Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam is a famous singer, composer and music director of India who is also called “Elvis Presley of India”. He sings mainly in Hindi and Kannada languages films but also sings in many other languages such as English, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali, Maithili, Odia, Marathi etc. According to him, his inspiration is legendary singer Mohammad Rafi. His singing style is also consider as Mohammad Rafi, so he is often regarded as “Modern Rafi” and was earlier called “Rafi clone”.

Sonu Nigam Personal Life

Sonu Nigam was born in Faridabad, Haryana on 30^th July, 1973.His father Agam Kumar Nigam was a resident of Agra and his mother Shobha Nigam was a resident of Garhwal. In 1999, they moved to Mumbai from Faridabad.

Sonu Nigam started his study in J.D.Tyler School and graduated from the University of Delhi.

Sonu Nigam's two sisters are Teesha Nigam and Meenal Nigam. His wife’s name is Madhurima Nigam who belongs to a Bengali family. They married on 15^th February, 2002. Their son’s name is Neevaan Nigam, born 25^th July, 2007.

Sonu Nigam has three dogs, namely Goggles, Shifu and Zen.

Sonu Nigam Physical Appearances

Height: 5’7’’ (170 cm)
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Zodiac sign: Leo
Age: 47 years as in 2020

Sonu Nigam Favourites

Sonu Nigam’s favourite foods are Butter chicken, Tandoori chicken, Kofta, Paneer makhanwala and his favourite sweet is Gulab jamun.

His favourite actors are Aamir Khan, Sharukh Khan and favourite actresses are Madhuri Dixit, Marilyn Monroe.

Sonu Nigam’s favourite films are The Sixth Sense, Half Ticket, Amar Prem, Kunwara Baap and Sholay.

His favourite song is K.L Saigal’s Duniya Rang Rangilee

His favourite singers are Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Micheal Jackson, Cliff Richard, George Michael.

Sonu Nigam likes to read books. His favourite book is Richard Carlson’s “Don’t Sweat the Small Things”.

His favourite places of travel are Greece, New Zealand, Egypt. He enjoys mimicking his co-singers or actors.

Sonu Nigam’s Earning

Sonu Nigam charges 6 to 7 lakhs for each song. Till date his net earnings is approx. 55.5 crore.

Sonu Nigam’s Work

Sonu Nigam sang several songs in several languages but maily in Hindi and Kannada languages.He sang sad, romantic, devotional, pop, ghazal and petriotic songs.
 He released many albums in different languages and also Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic devotional songs albums.
At the age of 3, Sonu Nigam started to sing on the stage on Mohammad Rafi’s song “Kya Hua Tera Wada”and started to accompany his father, Agam Nigam on the wedding ceremony and parties. He started his training on classical music under the legendary classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Sonu Nigam has performerd in many countries such as North America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and many more.
In 2007, Sonu Nigam performed a solo concert in Canada and Germany, title was “Simply Sonu”. He is the first who do so. In 2008, he also travelled India for promoting his Punjabi single “Punjabi Please”.
Sonu Nigam’s first song was for the film Janam (1990) but the song never released. Then he started to make radio commercial.
“O Aaasman Wale” sang by Sonu Nigam for the film “Aaja Meri Jaan” (1992) which was his first released song.

Sonu Nigam sang several songs in several languages for several movies, like Jeet, Ramjaane, Hulchal, Aag, Khuddar, Gaddar and many many more.

In 1995, Sonu Nigam sang the song “Accha Sila Diya” which was released from the Hindi film Bewafa Sanam, which brought great success to him. In the same year, he sang “Sandese Aate Hai” for the film Border and “Yeh Dil Deewana” for for the film Pardes which were big hits.
He sang the title track “Kal Ho Na Ho” for the film Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and “Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin” for the film Agneepath which are also his very popular songs.
He worked as a music director for the film “Singh Saab the Great”.  
In 1992, Sonu Nigam released his album “Rafi Ki Yaadein”, which was his first released album. In 2007, he also released a six-disc collection of 100 songs of Mohammad Rafi; title was “Kal Aaj Aur Kaal”.
In 1999, Sonu Nigam’s album “Deewana” was released by T-Series, which is one of the best-selling albums still today.
Sonu Nigam released a tribute album “The Best of Our Hearts”, after the death of Michael Jackson. In this album, he tribute a song to Michael Jackson.  
Sonu Nigam sang Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite bhajan “Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye” at the inauguration of Harvard University’s 28 th president, Dew Gilpin Faust, in 2007.
He was twice ranked No. 1 artist on the US Billboard Unwanted Chart in September and October 2013.
Sonu Nigam is the favourite singer of Shankar Mahadevan. Himesh Reshammiya, Ankit Tiwari, Armaan Malik, Vishal-Shekhar also considerhim the best singer in India. According to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam is the best comparable to Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi.

