Amit Kumar- Indian Male Playback Singer of India

Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of famous singer and actor Kishore Kumar and Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father he too loved singing since childhood and used to sing in Kolkata during Durga Pooja functions. Once he was performing on stage in Kolkata in a Durga Pooja function arranged by Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept on requesting for more songs and this information reached his mother. She called in Kishore Kumar and complained that his son was singing 'filmy' songs. Hearing this Kishore Kumar decided to bring him to Bombay.

Before this, Kishore Kumar had made Amit act as his own son in two of his critically acclaimed and rare serious films, produced by himself, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (the famous song 'Aa chalke tujhe, mein leke chaloon' sung by Kishore Kumar was filmed with him singing to his son, all of 11 years) and Door Ka Raahi (with Amit as a teenager).


He has sung many popular Bollywood and regional film songs in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and sings even today.


Apart from Hindi songs Amit sang several songs in Bangla, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Konkani. It proves his capability as a versatile singer.

1970s


Amit Kumar made his debut in singing and as a child actor in his father's movie Door Ka Raahi. He recorded a song ‘Main ik panchi matwaala re’ as child singer artist. This song was removed from the film later by Kishore Kumar.


In 1976 the film Balika Badhu (1976) with the song ‘Bade achchhe lagte hain..’ brought him on the tinsel town big stage. This song can easily be kept in some of the best melodies of all times. The song was composed by legendary R. D. Burman. After that he recorded many songs with R. D. Burman.


In late 70s he sang few songs for various films. The song ‘Aati rahengi baharein’ from the film Kasme Vaade was a huge hit. He sang for Randhir Kapoor in this song while Kishore Kumar sang for Amitabh Bachchan.


He sang many hit songs in the films like Aandhi, Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, Des Pardes, Ganga Ki Saugandh, Deewanagi, Duniya Meri Jeb Mein, Parvarish, Baton Baton Mein etc. The duet song with Lata Mangeshkar from the film Baton Baton Mein ‘Uthe sabke kadam’ was quite popular.


As a leading playback singer in Bollywood, he sang many songs for Kumar Gaurav who was a new star in the 1980s. But his maximum number of songs are recorded and released for Anil Kapoor.


1980s


1980s started with a bang for Amit with mega hit film Love Story (1981 film). He sang all the songs of the film and got his Filmfare Award for the duet ‘Yaad aa rahi hai’ with Lata Mangeshkar. About this song music composer R. D. Burman jokingly told Amit before release that this song sounds like a ‘Bhajan’.

In 1980 the actor Feroz Khan produced a super hit film Qurbani (1980 film). There was a song ‘Laila o Laila’ in this film that became a really big hit. Amit Kumar rendered his voice for this song for Amjad Khan.


His duet song ‘Tu rootha toh main ro doongi sanam’ with Asha Bhonsle from the film Jawani (1984) in the year 1984 composed by R. D. Burman was mega hit. Another chart-buster from 1983 from the film Haadsaa was ‘Yeh Bombay shehar haadsoon ka sheher hai’. This song was super hit.


In this decade, he sang for almost all music direrctors, actors and produced hit after hit. With not so successful career of Kumar Gaurav, Amit kumar later became voice of Anil Kapoor in 1980s. But before this many hit songs too were released for Kumar Gaurav in films like Romance (1983 film), Teri Kasam, Lovers (1983 film), All rounder, Telefilm-Janam, etc. In this decade he sang super hits for Anil Kapoor in the films like Tezaab, Yudh etc.


The song from Tridev filmed on Naseeruddin Shah ‘Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley’ was such a huge nationwide hit that it became the second identity of Naseer. Amit sang for Naseeruddin Shah in the film Hero Hiralal too.


Soon after his father's death, he, along with his half-brother Sumit Kumar, released an album called "Dui Kishore" as a tribute to Kishore Kumar.


Early 1990s to Mid 1990s


1990 started with films like Hum and the song ‘Sanam mere sanam’ brought another big hit for Amit. Baaghi: A Rebel for Love had a smash hit in the song ‘Kaisa lagta hai’. From the film Ghayal (1990 film) the song ‘Pyaar tum mujhase’ was popular.


Amit delivered more hits for the film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The songs ‘Deewana dil deewana’ and ‘Sachhi yeh kahani hai’ were hits, especially the former.

In this decade, he sang for some other hit films too like Awwal Number, ChaalBaaz, Khel (1992 film), Vishwatma, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Judaai (1997 film), Indrajeet etc.


Amit Kumar enjoyed a special work relation with music duo Anand-Milind who heavily promoted Amit kumar in the early 1990s. Some of their best works include Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hain, Maha-Sangram, Swarg, Suryavanshi, Anjaane Rishtey, Talaashi, Jawani Zindabad, Sangdil Sanam, Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin & Rakhwala to name a few. Anand-Milind were one of the few new age music composers of that period who regularly recorded with Amit Kumar, making him the voice for Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.


