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Udit Narayan

 
Artist: Udit Narayan
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Similar Artists:

Kumar Sanu

Influenced By:

Mohammed Rafi
  • Genres: World
  • Instrument: Vocals, Performer, Singer
  • Representative Albums: "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar," "Yeh Mohabbat Hai," "Virasat"

Biography

Through the '90s, Udit Narayan was the closest rival of Kumar Sanu for the title of most popular male playback vocalist in Indian cinema -- no small feat, since films remain the primary vehicle for disseminating popular music to the Indian public. Though he wasn't quite as prolific as Sanu, Narayan boasted one of the most distinctive voices and original singing styles the music-reliant film industry had seen since the glory days of Mohammed Rafi (Narayan's primary initial influence) and Kishore Kumar. Narayan was born in the village of Mithla Nagri in Janakpur, near the border of Nepal; his father was a farmer and his mother a singer, and she encouraged him to pursue music as a career. For most of the '70s, Narayan worked as a singer on Nepalese radio in Kathmandu, performing Nepalese and northern Indian folk songs. In 1978, he went to Bombay -- the cinema capital of India -- on a music scholarship, and trained for eight years as a classical vocalist. During that time, he also attempted to make contacts in the film industry. Rajesh Roshan gave him an opportunity to sing in the 1980 film Unnees Bees with his hero Mohammed Rafi; he also got the opportunity to sing a small part for renowned music director R.D. Burman in another film, but despite those small victories, the '80s were by and large a decade of struggle and rejection for Narayan. All of that changed, however, in 1989. Narayan hooked up with the up-and-coming composer duo Anand-Milind, who were scoring a film for an up-and-coming young actor named Aamir Khan. Narayan's youthful-sounding voice seemed a perfect match for Khan's screen presence, and he was hired along with female vocalist Alka Yagnik to handle most of the soundtrack, including the centerpiece number "Papa Kehte Hain." Titled Qayamat Se, Qayamat Tak, the film became a blockbuster success, catapulting virtually everyone involved into stardom. Seemingly out of nowhere, the previously unknown Narayan won the 1989 Filmfare Award (sort of an Oscar and Grammy combined) for Best Male Vocalist, thanks to "Papa Kehte Hain," which had become a huge hit among Indian teens. All of a sudden, after years of hard work and obscurity, Narayan was a star. Work -- and further hit songs -- came Narayan's way at a fast and furious pace. His next film, Dil, was another hit, solidifying his newfound reputation; he sang for nearly all of India's major music directors, and dubbed songs for a wide variety of actors (a challenge for some singers whose voices may not fit the characters they are supposed to maintain). In 1995, Narayan broke Kumar Sanu's string of five straight Filmfares with his own second, for the song "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge. He won a second straight Filmfare the following year for "Pardesi Pardesi" from Raja Hindustani. Among his most notable achievements of the late '90s, Narayan recorded with the legendary Lata Mangeshkar for the film Dil To Pagal Hai, scored some of his biggest hits from the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and won a fourth Filmfare for "Chaand Chupa" (from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam). Additionally, Narayan watched his young son Aditya become an in-demand filmi vocalist himself, dubbing in song parts for child actors. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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Udit Narayan
Born 1955 (age 53–54)[1]
Origin Birpur, Nepal
Genres Playback singer
Occupations Singer, television personality, actor
Years active 1980–present

Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a leading playback singer in commercial Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya and Nepali language cinema. Narayan has sung more than 15,000 songs in more than 30 different languages in more than 500 Hindi films.[2] He is also a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours, which he received in 2009.

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Career

Udit Narayan was born in Bhardah, in Saptari district in the Terai plains of Nepal in 1955. He is an original native of Bihar. He received training from Pandit Dinkar Kaikini. He began his career by singing in Nepali, Maithili, and Bhojpuri . He was initially denied a job at Radio Nepal. He sang folk songs for Radio Nepal throughout the early 1970s. In 1978, he moved to Mumbai on a music scholarship. In Mumbai, he was trained in Indian classical music for six years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

He got his first break in 1980, when noted music director (composer) Rajesh Roshan asked him to do a song for the Hindi film Unees Bees, in which he got an opportunity to sing with his inspiration, Mohammed Rafi. However, the actual success story of his career began in 1988 with 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.

