30-529: Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television actor, anchor and the winner of first season of Indian Idol . He was the first runner up of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star and finished third in Asian Idol . He was also the first runner up of Bigg Boss Marathi 5 . Sawant was born on 7 October 1981. He grew up in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra and developed an interest in music. Sawant has revealed that he
60-742: A Bihari . Narayan studied at Jageshwar High School, Kunauli, Supaul, Bihar, India, where he finished his SSC and later obtained his intermediate degree from Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Campus of Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu , Nepal . His father Harekrishna Jha was a farmer and his mother Bhuvneshwari Devi was a folk singer who encouraged his career. In 2006, Ranjana Narayan claimed to be Narayan's first wife, but Narayan consistently denied it. Later, he accepted her as his wife and promised to provide for her maintenance. Narayan has been married twice, first to Ranjana Narayan Jha and then to Deepa Gahatraj. He began his relationship with Deepa Gahatraj while he
90-634: A Maithili folk singer (staff artist) for Radio Nepal , singing mostly popular folk songs in Maithili and Nepali . Gradually, he started singing modern Nepali songs. After eight years, Narayan moved to Bombay on a musical scholarship for Nepalese from the Indian Embassy in Nepal to study classical music at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. Narayan started his Bollywood career in 1980 when he was noted by music director Rajesh Roshan, who asked Narayan to playback sing for
120-573: A 2017 interview with the Indian magazine Outlook , he clarified that he was born in Baisi, and clarified that his father Harekrishna was a native of Bhardaha , Saptari District , Sagarmatha Zone (present-day Madhesh Province ), Nepal on the border with India. In September 2018, Udit Narayan revealed at a ceremony held by the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America, that he identifies as
150-689: A contract with Sony. Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third. One of the contestants, Bhavya Pandit, received an offer to sing the song "Aaja Lehraate" for the film What's Your Raashee , alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal. Javed Akhtar Anu Malik Sonali Bendre Kailash Kher Hussain Kuwajerwala Meiyang Chang Top 14 Contestants Shreya Ghoshal Sunidhi Chauhan Salim Merchant Hussain Kuwajerwala Abhijeet Sawant Top 13 Contestants Note: Sreerama, Rakesh, and Bhoomi were
180-567: A guest. In mid May 2024, he appeared as guest in Colors TV 's Mangal Lakshmi for Kartik and Lakshmi's Sangeet caremony. Udit Narayan Jha acted in and sang all the songs in a 1985 Nepali film called Kusume Rumal which is one of the All Time Classics in Nepali film industry starring himself with Bhuwan K.C. and Tripti Nadakar , which spent 25 weeks on the box office top ten list and became
210-473: A song titled "Naa Hum Jo Kah De" along with Shreya Ghoshal, for the album Women's Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere . The song was composed by Ram Shankar and penned by A. K. Mishra. He competed with his closest professional rival Kumar Sanu who won five consecutive Filmfare awards in the 1990s. Narayan's work has been praised by his contemporaries Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy and music director Ankit Tiwari . Mid-Day included him in
240-501: Is Life , Jaanam , Jhumka de Jhumka , Sona No Ghadulo , Dhuli Ganga and Ma Tarini . Narayan has performed in many stage shows in India and abroad and is the recipient of many awards. These include Screen Videocon Award, MTV Best Video Award and Pride of India Gold Award. In 2010, Narayan with Madhushree sang for the English independent film When Harry Tries to Marry . Narayan also sang
270-446: Is the best song of my career after "Pehla Nasha", which gave me superstardom!". Narayan remained prolific through the 2000s, singing numbers in films such as Pukar , Dhadkan , Lagaan , Devdas and Veer-Zaara . In 2002, Narayan sang " Bairi Piya " with newcomer Shreya Ghoshal , from the film Devdas , of which Rediff.com mentioned: "Narayan successfully captures the eternal romanticism of Devdas". In 2014, Narayan sang
300-481: The Filmfare Awards to have won in over three decades (the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s). Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December 1955 in an ethnic Maithil Brahmin family to Harekrishna Jha, a Nepalese national, and Bhuvaneshwari Jha, an Indian national. In 2009, when Narayan was awarded India's fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri , there were reports questioning his Indian citizenship, claiming that he
