Multi - talented Singer Atrif Aslam

Biography - Atif Aslam


Birth name: Muhammad Atif Aslam

Born: Wazirabad, Pakistan

Origin: Lahore, Pakistan

Genre(s): Pop,Rock

Occupation(s): Singer Musician

Instrument(s): guitar

Years active: 2005 - Present

Associated acts: Jal



Life & Career

Atif attended high School at PAF College, Lahore, where he played Kabaddi and became interested in music.

He attended Punjab Institute of Computer Science (PICS) to do his Bachelors in Computer Science (BCs).

It was at PICS, Lahore that he met guitarist and talented young composer, Gohar Mumtaz. This lead to performances at their college and at various restaurants eventually pushing the pair into finding a name for their subtly formed band, which they named "Jal" - which means water.

Working together, the pair recorded the song Aadat (with the help of Salman Albert, amongst other established and accomplished Pakistani musicians).

It became popular on a host of promotional Pakistani music websites.

The music video for Aadat was shot one day in a warehouse in Karachi.

On the base of this one song, “Jal” began their tour of Pakistan—such was the strength of “Aadat”.

However, whilst on tour, personal problems led to a verbal bust-up resulting in an unannounced and indefinite hiatus, during which Atif launched his solo career.


Atif Aslam, after leaving Jal, released a new solo album, Jal Pari (meaning "Mermaid") which was a big hit.

The Songs Woh Lamhey, Dil Haarey and few others were smash hits on both Pakistani radio stations and Music Channels. As both the Jal, “Aadat”, and Atif’s album, Jalpari, shared certain tracks (such as “Aadat”, “Bheegi Raatein”, “Wo Lamhey”, “Ankhon se”) an unofficial war over rights began which resulted in both sides claiming to possess hard proof to support their respective claims (that, they alone owned the concerned songs).

The hype this feud gave to both Atif and the new Jal was extraordinary and split the musical nation with the fans of each side backing their respective favourite.


Whilst the drama of lyrics & composition ownership continued in Pakistan, Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt called Atif Aslam to seek his consent to include "Woh Lamhey" in the soundtrack of his new motion picture, Zeher (2005).

The song (especially the remix version) became a hit.

This pattern of a slow playback song by Atif in the movie, supplemented by a remix version released for radio airplay was to become standard procedure with Atif’s songs on the Indian market.


He recorded a song for the movie Kalyug (2005), entitled Juda Hokey Bhi - a slight variation of the ever famous Aadat song.

Like with “Wo Lamhey / Bheegi Yaadein”, a slow version became the theme for the movie and part of the official soundtrack, whilst a remixed version was released to hit the radio stations and desi clubs worldwide.


After recording for Kalyug, an Irani director in Hollywood contacted Atif and within very little time, Atif recorded three songs for that same director’s Hollywood movie, Man Push Cart and was rewarded with a small cameo role in the movie.


Atif re-emerged in the subcontinent with a new track, “Tere Bin” (translation: [Without You]) for the Bollywood Movie, Bas Ek Pal (2006). The song "Tere Bin" became a hit in India and Pakistan.

It was also being considered as one of the most touching and heart melting numbers of the year 2006.


In between the copyright war and media war with Gohar ( Jal ) and recording Bollywood songs, Atif has been touring the world and working on his new album.


Atif visited various countries in Asia, Europe & The Americas which include Pakistan,Bangladesh, India, UAE, UK, Canada & America—taking his sound to the “pardesi” (expatriates of the subcontinent) worldwide.


Atif’s new album has been entitled Doorie and has released on December 2006. The songs include Maula, Doorie, Kuch is tarah, and Hum Kis Gali.


Muhammad Atif Aslam was born on 12th march 1983 in Wazirabad Gujranwala.

Atif’s kinder garden started in Model town Lahore at Kimberley Hall School.

His first stage manifestation was in a fancy dress show at his school when he was in grade–1 where he performed as Imran Khan “ Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team”.

Since then cricket was like a passion to him. He was never tired of playing cricket for hours in his car porch whether it is scorching sun outside or even raining.

At that time he was not used to listen any kind of songs.

At the age of 9 in 1991 he was shifted to Rawalpindi/Islamabad where he continued his studies in Saint Pauls School.

He started playing Basket Ball and he use to lead his school team for various matches. Atif came back to Lahore in 1995 where he continued his studies in Divisional Public School Model Town.

For his immense passion for cricket he was selected in his school team as a fast bowler. Atif cleared his 10th grade in 14 years of age with a distinctive edge that he has always been the youngest boy in the class because of his double promotions while he was in Kimberley Hall.

Atif started his HSc in PAF College Lahore. Cricket was all the times with him. He was in his college team as well where he presented his college in other cities.

Beside his studies he was putting his maximum time in practicing for the professional cricket.

During his college life he come across with some interest in music.

His eldest brother was having a collection of more than 8,000 songs of almost all music genres.

Un-intentionally he was developing a habit of listening to this all kind of music in his house.

As a good learner he quickly grasped the control of voice but till that time he was not interested in singing, his passion was to enter in Pakistan cricket team as a fast bowler and he was right on track while practicing at the net at Shapes club Lahore where Imran Khan use to come and give tips to him for bowling.

The twist in the story comes when one day he was singing with his friends at the college canteen. His friends insisted him to participate in the singing on Independence Day celebrations at PAF College Lahore and Sargodha in 1998.

He performed there and won the competition. After HSc Atif Joined Punjab Institute of Computer Science Gulberg Campus.

This time studies were much more demanding as compared to the previous ones. He has to sacrifice his time for the cricket.

His hobby of singing continued when he entered in the singing competition of his college There were a total of 8 participants .

The media team entered atif’s name in the competition at the eleventh hour and he won the competition singing a hit number of “string” “Duur”.


He kept on winning these competitions every semester until he announced that he will not participate in next competitions so that someone else can also win the competitions. He found Goher at his college who was having good interest in Music & was a good, talented guitarist.

Together they use to practice a lot and started doing mini concerts for their friend.

Atif use to sing the Junoon’s and string’s song at the concert. The volume of audience kept on increasing.

They performed concerts for their college, McDonalds and some other restaurants as well.Atif recorded the legendary song “AADAT” at Mekal Hassan’s Studio. Mekal injected his professionalism in the song to make it worth listening time after time.

Atif formed the band and named the band as “JAL” which means water, the essence of life.

The song got popularity on the different musical websites on Pakistan. The song was also being on aired on major Radio channels of Pakistan like FMr within just 5 months of the sale and its still continuing.


His song Woh Lamhay fetch him the nomination as best singer for 2005 in almost all the film awards of bollywood including Film Fare Awards, Zee Cine Awards, and IIFA Awards etc. He just got nominated for Best Playback Singer (Male) for his song "Tere Bin" from movie "Bas Ek Pal" for Filmfare Awards 2007.


Some of the awards he has won include: Best playback singer, Best debut singer - Sahara Sangeet Awards (India) Winner OF Best Song Best Lyricist Best Composition - ARY Music Awards (Pakistan) Most Wanted Male - The Music Awards (Pakistan)

Most popular lyrics by Atif Aslam:

* Tere Bin
* Tere Liye
* kaun Tha Kahan Gaya
* Tu Jaane Na
* O Mere Khuda
* Doori
* Mahiya Ve Soniya
* Tera Hone Laga Hoon
* Ehsaas
* Maula

Youtube king singer justin bieber

Biography

Name: Justin Bieber
Sex: Male
Father Name: Jeremy Bieber
Mother Name: Pattie Lynn Mallette
Date of Birth: 1 Mar 1994 at 12:56 am
Place of Birth: Stratford, Ontario -Canada

ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER:

Justin Bieber is the newest singing sensation in the Americas. Born in Stratford, Ontario on March 1, 1994, Justin has quickly become the teenage heart throb for 2009 and 2010 and female fans are going crazy for him.

Justin Bieber is the newest singing sensation in the Americas. Music industry big wigs have compared him to Michael Jackson for his soulful singing and Elvis Presley for his looks and moves. Born in Stratford, Ontario in Canada on March 1, 1994,

Justin Drew Bieber has quickly become the teenage heart throb for 2009. Before he was famous,
Justin Bieber enjoyed playing sports - especially hockey because he's from Canada.

His parents were young when they had him, and broke up when he was a young child. Many of Justin Bieber's friends growing up didn't even know he could sing - he didn't exactly advertise it.

He used to sit outside a theatre in Stratford Ontario, famous for the Shakespeare Festival, and play the guitar and sing for crowds that would gather. He always had either one of his grandparents or mom with him as he was too young to hang out there alone.

Justin Bieber Biography - How He Was Discovered

Justin Bieber had many videos of himself singing at various venues on youtube - his mom videotaped all his performances along the way. When people would call and ask about managing his career, his mom was reluctant because of the horror stories everyone hears about young stars.

Justin Bieber was discovered singing on youtube.com by his agent, who quickly arranged for him to fly to Georgia to meet with Usher. Just a short time later, the young star, who has two top tens on youtube, signed with Island Records.

Also - Justin Bieber Baby Song Lyrics below...

Bieber not only does vocals, but also plays the keyboards, piano, guitar, drums and even the trumpet. Even more amazingly, he is self-taught - a true born talent. His first single, "One Time" reached 12 on the Canadian billboards and is rising on the Billboard Top 100. He is currently doing a radio tour to promote both his single and his debut album scheduled to be released in November 2009.