Amit Kumar also enjoyed success with another fresh talent from the 1990s, Jatin-Lalit, who had Amit Kumar croon hit numbers in several films like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham....


Later in the decade with the invasion of many other Kishore Kumar clones his career started fading. The great R. D. Burman too was no more with whom Amit had a special bonding. He started withdrawing and making himself busier in live stage performances in various parts of the world.


In this phase, Amit lost out to sing for R. D. Burman's last mega hit 1942: A Love Story. He stated in another interview that R. D. Burman was under pressure to use another singer for the songs because it was the 'trend' in those days.


During these years, he composed and released music albums which were not much successful. Some of these are:


MAD (album)|MAD
Pyaar toh bas pyaar hai
Dam dama dam


Some music directors tried to recreate the old magic by composing songs similar to the ones in 1970s sung by his legendary father Kishore Kumar. However, success on this front was elusive.


Television


In late 1980s, he rendered his voice to TV serials on Doordarshan such as "Chuanuti" and "Campus".
He also did songs for the Telefilm Janam.
He also sang the title tracks for Hindi dubbed version of Disney's Animated series "Duck Tales" and "Bob the Builder".
Amit Kumar was one of the main judges in a recently concluded (May 2008) singing competition reality TV show "K for Kishore", where singers tried to recreate the magic of Kishore Kumar's songs on Sony Entertainment Television Asia.


2000/2010


He will be the main judge in the singing competition on Zee Bangla TV for the show: "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mr/Miss Universe 2010".
He also sung two songs in Raju Chacha starring Ajay Devgan, Kajol and Rishi Kapoor 'Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai' & 'Kahin se ayi Rani'.
He sang one song with Neetha Subhir Tigde Tigde in Kandahar starring Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.


Bangla-Hindi Connection


Not many people would know that one of the most popular duet songs of Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar 'Kya yehi pyaar hai' from Rocky (1981 film), the debut film of Sanjay Dutt, composed by legendary R. D. Burman was initially sung by none other than Amit Kumar in Bangla film.


here are seven same tunes sang by Amit and his father separately. But the most interesting point in it is all Bangla songs were sang by Sonny Amit and all Hindi by papa Kishore Kumar. Songs are given below :-

Bangla	Hindi
Pran to maane na	Bachna ae hasina
Kato din aar	Mujhko baas yuhi udaas rahene do
Patho cheye	Chhodo sanam
Sono rubi	Zubi zubi
Jenona jeona	Kya yahi pyaar hai
E paar bhange	Kabhi palkon pe
Ki kore janle tumi	Tum mere zindegi mein

Acting Stint

Amit Kumar also acted in films which were directed by and starred his father. His notable ones were Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein (1964), Door Ka Raahi (1971), Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974) and Shabhash Daddy (1979).

Some popular songs

Dilrubaon ke jalwe (Dulha Mil Gaya 2009 / 2010)

Main ek panchhi (Door Ka Raahi)

Main jis din bhula dun (Police Public)

Teri yaad aa rahi hai (Love Story, 1981)

Dekho maine dekha hai ye ek sapna (Love Story, 1981)

Aankho mein band karloon (Sangdil Sanam)

Aankhon mein band karloon (Sad version) (Sangdil Sanam)

One two three give me a kiss (Sangdil Sanam)

Sanam sangdil sanam (Sangdil Sanam)

Aap ko dekh ke (Kishen Kanhaiya)

Ye zameen gaa rahi hai (Teri Kasam)

Bade acche lagate hain (Balika Badhu (1976))

Bombay shehar (Haadsa 1983)

Deewana dil deewana (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa) with Udit Narayan)

Sacchi Ye Kahani hai.. Kaise Don (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa)

Dil dil dil le liya (Bhagyawan)

Nazrein mili (Afsana Pyaar Ka)

Aashiq deewana (Afsana Pyaar Ka)

Tip tip tip baarish (Afsana Pyaar Ka)

Pehla Pehla Pyar Hai (1988 Film: Woh Phir Aayegi. With Anuradha Paudwal)

Tu rootha toh mein ro doongi sanam (Jawaani (1984 film))

Dil mein bajey guitar (Apna Sapna Money Money with Mika)

Koi nahin aisa (Dillagi)

Makhna (Bade Miyan Chote Miyan)

Kehh do ke tum ho meri varna (Tezaab)

Jaan-e-mann jaan-e-jigar (Ghazab, 1982)

Laila o Laila (Qurbani, 1980)

Aati rahengi bahaarein (Kasme Vaade with Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhonsle)

Gabbar Singh yeh keh gaya (100 Days, 1991)

Le le dil de de dil (100 Days, 1991)

Hum Aur Tum Ab Nahin Paraye (Jamai Raja, 1990 with Alka Yagnik)

Ek do teen (Tezaab)

Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley (Tridev 1989 with Sapna Mukherjee)

Main hoon hero (Ram Lakhan)

Jao tum chahe jahan / Yaad karoge vahan (Narsimha 1991)

Na jaane kahan se ayeeh (Chaalbaaz)

Kaisa lagta hai (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love with Anuradha Paudwal)

Maang teri saja doon (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love with Anuradha Paudwal)

Tap tap tapori (Baaghi: A Rebel for Love)

Rama o Rama (Rama O Rama)

Roz roz aankho tale (Jeeva)

Sanam mere sanam (Hum)

Suno suno ladkiyon (Silsila Hai Pyar Ka 1999)

Uthe sabke kadam (Baton Baton Mein)

Na bole tum na maine kuch kaha (Baton Baton Mein)

Salma pe dil aa gaya (Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya Title song)

Le jhing kur kur (Olot Palot- Bangla Film 2009).