At the same time, he became a well-known celebrity in Nepal and sang in many popular Nepalese movies. He even acted in some Nepalese movies like Kusume Rumal and Pirati, but did not achieve much success. 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 Yonzan. In 2004, he released his first private Nepalese album Upahaar, in which he also sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha.

He has worked with musicians like Rahul Dev Burman, Jagjit Singh, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Bhardwaj, A. R. Rahman, Nadeem-Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal-Shekhar, and leading directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Karan Johar. These include Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Swades, and Veer Zaara.

At the Hits FM Awards 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 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.

Personal life

Narayan is a Maithil Brahmin and a resident of Mumbai.[4] He is married and has one son. His wife Deepa Narayan (from Darjeeling) whom he married in 1985, is an accomplished Nepalese singer, and the two recorded an album together titled Dil Deewana.

His son Aditya Narayan started his career singing for child artists in Hindi movies in the 1990s. More recently, he has been the host of Indian television singing competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for the last 2 seasons.

On 20 April 2006 Ranjana Jha, a resident of the Supaul district in Bihar, created a controversy by claiming to be Udit Narayan's first wife.[5] While Narayan initially rejected her claims, after she presented photographs and documents to prove her claim he finally agreed to recognize her as his wife and reached a settlement with her.[6]

Some Notable Hindi songs

  • "Papa kehte hai" - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
  • "Ae Mere humsafar" - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
  • "Oye Oye" - Tridev (1989)
  • "Mujhe need na aye"- Dil (1990)
  • "Hum ne ghar chora hai"- Dil (1990)
  • "Hum payer karne wale"- Dil (1990)
  • "Mera Dil Tere Liye Dhadakta Hai" - Aashiqui (1990)
  • "Bin Tere Sanam" - Yara Dildara (1991)
  • "Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyar Hum" - Hum (1991)
  • "Pehla Nasha" - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
  • "Jawani Deewani" - Chamatkar (1992)
  • "Dhak Dhak Karne laga" - Beta (1992)
  • "Jadoo teri nazar" - Darr (1993)
  • "Tu mere samne" - Darr (1993)
  • "Phoolo sa chera tera" - Anari (1993)
  • "Tu cheez badi hai mast mast" - Mohra (1994)
  • "Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane" - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)
  • "Ho gaya Hai Tujko To Pyar Sajna" - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)
  • "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya" - Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995)
  • "Kya Karen ke na Karen" - Rangeela (1995)
  • "Yaroon Sun lo zara" - Rangeela (1995)
  • "Pardesi Pardesi" - Raja Hindustani (1996)
  • "Aaye Ho Mere Zindagi Mein" - Raja Hindustani (1996)
  • "Ho Nahin Sakta" - Diljale (1996)
  • "Dil Ki Dhadkan Kehti Hai" - Mohabbat (1997)
  • "Mohabbat Ki Nahi Jati" - Hero No. 1 (1997)
  • "Sona Kitna Sona Hai" - Hero No. 1 (1997)
  • "Are Re Are" - Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
  • "Dil To Pagal Hai" - Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
  • "Bholi Se Surat" - Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
  • "Le Gayi" - Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
  • "Ishq Hua Kaise Hua" -Ishq (1997)
  • "E Ajnabi" -Dil Se (1998)
  • "Chand Chupa" - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
  • "Taal Se Taal Mila" - Taal (1999)
  • "Chaha Hai Tujko" - Mann (1999)
  • "Mera Mann" - Mann (1999)
  • "Nasha Ye Pyar Ka Nasha" - Mann (1999)
  • "Khushiyan Aur Gham" - Mann (1999)
  • "Chaha Hai Tujhko" - Mann (1999)
  • "Hum Saath-Saath Hain" - Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999)