Bieber presented an award to Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009. He will also accompany Swift on two of her UK tours to promote Bieber's music. He starred on MuchMusic in Canada on numerous occasions and in October of 2009, he performed several songs on the Today Show for a U.S. audience.

Justin Beiber is extremely popular with tweens and teenage girls due to his enormous talent and boyish good looks. If his debut single is any indication of his future, his album will almost certainly be very successful. Bieber is also expected to star on True Jackson, VP later in 2009.

His overseas concert was just canceled (April 2010) as a rumor said he'd arrived early, which caused young girls at the concert to become crazed and start pushing. Several girls were sent to the hospital, although most just hyperventilated. One girl had a leg or ankle injury as a result of the mob over Bieber.

If you enjoyed this Justin Bieber biography, you can check out youtube.com for his very popular videos - he has two in the top ten of that site currrently.

The first part of his two-part debut album My World was released on November 17, 2009.

Four successful pre-album singles have been released: “One Time”, “One Less Lonely Girl”, “Love Me”, and “Favorite Girl”,

which were Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This accomplishment made Bieber the only solo artist in Billboard history to have four singles from a debut album chart in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 before the album’s release.

The album received positive reviews from critics, and debuted at #6 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 137,000 copies in its first week,

which was the second best opening release for a new artist in 2009. It also debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. As of the fifth week, the album has sold over 522,000 copies in the United States, and has been certified Platinum in Canada.

Part II of My World is currently set for a March 2010 release.

*Justin’s has one sister named Jazmyn
*Justin’s real favorite color is purple but in general blue and red
*His bestfriend is Christian Beadles
*Dated Caitlin Beadles, but is now single.
*He is 5 foot 4 inches.
*He has a twitter,myspace,and facebook
*He has a small dog named sammy
*His favorite resturant is Tim Hotrons
*Curently Living in Atlanta, Georgia
*Idol growing up: Justin Timberlake
*Youtube.com/kidrauhl
*Youtube.com/justinbieber
*Plays: Hockey
*Basketball
*Soccer
*Golf
*Football
*Motor Racing
*Knows how to play guitar, Drums, and Piano
*Lives with mom, dad and older brother
*Did NOT take singing lessons
*He loves skatebording and hocky
*Fears: Spiders
*Justin’s favorite brand of toothpaste is Colgate
*Favorite Moves: Exorists Of Emily Rose, 8Miles, Jackass 2, Slapshot 2 breaking the Ice.
*Dislikes: his Neighbor, Jimmy
*Favorite type of shoes: High Tops
*Favorite saing: "Im a G your like my swagga, if i were shetto, i'd be 5 times betta" - By, Him and Christian.
*He always has water nearby he loves play with a retro polaroid camera he is a normal teen with lots of pranks he was caught on camera in a silly face withhis ear piece still hot he wants to buy his mom a house when he has $1,000,000 he says is mom rocks he asked his best friend ryan to be i his one time music video his manager is scooter he has a puppy amed sam rihanna is taller then him

Talented Indian Playback Singer Hariharan

Name: Hariharan
Profession: Singer, Composer
Date of Birth: April 3rd, 1955
Place of Birth: Puthan Theruvu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Education: Degree in Law and science (Chemistry and Zoology)
Nationality: Indian

Family Father: Ananthasubramani
Mother: Shrimati Alamelu
Wife: Lalitha
Sons: Akshay and Karan

Debut Hindi song: "Ajeeb Saane He Mujh Par Qarar" from the film 'Gaman'
Tamil Song: 'Thamizha Thamizha' from Roja
Album: Colonial cousins

List of Ghazals and Pop songs Ghazals: Shamakhana, Mausam, Sukoon ,Aab Shaar-e-Ghazal (with Asha Bhosle),Ghazals by Hariharan,Hariharan in concert,Dil Nasheen, My Favourite Hits ,Dil Ki Baath, Horizon, Reflections, Paigam, Ghazal ka Mausam, Hazir (with Ustad Zakir Hussein on tabla), Gulfam,Qaraar, Vishaal, Jashn, Aasthwan Sur, Kaash, Lahore Ke Rang

Pop songs: Colonial Cousins (with Leslie Lewis),Halka Nasha

His father
* H.A.S Mani was the first chief of ‘Shanmukhananda Sabha Music School’ named ‘Sangeet Vidhyalaya’ but sadly passed away when Hariharan was only 8.
* Was one of the first batch of graduates in music from the Travancore Music College

About his mother 'In my life, my career, the first person who has stood behind me to make me what I am today... is my mother'

Guru
* Carnatic music: His mother
* Hindustani Classical music: Ghulam Mustafa Khan

Guruji's style "My Guru Ji perfected the ‘Gharana’ house style, and taught us about the limitless improvisation that can be sung – this is known as ‘Khayal’, a Hindi word meaning imagination, for making the notes come from the heart, imagining the sequences inducing pure creativeness.”

Marriage * Married Lalitha in 1984
* Was an arranged marriage
* On their first New Year together, they had to sit at home and watch television, simply because they were too broke to go anywhere

About Urdu “Urdu is simply a beautiful language which has a tone quality that draws the ears to listen to it being uttered, whether in poetry or song, I practically lived at my Urdu Teacher’s home, until my Urdu became satisfactory.”

About North and South "In Hindi films, they stick to a certain format of singing. In the South, you have more scope for variation. The film industry is very disciplined here and time is valued."

Inspired by Mehdi Hassan, Jagjit Singh

Hobbies Music and travelling

Friend, Philosopher and guide Jaidev

Admires: Mehndi Hasan, his all time favourite
Mohammed Rafi for his versatility
Kishore Kumar for his liveliness
S. P. Balasubramaniam for his vocal power,
K. J. Yesudas for his classical depth
Other favourites: Ashaji, Janaki, P.Susheela

Personal favourites
Deity: Lord Ganesha
Dress: Ethnic
Colors: Black and white
Food: Anything which is eatable and not too spicy / Veg and Non-Veg
Past time: Listening to music
Actress: Rani Mukherji
Music Director: A.R. Rehman

About his pony tail 'The strength in my music comes from my ponytail'

Maintaining his voice 'I usually practice for about 2 hours everyday in the morning. On days that I perform, I tend to rest my voice and do a 10-15 minute warm-up. I avoid oily foods and excessively cold foods.'

Remix songs "Remix is not as easy as it sounds on the ear. It is not just about adding new rhythms to an old tune. The beauty is in retaining the essence of the song and the feel of the period."

His style of ghazal Fusion of gayeki, Urdu poetry and contemporary sounds

About Ilayaraja and Rehman
Ilayaraja: Heavily influenced by the classical compositions of Mozart and Bach.
A.R..Rehman: Is more jazzy.

About Indian and Western music "We should take the best from their music and best from ours and create wonderful music. In Western music harmony is strong, whereas in Indian music melody is prominent. But we can draw a parallel between ‘raagdari’ and scale”.

MTV unplugged A.Hariharan ("Hari") and Leslie ("Lezz") Lewis became the first Asians and only Indians so far to have performed on the prestigious show.

Other performances * Performed various concerts for the Kargil Relief Fund and for mentally challenged children's institutions.
* Rendered the invocation song at Parliament on January 26, 2000, during the centenary of Independence.

Facts
* Donned a cameo role in the film 'Boys' and acted with Kushboo in the film Power of Women.

* Entered as a Ghazal singer

* Is a Trivandrum Brahmin

* He has sung for a number of TV serials, e.g., "Junoon"

* Does not know to play rap music

* Would like to sing in 50 albums before he retires

* Likes to work from night 9 pm till 5 am in the morning

* Likes to dwell in his own world

* He has collaborated with Pakistan based band Strings for a track called "bolo bolo". Also released an album called Destiny with Punjabi / Bhangra artiste Daler Mehndi.

About him
"Though an extrovert, I am a deeply spiritual person"

Awards
* Won the All-India Sur Singaar competition 1977

* His ghazal "Ajeeb Saane He Mujh Par Qarar" in that movie became such a hit
that it won Hariharan an Uttar Pradesh state award

* 1998, when the patriotic song "Mere dushman mere bhai" from the Hindi movie "Border" won Hariharan the coveted National Award for "Best Male Playback Singer".

* Diva Award `The Best Album Of The Year` - 1994 'Abshaar-e-Ghazal'

* Tamil Nadu State Government Film Awards 'Best Male Playback Singer' - 1995

* MTV Viewers Choice Award and US Billboard Award for Colonial Cousins

* 2004 - he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri and K.J Yesudas Award for his outstanding performance in music.

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Quote 'The whole world has become capitalistic and we have brought miseries to ourselves by creating competitions. Life is beautiful, and be humorous. Laughter is essential for health as it prevents cardiac arrests. Be simple in life and communicate with open heart.'