Miss. India marti mujhpe (Dhamaal with Adnan Sami)

Juhi ne dil maanga main nakkho bola (Ehsaas: The Feeling (2001))

Chori ki baatein (Fight Club – Members Only 2006 with Shweta Pandit)

Yeh raat yeh tanhaiyaan (Gunaah—1993 film) with Sadhna Sargam)

Vinashak aatha hai (Vinashak – Destroyer (1998))

Aana re aana re dil yeh deewana re (Gurudev (film) 1993 with Asha Bhonsle & Shailender Singh)

Ek din tera dheere se dharwaja kholunga (Gurudev (film) 1993)

Dheere dheere dheere chori chori chori (Imtihaan 1995 with Alka Yagnik

Chal naujawaan aage chal (Jaagruti 1992)

Dil jigar ke jaan (Jaanam 1992 with Anuradha Paudwal)

Teri chahat ke siva (Jaanam 1992 with Anuradha Paudwal)

Humein tumse pyaar kitna (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with K. K.)

Maalum hai kya (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with Vishal Dadlani)

Rukh rukh rukhna (Jhankaar Beats 2002 with Vishal Dadlani)

Naam hai mera Fonseca (Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar 1992)

Aaya main aaya (Maha-Sangram 1990 with Udit Narayan)

Aa baahon mein aa (Maha-Sangram 1990 with Anuradha Paudwal)

Filmy very filmy (Page 3 2005 with Blaaze & Tannishtha Chatterjee)

Aadhi raat ko (Parampara (film) with Lata Mangeshkar)

Dil dil ka yeh kaam hai (Raju Chacha 2000)

Kahin se ayi Rani with (Raju Chacha 2000 with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shweta Pandit, Shrradha Pandit & Kajol)

Tu roop ki rani tu choron ka raja (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy)

Chai mein chini (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy)

Parda utha (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja 1993 with Kavita Krishnamurthy)

Aala re raoos aala (Safari 1999 with Alka Yagnik)

Kajal kajal teri aankhon ka yeh kajal (Sapoot with Asha Bhonsle)

Jaane de jaane de (Shola Aur Shabnam 1992 with Kavita Krishnamurthy)

Tere liye saari umar jaagun (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992)

Gali gali mein gana (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992)

Tooti khidki makdi ka jangla (Yaad Rakhegi Duniya 1992 with Kavita Krishnamurthy)

Pyaar bada mushkil hai (Yodha 1990)

Do bechare (Victoria No. 203 2007 with Udit Narayan)

Dil le gayi teri bindiya (Vishwatma 1992 with Sapna Mukherjee)

Bole chudiyan (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... 2001 with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam &Udit Narayan)

Adnan Sami Male Singer

Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1973), popularly known simply as Adnan Sami, is a British-born singer, musician, pianist,actor and composer of Pakistan origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and lives in Mumbai, India.His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.

Early life and education

Adnan Sami was born, brought up and educated in London, United Kingdom.His father, Arshad Sami Khan was a pilot with the Pakistan Air Force and a Pakistani diplomat. Sami attended Rugby School.He had played the piano since the age of five.Sami began taking lessons from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations. Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R D Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career.

As a teenager, Sami, when performing on the sitar at a programme in Stockholm, was noticed by Keyboard Magazine as being the fastest man on keyboard in Asia.Sami went on to learn Indian classical music from Mahraj Khatak,a Pakistani classical singing teacher and dancer. At the age of sixteen, Sami was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia for which he won a special award from UNICEF.

He graduated from King's College and became the first person to play Indian classical music on the electric piano.

Career

He had his first solo album Raag Time in 1991-92. The song from his album "Kisi Din Teri Yaad" was the title track "Jab Chandani Barh Kar" of his first album. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time. The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster.However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan. He then had to re-record these songs with Hadiqa Kiyani. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the competitive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao.The music was also composed by Adnan. According to Adnan, this was a "dream come true" for him.The album became an instant rage and topped the Indipop charts for most of 2001.According to BusinessWeek, the album sold 2 million copies in India.

The songs "Kabhi To Nazar Milao", whose music video featured model Aditi Gowitrikar and Lift Karaa De whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Amitabh Bachan from the album became immensely popular at that time. The videos were shot by Anil Mehra who had shot popular Hindi films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan.Looking at the immense success of that album, Magnasound and Adnan released an album Always Yours which was a remix version of numbers from that album.

