India’s Best Playback Singer Kumar Sanu | Biography & Life History | Birthday Special
Kedarnath Bhattacharya, better known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer from Bengali background, Born on 20 October 1957. He holds the Guinness Book world record for recording the most songs in a day, 28, in the year 1993.
He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award for five consecutive years. In 2009, the Government of India awarded him Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his achievements.
Kumar Sanu’s father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. He along with Sanu, and Sanu’s elder sister lived in Sinthee area (Dumdum, Kolkata) near Biswanath Park. Sanu’s father, Pashupati Bhattacharya was a very famous singer, and he trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player.
Kumar Sanu graduated in commerce from Calcutta University and then started giving public performances at small shows and restaurants in Calcutta itself. His style of singing was greatly influenced by the legendary Kishore Kumar.
For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs. He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare Awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942: A Love Story (1994).
Other work
Kumar Sanu has composed music for various Indian films. Utthaan and Yeh Sunday Kyun Aata Hai are most remarkable among them. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sapna Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam, Sudesh Bhonsle, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Hema Sardesai, Sunidhi Chauhan and many more lent their voices for his music. “Yeh kaisa utthhan Hai” (sung by Asha Bhosle and Sonu Nigam in two different versions) and “Jisne Sapna Dekha” (sung by Kumar Sanu himself) are critically acclaimed. Sanu had also sung the title song for TV show Yeh Duniyan Gazab Ki, with singer Udit Narayan.
Kumar Sanu Biography, Wiki, Life History
- Real Name : Kedarnath Bhattacharya
- Nick Name : Kumar Sanu
- Profession : Singer, Music Director and Politician
- Height : 5’11”
- Weight : 84 kg
- Eye Colour : Brown
- Hair Colour : Black
- Date of Birth : 20 October 1957
- Age (as in 2017) : 60
- Birth Place : Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Zodic sign/Sun sign : Libra
- Nationality : Indian
- Father : Pashupati Bhattacharya
- Mother : Not Known
- Brother : Tapan BHattacharya
- Religion : Hindu
- Hobbies : Cooking
- Marital Status : Married
- Wife : Rita (Divorced in 1994), Saloni Sanu
- Daughter : Anna and Shannon K
- Son : Jaan