Acting and Dubbing

Sonu Nigam first acted at the age of 10, in the film Betaab (1983). He acted as a lead actor in several movies such as Jaani Dushman, Ek Anokhi Kahani, Kash Aap Hamare Hote and Love in Nepal. He also gave his voice in the Hollywood animated films namely “Aladdin” and “Rio”.

Sonu Nigam-As a judge

1.   Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs International (2007)

2.   Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge grand finale (12^th December, 2009)

3.   Indian Idol seasons 1 (October 2004- March2005)

4.   Indian Idol seasons 2 (November 2005- April 2006)

5.   Celebrity judge on Indian Idol season 3 (17^th August 2007)

6.   Celebrity judge on Indian idol season 4 (2009)

7.   Celebrity judge on STAR Voice of India season 1 (2007)

8.   Celebrity judge on STAR Voice of India season 2 (2008)

9.   Celebrity judge on Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star (12 July 2008)

10.               Judge or mentor on Chhote Ustaad (July-October 2010)

11.               Judge or mentor on X Factor season 1 (2011)

Sonu Nigam as a host

1.   Sa Re Ga Ma (1995-1999)

2.   Kisme Kita Hai Dum (2002)

3.   Life Ki Dum(2006) on Radiocity 91.1 FM

Sonu Nigam Awards

·       1 National Award

·       2 Filmfare Awards

·       3 Filmfare Awards South

·       In 1999, Sonu Nigam won 3 awards for the song “Sandese Aate Hai”, film Border. Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer –Male; Sansui Viewer’s Choice Award for Best Male Singer ; Aashirwad Award for Best Male Singer.

·     He was awarded Screen Award for Best Male Pop Artist for the song "Kismat" that was released from his debut album Kismat.

·       In 2001, he was awarded for the song “Suraj Hua Maddham” from the film Kabhi Khusi Kabhi Gham. IIFA Best Male Playback Award ; Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male

·       In 2001, He was awarded Star Screen Award Best Playback Singer for the song “Tanhayee”, film-Dil Chahta Hai. He also won Bollywood Music Award for Best Pop Singer for the album “Yaad”.

·       In 2002, Sonu Nigam won many awards for the song “Saathiya” from the film Saathiya. Filmfare Best Male Playback Award ; Bollywood Music Award for Best Playback Singer ; Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer Male ; IIFA Best Playback Award.

·       In 2003, National Film Award for Best Playback Singer for his song “Kal Ho Na Ho”. He also awarded- Apsara Film Producer’s Guild Award for Best Playback Singer ; Bollywood Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer ; IIFA Best Male Playback Award ; Style Icon, MTV Style Award ; Filmfare Best Male Playback Award.

·       In 2004, MTV Immies- Best Male Singer and MTV Style Award- Best Male Playback Singer for his song “Main Hoon Na”.

·       In 2005, Sonu Nigam won Indian Television Award Best Singer for Miliee ;  MTV Immies- Best Pop Album for “Chanda Ki Doli” ; Swarnalaya Yesudas Awards ; Anandolok Award ; Lion Gold’s Award for the song “Main Hoon Na” ; Teacher’s Achievement Awards.

·       In 2006, he was awarded Bollywood Music and Fashion Award, Best Male Playback Singer for his song “Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna”.

·       In 2007, he won Annual Central European Bollywood Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song “Main Agar Kahoon” from the film Om Shanti Om.

·       In 2008, Filmfare Award ; German Public Bollywood Award ; Lion Gold Award.

·       In 2009, Sonu Nigam was awarded Indian Telrvision Academy Award for the the title track “Dil Mill Gaye”.