He soon became a sensation, which led Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor to invite him to give music for his film.This was the beginning for him composing and singing songs for Hindi films very successfully of even the top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. Due to the immense popularity of his music videos and live performances, he had even begun getting acting offers at this time.

The song, "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob", from the Hindi film, Ajnabee (2001) sung by Adnan also became a rage and was a superhit. Screen Magazine called him the pop personality of the year in 2001 and even said that the success of his album Kabhi To Nazar Milao "kept the Indian pop music industry alive and breathing" in 2001.

In 2002, Pepsi Foods made Adnan its brand ambassador in India, a contract which involved hosting a series of live music concerts across cities as well as Adnan featuring in ads for Pepsi products. According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, no Pakistani artist had managed to gain as much popularity in India as Sami had.According to an article in the Indian newspaper The Times of India, Sami was the most successful face in non-film music in India at that time.

His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002 to critical eulogies even as his first album was still selling.The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan who had shot the popular Hindi film Devdas, directed by Bela Sehgal(director of Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sister) and featured popular Bollywood stars Rani Mukerji in the title track, Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi", who also sang the duet with Adnan and actress Mahima Chaudhry in another song.The title track was written by famous Hindi movie lyricist Sameer. According to the Screen Magazine, it was the only successful pop album of the year.

Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with maestro A. R. Rahman in the form of "Aye Udi Udi", which he was looking forward to. According to Screen Magazine, the song was the highlight of the album.Rediff.com called him the "reigning king of Indipop" in early 2003 based on the sales of his albums in the past two years.

His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra, and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhumika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Dia Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi")

Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aayutha Ezhuthu composed by A.R. Rehman. The songs, "Boom Boom" from Boys and "Nenjamellam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu, were hits. He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004) whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman. Besides Rahman, he also worked together with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, singing hit Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "Oru Kal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi, which got very popular and widely noticed. He sang the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee" in the Malayalam movie called Makalkku.[citation needed] He has also sang for a Kannada film. His first Kannada song, "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film Super Star starring Upendra was a big hit.[citation needed]

In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,[36] to make a comeback in April 2007 with a new album Kisi Din. In 2007, he sang the soundtrack of the hit Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. His last film music composition was for Shaurya (2008).

Personal life

Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar for a short period (2nd marriage,separated in 1996[40]/1997[41]) from whom he had a son Azaan Khan. After their separation, Adnan abducted their son and took him to Dubai after the Lahore High Court awarded custody rights to Zeba.

In May 1998, Zeba alleged that Pakistani and UAE officials were not co-operating with her in her bid to gain custody of her son from Adnan.She took the custody of Azaan by appealing in a Canadian court. Canadian immigration officials "stormed" Adnan's home, arrested him and "whisked away" his son who was handed over to his mother, Zeba.According to Adnan, this forced him to cancel millions of dollars worth of concerts and other recording obligations. Adnan's father, Arshad Sami Khan, filed a defamation suit against Zeba and her family claiming that during the hearing, he and his family members were defamed.

According to Sami, this was when he began to gain weight by using food for comfort and getting more depressed and this became a vicious cycle and by June 2006, he weighed 206 kilos.

In 2001, Sami fell in love with and married Dubai-based Sabah Galadari his third marriageand her second.This relationship also called quits a year-and-a-half later.According to Adnan, Sabah left him because he was obese.He also claimed that they were married for 10 years.

Since at least 2001, Sami, who was then based in Dubai, was unsuccessfully attempting to acquire Indian citizenship. In July 2001, he approached the Home Minister of India, Lal Krishna Advani in Dubai and requested for granting of Indian citizenship.After failing to acquire Indian citizenship, he attempted to acquire Canadian citizenship and was successful in getting it.

In 2002, Adnan filed an appeal for the custody of his son Azaan in a Pakistani court by claiming that Zeba had obtained the custody of Azaan by "misleading the Canadian court through false and ill-founded allegations against him".Soon after, the two agreed to reconcile and settle the issue out of court after years of legal battles.Adnan agreed to let Zeba have custody but wanted access to Azaan. But it did not work out and in 2004, he sued the Canadian government for $30 million in connection with the immigration raid that had ended with his son "being whisked away".According to Sami, he won the case.

In 2004, Sami described himself as a huge fan of S D Burman and R D Burman.

In 2005, Adnan suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee. He was in intensive care, had to undergo a risky surgery and was in bed for three months.He was linked to Bollywood actress Amisha Patel who featured in one of his music videos and accompanied him on his world tour. But this was denied by both him and Amisha's boyfriend Vikram Bhatt.

In June 2006, Adnan weighed 206 kilograms (450 lb) and according to him, his doctor said he was giving him just six months to live. By diet, exercise and will-power, Adnan lost 107 kg (240 lb) weight in 9 months.

