story''	R. D. Burman	Javed Akhtar

Notable Bollywood Filmography [link]

JaadugarAashiquiSaajan "Jise Dekh Mera Dil Dhadka", "Premi Aashiq Aawaara", "Dheere Dheere Pyar Ko", "Tumse Milne Ko Dil Karta Hai", "Dheere Dheere Hausla (Sad)", "Maine Pyar Tumhi Se Kiya Hai", "Pehli Baarish Main Aur Tu" "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" "Tumhein Apna Banane Ki Kasam", "Mohabbat Ki Hai Tumhare Liye", Jab Jab Pyar Pe Pehra"Deewana (1992 film) "Is Pyar Se Meri Taraf Na Dekho", "O Meri Neendein Churane Wale"Baazigar "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se", "Kash Koi Ladka", "Yoohi Kat Jayega Safar", "Bombay Se Gayi Poona" "Dil Tera Aashiq", "Pyar Ke Badle Pyar Milega" "Ae Kaash Ke Hum", "Aana Mere Pyar Ko Na Tum", "Woh To Hai Albela"1942: A Love Story "Chura Ke Dil Mera", "Paas Woh Aane Lage Zaara Zaara" "Honton Pe Bas" Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge "Yeh Bandhan", "Jaati Hoon Main", "Jai Maa Kali" "Mausam Ne Badal Se", "Meri Nigah Main" "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun", "Dil Kehta Hai" "Aa Jaana Aa Jaana", "Mai To Raste Se Jaa Raha Tha", "Kya Majnu Kya Ranjha", "Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein" "Dil Pagal Deewana Hai", "Humko Padhaai Se", "Humko Sirf Tumse Pyar Hai", "Love Tujhe Love", "Nahin Ye Ho Nahin Sakta"Raja Hindustani "Tu Dharti Pe Chahe", "Waadon Se Nahin" Judwaa "Ek Din Aap" "Neend Churai Meri" "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain", "Meri Mehbooba" "Saton Janam Tujko Paate", "Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya" "Tare Hain Barati", "Payalay Chunmun" Kuch Kuch Hota Hai "Pehli Pehli Baar", "O Jaana Na Jaana", "O Jaana Yeh Mana, "Madhosh Dil Ki Dhadkan", "Ek Dil Tha", "Dil Mein Basake" "Odh Li Chunariya", "Tum Par Hum Hai Atke" "Aankhon Se Tune Kya", "Jadu Hai Tera Yeh Jadu" "Title Song" "Pyar Ko Ho Jane Do"Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam "Yeh Dil Kya Kare" "Love Hua" "Jungle Hai Aadhi Raat" "Uparwala Apne Saath Hai", "Pehli Pehli Baar Mohabbat Ki Hai" "Jo Haal Dil Ka" "Hum Saath Saath Hain", "Mhare Hiwda", "Chhote Chhote Bhaiyon Ke"Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai "Title Song", "O Priya O Priya" Kasoor "Main Bewafa", "Donon Taraf Aag"Yeh Hai Jalwa "Mohabbat Dil Ka Sakoon", "Dil Hai Tumhaara", "Kasam Khake Kaho" Dil Ka Rishta "Woh Larki Buhat Yaad", "Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai" "Kitna Pagal Dil Hai", "Kisise Tum Pyar Karo", Bewafaa "Kahan Ho Tum" Sanam Teri Kasam (2009 film)Rowdy Rathore