·        In 2010, he won Global Indian Music Awardfor Best Live Performer ; GIMA for the song “All Izz Well” ; Arar Rishtey Award ; Big Star Entertainment Award.

·       In 2011, Gitanjali WoW Award for Live Personality – Music

·       In 2012, he won Royal Stag Mirch Music Award for the Male Vocalist of THE Year for his song “Abhi Mujhme Kahin” ; Filmfare Award South ; Lions Gold Award for favourite Evergreen Singer ; GIMA FOR Best Global Indian Collaboration

·       In 2014, he was awarded MMA South Best Male Vocalist Kannada.

·       In 2015, Socialathon Person of the year.

·       In 2016, he won Mirchi M. Award for Indian PopSong of the Year for “Aye Jahaan Aasmaan” ; Lions Gold Award.

·       In 2017, Sonu Nigam was awarded Haryana Gaurav Samman by Haryana Government, Government of India.

 

Controversy

He has been involved in various controversies at different times. In 2017, he tweeted that Azaan, played by loudspeaker, disturbed his sleep. The Muslim community was angry on him and Syed Sha Atef Ali Quaderi, vice-president of West Bengal United Minority Council announced to give 10 lakhs  as a reward who shaved Sonu Nigam’s head. Sonu Nigam saved responded by shaving  his head to claim the prize money.

Spiriytual Guru Radhe Maa was criticized for the clothes she wore and there were some lawsuits in this regard. Sonu Nigam supported her and said “Just my 2 pence. Kaali Maa is depicted in lesser clothes than Radhe Maa. Interesting that this country wants to sue a woman for her clothes”. This coment hurt religious sentiments of the people and FIRs were filed againsted him.

In the movie “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” (2016), Anushka Sharma utters a dialogue “Mohammad Rafi? woh gaate kam rote zyada the na? which Made  Mohammad Rafi’s fans angry. Sonu Nigam lashed out at filmmaker Karan Johar

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On 18^th June, Sonu Nigam released a video on instagram, after the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In this video, he said that two music companies in India controlled the entire music industry. The newcomers artists faced discrimination that he had also faced in past.

On 22 June, Sonu Nigam warned Bhushan Kumar for sabotaging his image in the industry that he had messed with the wrong person.

Sonu Nigam is a versatile singer. He is not only a singer but also worked as an actor, host, anchor, judge of many reality music shows. He performed an act called “The Roadside Ustaad” on Juhu streets as disguised himself as a beggar. Sonu Nigam has launched his own music label named “I believe music” and the first track released under the label was “Rudhrashtakam”.

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Neha Kakkar's biography, career, personal life, favorites, awards

Neha Kakkar

Neha Kakkar

Neha Kakkar is a well-known and most popular singer In India. She sang many Hindi and Punjabi songs for Bollywood films and albums.

At the age of four, Neha Kakkar started to sing in religious events. In 2006, at the age of sixteen, she participated in the reality TV show “Indian Idol Season 2” but she didn’t win the show.

After struggling for few years, Neha Kakkar became a famous singer. She became the judge of various reality shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’ll Champas (2017); Indian Idol Season 10 (2018) and Indian Idol Season 11 (2019).

Neha Kakkar likes to sing pop, hip-hop and R&B.

Neha Kakkar’s Early Life

On 6^th June, 1988, Neha Kakkar was born in Rishikesh, in the Indian state of  Uttarakhand. Her father Rishikesh Kakkar was a samosa seller outside the school and colleges. Her mother Niti Kakkar was a housewife.

Neha Kakkar started her studies from New Holy Public School in Delhi. She has an elder sister named Sonu Kakkar, who is also a playback singer. Neha Kakkar's  elder brother Tony Kakkar, also a singer and composer.

In Rishikesh, they lived in a rented, single roomed house.

In 1990, Kakkar family moved to Delhi. That time, they faced many difficulties and financial problems.

At the age of four, Neha Kakkar and her sister and her brother performed in the religious events like “Mata Ki Chauki” or “Jagaran”. According to her, they performed four to five Jagarans per day. She has no musical training at all.

To become a playback singer, Neha Kakkar came to Mumbai in 2004, with Tony Kakkar. After a long time struggle, Neha Kakkar participated in the reality TV show “Indian Idol Season 2” in 2006 at the age of sixteen, but unfortunately, she was eliminated early. 