In 2008, Adnan's wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried and began staying with Adnan.

On 30 January 2009, Adnan's wife Sabah registered a case against Adnan at the Oshiwara police station accusing him of physical and mental torture after they had a violent fight. Adnan was summoned to the police station and warned against misbehaving with his wife in future. According to Adnan, Sabah is making a claim to his flat in Lokhandwala and did not allow his father to return to it. He said he was planning to fight in court with his wife.Adnan also said that his wife was unkind to his son from a previous marriage, Azaan. Sabah has said that their troubles began soon after remarriage and that Adnan was suffering from alcoholism which "increased by the day" and would often indulge in violence against her.

According to her, on one occasion, Adnan drank so much alcohol that he fell down in the bathroom and they had to cancel a show in London. She has also said that he abused and apologised to her and it became a pattern and that she loved him "so much".Adnan Sami violated the law of India and purchased 8 flats in Mumbai with out approval from the competent authorities, Naresh Kadyan, Chairman - PFA Haryana asked the Mumbai Police to lodge FIR against Adnan Sami u/s 420, 120-B IPC along with other relevant sections of the law of the land.

Adnan married for the third time on 3 April 2010, with an Afghan born German national woman, Roya Faryabi. Roya works as Project Manager for a US-based company, operating in Germany. According to media, Adnan first met Roya in India and proposed to her after some time, while Roya says that she always liked Adnan and he is the best match for her.

Awards and accolades

Sami has won many international awards, including the Nigar Award,the Bolan Academy Award,and the Graduate Award.He was given a special award by UNICEF for the song he wrote for famine-hit Ethiopia as a teenager and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa

A review of his piano solo performance on Channel 4, UK, in Keyboard Magazine acknowledged him as the "Keyboard Discovery of The 90s".

In 2001, he was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year by MTV.

He was invited to be a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival Voice of Asia competition, held annually at Almaty, Kazakhstan - the jury comprises top music composers of the world.[citation needed] Sami was featured in a documentary, commissioned by the Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain, about ten people from the Indian subcontinent, who have influenced the Asian culture in the UK over the last fifty years. Swedish and British radio and television have often referred to him as the fastest keyboard player in the world. Sami has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadia of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries.In summer 2003, he became the only Asian artist to have sold out, Wembley Stadium, London, for two consecutive nights, which won him a place in the Limca Book of Records.

As a classical concert pianist, Sami has had the honour of giving "solo" Royal Command performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan.

In 2008, he was presented the Naushad Music Award by Andhra Pradesh Department of Culture, at Hyderabad. In 2008 he also won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards.

He was presented the Life Time Achievement Award in 2010 from Pakistan Television.

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.

KS Chitra's daughter drowns in Emirates Hills swimming pool

The eight-year-old daughter of popular Indian playback singer, KS Chitra, has drowned in an Emirates Hills swimming pool. Chitra came to the UAE in connection with the AR Rahman Musical Concert in Sharjah.

“The girl was found dead in the swimming pool of a villa in the Emirates Hills," said sources familiar with the accident.

Nandana is believed to be born with Down syndrome.

A number of Indian celebrities including AR Rehana, sister of AR Rahman, Naresh Iyer, Sayanora, Abdul Salam and others are in town for the show. The playback singer was staying at the residence of Dileep Rahulan, leading Indian businessman. AR Rahman, the Oscar Winning Indian musician is not attending the show.

Known as the nightingale of South Indian music industry, KS Chitra used to take daughter along with her for the music shows as she was a special needs child.

“The girl went towards the swimming pool as the room door was found open; she accidentally fell into swimming pool and drowned. Even though she was rescued and rushed to the Jebel Ali Cedar hospital, the girl died,” said sources familiar with the incident.

Sources told Emirates 24l7 that the child accidentally fell into the swimming pool as there was no fence and security monitoring. “She (Chitra) was readying to go for the programme rehearsal at 9am. When she went to the toilet, the baby probably slipped out of the villa without notice and accidentally fell into the swimming pool. Dubai Police team has inspected the accident site.”

The girl’s body has been moved from Jebel Ali Cedar Hospital to Sonapur embalming section for possible repatriation to Chennai on Thursday night itself.

Show goes ahead

The organisers told this website that the musical show will go ahead despite this tragic accident. Shafi, Creative Director, Media Factory, organiser of the AR Rahman Music Concert at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, revealed to Emirates 24|7 that the singers will express their sympathy and condolences to the Chitra through a special prayer session during the show.

”All the singers including Hariharan, Sayanora and AR Rahman sisters are sad about the accident. The show will go ahead and we have decided to conduct a special prayer programme for the little one during the show. Chitra, who was the lead female singer with Hariharan, will not sing as she is preparing to repatriate the body. We have expressed our deep sympathy and condolences on the unfortunate death of Nandana,” Shafi said, adding that “all singers and their families opted to live in Dunes Hotel Apartment, Karama, but Chitra and her family decided to stay at a friend’s house in Emirates Hills because she thought it would be safe and could give more attention to her daughter.”