Guinness singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 4 Jun 1946
Place of Birth: Konetammapeta

ABOUT S.P. BALASUBRAMANIAM:

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam : SPB took the Indian film music scene by storm in 1979 with his phenomenally successful rendition for the movie SHANKARABHARANAM. 723 hits

Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam,is a prolific Indian singer. He is also known as S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P.B. and Baalu in the media.He was born into an orthodox family on June 4, 1946 in Konetammapeta (then in Andhra Pradesh and now in Tamil Nadu). He is the second son in a family of three sons and five daughters. His father S. P. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Telugu. He has two children - Pallavi and Charan.
He was born as Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam into an orthodox Saivite family on June 4, 1946 in Konetammapeta in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh . He is the second son in a large family of three sons and five daughters. His father S. P. Sambamurthy was a well-known exponent of Harikatha and his sister S.P. Sailaja is a former actress-singer in Telugu.
When he was 21, he fell in love with the daughter of the owner of the house he was staying on rent. His parents objected to their union as the girl was of same "Gothram" (lineage), as this was prohibited in conservative Brahmin families. They eloped and got married at Simhachalam, Andhra. The name of his wife is Savithri. The early days of the couple at Chennai was very difficult and tough. The couple have two children namely Pallavi and Charan, who has a production company named Capital Film Works.
Balu took to singing as a hobby during his childhood. He developed an interest in music very early in his life, and had studied notations and learnt to play instruments such as harmonium and flute on his own while listening to his father. His father wished that Balu should become an engineer which brought him to Madras, where he enrolled for the AMIE course. Meanwhile, he also pursued his hobby and won awards at many singing competitions.
In 1964, a Madras-based Telugu Cultural Organisation, organised a music competition for amateur singers. Balu won the first prize, and that proved a turning point in his life. Music director SP Kodandapani took him under his wing. Then offers poured in from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies.
Before he became a full fledged cinema singer, Balu was the leader of a light music troupe that comprising
Anirutta, who was working in Corporation and was the harmonium artist Ilaiyaraaja who joined the group as Guitarist and then moved over to harmonium after Anirutta became busy in his regular job Baskar, Ilaiyaraaja's brother who was in charge of Percussion Gangai Amaran another brother of Ilaiyaraaja who was the Guitarist after Ilaiyaraaja moved over to Harmonium.
Balasubrahmanyam made his debut in film music as a singer in 1966 with Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, a film scored by his mentor Kodandapani. He has sung more than 39,000 songssince in more than 5 different Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil,Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam. However, he has sung most of his songs in Telugu. He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of song recordings by any single male singer (the corresponding record for a female singer is held by Lata Mangeshkar).
A gifted singer, he is highly regarded for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control. These qualities allowed him expression across various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. His approach to singing is methodical; he perseveres to understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings (many of which are very poetic) and the settings in which these songs are couched in order to most effectively match their requirements with his vocal delivery.
SPB is fairly well-versed in the Hindi language, though many times criticized for his bad pronunciation, and has also sung in various other less familiar languages such as Bengali, Tulu and Oriya. He feels that vocal gimmickry cannot mask incorrect accents, and while he concedes that his accent and diction in Hindi are not perfect, insists that accent is secondary to singing within the context of the proper emotions required of the lyrics and moods. He welcomes modern technology in music making as it enhances both speed and results.
He has performed both the popular and classical music of India. For example, the songs he performed in the films Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Rudra Veena were based on Carnatic classical music, and the song Umandu Ghumandu in the movie Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi was based on Hindustani classical music.
SPB virtually monopolised playback singing for more than 30 years in the Telugu, Kannada and Tamil cinema. He hosts a popular TV show called Paadutha Theeyaga on E-TV, Paadalani Undi on MAA-TV ,Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu on 'E-TV Kannada' and 'Ennodo Paattu Paadungal' on JAYA-TV.

Multi faceted Playback Singer P.B.Sreenivas

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: P.B.Sreenivas
Sex: Male
Genres: Playback singing, Carnatic music, Ghazal
Occupations: Singer-Vocalist
Date of Birth: 22 Sep 1930
Place of Birth: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

ABOUT P.B.SREENIVAS:

P.B. Sreenivas (Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivos and popularly PBS) is a multi-faceted playback singer from South India 648 hits

His first solo hit came in the movie Prema Pasam in which he also sang a duet with P. Susheela.

Ever Green King of Melody - Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas alias P.B. Srinivas was born to the couple Phanindra Swamy and Sesha Giriamma, in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He began singing at stage shows from the age of 12. He joined classes when he was in Kakinada, but could not stand the way the varnam was butchered. So he quit and that was the end of formal learning. He was blessed with an excellent grasping power, which meant that he could reproduce any music he heard. His mother, who was highly impressed, encouraged him to sing more of classical music but his heart was in film music. His mother Seshagiri Amma had a sweet voice. She was a great influence on him. He was all the time singing the hits of Rafi, Manna Dey, Talat and Mukesh. Lata’s songs were a virtual education in modulation. Completing B.Com was a pre-condition to his joining the orchestra of Veena vidwan and composer Emani Sankara Sastri. So he got his degree. He also started working with B.S.Kalla and got his first break when he rendered a couplet for the Hindi film, Mr. Sampath. On listening to it, S.S. Vasan had told Sastri that his voice was a good find for the industry. He entered the film world by singing a chorus in a Hindi film in 1952. He sang his first solo song for Jathakam, a film simultaneously produced in Tamil and Telugu. The film in which Malayalam actor T.K. Balachandran played the lead role came out in 1953. R. Nagendra Rao gave him the first break. He got noticed and there was no looking back since then.

He has even recorded five songs in a single day. Only S. Janaki’s voice and his were used for the films Policekaran Magal and Sumaithangi, which was a record of sorts in those days. Writing has been his passion and has written more than two lakh songs of all kinds — ghazals, bhajans, verses, dohas, etc., in many languages. He is fluent in eight languages including English and Urdu and has penned several ghazals in Tamil. The man with a melodious voice has rendered several hit numbers set to tunes by M S Viswanathan. In Malayalam, he has written a song, Jil Jil Kinare… for Thadakam. He has even composed a raga named Navaneetha Sumasudha. In Malayalam, he sang for the first time for Harischandra. He has sung many hit songs which include Mamalakalkappurathu…, Niranja Kannukalode…, Thulasi Vili Kelkku…, and Beliyalla Enikkuvendathu….. He was the voice of the Tamil actor Romance King (Kadhal Mannan) Gemini Ganesan and has rendered some memorable hits like Nilavae Ennidam…., En aruhe nee irunthaal iyarkai ellaam...., Inbam pongum vennilaa veesuthe, Azhagiya mithilai nagarinile…., Enthan paruvaththin kelvikku pathil enna…, Nenjaththil iruppathu…., Yaar yaar yaar aval yaaro…., Raaja raajasri raajan vanthaan….., etc. He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, he is most well known for his melodious playback singing in the Kannada film industry for Rajkumar. PBS is popular in Hindi through Main Bhi Ladki Hun... remake of Naamum oru penn songs like Chanda Se Hoga Wo Pyara...., Phulon Se Hoga Wo Nyaara..., a duet with Lata that took him to pinnacle of glory. He had the expressiveness and the ability to invest songs with delicate emotions that mesmerized anyone right in the first listening itself.

His devotional songs include Sharadha Bhujanga Stothram, Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatham, Mukunda Mala, Shri Mallikarjuna Stotram and Purandaradasa compositions.

His "home away from home" was the Woodlands Drive-In restaurant in Chennai frequently wrote.

He has headed many music related organizations such as being the president of Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram

Filmography

0. Aayirathil oruvan (Tamil: ஆயிரத்தில் ஒருவன்- 2010)
1. Laxmi Pooja (1979)
2. Gorantha Deepam (1978)
3. Jeevana Jyothi (1976)
4. Seeta Kalyanam (1976)
5. Chelleli Kapuram (1971)
6. Sampoorna Ramayanam (1971)
7. Saptaswarulu (1969)
8. Ooty Varai Uravu (1967)
9. Sakshi (1967)
10. Letha Manasulu (1966)
11. Gudi Gantalu (1965)
12. Preminchi Choodu (1965)
13. Tene Manasulu (1965)
14. Sri Simhachala Kshetra Mahima (1965)
15. Maain Bhi Ladki Hun (1964)
16. Bobbili Yudham (1964)
17. Dr. Chakravarthy (1964)
18. Manchi Manishi (1964)
19. Lava Kusha (1963)
20. Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (1963)
21. Atma Bandhuvu (1962)
22. Bhishma (1962)
23. Raktha Sambandham (1962)
24. Dakshayagnam (1962)
25. Kula Gothralu (1962)
26. Intiki Deepam Illalu (1961)
27. Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961)
28. Iddaru Mitrulu (1961)
29. Thirudathe (1961)
30. Bhakta Shabari (1960)
31. Runanubandham (1960)
32. Sahasra Siracheda Apoorva Chinthamani (1960)
33. Shantinivasam (1960)
34. Jayabheri (1959)
35. Bhale Ramudu (1956)
36. Rani Ratnaprabha (1955)

Awards and recognitions

* Madhavapeddi Satyam award by the Siva Foundation
* Vocational Excellence Award for his fifty years of dedication to music
* Vidwath Siromani Puraskaram

Talented Playback Singer K.S.Chithra

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: K.S.Chitra
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 27 July 1963
Place of Birth: Thiruvananthapuram- Kerala

ABOUT K.S.CHITRA:

K.S. Chitra counts amongst the most brilliant as well as the most talented playback singers of the country. 709 hits

The builder of apprehensive reputation as a playback singer with her melodious voice for south Indian as well as Hindi films has to her credit over 11,000 songs in languages like Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali and Oriya. K S Chitra counts amongst the most brilliant as well as the most talented playback singers of the country. Chitra is the only Indian female singer to perform in Royal Albert Hall, apart from Lata Mangeshkar. Her knowledge of South Indian languages and Hindi enables her to render songs with originality and perfection. Her voice is versatile and she sings with a great feel.

Nightingale of South India , K S Chitra was born on July 27, 1962 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala into a musician`s family. Her father, Krishnan Nair, nurtured her from an early age as he recognized her talent. Her father was her first Guru or teacher. This extraordinary singer learned music at the graduate and post-graduate levels and completed her B A in music with the third rank from the university. She went on to complete her MA in music from Kerala University. For which she was chosen for the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978-1984. From Dr. K.Omanakutty, K S Chitra received her extensive training in Carnatic Music after wards. Chitra is married to Vijayashankar and has a daughter named Nandana.