 

Sonu Kakkar with Neha Kakkar

 Neha Kakkar’s Physical Appearance

Height          :- 4’9’’

Weight         :- 46 kg

Hair Colour :- Black

Eye Colour  :- Black

Zodiac Sign :- Gemini

Nationality :- Indian

Religion       :- Hinduism

Hobby          :- Singing

  Neha Kakkar’s Favourite Things

Actor         :- Shahrukh Khan

Actress      :- Jacqueline Fernandez

Musician   :- A.R Rahman ,Yo Yo Honey Singh ,Bohemia ,Nyvaan and Shannon Donald

Neha Kakkar said that her sister Sonu and her brother Tony are the inspirations of her and the pillar of strength. She also mentioned Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam are the inspiration of her.

Actor Govinda is a role model to her.

Neha Kakkar’s Career

Neha Kakkar participated the reality show “Indian Idol Season 2” but did not win. After several struggling she did not get any work. She started to perform many concerts and events. The people started to call her “Jai Mata Di girl”

In 2008, her debut album “Neha the Rockstar” was released She became famous with releasing this album .In this album, She sang some romantic songs. She also recorded “Romeo Juliet” music album which was composed by her brother Tony Kakkar.

In 2008, Neha Kakkar sang “Hai Rama” for “Meerabai Not Out” and in 2009, the theme song of “Blue”, where she gave her voice as chorus vocals. Then she sang the title song of the TV serial “Na aana is des mere Lado”.

In 2010, Neha Kakkar made her debut film “Is Life Mein” but it was flop. In this film she played the role of a college student.

In 2010, she also sang four tracks of Kannada and Telugu .In2011, she sang “Who Ek Pal” composed by Sandeep Chowta. The same year, Neha Kakkar collaborated with Pritam for the dance track “Second Hand Jaawani” in “Cocktail”, which was a breakthrough for her. After this she sang “Dhating Naach”, for the film “Phata Poster Nikla Hero”.

Neha Kakkar became famous when her song “SRK Antheme” was viral on YouTube.

In 2014, her three songs were popular. The first song was for the film “Yaariyan”. In the same year, her “London Thumka” was released.

In 2015, Neha Kakkar’s “Ek DO Teen Chaar” was released for the film “Ek Paheli Leela”, but she got negative reviews.

In 2016, she sang “Mile Ho Tum” for the film “Fever” which was composed by Tony Kakkar. He was also the co-singer of this song. This song brought her success.

Neha Kakkar’s “Kala Chashma” in the soundtrack album of “Baar Baar Dekho”, became most popular. She sang “Humne Pee Rakhi Hai” for the film “Sanam Re”; “Kar Gayi Chull” for the film “Kapoor & Sons”; “Maahi Ve”, a remake from the film “Kante”.

In 2017, Neha Kakkar collaborated with Tanishk Bagchi and released “Badri ki Dulhania” for the film “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”.The same year,”Cheez Badi” from “Machine” which was a remake song of “Mohra” got popular .Her next song was a dance song “Main Tera Boyfriend” for “Raabta” which was also a remake of a non-film track “Na Na Na Na”

In 2017, Neha Kakkar appeared as a judge in the 6^th Season of “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’ll Champs”, a reality show on Zee TV. At the end of year 2017, Neha Kakkar sang “Mehbooba” for the film “Fukrey Returns”, which was also a re-make song of Mohammad Rafi and the film was “Dharam Veer” (1977).

In 2018, Neha Kakkar sang a re-make “Tote Tote Ho Gaya”. After that, she sang “Dilbar” for the film “Satyameva Jayate” and “Aankh Maarey” for the film “Simba” were so popular that both the songs reached the list of most-viewed Indian videos on YouTube and the former reached the number three position on the Billboard, YouTube Music Chart.

Neha Kakkar also performed on Punjabi track “Bhangra Da Sajda” for “Veer Di Wedding”.

In 2018, Neha Kakkar appeared as a judge on “Indian Idol”.

In 2019, she sang “Chamma Chamma” for the film “Fraud Saiyaan”.This song was also a recreation of “Chamma Chamma” of the “China Gate” (1998).