Fans not happy

Indian fans were saddened by the accident involving the only daughter of South Indian nightingale. A section of KS Chitra fans questioned the organiser’s decision to go ahead with the musical evening following the sad incident. “Major shows definitely involve money and business, but there is a human element also. How can other artists and singers perform and entertain the audience, when such a sad thing has happened to one of their colleagues,” said one music lover.

Vani Jairam- Female Player Singer of India

Vani Jayaram is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi. She has thrice won the National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.

Vani Jayaram
Vani Jayaram with thambura
Background information
Born	Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres	playback singing
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1971-current
Website	Official website

Personal life and background

Vani Jayaram was born in Vellore in Tamil Nadu, in a family of musicians. Her mother is the disciple of Ranga Ramunaja Iyengar, a great veena exponent. Kadaloor Sreenivasa Iyengar, who taught Vani’s sister music, was fascinated by her observation and grasping power. He taught her a few Dikshitar kritis when she was hardly five.The fifth daughter in a family of six daughters and three sons, Vani always secretly yearned for a career in film playback singing. Considered to be a child prodigy, Vani Jayaram claims to have recognized the different ragas of Indian classical music before the age of five. Her voice was first heard on All India Radio, Madras, at the age of eight.

Vani Jayaram studied Carnatic music under the tutelage of Kadalur Srinivasa Iyengar, T. R. Balasubramanian and R. S. Mani. Her Hindustani classical music guru was Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan.

After her marriage to Jayaram she settled in Mumbai, where she realized her dream.

Career

In 1971, she realized her childhood ambition of becoming a film playback singer when Hindi film music director Vasant Desai chose her voice for the Hindi feature film Guddi. She recorded three songs for Guddi, Bol Re Papi Hara a song based on the Hindustani raga Miyan Malhar, instantly made her an household name of India. For that song she was awarded the Tansen Samman (for best classical-based song in a Hindi film), the Lions International Best Promising Singer award, the All India Cinegoers Association award, and the All India Film-goers Association award for the Best Playback Singer in 1971. She went on to sing a few songs each for music directors of Hindi cinema, including Chitragupt, Naushad (a classical song in Pakeezah and a duet with Asha Bhosle in Aaina), Madan Mohan (a duet with Kishore Kumar in the film Ek Mutthi Aasmaan), O.P. Nayyar (several songs from the film Khoon Ka Badla Khoon including duets with Mohammed Rafi and also with Uttara Kelkar and Pushpa Pagdhare), R. D. Burman (a duet with Mukesh in the film Chhalia), Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant Pyarelal, and Jaidev (a duet with Manna Dey in Parinay and a solo in Solwa Saawan). Her songs in the film Meera (1979), composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar (not to be confused with Meera (1945), starring M. S. Subbulakshmi), won her the Filmfare Award. Vani recorded her first Tamil song for the Tamil film Thaiyum Seiyum, for S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, in the year 1973.

Around 1974, she shifted her base to Chennai and soon became a sought-after singer in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema. Besides Hindi and Tamil, Vani Jayaram has recordings in other languages of India. These include some songs in Gujarati, Marathi, Marwari, Haryanvi, Bengali and Tulu, and a huge repertoire in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Oriya. For her work in some of these languages, she has been awarded many prestigious awards, among them are: Best Female Playback Singer for states of Gujarat (1975), Tamil Nadu (1980) and Orissa (1984).

One of her most famous Marathi songs, "Runanubandhachya", is a duet with the classical Hindustani singer Kumar Gandharva. This song was composed by Vani's mentor Vasant Desai for a Marathi drama called Dev Deenaghari Dhaavlaa. The song's lyrics were written by Bal Kolhatkar.

Awards

Vani Jayaram was chosen for the Indian President's National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer of 1975, for her work in M. S. Viswanathan's Apoorva Raagangal. Shankarabharanam (Telugu), the film scored by K. V. Mahadevan, gave Vani Jayaram her second National Award as Best Playback Singer of 1980. Once again, she was awarded her third National Award for Best Playback Singer of 1991 for K. V. Mahadevan's Swathi Kiranam.

Her songs in the Pandit Ravi Shankar scored film Meera brought her the Film World (1979) Cine Herald (1979) and Filmfare Award (1980) for Best Playback Singer for "Mere To Giridhar Gopal".

She was awarded Tanzen Award in 1972, which she won for "Bole Re Pappihara" (from the film Guddi), one of the most popular songs in her career.

She is also the youngest artist to be awarded the Sangeet Peet Samman.