Ms Chitra got a chance in films when Prof. K.Omanakutty introduced her to her brother Mr. M.G.Radhakrishnan, a famous music director in Malayalam film industry. Her career in music started with the movie `Attahaasam`. From then on there was no looking back. She sang for the films like `Snehapoorvam Meera`, and `Njaan Ekananu`. Her expressive melodious voice got her plenty of offers and she was soon making a mark in Malayalam films to the extent that she has today monopolized Malayalam film music.

K S Chitra`s big break came into Tamil films when she met with the famous music director Ilayaraja, with his film `Nee Thaanaa Antha Kuyil`. During the same time, she received an offer from S.P. Venkatesh, for singing in a Hindi film being directed by him. But it was with `Sindhu Bhairavi` she became a known name in Tamil industry that also won her the National Award for best playback singer. Ms Chitra`s venture into Hindi film music was with the song `Saathiya, ye tune kya kiya` in the film `Love`. Some of the Hindi films that she has given hit songs are `Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya`, `Aks`, `Ashoka`, `Rangeela` etc. This eminent singer is one who has successfully broken the North-South divide and blazed a trail of glory in both worlds. Chitra did her first album in Indipop with Voodoo Rapper.

K S Chitra has own the unique distinction of being the first female singer in the history of South Indian film playback singing to be honored by all the four southern state governments as the best playback singer. The Kerala government has crowned upon her the best playback singer award more than 12 times. Chithra has recorded thousands of film and non-film songs. During her career, numerous recognitions have come her way She has won the National Award for the best playback singer five times. For ` Sindhu Bhairavi` (Tamil, 1986),` Nakhashatangal` (Malayalam, 1987), ` Vaishali` (Malayalam, 1989), Minsara Kanavu (Tamil, 1996), Virasat (Hindi, 1997). In 1997, Chithra was also honoured with the Kalaimamani title from Tamil Nadu Government. She was awarded the K. J. Yesudas Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 and Kalaiselvam title from the South Indian Nadigar Sangam in 2002. The Lifetime Achievement Award from Global Malayalee Council in London was conferred to her in 2003. She has also received numerous mainstream awards like MTV Video Music Award, Screen - Videocon Award, Film Fans Association Awards, and Cinema Express Awards. Recognising her contribution to the music world, K S Chitra has been conferred the prestigious Padmashri title by the Government of India.

K S Chitra has performed all over India, Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, France, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Western European Countries like Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark. Ms Chitra has many albums especially devotional music to her credit. She has also worked with legends like Ustad Sultan Khan in the Album `Piya Basanthi` and Gulzar in the Album Sunset Point in Hindi. She recently released an album in dedication to Smt. Subbulakshmi named My Tribute. It is a collection of kirthis and bhajans dedicated to Subbulakshmi. Her first ghazal album with Masterio Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle is ready for release. Sony is planning to release a solo album soon owing to success of Piya Basanthi.

K S Chitra has an ability to pick up even the most difficult pitch with ease as because she has a strong base in classical music. K S Chitra, is a Grade A artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan. K S Chitra has established her own recording label - Audiotracs, to promote new talents in the music world by giving them opportunities to collaborate with her as singers, lyricists and music directors.

Talented Bollywood Singer Sonu Nigam

BIOGRAPHY

Name: Sonu Nigam
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 30 July 1973
Place of Birth: Faridabad district of Haryana

ABOUT SONU NIGAM:

Sonu Nigam is one of the most popular singers of Bollywood. He is a teen idol who has inspired thousands of young singers across the country. This talented singer was born in Faridabad district of Haryana on July 30th, 1973. He did his schooling from J.D. Tytler School in Delhi. Thereafter he moved to Bombay to pursue his dream of making a career in music. Given here is a short biography of Sonu Nigam.

Sonu Nigam's father Agam Kumar is a renowned singer who performed on many stage shows in his prime. Sonu Nigam used to accompany his father to his shows and once gave a moving performance at the tender age of three. He sang the superhit song of Mohammed Rafi "Kya Hua Tera Wada" of the movie "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi". It was appreciated by all and Sonu Nigam tasted fame. He was encouraged to hone his singing though many claimed he was just a Rafi clone.

He got his first break to sing for the movie Janum in the year 1990. Though the film flopped, he got noticed by the famous Gulshan Kumar. He offered Sonu to sing in the film Bewafa Sanam. The song "Accha Sila Diya" became that year's biggest hit. He shot to fame and was noticed by one and all. Sonu Nigam was poured with offers thereafter and got another great opportunity to make his mark in the form of television host for the musical talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

In the year 1997, he got his biggest hit with the film "Border". His song "Sandese Aate Hain" was touted as the biggest hit of that year and he won the Zee Cine award for the song. He proved critics wrong who said he was a Rafi clone with the song "Yeh Dil" from the film "Pardes". With more and more offers pouring in and films like Taal, Pukar and Saathiya, he carved a niche for himself. Sonu Nigam has also released many pop albums namely Deewana, Jaan, Yaad, Mausam and Chanda Ki Doli, which have become major hits. He also tried his hand at acting and has done films like Jaani Dushman, Love in Nepal and Kash Aap Hamare Hote.

Sonu Nigam has recently started his own radio show on Radio City 91 FM which is known as Life Ki Dhun. He has interviewed many eminent personalities of the film industry. One can also tune into this show on the Internet. His recent soundtracks of the movies Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna are chart toppers and have made him a favorite among the younger generation. He plans to release a semi-classical album and an English album in the near future. Sonu Nigam has truly made an indelible mark in the industry and continues to add the melody in life with his flawless voice.

Twenty Best Songs

1. Saathiya Saathiya-(Saathiya)

A great song with gr8 lyrics and sung excellently by Sonu Nigam. Rahman’s music and Sonu’s voice makes the song absolutely soulful to hear everytime.

2. Tanhayee-(Dil Chahta Hai)

This is my all time favorite. I just love this song like anything. I kept listening everytime and becoz of this my friends used to hate me for playing this song everytime. They even presented me an audio CD which consisted of only this song repeated on my birthday. A sad song with gr8 lyrics and sung right from the heart by Sonu with excellent picturisation as well.

3. Kal Ho na Ho-(Kal Ho Na ho)

If u had seen my profile then u will get the lyrics of this song. Excellent song by Sonu Nigam. Infact the sad version of KHNH is equally good to hear.

4. Satrangi Re-(Dil Se..)

My favorite track from my favorite movie. Although I didn’t really like the video. The sceneries were absolutely fantastic but SRK & Manisha I don’t think they suited to this song. He really stretched in a high pitch for this song.

5. Tu hawa hai fiza hai-(Fiza)

A great compilation from Annu Malik. Sonu really complimented Alka Yagnik in this song. Its soothing to hear at sitting alone at nites in an open sky.

6. Sab kuch bhula diya-(Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam)

U might not have heard this song or liked it. It’s a song from the movie HTHS starring SRK, Sallu and Madhuri. It comes when SRK is separated from his wife. Sonu has really sung this song well. I specially like Sonu Nigam when he sings sad songs becoz I think he really sings from heart

7. Suraj Hua Madham-(Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham)

The best song of K3G. Sonu and Alka combination had really made this song wonders. Excellent work by music director Sandesh Shandaliya compiling this beautiful romantic number.

8. Aasman Kehta hai rab se-(Mast)

Sandeep Chowta with a real different tune to this song. Sonu Nigam sings this song with utter relaxation I think. The way with which Sonu co-ordinates with the music is amazing.

9. Acha Sila Diya tune-(Bewafa Sanam)

Again a sad song and again sung extremely well by Sonu from Bewafa Sanam. This was his big break on the silver screen. This song made him popular in Bollywood at the times when the singing department was ruled by kings like Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan etc.

10. Panchi Nadiyan-(Refugee)

A song from Refugee with beautiful lyrics. Excellent support to Sonu by Alka makes this song listen twice everytime u hear it. I must say singing chemistry between Sonu and Alka yagnik is gr8. They both have sung together some absolute classics

11.Ye bekhudi Deewangi tumhise-(Tumko Na Bhool Payenge)

An absolute romantic number. Reminds me of Bryan Adams Everything I do. This song has this great romantic feeling attached it and with Sonu’s voice it’s more good to hear.

12. Rehna hai tere dil mein-(Rehna hai tere dil mein)

One of the four title tracks of the movie and the best of all. A fast paced number with good music and good singing by both Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam and Sonu Nigam

13.Khamoshiyan gun guna ne lagi-(One 2 ka 4)

Once again Sonu Nigam singing for SRK. Phew he sang more hit songs being picturised on SRK then any other actor in the film industry. This is also a romantic number sung duet with Lata Mangeshkar.

14.Yaar Mangiyasi-(Kaante)

This is my favorite and I think I love it more than any of these songs mentioned in my list. I don’t know why but I find a strange sad feeling attached to it which makes me like this song very much. It’s a fast paced sad Punjabi song although I don’t know Punjabi so I can’t make out the whole song but yes it is a sad song. Music Director Anand Raaj Anand has made a real gem.

15. Resham si hai ye hawaein sanam-(Mere Yaar ki Shaadi hai)

A soulful romantic number picturised on Jimmy Shergill and Sanjana, excellently sung by Sonu Nigam once again with Alka Yagnik and this time there is Udit Narayan to accompany Sonu Nigam too.