Neha Kakkar sang many hit songs which brought her fame and success. The songs are: “Coca Cola Tu” for the film “Luka Chuppi”; “Hauli Hauli” for “De De Pyar De”; “Hook Up” ; “O Saki Saki” for “Batla Hause”; “Ek Toh Kam Jindegani” for the film “Marjaavaan” etc. Her “Sunny Sunny” song with Yo Yo Honey Singh was the most popular song of the year.

Neha Kakkar appeared in many shows as a guest like “Comedy Night with Kapil (2014) ; “Comedy Classes”(2015) ; “Comedy Nights Bachao”(2016) ; “Comedy Nights Live”(2016).

Neha Kakkar launched her own official app, named Official app for Neha Kakkar, for connecting with her fans.

 Neha Kakkar’s Personal Life

Himansh Kohli

Neha Kakkar and the actor Himansh Kohli were in a relationship, but in 2018, their relationship was broke up and she went to depression.

 Neha Kakkar’s Award

Neha Kakkar won “Zee Ristey Awards” in 2017 for favourite judge.

She won “Zee Cine Awards” in 2019 for viewer’s choice song of the year (film Simba).

She also got “Mirchi Music Award” in 2020 for Mirchi Social Media Icon.

In this time, Neha Kakkar is the second most watched female artist on YouTube. She gets 1.5 lakhs for every song.

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Arijit Singh biography, wife, career, song list, awards, controversy

Arijit Singh

Arijit Singh is a most famous and popular singer in India .He sings many songs from 2013. He gave his voice mostly in Hindi and Bengali songs but also sings with many other languages. Arijit Singh touches to every song lovers hearts with his beautiful voice.

                          

    Arijit Singh’s Early Life

Arijit Singh was born on 25 April, 1987 in Jiagang town, Murshidabad district of West Bengal. His father, Kakkar Singh,is a Sikh and mother is Bengali. Arijit Singh has a sister, named Amrita Singh. He started his study in Raja Bijay Singh High School in Murshidabad. He did his graduation from Sripat Singh College, Jiagang Murshidabad.

Arijit Singh started learning music at home from his maternal aunt and his mother. His grandmother can also sing, who inspired him very much to learn to learn singing. His uncle and mother both played tabla so he was interested to play tabla. He can play piano, tabla, guitar and harmonium also. At the age of three, Arijit Singh started his music training from Hazari Brothers. He learned classical music from Rajendra Prasad Hazari,table from Dhirendra Prasad Hazari and Rabindra Sangeet and pop music from Birendra Prasad Hazari. At the age of 10, he got a Government Scholarship for training in vocals in Indian Music.

Arijit Singh liked to listen Mozert, Beethoven, and Bengali classical music.

    Arijit Singh’s Personal Life

Arijit Singh’s father was an LIC agent. His mother is a homemaker. He practices Hinduism. Arijit married twice .In 2013, he married Ruprekha Banerjee who was one of the competitors of the reality show “Fame Gurukul”. But tneir married life not stayed longer. After that, Arijit Singh married Koyel Roy in 2014, who was his childhood friend and neighbour. Arijit Singh is Koyel’s second husband and she has a daughter of her first husband. Arijit and Koyel have two sons.

    Arijit Singh’s Physical Appearance

Height:- 5’6’’

Weight:- 80 kg

Chest:- 40’

Waist:-32’’

Biceps:-12’’

Eye colour:- Black

Hair colour:- Black

  Arijit Singh’s Favourite

Actor:- Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee.

Actress:- Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone.

Food:- Bhat, Dal, Macher jhol, Aalu posto, Mishti.

Singer:- Lata Mangeshkar, Muhammad  Rafi, Mnna Dey,  Hemant kumar.

Sports:- Bagminton, Cricket, Football

Cricketer:- Jonty Roders, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly etc.

Fooyballer:- Thomas Muller, Lionel Messi.

Badminton player:- Saina Nehwal.

Arijit Singh’s Career

Arijit Singh’s musical career was started with a reality show “Fame Gurukul” in the year 2005. His mentor Rajendra Prasad Hazari adviced him to participate this show. He was eliminated on 6^th place. During this show famous filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali gave him a break in his upcoming film “Saawariyan” and the song was “Yun Shabnami” but this song was not released as the film script was changed and the song was not necessary for this film. After the “Fame Gurukul” ,Kumar Turani, who was the head of ‘Tips’, also signed him for an album but unfortunately the album was also never released.