Other titles

2004: Kamukara Award

2007: South Indian Meera

Usha Uthup Female Playback Singer of India

Usha Uthup ( born November 8, 1947) is a popular Indian pop, jazz and playback singer. She is well known for popular hits in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

She started her Bollywood playback career, when she sang an English verse in hit song, "Dum maro dum"" in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, and went on work with music directors like R.D. Burman and Bappi Lahiri, through the 1970s and 80s, singing hits like Ek do cha cha cha (Shalimar), Koi yahan aha nache nache (Disco Dancer), Ramba ho (Armaan), Hari Om Hari (Pyaara Dushman) and Doston se pyar kiya (Shaan) and more recently Darrling in 7 Khoon Maaf.[2] She has sung in 16 Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Oriya, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Tulu and Telugu. She can also sing in several foreign languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Sinhalese, Swahili, Russian, Nepalese, Arabic, Creole, Zulu, and Spanish.

Usha Uthup
Birth name	Usha Iyer
Also known as	Didi
Born	November 8, 1947 (1947-11-08) (age 63) Mumbai, India [
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, Playback singer
Instruments	Vocalist
Years active	1966-present

Early life

Usha was born in Mumbai [1], in a Tamil Brahmin family that hailed from Tamil Nadu, in Madras (now Chennai) in 1947. Her father Sami Iyer, later became the police commissioner of Bombay. She has three sisters Uma Pocha, Indira Srinivasan and Maya Sami, all of whom are singers and two brothers, one of whom is named Shyam. She was the fifth of six children. As a child, she lived in the police quarters at Lovelane in Byculla in Bombay and attended a local school.

When she was in school she was thrown out of music class because she didn't fit in with a voice like hers. But her music teacher recognized that she had some music in her and would give her clappers or triangles to play. Even though she was not formally trained in music, she grew up in an atmosphere of music. Her parents used to listen to a wide range from Western classical to Hindustani and Carnatic including Kishori Amonkar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on radio and she used to join them. She used to enjoy listening to Radio Ceylon.

Her next door neighbour was S.M.A. Pathan, who was then the deputy commissioner of police. His daughter, Jamila, inspired Usha to learn Hindi, wear salwar kameez and take up Indian classical music. This fusion approach helped her to pioneer her unique brand of Indian pop in the 1970s. She is married to Mr Uthup from Kottayam, Kerala.

Career

Her first public singing occurred when she was nine. Her sisters who were already exploring a music career, took her to a musician called Ameen Sayani who gave her an opportunity to sing on the Ovaltine Music Hour in Radio Ceylon. She sang a number called "Mockingbird Hill". After that, several appearances followed through her teenage years.

Her first public singing occurred when she was nine. Her sisters who were already exploring a music career, took her to a musician called Ameen Sayani who gave her an opportunity to sing on the Ovaltine Music Hour in Radio Ceylon. She sang a number called "Mockingbird Hill". After that, several appearances followed through her teenage years.

Singing career

Uthup started singing in a small nightclub in Chennai called as Nine Gems in the basement of the erstwhile Safire theater complex on Mount Road , when she was 20, wearing a saree and leg callipers. Her performance was so well received that the owner of the nightclub asked her to stay on for a week. After her first night club gig, she began singing in Calcutta at night clubs such as "Talk of the Town" and "Trincas". She met her future husband Uthup in Trincas. After Trincas, her next engagement took her to Delhi where she sang at the Oberoi hotels. By happenstance, a film crew belonging to Navketan unit including Shashi KapoorHare Rama Hare Krishna. Originally, she was supposed to sing Dum Maro Dum along with Asha Bhosle. However, as a result of internal politicking on the part of other singers, she lost that chance but ended up singing an English verse. visited the nightclub and they offered her a chance to sing movie playback. As a result, she started her Bollywood career with

In 1968, she recorded covers of two pop songs in English, "Jambalaya" and The Kingston Trio's "Greenback Dollar", on an EP, Love Story, and "Scotch and Soda", another Kingston Trio song, which sold very well in the Indian market. She also spent some time in London during this early period. She was a frequent visitor to Vernon Corea's BBC office at the Langham in London and was interviewed on "London Sounds Eastern" on BBC Radio London. Usha visited Nairobi as part of an Indian Festival. She was so popular that she was invited to stay on. Singing and quite often nationalistic songs in Swahili made her extremely popular and the then President Jomo Kenyatta made her an Honorary Citizen of Kenya. She sang the famous song "Malaika" (angel) with Fadhili Williams who was the original singer. She produced a record "live in Nairobi" with a local band Fellini Five.

 

Uthup sang several songs in the 1970s and 1980s for music directors R D Burman and Bappi Lahiri. She also reprised some of R.D. Burman songs that were sung by others such as Mehbooba Mehbooba and Dum Maro Dum and popularised them to a distinct end.