16. Yeh Dil-(Pardes)

This one’s a fast paced number with melodious lyrics when the hero tries to forget his love. Nice song to hear on high volume (& once again picturised on ShahRukh Khan).

17.Mera Rangde Basanti-(The Legend of Bhagat Singh)

The climax song and the best. The song starts of with Sonu Nigam and then good company is given to him by Manmohan Waris. A great patriotic song very good hear. The way in which Sonu and Manmohan stretch their voices is very nice to listen and not to mention excellent chorus and some great music by A.R.Rahman.

18.Zindagi Maut Na ban jaaye-(Sarfarosh)

This is a qawali type song from a gr8 movie Sarfarosh. I feel both the film as well as this song were unnoticed at many award functions so they didn’t get the appreciation they deserved. Jatin Lalit did a tremendous job composing this, the ghazal by Jagjit Singh (Hoshwalo ko Khabar kya) as well that fast number (Jo haal dilka…) and so did Sonu Nigam singing this song.

19.Kuch Kasme-(Aankhen-New)

Yet another romantic number by Sonu Nigam. This song was there in the movie. I think it was an added attraction but it is an awesome compilation.

20.Sandese aate hai-(Border)

How could I ever forget this song? Excellent song, excellent lyrics, excellent music and excellent singing by Sonu Nigam as well as Roop Kumar Rathod for an excellent movie.

Sonu Nigam's Hits Latest

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2. The Offspring [Greatz Hits] - Want You Bad
3. Dj Ice - Hits Mix #1
4. Pacha Ibiza Hits 2009 By David Vendetta
5. Dj Ice - Hits Mix #3
6. Den Harrow - Greatest Hits Mix 2009
Obie trice Ft Eminem - when it hits the fan dr.dre, xzibit,
7.eminem, 50 cent, tupac, g unit, weird al, blue collar, rap, the game, , lil wyte, bone thugs
8. Dee Jay Przepiór - R'N'B Hits In Da House Mix
9. 2Pac Greatest Hits - Tupac Shakur - Life Goes On
10. 2Pac Greatest Hits - Tupac Shakur - Hail Mary
11. 2pac - tupac's greatest hits
12. micheal jackson - michael jackson number one hits - earth song
13. Mixed By Dziam - Club Hits Mania
15. Replay Dance Mania Svenska Hits - Jag vill vara din Margare

Best Playback Singer Manna Dey

BIOGRAPHY

Manna Dey: Indian playback singer, vocalist, musician
Real Name: Prabodh Chandra Dey
Date of Birth: May 1, 1919
Birth Place: Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Years Active: 1942- present
Father: Purna Chandra Dey (chartered accountant)
Mother: Mahamaya Dey
Uncle: Krishna Chandra Dey (singer/actor)
Wife: Sulochana Kumaran (married on December 18, 1953)
Children: 2 daughters- Suroma and Sumita

ABOUT MANNA DEY:

Manna Dey is renowned Indian playback singer and musician. He is one of the legendary figures in Indian music industry. He is one of the versatile singers who can sing any type of song from classical, romantic, patriotic, fast numbers to slow and soulful. The veteran singer has won many prestigious awards including Filmfare, Padmasree, Padmabhusan and even National Award as Best Playback Singer.
His real name is Prabodh Chandra Dey, who popularly known as Manna Dey. Manna Dey was born on May 1, 1919 in a Bengali family. Manna Day attracted towards music due to his uncle's influence on him. His paternal uncle Krishna Chandra Dey was a well-known singer and actor of New Theatres company. He was loved and pampered by his uncle. He took his first music lessons from uncle K. C. Dey.
Manna attended Indu Babur Pathshala, Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College to do his schooling. He graduated from Vidyasagar College, Calcutta. After college he has two ways to choose between. Either take music or some other job for living. His father wanted him to become a Bachelor of Arts, to be a Barrister. But like other youngsters in Calcutta, he was under influence of his uncle and selected to go for music. In his initial days he was taught by uncle K. C. Dey. K.C. Dey introduced him to the nuances of thumri, qawwali, tappa, and bhajan. Later he took training from Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan.
Manna Dey moved to Mumbai along with uncle K. C. Dey, in 1942. Initially he worked as an assistant to K. C. Dey, then to S. D. Burman. After that he also worked as assistant to other music composer. Later he started working independently as a music director. While working as music director, he kept on learning the Hindustani classical music. He is one of the talented classical singers, while he can sing semi-classical filmy songs with ease.
In 1943, Manna Dey got his first break with the film 'Tamanna'. It was a duet song along with singer Suraiya, which was composed by K. C. Dey. The song became hit. He also gets attention with the song 'Upar Gagan Vishal' from film Mashal. Later his song from the Bengali and Marathi film Amar Bhupali proved him as a prominent singer. During early career he found problem with the Hindi language. But later he done a systematic study and get easy with the language.
Manna Dey is also known for his perfection. He is the only artiste who used to make notations before recording a song. Manna shared a great bond with music directors R. D. Burman and Shankar-Jaikishan. With R. D. Burman he gave the hit number 'Aao Twist Karein'.
Critics agreed that Manna can sing any of Rafi, Kishore, Talat Mahmood and Mukesh's song. He is one of the versatile singers. Once the legendary singer Mohammad Rafi said that people listen to his songs, but he listen only to Manna Dey's songs. That defines the singer's greatness. But unfortunately he was used to sing for character actors and older stars except occasionally for Raj Kapoor. While the times other lead singers Rafi, Kishore and Talat Mahmood were singing for stars like Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. Many commented that his voice lacks youthfulness. But he has the ability to make any song a hit song with his melodious voice. Manna sang many songs for the comedian Mehmood including the hit 'Ek Chatoor Nar Karke Singar' from Padosan.

Hit Songs
• Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh
• Na Mangun Sona Chandi
• Poocho Na Kaise Rein Bitaayi
• Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Haaye
• Tujhe Suraj Kahoon Ya Chanda
• Pyar Hua Iqraar Hua
• Tu Pyar Ka Saagar Hai
• Aaoo Twist Karen
• Aye Mere Pyare Watan
• Laga Chunari Mein Daag
• Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen
• Chunri Sambhaal Gori Udi Chali Jaaye Re
• Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar
• Yari Hai Iman Mera Yaar Meri Jindagi
Manna Dey - Non-film Albums
• Madhushala
• Hyara Hu Mai
• Shwan Ke Rimjhim
• O Rang Rejwa
• Meri Bhi Ek Mumtaz Thi
• Shyam Ho Jamm Ho

National Awards
• 2004 - from Govt. of Kerala
• 1971 - for film Mera Naam Joker (Hindi)
• 1970 - for film Nishipadma (Bengali)

Government Awards
• 2005 - Life Time Achievement Award - Govt. of Maharastra
• 2005 - Padma Bhushan Award - Govt. of India
• 2003 - Alauddin Khan Award - Govt. of West Bengal
• 1971 - Padmasree Award - Govt. of India

Other Awards
• 2005 - D.Lit Honour Burdwan University
• 2004 - D. Lit Honour Rabindra Bharati University
• 2002 - Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music
• 2001 - Anandalok Lifetime Award Anandabazar Group
• 1999 - Kamala Devi Roy Award Kamala Devi Group
• 1991 - Sangeet Swarnachurr Award Awarded by Shree Khetra Kala Prakashika, Puri
• 1990 - Shyamal Mitra Award Mithun Fans Association
• 1993 - P.C.Chandra Award P.C.Chandra Group & others
• 1988 - Michale Sahittyo Puraskar Awarded by Renaissance Sanskritik Parishad, Dacca
• 1985 - Lata Mangeskar Award Awarded by Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

Guinness Singer Lata Mangeskar

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Lata Mangeshkar
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1929
Place of Birth: Indore

ABOUT LATA MANGESHKAR:

Lata Mangeshkar is one of the best singers of the Hindi film industry. She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in the world. It is estimated that she has more than 30,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 different languages from 1948 to 1987. Now, it must way over 40,000! Lata Mangeshkar was born on 28th September, 1929 in a place called Indore. Her father Dinanath Mangeshkar was a renowned classical singer himself. Lata was introduced to music at a very young age. The life history of Lata Mangeshkar is truly fascinating. Read this short biography of Lata Mungeshkar.

Lata Mangeshkar was very young when her father passed away, thus making the family dependant on Lata. To take care of her family's economic situation, Lata acted in as many as 8 films from 1942 to 1948. She debuted as playback singer in a Marathi film named Kiti Hasaal (1942). Unfortunately the song was edited out. Her first Hindi playback was for the film Aap ke Sewa Main (1947) but she did not get noticed. At that time, the film industry was ruled by female singers who had heavier and huskier voices like Noor Jehan, Shamshad Begum and Zohrabai Ambalewali. While auditioning for the movie Shaheed (1948), she was rejected on the account of her thin voice! But Ghulam Haider saw the potential in her and gave her a chance to sing in the film Majboor.

The song Dil Mera Toda finally got her noticed and it was touted as her breakthrough song. In 1949, she had four major hits from the films Barsaat, Andaaz, Dulari and Mahal. The song "Aayega Aanewala" from Mahal was a huge hit and Lata secured a firm position in the industry. The husky voices of all other singers became obsolete in front of the high pitched voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The music industry had a huge makeover with the arrival of Lata Mangeshkar. By the late 50's, the younger sister of Lata Mangeshkar known as Asha Bhonsle also came into the scene and they both were touted as the unbeatable voices of the industry.

