Abhijeet Bhattacharya Male Playback Singer of India

Early life

Abhijeet was born in a Bengali middle-class family in Kanpur on 30 October 1958, the youngest of four siblings. He passed his matriculation from Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and Class XII from BNSD Inter College Chunni Ganj, Kanpur; and graduated in commerce (B.Com.) from Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1977. He started singing on stage in 1970 onwards. Although his parents were against the idea, he went against their wishes and became a singer. He is an established singer in Bollywood, having done extensive playback singing for actor - Shahrukh Khan; among many others. Nowadays, he also appears as a judge in reality shows based on singing contests on TV. He has interest to play cricket most of evening time during schooling days.

Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Birth name	Abhijee
Born	30 October 1958.Kanpur, India (age 52)
Genres	Bollywood, regional filmi playback
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1985–present

Career

Abhijeet left home for Mumbai in 1981 to study Chartered Accountancy. Due to his fascination for singing and music, he decided to pursue a career in playback singing and quit Chartered Accountancy. Despite being gifted with a melodious voice, he struggled for a long time.

After his long struggle in Mumbai, he received a call from Rahul Dev Burman to sing for Dev Anand's sons debut film. Abhijeet idol is Kishore Kumar.

In the 1990s, Abhijeet established himself as a notable playback singer. His first notable hits were the songs from the film Baaghi, composed by Anand-Milind - Ek chanchal shokh hasina, Chandni raat hai and Har kasam se badi hai. Then in 1994 when he gave hits in movies like Yeh Dillagi, Anjaam, Raja Babu and Main Kihildi Tu Anari.. there was no looking back.. He became a hit machine along with his competitors Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan he was among the top 3 play back singers of 90s and finally won the Filmfare Best Playback singer Award for Yes Boss in 1997. He went on to give hit numbers in the movies Baadshah, Yes Boss, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Josh, Dhadkan, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na and many others.

Some of his songs such as Kurta phaadke from Anari No. 1 did not do well with the public.

Abhijeet has given his voice for actors such as Shahrukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan, Bobby Deol, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgan, among many others.

He was recently seen as a Judge in a reality show called Star Voice of India. He now judges a show called "Ek Se Badkhar Ek".

Non-film music

After his success in playback singing, Abhijeet decided to try non-film pop music. He released two albums, Main Deewana Hoon and Tapori No.1. The albums did not achieve commercial success. Later he launched Aashiqui, which was appreciated by the audience. Recently, he has launched a pop album, called Tere Bina, whose songs and videos are chartbusters.

On May 3, 2006, he released another non-film album called Lamhe, which was well-appreciated. Currently Abhijeet is a judge on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Little Champs show. He is one of the best singer of contemporary India.

Notable songs

Dil Tujhpe Aa Gaya—1991 -Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin

Ole Ole -94 - Yeh Dillagi

Main Khiladi Tu Anari -94 (title track) - Main Khiladi Tu Anari

Haan mujhe pyaar hua pyaar hua allahmiya- Judaai

Zara sa Jhoom loo main -95 - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Wada Raha Sanam -92 - Khiladi

Darwaza Band Karlo -93 - Darr

Meri Jaane Jaana- Mohabbat

Woh Ladki Jo Saab Se - Baadshah

Title song - Baadshah

Tum aaye to -2000 - Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

I'm The Best - Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Kuch to Baata - Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Tauba Tumhare Ye Ishare -2003 - Chalte Chalte

Suno Na - Chalte Chalte

Title Song - Chalte Chalte

Chaand Taare -97 - Yes Boss

Main Koi Aisa Geet - Yes Boss

Title Song[Sad]-2004 - Main Hoon Na

Mere Khyaloon Ki Malika -2k - Josh

Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan -2k - Dhadkan

Roshini Se - Asoka

Raat Ka Nasha - Asoka

Aye Nazaneen - Dil Hi Dil Mein

Teri ankhen jhuki jhuki -96 - Fareb

Shaher Ki ladki - Rakshak

Jhanjhriya - Krishna

Pyaar Se Pyaar Hum Ab To Karne Lage -01-Raaz

Ishq chupta nahin chupaane se - Bewafaa

Aisa koi zindagi mein aaye - Dosti

Tan tana tan tan tara—98 - Judwaa

Sandesa Aya, Jab Tak Hai Saans, Kabhie Kabhie Sapne - Kaafila

Dhoom Taana -07 - Om Shanti Om

Dil le le-Khiladi 420

Yeh Dillagi—94-Yeh Dillagi

Koi nahi tera jaisa-Keemat

Main rahu naa rahu meri aawaz -2006-lamhe

Ek Chanchal Shook Haseena -90-BAGHI

Deewana Deewana Main Tere Liye-Daraar

Lamha Lamha Doori -06-Gangster

Badi Mushkil Hai -94-Anjaam

Ah a e O oh O -94-Raja Babu

Itna mujhe pata hai - Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi

Bharo meri mang baro - Sabse Bada Khiladi

Jab tak rahega samosa main aloo - Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi

Maine to khai kasam - Awara Paagal Deewana

Tumhain kaise main batoo-Dastak

Aankhon main base ho tum-Takkar

Awards

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (1997) for Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon (Yes Boss)

Screen-Videocon Award for the best singer in 1997 for Chand taare in Yes Boss

MTV Life Time Achievement Award.

Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman

Personal life

Abhijeet is married to Sumaati. The couple have two sons.