  • "Chhote Chhote Bhaiyon Ke"" - Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999)
  • "Mhare Hiwda"" - Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999)
  • "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" - Dhadkan (2000)
  • Chupke Se Sun, Socho Ke Jheelon Ka - Mission Kashmir (2000)
  • "Bole Chudiyan" - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
  • "Udhja Kaale Kawwa" - Gadar (2001)
  • "Radha Kaise Na Jale" - Lagaan (2001)
  • "Mitwa" - Lagaan (2001)
  • "Ghanan Ghanan" - Lagaan (2001) Mahadevan,Shaan.
  • "O Ri Chori" - Lagaan (2001)
  • "Chhalak Chhalak" - Devdas (2002)
  • "Who Chand jasi" - Devdas (2002)
  • Jo Bhi Kasmein - Raaz (2002 film) (2002)
  • Kitna Bechain Hoke"- Kasoor (2002)
  • Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum"- Kasoor (2002)
  • Koi Mil Gaya - Koi Mil Gaya (2003)
  • Tere Naam - Tere Naam (2003)
  • Tumse milna - Tere Naam (2003)
  • Chand - Tere Naam (2003)
  • Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala - Koi Mil Gaya (2003)
  • Main Yahan Hoon - Veer Zaara (2004)
  • Aankhen Bandh Kark - Aitraaz (2004)
  • Woh Tassawer - Aitraaz (2004)
  • Mujhse shaadi karogi - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)
  • Lal Dupatta - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)
  • Rab Kare - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)
  • Aisa des hai mera -Veer Zaara (2004)
  • Yeh hum aa gaye hai kahan - Veer Zaara (2004)
  • Yeh Tara Woh Tara - Swades (2004)
  • Yun Hi Chala Chal - Swades (2004)
  • Kyon Ki - Kyon Ki (2005)
  • Falak Dekhoon - Garam Masala (2005)
  • Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)
  • Mujhe Haq hai - Vivah (2006)
  • Egire Chilakamma - Bangaram (2006)
  • Milan abhi adha adhura hai- Vivah (2006)
  • Sahana - Sivaji: The Boss (2007)
  • Do U Wanna Partner - Partner (2007)
  • Deewangi Deewangi - Om Shanti Om (2007)
  • Falak Tak Chal Saath Meray - Tashan (2008)
  • Dil Dance Maare - Tashan (2008)
  • Thean Thean - Kuruvi (2008)
  • Main Hawaon ke - Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008)
  • Sau Janam - What's Your Raashee? (2009)
  • Yaar Mila Tha - Blue (2009)

Awards and Nominations

Padma Shri

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Won):

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Nominated):

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer:

  • 2002: "Mitwa" - Lagaan
  • 2003: "Chhote Chhote Sapne" - Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai
  • 2005: "Ye Taara Wo Taara" - Swades

Star Screen Awards

Star Screen Award Best Male Playback:

Zee Cine Awards

Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male:

IIFA Awards

IIFA Best Male Playback Award:

Bollywood Movie Awards

References

  1. ^ "Udit Narayan's Indian citizenship questioned". The Hindu. 15 January 2009. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901151431.htm. Retrieved 26 January 2009. 
  2. ^ Suhasini, Lalitha (2005-07-19). "Destiny’s child". The Indian Express. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=139917. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  3. ^ "IMDB:Filmfare Awards:1989". http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Filmfare_Awards/1989. 
  4. ^ Sharma, Purnima Goswami (2002-02-18). "Udit Narayan: Music is God's prasad". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1387344.cms. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  5. ^ Singh, Abjay; Jha, Sanjeev K. (2006-04-22). "B'wood singer accosted by 'first' wife". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1499562.cms. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  6. ^ "Ranjana's struggle pays off, Udit Narayan accepts her as wife". Outlook. 2008-12-01. http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=402447. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 
  7. ^ "Aishwarya, Akshay, Helen in Padma Shri list". The Hindu. 2009-01-26. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901260321.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-26. 

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