Lata rose to fame rapidly and made her indelible mark in the industry. She has sung with famous singers like Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, etc. She has perfected almost every genre of music. Her success and determination made her one of the most powerful women in the industry. She refused to sing for the great composer S.D Burman due to some misunderstanding and also stopped singing with Mohammed Rafi. Her power was so immense that they had to come back to her. She actually monopolized the music industry and every music director wanted to work with her. She understood the requirement of each song and sang flawlessly.

Lata Mangeshkar has been honored with innumerable awards but the one that truly deserves a special mention is that she is the only second singer in the non-classical category (after M.S Subbulakshmi) in India to have received the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. She has received three national awards and eight Filmfare awards after which she stopped accepting awards in order to promote new talent. She continues to sing every now and then for Hindi movies and perform live. Truly a living legend, Lata Mangeshkar has a talent that is second to none.

Golden Voice Singer Mukesh Biography

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Mukesh
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 22 July 1923
Place of Birth: Zoraver Chand Mathur in Delhi

ABOUT MUKESH:

Mukesh was nicknamed as The Man with the Golden Voice and his songs are true examples of his inimitable voice. Mukesh was born as Zoraver Chand Mathur in Delhi on July 22nd, 1923. His name is mentioned with the names of great legends like Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar. Mukesh left studies after the 10th standard and got a job with Delhi Department of Public Works. He experimented with voice recordings and at the same time, honed his singing ability. A short biography covering the life history of Mukesh has been given below.

The singer in Mukesh was recognized by the renowned actor Motilal, who happened to be a distant relative of Mukesh. He saw Mukesh perform at the wedding of his sister and recognized a hidden spark in the young boy. Mukesh was taken to Bombay where he received training in music to refine his voice. In this period he even managed to bag a role in a Hindi movie titled Nirdosh (1941), which unfortunately did not fare well at the box office. His first stint as a playback singer was in the movie Pehli Nazar (1945). The song incidentally was picturized on Motilal.

Mukesh had the voice that could paint a thousand shades of melancholy. The way he sang, with the perfect tone and diction, he was considered as second to none. The pain that he had in his voice could not be imitated by anyone else. One could feel the tenderness and joy with doses of hidden anguish in his voice that was presented in a raw manner. He went on to command a huge fan following and was counted as a legend among legends. The music maestro Salil Choudhury praised Mukesh with following quote:

"Each word from his lips was a pearl. No one could sing the way Mukesh did, with the right diction, inflexion and intonation. His vocal timbre was out of this world."

Mukesh finally discovered his own style with the films Mela (1948) and Andaaz (1949). With music director Naushad, Mukesh belted out some unforgettable hits like Tu Kahe Agar, Jhoom Jhoom ke Naacho Aaj, Hum Aaj Kahin Dil Kho Baithe, Toote Na Dil Toote Na. These four solos made him a well-known playback singer overnight. It was in the year 1948 that Mukesh sang for Raj Kapoor for the movie Aag. The voice of Mukesh perfectly matched the helplessness that was portrayed onscreen by Raj Kapoor in the song Zinda Hoon Is Tarah. After that there was no looking back and this wonderful partnership went on till the year 1975.

With Raj Kapoor, Mukesh immortalized heartbreaks and despair and belted out some classic numbers and endless list of hits. The ones that deserve a mention are Awaara (1951), Shri 420 (1955), Parvarish (1958), Anari (1959), Sangam (1964), Mera Naam Joker (1970) and Kabhi Kabhi (1976). His last recording with Raj Kapoor was the song "Ek Din Bik Jaayega" from the movie Dharam Karam. The music was composed by R.D. Burman.

Mukesh breathed his last while on a concert tour to Detroit, U.S. He suffered a massive heart attack. His untimely death shocked the entire nation and the film industry. When the news of his death reached the film industry, Raj Kapoor said, "I have lost my voice". Such was the fame of Mukesh who shall truly remain a legend. There was and will be none who could produce the same kind of magic he did.

Indian playback singer Sujatha Mohan

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Sujatha Mohan
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1964
Place of Birth: Thiruvanathapuram

ABOUT SUJATHA MOHAN:

Sujatha Mohan is an Indian playback singer. She has sung in Malayalam and Tamil languages.

Mohan is the granddaughter of paravur T. K. Narayana Pillai, the first Chief Minister of the erstwhile Cochin State after Independence. Her first song was Kalai Paniyil from the Tamil Film Gayathri (1977), starring Sridevi Rajinikanth, music by Ilayaraja. Her first Tamil hit film song was Puthu Vellai Mazhai from Mani Ratnam's 1992 film Roja, composed by A. R. Rahman. She has had other hit songs from films including Gentleman (1993), Indian (1996) and Minsaara Kanavu (1997).

Languages sung: Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Baduga.
Hindi songs:Her Hindi numbers in films like ‘Pukaar’ and ‘Taal’ have topped the charts.
Total songs:More than 5,000

About not getting the National award "I have missed it narrowly in some years. Moreover, some films with good songs are not entered for the National Awards every year. This is part of the game. If I am destined, I will get it one day."

* She sang her first film song when she was still in six standard.
* Her first actual film is TOURIST BUNGALOW - Malayalam realsed in 1974.
* Her first Tamil film song ('Kaadhal Oviyam Kandein') was not included in the film. However she took it as a good sign.
* First released song Kalai Paniyil Addum Malargal from Gayathri.
* Lost her father at age two
* She married Dr.Mohan in 1981 and moved to Chennai which helped her to launch her career again.
* She made a comeback in 1989 through Priyadarshan's `Kadathanadan Ambadi.' Her songs in `Chitram' (1988) made her even more famous.
* In Tamil films she made a comeback through `Puthuvellai Mazhai' in A.R. Rahman's debut film `Roja' in 1992

The Great Singer Kishore Kumar Biography

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Kishore Kumar
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 4 Aug 1929
Place of Birth: Khandwa located in the state of Madhya Pradesh

ABOUT KISHORE KUMAR:

Born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly on 4th August, 1929, this great singer known as Kishore Kumar, affectionately called Kishore Da, was one of those very few singers who took risks and experimented with different styles of music. Considered to be a legend in Hindi film world, this multi talented persona has excelled as a playback singer, actor, composer, lyrics writer, director, producer and script writer. The songs of Kishore Kumar have an extraordinary blend of romance, emotions, naughtiness and melancholy. We attempt to present the life history of Kishor Kumar in this short biography.

Kishore Kumar was born in a small place known as Khandwa located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was born in a typical Bengali family and was the youngest among his siblings. He had two elder brothers (Ashok Kumar and Anoop Kumar) and a sister (Sati Devi). His father Kunjilal Ganguly was a lawyer by profession and his mother Gauri Devi was from a well-to-do family. When his eldest brother Ashok Kumar became an actor, Kishore Kumar was still quite young. Later on, his second brother also ventured into movies to become an actor.

Kishore Kumar also started to show interest in music and often mimicked the great K.L. Saigal. Though he did not have any formal training in music, he decided to pursue it and followed his brothers to Mumbai. It was his dream to become a famous playback singer and be counted among legends. He would often go to the studios and ask producers if he could sing on the movie's soundtrack. Initially he could not develop a style of his own but nevertheless he perfectly imitated K.L. Saigal. Once, the great S.D Burman had come to Ashok Kumar's house to meet up when he heard Kishore singing. He actually thought it was K.L. Saigal singing and inquired if he was there too! When he came to know that it was Kishore singing, he truly appreciated and encouraged the young lad to continue refining his voice but at the same time, develop a style of his own.

Kishore kept this advice in mind and went on develop his own signature style. He perfected yodeling, a unique style he heard amongst the Austrian music collections of his brother Anoop. In Hindi film industry, his yodeling turned out to be widely popular and became a trademark of Kishore Kumar. His songs sounded absolutely natural, like laughter. He used to incorporate non-sensical terms into his songs and give it an entirely new feel. The ability to transform his voice according to not just the scene but also the actor is something that was truly incredible of Kishore. He has sung soulful songs for Dev Anand and also fun filled songs for Rajesh Khanna.

After Rajesh Khanna went out of the scene, Kishore Kumar belted out chart topping hits for superstar Amitabh Bachchan. When R.D. Burman stormed the music world, Kishore Kumar re-surfaced with hits like Roop Tera Mastana and many other melodious songs. Some films that deserve a special mention are Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, Kinara, Dream Girl, Anurodh, Sharabi, Mr. Natwarlal, Gol Maal, Dostana, Manzil, Padosan, Shalimar, Khatta Meetha, Kasme Vaade, Ghar, Don, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Dilli Ka Thug, etc.

When his popularity began to diminish during mid 80's, he retired and wanted to return back to Khandwa, his native place. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. On October 13th 1987, co-incidentally the birthday of his elder brother Ashok Kumar, Kishore suffered a heart attack and breathed his last. His untimely and unexpected death shocked the entire nation. Kishore Kumar married four times and his eldest son Amit Kumar also ventured into the world of music.

Top Carnatic Singer M.S.Subbulakshmi Biography

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Name: M.S.Subbulakshmi
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 16 Sep 1916
Place of Birth: Madurai

ABOUT M.S Subbulakshmi:

M.S Subbulakshmi is a name that is synonymous with the world of Carnatic music. This flawless singer whose voice had a divine power is the first singer in India to be presented with the Bharat Ratna, the highest award given to any civilian. Born on 16th September, 1916 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, this singer had a family that had a musical background. Her full name was Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi and she was fondly known as M.S or M.S.S. Her mother tongue was Kannada. Read the life history of M S Subbalakshmi in this short biography.