Filmography

Some of her famous songs for movies (and associated music directors) include:

Song	Movie	Year	Composer
"Darling", "Doosri Darling" (With Rekha Bhardwaj)	7 Khoon Maaf	2011	Vishal Bhardwaj
"Wicket Bacha" (With Earl)	Hattrick	2007	Pritam
"Teri Meri Merry Christmas"	Bow barracks Forever	2007	Anjun Dutt
"Kabhi Pa Liya Tho Kabhi Kho Diya"	Jogger's Park	2003	Tabun
"Din Hai Na Ye Raat"	Bhoot	2003	Salim-Sulaiman
"Vande Mataram"	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	2001	Jatin-Lalit, Sandesh Shandilya, Aadesh Shrivastav
"Raja Ki Kahani"	Godmother	1999	Vishal Bhardwaj
"Daud"	Daud	1998	A. R. Rahman
"Vegam Vegam Pogum Pogum"	Anjali	1991	Ilaiyaraaja
"Keechurallu"	Keechurallu	1991	Ilaiyaraaja
"Koi Yahan Aha Nache Nache"	Disco Dancer	1982	Bappi Lahiri
"Ramba Ho"	Armaan	1981	Bappi Lahiri
"Hari Om Hari"	Pyaara Dushman	1980	Bappi Lahiri
"Tu Mujhe Jaan Se Bhi Pyara Hai"	Wardaat	1981	Bappi Lahiri
"Doston Se Pyar Kiya"	Shaan	1980	R D Burman
"Shaan Se..."	Shaan	1980	R D Burman
"Ek Do Cha Cha Cha"	Shalimar	1978	R D Burman

In addition, she has also sung as a playback singer for the following Bollywood movies: Dhol (2007), June R (2005), Joggers' Park (2003), Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003), Ek Tha Raja (1996), Dushman Devta (1991), Bhavani Junction (1985), Hum Paanch (1980), and Purab Aur Pachhim (1970) among others.^[7]

She is a stage performer and gave performances all over the world and is known for her lively stage presence. She has been felicitated with several awards over the years, some of which include Rajiv Gandhi Purashkar for National Integration for quality music, Mahila Shiromoni Purashkar for international peace, and Channel [V] award for outstanding achievement.

Recordings

She recorded her first album with Luis Banks for which she was paid Rs. 3500. Since then, she has recorded numerous albums. Usha's Hindi version of Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, titled '"Chhupke Kaon Aya'", can be found on the album Tom Middleton - The Trip (2004). A cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" is on another Tom Middleton album, Cosmosonica - Tom Middleton Presents Crazy Covers Vol. 1 (2005). She recently recorded a song called "Rhythm and Blues" with the Indian Rock Band Parikrama which appeared on Channel V on April 23, 2007.

Acting career

Uthup is also an actress, often singing and acting in India's signature musical films. In 2006, she acted in the Malayalam movie - Pothen Vava as Kurisuveettil Mariamma.

She made a cameo appearance in the movie Bombay To Goa with Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha in 1972. In 2007, she appeared in Bow Barracks Forever directed by Anjun Dutt as herself. Again in 2007, she appeared in Hattrick music video as herself.

She appeared in disguise on Indian Idol 1 and 2. She was one of the co-judges of the 2007 and 2008 & Idea Star Singer Season V (2010) the most rated south Indian reality show as well music oriented reality shows in Malayalam.

 

She has a minor role in the 2010 Tamil movie Manmadhan Ambu, as the mother of R Madhavan.

She also acted in Vishal Bhardwaj's 7 Khoon Maaf as a maid. She has also sang a song in the film which released on February 18, 2011.

Fashion style

Usha's trademark is her massive bindi and flowers that she wears in her hair, as well as her Kancheepuram saris

Controversy

West Bengal Public Works Department minister Jatin Chakraborty who belonged to the Communist Party of India banned her from singing in all state-owned buildings accusing her of singing in a "decadent" style. The controversy started when she was invited to sing at the Government Cancer Research Center in Thakurpukur in Calcutta and the minister preemtively enforced the ban to prevent her. After an explosive meeting with the minister, she sued the Government. Several political figures, including the Chief Minister Jyoti Basu came out in support of her. She won the lawsuit against the government. Following her father's advice, she dropped her separate defamation lawsuit against the minister. The minister subsequently resigned from his post after he made further allegations against other people including the son of the chief minister.

 

In 2008, the communists again resorted to further insults when the Communist Party of India (Marxist)Kerala General secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, irritated by his party workers who had gone berserk during a public meeting at Kottayam, admonished them that it was not Usha Uthup's programme but the meeting of the communists. As a response, popular pop singer Usha Uthup said she and her supporters were hurt by such a remark. (CPI(M))

Personal life

She is married to Jani Chacko Uthup who is originally from Manganam, Kottayam, and was formerly married to the late Ramu Iyer. They have a daughter Anjali and a son Sunny, named after the song, Sunny.

She currently lives in Kolkata with her husband. She is considered an icon of modern Kolkata and is an active social presence in the city life.

Awards

• Padma Shri (Padma Shri Awards (2010-2019))-fourth highest civilian award presented by Government of India
• Filmfare Award Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "One Two Cha ChaCha" from Shalimar (film) (1978)
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Hari Om Hari" from Pyare Dushman (1980)
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Rambha Ho" from Armaan (1981)