 In 2006, Arijit Singh moved to Mumbai. In 2010, he participated another reality show “10 Ke 10 Le Gaya Dil” and won the competition. He got 19 lakh rupees as prize money. He spent all the money to build his own music recording studio. He started to compose music for TV channels, commercials, radio stations, news channels. Arijit Singh also worked for music directors like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekhar, Mithun, Pritam etc.

Arijit Singh’s first song was “Neeve Na Neeve Nain”, a Telugu film on 2010.

Arijit Singh’s first Bollywood Hindi song was “Phir Mohabbat” for the film “Murder2”.This song was released on 2011.Then released the song “Raabta” for the film “Vinod” (2018).

Arijit Singh has worked with many famous music directors like AR Rahman, Sajid-Wajid and many more. In 2018, he dubbed in 3 films “Players”, “Cocktail” and “Barfi”.

   Arijit Singh’s All Songs (2010-2019)

Arijit Singh performed the song “Duaa”for the film “Shanghai”which was composed by Vishal-Shekhar. The song “Tum hi ho” from the film “Ashiqui 2” brought a great success and was a milestone for his carrer.

His songs are “Uska Hi Baana”; “Dilliwali Girlfriend”; “Kabira”; ‘llahi’ for the film “Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani”; ‘Main Rang Sharbten Ka’ for the film “Phata Poster Nikla Hero”; “Dhoka Dhadi” for R Rajkumar; ‘Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari’ for “Chennai Express”; ‘Har Kisi Ko’ for “Boss”; ‘Lal Ishq’ for “Goliyon Ki Raasleela” etc.

Arijit Singh sang many songs from 2013-2019. In 2020, only in January, his 10 songs were released and 2 songs are most popular ‘Shayad’ and ‘Haan Main Galat’ composed by Pritam for the film ‘Love Aaj Tak’; title track of ‘Chhapaak’; ‘Dua Karo’ for the film ‘Street Dancer 3D’; ‘Khulne Do’, ‘Sab Jhulas Gaya’ composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; ‘Chal ghar chale’ for the movie ‘Malang’; ‘Azaadi Ke Liye’ and ‘Mere Watan’ for the Amazon Original ‘The Forgotten Army’.

Arijit Singh also sung a Bengali song in the film ‘Love Aaj Kal Porshu’.

Arijit Singh’s Popular Songs

‘Channa Mereya’; ‘Tum Hi Ho’; ‘Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga’; ‘Uska Hi Banna’ ; ‘Aayat’; ‘Raabta’; ‘Ae Dil Hai Muskil’ ; ‘Gerua’; ‘Janam Janam’; ‘Khamoshiyan’ ; ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ ; ‘Samjhawan’ ;‘Laal Ishq’; ‘Sooraj Dooba Hain’ ; ‘Muskurane’ ‘Zaalima’ and many many more.

Arijit Singh’s Awards

Arijit Singh got the award “Wizcraft Honour” for the best live performer.

Arijit got four “Mirchi Music Award”.

6 “Filmfare Awards”

1 “Stardust Award”

3 “IIFA Award”

2 “Zee Cine Award”

2 “Screen Award”

“Youth Icon-Music Award” (2014)

“60^th Filmfare Award”  (2015)

“61^st Filmfare Award” (2016)

“Zee Cine Award” (2017)

“63^rd Filmfare Award” (2018)

“66^th National Film Award” (2019)

 CONTROVERSY

In 2013, Arijit Singh was arrested for misbehaving with a journalist. When the journalist asked him about his divorce case, Arijit Singh requested him to stop shooting but the cameraman did not stop so Arijit Singh got angry and attacked on the cameraman. But later Behrampur CJM court granted him bail.

In 2014, at ‘Star Guild Award Function’, Arijit Singh comented on Salman Khan’s performance on the song ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’.Salman Khan was felt insulted and got angry with Arijit Singh.

Arijit Singh, a most famous and popular singer, music composer, music director. He has a NGO, name “Let There Be Light” which works for the needy people. Arijit Singh’s net earn about $7 million but yet he does not use car .He still use public transport for traveling.

