Udit Narayan is one of the most popular singers of the
Hindi film industry. This multi talented playback singer has sung in numerous films and in many different languages. This great singer was born in a small village named Bharadah in
Nepal. His initial years were full of struggles and he started off his career with a brief stint with the Nepal
Radio. He used to sing
Maithili,
Nepali and Bhojpuri songs during the
1970's. By the end of the 70's he moved to
Bombay to pursue music under scholarship. He received training in
Indian classical music for six years in
Bhartiya Vidya Bhava.
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[citation needed] 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 too.
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- published: 09 Sep 2011
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