330-671: The Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in Unees-Bees in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla , his song "Papa Kehte Hain"
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#1732902035393360-502: The 1990s he sung for a thousands of songs including Hindi and Nepali languages. Recognising his contribution, the King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev honoured him with the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu in 2001 after his contribution to Indian cinema and music, and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for his contribution towards Bhojpuri cinema . He is the only male singer in the history of
390-703: The Gala Rounds. Contestants Vishal Dadlani Shreya Ghoshal Shekhar Ravjiani Karan Wahi Udit Narayan Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu , Kannada , Tamil , Bengali , Sindhi , Odia , Bhojpuri , Nepali , Malayalam , Assamese , Bagheli and Maithili . He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with
420-543: The Hindi film Unees-Bees . Narayan was given the opportunity to sing with the singer Mohammed Rafi . He sang for Devanand a couplet in Swami Dada.His first duet was in the film Sannata. Soon after, Narayan sang for a number of other films, including Bade Dil Wala in 1983, where he sang a duet with senior singer Lata Mangeshkar , composed by senior music director R. D. Burman. In the same year, Narayan sang with Kishore Kumar in
450-487: The Pop Idol format, in 2004. His first solo album, Aapka Abhijeet Sawant , was released on 7 April 2005. That year he also did playback singing in the movie Aashiq Banaya Aapne , performing the song Mar Jaawan Mit Jaawan . His second album, Junoon , was released on 10 July 2007. The title track charted in India. Abhijeet Sawant was a finalist of Clinic All Clear Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on Star Plus in 2008. The show
480-492: The film Kehdo Pyar Hai . Another singer he sang with was Suresh Wadkar with music composed by Bappi Lahiri . A significant milestone in his career occurred in 1988 when Anand–Milind gave him the opportunity to sing all the songs for the Bollywood film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak , with Alka Yagnik , which earned him a Filmfare Award . In a 2014 interview with The Times of India , Narayan said: "The song I've sung, "Manzilein",
510-794: The highest-grossing Nepalese film of all time until overtaken in 2001 by another Tulsi Ghimire film, Darpan Chaya . Udit Narayan career started in 1980 and flourished during 90's. During the huge span of playback singing, other than the duet songs with notable female playback singers, Udit Narayan was fortunate to collaborate with playback singers from all generations. Udit Narayan debuted with legendary singer Mohammad Rafi and then got opportunity to share songs with Kishore Kumar , Amit Kumar , Suresh Wadkar , Mohammad Aziz and others during 80's. Most of his male duets are with Kumar Sanu & Abhijeet .Though his best discography songs were duets with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya . Khudko kya samjhti ha , mai khiladi tu anari , lagi lagi ye dilka . Some of
540-892: The list of notable 90s playback singers. Narayan is considered one of the most prominent singers of his generation. Narayan's friend Jiyand Nawab Deedag suggested he change his work from old to modern in order to be selected as a playback singer, but this did not work and, considering old films in 1973, Narayan sang a song for a Nepali film called Sindoor . This was a comedy song for the Nepali comedians GopalRaj Mainali (Chankhe) and Basundhara Bhushal (Nakkali). Narayan sang this song with Sushma Shrestha , now known as Poornima in Hindi films. Narayan has also acted in two Nepali films – Kusume Rumal and Pirati in 1985. In 2004, he released his first non-movie Nepalese album, Upahaar , in which he sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha. Narayan has many solo albums as well, such as Bhajan Sangam , Bhajan Vatika , I Love You , Dil Deewana , Yeh Dosti , Love
570-589: The romantic drama series Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai and thriller crime series C.I.D. Sawant and his wife Shilpa participated in the Dancing Reality Show Nach Baliye ( Season 4 ) in (2008–2009). They were eliminated after facing public votes. He co-hosted Indian Idol 5 along with Hussain Kuwajerwala . He has joined the Shiv Sena with a mandate to attract youth to the party fold. In 2024, he