M.S was introduced to Carnatic music at a very early age. She released her first album at the mere age of 10! She received training in classical carnatic music under the famous Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then learnt Hindustani classical music under Pundit Narayan Rao Vyas. M.S gave her first public performance at Kumbakonam during Mahamaham festival. Then M.S went to the Madras Music Academy and gave a stunning performance at the age of 17. Apart from her mother tongue Kannada, M.S sang in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Gujarati, etc.

M.S also did her stint as an actress and one of the most memorable films was Bhakta Meera (1945). The versatile singer sang all famous Meera bhajans in her melodious voice and these bhajans are enjoyed by people even today. Her other films include Sevasadanam, Savitri and Meera (Tamil). She attained much acclaim and success in films, but they did not appeal to her after some time. She quit films and continued to give public performances and concerts.

In the year 1936, she met Sadasivam who was a freedom fighter. They both got married after four years in 1940. Sadasivam already had children from his last marriage and did not have any further children with M.S. She treated his kids like they were her own and showered them with love and affection. She was affectionately called "Amu Paati" by the kids Radha, Viji and Thangam (Sadasivam's orphaned niece adopted by M.S).

M S Subbulakshmi has performed in London (Royal Albert Hall), New York (Carnegie Hall), Canada, Far East, Moscow, etc. These performances are regarded among her best performances. She was applauded by not just Indians, but foreigners as well. People who did not even understand the language she was singing in said that she is a divine manifestation. Her fan list included Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, among other elite people. Mahatma Gandhi commented that he would rather hear Subbulakshmi speak the songs rather than hear someone else sing it.

Some of her most famous works include Suprabhatam (Early Morning Hymns), Bhajagovindam (composed by Adi Shankaracharya praising Lord Krishna), Kurai Onrum Illai (composed by Rajagopalachari), Vishnu Sahasranamam (1000 names of Lord Vishnu), Hanuman Chalisa (Prayers to Lord Hanuman), etc. Any ardent fan of Carnatic classical music is sure to have all these and much more works of M.S Subbulakshmi. Another moving composition is the song Vaishnava Janato that can bring tears to anybody. The way she sang, her devotion, her tone, her pitch, her perfect pronunciation is inimitable and flawless. She has been a recipient of innumerable awards. This great soul passed away on 11th December 2004 in Chennai at the age of 88. The rich legacy of music that she gave us will live forever.

Indian playback singer Shreya Ghoshal

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Shreya Ghoshal
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1984
Place of Birth: Rawatbhata, Rajasthan

ABOUT SHREYA GHOSHAL:

Shreya has sung several songs in Bollywood and Kollywood. 847 hits

Shreya Ghoshal or Shreya Ghosal is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood, regional films and also for Indian soaps like Kasturi. Besides Hindi, she has also sung songs in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, .

Early years
Shreya Ghoshal was born in a Bengali brahmin family. She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. Her father works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as a nuclear power plant engineer for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India while her mother is a post-graduate literature student.

From the age of four Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. Her parents enrolled her for formal training in Hindustani classical music in Kota with Maheshchandra Sharma.

As a child she won the children's special episode of the Sa Re Ga Ma contest on Zee TV. Back then, the show was hosted by now-famous singer Sonu Niigaam. Kalyanji who also judged the competition, convinced her parents to move to Mumbai. She trained with him for 18 months and continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.

She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Kota and Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). For Graduation she had enrolled herself at SIES College in their Arts Stream.

Career
She caught the attention of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time competing against adults. In 2000, He offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of his film Devdas, who was to be portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. Shreya sang five songs in the film.
Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghoshal’s singing voice pictured on Aishwarya Rai, and she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sadhana Sargam and Kavita Krishnamurthy. This song earned her the Filmfare Award for best singer that year, as well as the R D Burman award, given to upcoming talents in music at the same award ceremony.

Since Devdas, she went on to sing for many other actresses under the baton of various music directors, including Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, M.M. Kreem, Nadeem-Shravan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar, Mano Murthy, Gurukiran, Ilayaraja, A.R. Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Harris Jayaraj.. She has won many awards. She has also received many accolades for the song 'Mere Dholna' from Bhool Bhulaiyaa.

Today Ghoshal is an established industry singer and has recorded in various regional languages, including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Meitei, Marathi, and Bhojpuri. She also appeared as a judge in the singing show Amul Star Voice Of India Chhote Ustaad. She also sang the title songs of many Indian Television serials.

Ghosal has completed her college education, and is planning to pursue her MA in literature. She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite group is ABBA. But Indian music is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well (a fine example is “Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai ” from Jism).
She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. Apart from Devdas, she has done songs for Jism, Saaya, Inteha, Out of Control, Khakee, Munnabhai MBBS, Dhoop, Kuchh Kaha Aapne, Armaan, Desh Devi, Tujhe Meri Kasam, LOC Kargil, Aetbaar, Police Force, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Guru, Big B etc. She is the only playback singer to have been nominated in 4 out of the 5 nominations for the best playback singer for her songs in 2008 in IIFA 2008.

Multi Talented Playback Singer Udit Narayan

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Udit Narayan
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 1 Dec 1960
Place of Birth: Saptari, Nepal

ABOUT UDIT NARAYAN:

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 Bhavan. Check out his life history with this short biography on Udit Narayanan.

In the year 1980, he got his break to sing in a Hindi film when music director Rajesh Roshan offered him to sing in the movie Unees Bees. It was big thing for Udit, as he got an opportunity to sing with his mentor, the great Mohammed Rafi. He was noticed but his real big break came in the year 1988. He sang a very famous song "Papa Kehte Hain" from the movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which went on to become that year's biggest hit. This song gave him instant stardom and he went on to bag his first Filmfare award.

This movie was also the launch pad of actors Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and female playback singer Alka Yagnik. After the huge success of this movie, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik sang for movies like Dil and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, which went on to become huge hits. Udit Narayan also tried his hand at acting and did some Nepali movies like Kusume Rumal and Pirati, which were not much successful. But he sang in some of the most famous Nepali movies and became a famous singer in Nepal.

Though Udit Narayan was gaining much popularity, he got overshadowed by Kumar Sanu, who another famous Indian playback singer. For five years, though he was nominated in the Best Male Playback singer category, it was Kumar Sanu who finally won. In the year 1995, his career had a turning point when he sang the hit song "Mehendi Laga Ke Rakhna" for the movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaaenge. The song went on to become a huge hit and won accolades from one and all. He won the Filmfare award for the Best Male Playback singer that year. He won his third Filmfare award the next year itself for the song "Pardesi" from the movie Raja Hindustani.

Udit Narayan is one of the most acclaimed singers of the present generation and has been praised by senior and established singers and composers for his original style and voice quality. He is the onscreen voice of the three major superstars of Indian cinema namely Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. Many acclaimed music directors prefer to work with him since he is able to gel with almost everyone and give the exact feel to the song.

He is one of the top choices of acclaimed music directors like A.R. Rahman, Nadeem Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, etc. He is also a hit with major directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar. Some of his superhit movies are Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Swades, Veer Zaara, Aashiqui, Lagaan, Taal, Beta, Swades, Rangeela, etc.

Udit Narayan has not just made his mark in Bollywood, but has also sung many songs in other languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, etc. he has proved himself after much struggle in life. Though he is plagued by controversies regarding his personal life; that does not stop him from belting out hits and give his best to music. His son Aditya Narayan is also a budding singer and has sung many songs for child artistes in different movies

Notable songs of Udit Narayan

1. Aaye Ho Mere Zindagi Mein - Raja Hindustani (1996)

2. Ae Mere humsafar - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)

3. Aisa des hai mera -Veer Zaara (2004)

4. Are Re Are - Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)

5. Bin Tere Sanam - Yara Dildara (1991)

6. Bole Chudiyan - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)

7. Chaha Hai Tujko - Mann (1999)

8. Chalak Chalak - Devdas (2002)

9. Chand Chupa - Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

10. Chupke Se Sun, Socho Ke Jheelon Ka - Mission Kashmir (2000)

11. Deewangi Deewangi - Om Shanti Om (2007)

12. Dhak Dhak Karne laga - Beta (1992)

13. Dil Dance Maare - Tashan (2008)

14. Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se - Dhadkan (2000)

15. Do U Wanna Partner - Partner (2007)

16. Falak Dekhoon - Garam Masala (2005)

17. Falak Tak Chal Saath Meray - Tashan (2008)

18. Ho Nahin Sakta - Diljale (1996)

19. Ho gaya Hai Tujko To Pyar Sajna - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)

20. Hum ne ghar chora hai- Dil (1990)

21. Hum payer karne wale- Dil (1990)

22. Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala - Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

23. Ishq Hua Kaise Hua -Ishq (1997)

24. Jadoo teri nazar - Darr (1993)

25. Jo Bhi Kasmein - Raaz (2002 film) (2002)

26. Khaike Paan Banaraswala - Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)

27. Koi Mil Gaya - Koi Mil Gaya (2003)

28. Kyon Ki - Kyon Ki (2005)

29. Lal Dupatta - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)

30. Log Jahan Par Rahte Hain - Pyar Ka Mandir (1988)

31. Main Hawaon ke - Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008)

32. Main Yahan Hoon - Veer Zaara (2004)

33. Mera Dil Tere Liye Dhadakta Hai - Aashiqui (1990)

34. Mera Mann - Mann (1999)

35. Milan abhi adha adhura hai- Vivah (2006)

36. Mohabbat Ki Nahi Jati - Hero No. 1 (1997)

37. Mujhe Haq hai - Vivah (2006)

38. Mujhe need na aye- Dil (1990)

39. Mujhse shaadi karogi - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)

40. Papa kehte hai - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)

41. Pardesi Pardesi - Raja Hindustani (1996)

42. Pehla Nasha - Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)

43. Phoolo sa chera tera - Anari (1993)

44. Rab Kare - Mujhse shaadi karogi (2004)

45. Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya - Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995)

46. Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)

47. Sahana - Sivaji: The Boss (2007)

48. Taal Se Taal Mila - Taal (1999)

49. Thean Thean - Kuruvi (2008)

50. Tu cheez badi hai mast mast - Mohra (1994)

51. Tu mere samne - Darr (1993)

52. Udhja Kaale Kawwa - Gadar (2001)

53. Yeh Tara Woh Tara - Swades (2004)

54. Yeh hum aa gaye hai kahan - Veer Zaara (2004)

55. Yun Hi Chala Chal - Swades (2004)

Renowned Indian Singer Yesudas

BIOGRAPHY

Yesudas: Renowned Indian singer
Full Name: Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (K. J. Yesudas)
Date of Birth: 10 January, 1940
Birthplace: Kochi, Kerala, India
Years Active: 1955-present

ABOUT K.J.YESUDAS:

Yesudas or K J Yesudas was the greatest musician of all times. He had sung more than 30,000 songs in almost every Indian language except Kadhmiri and Assamese. Yesudas was born on 10th Jan, 1940 in a musical family in Fort Cochin, Kerala, India. He was eldest amongst other five siblings. He has three brothers and one sister. His father Augustine Joseph Bagavathor was also a famous classical musician as well as a stage actor.

Yesudas took his first lessons in music from his father Augustine. After recognizing the music talent in his son, Augustine decided to provide him music training at any cost. Yesudas learnt the Carnatic music at the age of 5. Later he received music lessons from several other music teachers from Cochin. The main aspects of his sucess as a legndary singer was his passion, dicipline, hard work, dedication and determination towards music.

Music came as divine grace and paternal inheritance to K.J.Yesudas, one of India’s foremost exponents of classical carnatic vocal music and leading playback singer in all-Indian languages. His classical concerts and film songs programs continue to captivate millions of listeners at home and abroad.

Yesudas done his schooling from St. Sebastian's High School, Pallurthi, Cochin. He was the top singer at his school for several years. He won the first prize in Carnatic vocal singing at the school youth festival in 1957. Also he recceived gold medal for vocal singing at the all Kerala Catholic Youth Festival in Ernakulam. After schooling, Yesudas attended the R.L.V.Music Academy from Thrippoonithura, where he completed the course Ganabhooshanam with a double promotion and distinction in 1960. For higher studies, he attended Sree Swathithirunal Music Academy from Trivandrum. But he left the course incomplete due to financial problems.

Yesudas recorded his first song in 1961, which was a beautiful and veru meaningful verse written by Sri.Narayana Guru on the sage of the backward classes of Kerala. The song had great message for every human being saying that "This is a model place where all the people live like brothers and sisters, unaffected by the difference of caste and the enmities of religion." Shri. Narayana Guru was his role model. He was very much influencd by his words. He followed Shri. Narayana Guru’s words for his life which are "One caste, One Religion and One God for all Humans".

Dr. Yesudas is happily married to Prabha for more than 30 years. They have three sons, Vinod, Vijay and Vishal. The second son Vijay Yesudas, is a budding musician . The family is currently settled in Madras, India and visit Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA time and again for business reasons.

Yesudas - National Awards

* 1972 - for film Achanum bappayum - for song Manushyan mathangale
* 1973 - for film Gaayathri - for song Padmatheerthame unaru
* 1976 - for film Chitchor - for song Gori thera gaon bada
* 1982 - for film Megha Sandesam - for song Aakasa desana
* 1987 - for film Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam - for song Unnikale oru kadha parayam
* 1991 - for film Bharatham - for song Rama kadha gaana layam
* 1993 - for film Sopanam - for song Sopanam (title song)

Indian Playback Singer Mahalakshmi Iyer

BIOGRAPHY
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Name: Mahalakshmi Iyer
Sex: Female
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Bombay

ABOUT MAHALAKSHMI IYER:

Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian Tamil playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam

Career
Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with A R Rahman in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998). She also recorded for the movie Dus, which was Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's debut as music directors. Later, she went on to work frequently with them.

Since then she has sung over thousand songs in films, Serials jingles and original albums. She was part of several successful soundtracks such as Mission Kashmir, Yaadein and Saathiya and worked with some of the biggest music composers like A R Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit and more.

She has also sung for all of the Yash Raj Productions' biggest hits like Dhoom 2, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam Namaste and Fanaa and most recent successful albums like Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.

During her career, she was known for her performances in songs like Kabhi Sham Dhale from Sur: The Melody of Life (2002), Har Taraf from Rishtey (2002) and for hit songs like Chup Chup Ke from Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Aaj Ki Raat from Don (2006) and Bol Na Halke Halke from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.

She also sang the Academy Award winning song "Jai Ho" for A R Rahman in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

Personal life
Mahalakshmi comes from a musical family. Her mother is a Carnatic classical singer. She began learning Hindustani music at an early age as did her three sisters, Arpana, Padmini and Shobha. Iyer grew up in Mumbai and is a graduate of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where she took up classes in Urdu language to perfect her all-essential pronunciation and hide any traces of a Southern accent.

Playback Singer Karthik Biography

BIOGRAPHY

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Name: Karthik
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 07 Nov 1980
Place of Birth: Chennai

ABOUT KARTHIK:

Karthik is an Indian playback singer of the Kannada film industry and Tamil film industry.

Biography
Karthik had a good interest in music early in his life and had learnt Carnatic music during his school days. Later on he started singing for his college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ‘Sarang’.

After nearly a year since his meeting with Srinivas, Karthik received a call one night from him. Apparently Rahman needed a fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from Pukar and Srinivas could not get in touch with one of the singers and then he remembered Karthik and tried to get in touch with him. Ironically Karthik was out with his friends and was not reachable for quite some time. As luck would have it, he managed to get the information just in time and rushed to the recording studio.

Having spent over a year being a backing vocalist, Karthik got his break during the re-recording of One 2 Ka 4. For the background score of one of the scenes in the movie, A. R. Rahman wanted a high-pitched alap and Karthik along with other chorus singers gave a shot at it. Rahman impressed with the voice, asked him stay back for the recording. Karthik grabbed the opportunity with both hands and performed, with Rahman giving him pointers and walking through the alap. He struck gold with this session and soon Rahman asked him to perform for a song Nendhukittaen from the film Star.

Being an ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik always dreamt of meeting the musical great. After searching a lot of avenues, he happened to find out that one of his close friend's cousin was singer Srinivas, who sang many songs for Rahman. During their brief chat, Srinivas asked Karthik to sing a few lines, and was impressed by his voice and asked him to look at singing more seriously. Taking cue, Karthik resumed his singing lessons.

When Minnale hit the screens in 2001, the tune on everyone's lips was the catchy riff of Maddy. Very few knew that the tremendously popular track was sung by a young Karthik, not that he’s very much older these days! Nearly a decade and close to a thousand songs later, Karthik's career rainbow seems to be splashing one colour after another with no sign of even sky being the limit.

There are a few very defining characteristics that set Karthik apart. For instance he is one of the few active crooners in the industry today who can effectively blend the intricacies of classical Indian music with global styles reaching from throaty hard rock to a mellower lounge tuning. Be it a poppish Enakoru girlfriend or an emotion riddled Anjalai, Karthik has a versatility that is rare. He is also possibly one of the first singers to perform professionally without the aid of a double-figure orchestra. Playing with a hand-picked bunch of professional musicians which include Roland Bennet, Karthik has certainly laid the clich that audiences do not enjoy improvisations of film tracks, to rest.

With numerous solos, constantly increasing rhythms, pace, life and yet maintaining the spirit of the original, Karthik and his five piece act have been making waves at shows across South India.

Language doesnt seem to be too much of an obstacle for Karthik. Be it Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam or Hindi, chances are most of the chart-toppers are courtesy of the man with the golden voice.

Quite a regular fixture on most South Indian cinema music productions, Karthik is now looking to broaden his musical horizons with forays into the realms of fusion and exploring his potential as a complete musician. With a couple of Filmfare awards and a State Awards collected along the way, there doesnt seem much space for doubt about where he‚isheaded.

Karthik has sung a number of songs for many popular music directors, including A. R. Rahman, Ilayaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Harris Jeyaraj. Karthik has sung songs in several languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Ennaku Oru Girlfriend from the Tamil movie Boys was one of his huge hits as was Oru Maalai from the 2005 film Ghajini. and he recently sang one song for TELUGU film for KOTTHABANGAARULOKAM nijanga nenanaa.. this song is very populared. His recent track in 2008, the gaana inspired "Ava Enna" from the 2009 film Vaaranam Aayiram has been well received. And also his Song in 'Ghajini'(2009)"Behka" is Hit track all over the world.

Karthik performed with Bennet Roland performed at Festember 08, the annual cultural fest of NIT Trichy and Ragam 08, the annual cultural fest of the National Institute of Technology Calicut, on 28 March 2008.Karthik has sung at the recent Indian Premier League Twenty 20 cricket events held in Chennai. Karthik with Bennet performed at Nova 9, the ninth foundation week celebration of UST Global in Trivandrum on August 22 2008. He married Ambika on July 12, 2006 in Tirupathi and been blessed with a girl baby.