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Sanam Puri

  Sanam Puri  

SANAM PURI

Sanam Puri is a famous singer, song writer, music editor and music composer in India. He is the lead singer of the band “Sanam”.

 

 Sanam Puri’s Personal Life

Sanam Puri was born in New Delhi on 30^th June, 1992. He started his studies in Indian School, Muscat (Oman) and then, went to Kirori Mal College in Delhi for graduation but after six months, he gave up his studies.

 From his childhood, he liked music and when he was only six tears old, started his musical training. He liked to play guitar and piano also. From his childhood, he participated in many music competitions and won many awards. His younger brother, Samar Puri, is also the lead guitarist in “Sanam Band”

Sanam Puri is in a relationship with Asmi Shrestha who became the Miss Nepal in 2016. Sanam Puri’s nick name is Salmon, kept by Keshav, one of the band members of “Sanam Band”

Now in 2020, he is 28 years old, weight 75 kg, and height 5’11”, fair complexion, dark brown eyes and black hair. His star sign is Cancer. He practises Hinduism.

Sanam Puri’s favourites  

Sanam Puri’s favourite colour is Peach; favourite food is Ramen; favourite movie is “Grave of the Fireflies” and favourite travel destination is Mauritius and Maldives. He also likes to spend his time by playing video games.

   

Sanam Puri’s Career and Formation of “Sanam Band”   

In the Indian School of Muscat, Venky S or Venkat Subramaniyam and Sanam Puri’s younger brother Samar were batchmates and they both played guitar and wanted to start a band. Sanam was joined with them as a singer.

After completing the school studies, they came back India. Sanam and Samar went to Delhi. Venky went to Bangalore where he met Keshav who was a drummer in band “Nerverek”

In 2009, Sanam Puri and Samar came to Mumbai to start career as musician and singer. In May 2010, Times Music launched a pop band talent hunt show called “Supastars” to search a talented band in India.

In the first round, Samar, Sanam and Keshav took entry as the “SQS Project” and in the last round, Venky joined with them. They won the title “Times Music Supastar” by beating over 1600 bands.

The band released their first album “Supastar” and then released their music videos “Hawa Hawa” and “Behka”.

In 2012, they met Ben Thomas, who introduced them to Vishal Shekhar, who gave first break to Sanam Puri as a playback singer with the song “Dhat Teri Ki” in the movie “Gori Tere Pyar Mein” and “Ishq Bulaava” from the movie “Hasee Toh Phasee”. That year, their band composed their first original composition “Main Hoon” for “The Amazing Spider Man 2”.

They changed the name of their band from “SQS” to “Sanam” which is literally means “Love”.  

Sanam Puri’s Awards

In 2010, Sanam Puri and his band won the title “Times Music Supastar” as “SQS Project”.

In 2017, the band “Sanam” won the best creator of musical content of the “Amravat Social Media Summit & Awards” which was given by A P Minister of Tourism, Bhuma Akhila Priya and Kesineni Srinivas.

In 2019, Sanam Puri wins “Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award”. In the same year, he won the “RADIOCITY FREEDOM AWARD” for the best pop singer for his song “Sanam Original” “Itni Door”.

In 2018, Sanam Puri won “Digital Icons of the year” by “Talent Track Award”

 

Sanam Puri’s Best Works

Sanam Puri’s best songs are “Ai Mere Dil Ki Chan”; “Pehla Nasha”; ”Mere Mehboob  Quayamat”; “Lag Ja Gale”; “Mere Sapno Ki Rani” etc.

The band “Sanam” released my albums like “Samar Sanam (2011)”; “Sanam Revisited (2015)”; “In Love with Sanam (2017)”; “Sanam Revolution (2018)”; “Memories Vol. 1 (2020)”.

 

Sanam Puri’s Social Media

1.      Facebook  :- https://www.facebook.com/sanamofficialmusic/

2.      Instagram  :- https://www.instagram.com/sanampuri/

3.      Twitter       :- https://twitter.com/sanampuri3

4.      Youtube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnrG75VRwdlp2wtwfpOCBRQ

 

Sanam Puri is well known for renewing evergreen old classical hindi songs as well as original music.  

  LAG JAA GALE LYRICS 

 NEHA KAKKAR

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