600-800: The series was an instant success. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success. Indian Idol's production and taping take place in Mumbai, Maharashtra . It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays and digitally airs on SonyLIV application. Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam Aman Verma Mini Mathur Top 12 Contestants Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam Mini Mathur Aman Verma Top 12 Contestants Javed Akhtar Anu Malik Alisha Chinai Udit Narayan Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur Top 13 Contestants The fourth season of Indian Idol
630-466: The title song for the TV show Yeh Duniyan Gazab Ki , with Kumar Sanu . In 2015 he was involved in a mega series campaign Melancholy , where 421 Nepali artists had sung a 33 minutes 49-second long environmental song, in which 365 artists set a Guinness World Record on 19 May 2016 at Radio Nepal Studio, Singhadurbar, Kathamandu. It is written, composed and directed by environmentalist Nipesh DHAKA . Narayan
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#1732902035393660-469: The top 3. Sreeram was crowned the winner without announcing the 1st and 2nd runner-ups. The sixth season aired on Sony TV from 1 June 2012 to 1 September 2012. The winner of the sixth season was Vipul Mehta . Anu Malik Sunidhi Chauhan Salim Merchant Asha Bhosle Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in
690-407: Was a competition between the winners and runners-up of various singing reality shows on Indian television. Sawant became the first runner up of the show. He released his third studio album in 2013 which was titled Farida. Sawant made his acting debut in the movie Lottery in 2009. He also made a small appearance at the end of film Tees Maar Khan . He made a special appearance as himself in
720-489: Was aired on Sony TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. For the first time in Indian Idol history, there were two women among the top three finalists. Sourabhee Debbarma who hails from Agartala , Tripura won the competition and became the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. She released an album, Meherbaan , as per
750-616: Was born in Nepal. However, Udit Narayan himself branded these reports as "completely false", and stated that he was born in the Baisi village of Supaul district in Bihar at his maternal grandparents' home near the India-Nepal border . When his acceptance of the Padma Shri led to his criticism in Nepal, he told the Nepalese daily Kantipur that he was "from Nepal but his mother's home was in Bihar." In
780-475: Was his notable performance which earned him his first Filmfare Award in the 1980s and he established himself in Bollywood Playback Singing. The soundtrack became one of the highest selling albums in the 1980s. The soundtrack was a breakthrough for the careers of Anand–Milind , as well as T-Series , one of India's leading record labels. after which he was one of the favourites of music directors. In
810-404: Was not a good student academically, and it was his uncle, a professional artist who guided Sawant in finding his career path. While working on his music career, he studied sound engineering, and IT at University of Mumbai . After graduating from Chetana College of Commerce & Economics , Sawant joined the music industry. Abhijeet Sawant won the first season of Indian Idol , an adaptation of
840-559: Was on the panel of judges of Indian Idol 3 in 2007 with music composer Anu Malik and playback singer Alisha Chinai on Sony TV . Narayan was on the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar , a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers). He shared judging duties with fellow playback singer Kumar Sanu and Jatin Pandit of the music duo Jatin–Lalit . Narayan has appeared on Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs as
870-570: Was still married to Ranjana Narayan. Narayan and Deepa were married in 1985. With Deepa Gahatraj, he has one son, Aditya Narayan , who is also a playback singer. Narayan is one of the most prominent singers of Bollywood throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. He has been the on-screen singing voice for various Bollywood stars. He has sung for Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan , Rajesh Khanna , Dev Anand , Aamir Khan , Shah Rukh Khan , Salman Khan , Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn . Most of his duets are with Alka Yagnik . He began his career in 1970 as
900-649: Was the runner-up in the Bigg Boss Marathi season 5 . Original Albums Indian Idol (Hindi TV series) Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi -language singing reality competition on Sony TV . It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of the Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004. Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva , Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva,
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