Year		Co-singer(s)
	1989	|	" Jadugar" , Naach Meri Radha	Solo, Alka Yagnik	kalyanji anandji
	1990	|	"Ab Tere Bin Jeelenge Hum", "Nazar Ke Saamne Jigar", "Ek Sanam Chahiye", Tu Meri Zindagi Hai, Main Duniya Bhula Dunga	Solo, Anuradha Paudwal	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="4">1991	|	"Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai", "Jiye To Jiye Kaise"	Solo,Alka Yagnik, SP Balasubramanyam	Nadeem-Shravan
Phool Aur Kaante	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal	Nadeem-Shravan
Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin	|	Anuradha Paudwal	Nadeem-Shravan
Sadak	|	Anuradha Paudwal	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="2"	1992	Deewana ||	"Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar"	Solo	Nadeem-Shravan
Chamatkar	|	Alka Yagnik, Asha Bhosle	Anu Malik
rowspan="4"	1993	|	"Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen", "Baazigar O Baazigar"	Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik	Anu Malik
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke	|	Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
Dil Tera Aashiq	|	Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik, Devaki Pandit	Jatin-Lalit
rowspan="3"	1994	|	"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To", "Rim Jhim Rim Jhim", "Kuch Na Kaho", "Rooth Na Jaana"	Solo, Kavita Krishnamurthy	R. D. Burman
Main Khiladi Tu Anari	|	Alka Yagnik	Anu Malik
Yeh Dillagi	|	Lata Mangeshkar	Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
rowspan="6"	1995	|	"Tujhe Dekha To"	Lata Mangeshkar	Jatin-Lalit
Karan Arjun	|	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Rajesh Roshan
Veergati	|	Sushma Shrestha>Poornima	Aadesh Shrivastava
Akele Hum Akele Tum	|	Alka Yagnik	Anu Malik
Coolie No. 1	|	Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Poornima	Anand-Milind
Barsaat (1995 film)	Barsaat	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="2"	1996	|	"Pardesi Pardesi (II)", "Poocho Zara Poocho", "Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge"	Alka Yagnik, Alisha Chinai, Sapna Mukherjee	Nadeem-Shravan
Jeet (1996 film)	Jeet	|	Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="6"	1997	|	"Duniya Mein Aaye", "Tera Aana Tera Jaana", "Tu Mere Dil Mein Bas Ja"	Kavita Krishnamurthy, Poornima	Anu Malik
Yes Boss	|	Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Ishq (1997 film)	Ishq	|	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy	Anu Malik
Pardes (film)	Pardes	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
Hero No. 1	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik	Anand-Milind
Virasat (1997 film)	Virasat	|	Jaspinder Narula, K.S. Chithra	Anu Malik
rowspan="6"	1998	|	"Saajanji Ghar Aaye", "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai"	Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai	|	Solo, Lata Mangeshkar, Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998 film)	Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya	|	Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy	Jatin-Lalit, Himesh Reshammiya
Ghulam	|	Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Bandhan (1998 film)	Bandhan	|	Solo	Himesh Reshammiya
Dushman (1998 film)	Dushman	|	Lata Mangeshkar	Uttam Singh
rowspan="7"	1999	|	"Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan"	Kavita Krishnamurthy	Ismail Darbar
Dil Kya Kare	|	Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Jaanam Samjha Karo	|	Alka Yagnik	Anu Malik
Biwi No.1	|	Hema Sardesai	Anu Malik
Sirf Tum	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
Sarfarosh	|	Alka Yagnik	Jatin-Lalit
Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United	Hum Saath Saath Hain	|	Hariharan (singer)>Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal	Raamlaxman
rowspan="2"	2000	|	"Chand Sitare"	Solo	Rajesh Roshan
Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000 film)	Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye	|	Alka Yagnik, Kamaal Khan, Nitin Mukesh	Himesh Reshammiya
rowspan="2"	2001	|	"Koi To Saathi Chaahiye", "Kal Raat Ho Gayi", "Mohabbat Ho Na Jaye"	Solo, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat	|	Solo, Kavita Krishnamurthi
rowspan="2"	2002	|	"Aankhen Pyari Hain", "O Jaane Jigar"	Alka Yagnik	Himesh Reshammiya
Dil Hai Tumhaara	|	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="3"	2003	|	"Dil Ka Rishta", "Kitna Majboor Ho Gaya Hu Main", "Dil Chura", "Hai Dil Mera Dil", "Saajan Saajan"	Udit Narayan, Solo, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi	Nadeem-Shravan
Qayamat: City Under Threat	|	Alka Yagnik, Mahalakshmi Iyer	Nadeem-Shravan
Andaaz	|	Solo, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
rowspan="2"	2005	|	"Pyar Ka Anjam"	Alka Yagnik, Sapna Mukherjee	Nadeem-Shravan
No Entry	|	Udit Narayan	Anu Malik
2009	Sanam Teri Kasam ||	"Yeh Pyaar Hi To Hai", "Ek Baar Ek Baar Tu Pyaar Se To Bol", "Main Dil Ki Dil Mein", "Tum Gawahi Do", "Itna Bhi Naa Chaho Mujhe", "Mein Pyaar Tumse"	Sapna Mukherjee, Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik	Nadeem-Shravan
2012	|	Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli	Shreya Ghoshal	Sajid-Wajid

References [link]

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