73-400: Saajan ( lit. ' Beloved ' ) is a 1991 Indian Hindi -language romantic drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and produced by Sudhakar Bokade . It stars Sanjay Dutt , Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles, with Kader Khan , Reema Lagoo and Laxmikant Berde in supporting roles. Nadeem–Shravan composed the film's music whereas Sameer wrote the lyrics of
146-425: A boy with a disability and they become best friends. Aakash's father, Rajiv Verma, a wealthy businessman, adopts Aman. Rajiv's wife, Kamla, and Aakash also accept Aman as their son and elder brother respectively. Grown-up, Aakash and Aman bond well but are still at loggerheads. Carefree, flexible and gregarious, Askash becomes a roadside romeo and social worker . More serious, Aman writes shayaris and poems, using
219-636: A chance to sing in the film Jaadugar . He rose to fame in the 1990s and became one of the most prominent voices in Bollywood, lending his vocals to countless hit songs. His collaboration with composers like Nadeem-Shravan, Anu Malik, and Jatin-Lalit resulted in numerous chart-topping tracks. Sanu's romantic ballads and soulful renditions have made him a favorite among music lovers, earning him several awards and accolades throughout his career. Kumar Sanu got his major break when Gulshan Kumar, along with music directors Nadeem–Shravan gave him chance to sing most of
292-446: A comeback at the urge of composers Sajid–Wajid . Sajid-Wajid gave him "Chhammak Chhallo Chhail Chhabili", a wedding song with Shreya Ghoshal for the film Rowdy Rathore (2012). In 2015, he replaced Lata Mangeshkar as the background voice of Yash Raj Films logo for the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha . It occurred for the first time in YRF's 45-years history that the voice of Lata Mangeshkar
365-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
438-417: A fellow producer, Rakesh Bhatia on Yeh Sunday Kyun Aata Hai , the film released in 2014, based on the lives of four children who live in the streets of Mumbai and polish shoes at a train station in order to earn their livelihoods, the film features Mithun Chakraborty in a leading role. Kumar Sanu sang for a Bangladeshi Bengali film Hason Raja , which was directed by a UK-based filmmaker Ruhul Amin. This movie
511-616: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu ,
584-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
657-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
730-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
803-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
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#1733085992981876-521: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which
949-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
1022-434: Is Saagar. Aakash comes to Ooty too and falls in love with Pooja, and explains to Aman that he is in love with her. Aman decides to unite Pooja and Aakash. Aakash is unaware that Aman is the real Saagar and writes shayaris and poems. Aman asks Aakash to pose as Saagar in front of Pooja so that she also starts loving him. Aman introduces Aakash as Saagar and Pooja is overjoyed to know that she has met "Saagar" finally, unaware of
1095-404: Is Saagar. One day, on their way back home, some goons misbehave with Pooja. Aman tries to save her but instead gets beaten up by the goons. On the arrival of a police officer, the goons flee. The police officer points out Aman's disability and says that he is unable to protect himself only then how he will protect Pooja. As a result, Aman considers himself unworthy of Pooja and doesn't reveal that he
1168-503: Is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Marathi , Nepali , Assamese , Bhojpuri , Gujarati , Manipuri , Telugu , Malayalam , Kannada , Tamil , Punjabi , Odia , Chhattisgarhi , Urdu , Pali , English and his native language Bengali . Both in West Bengal and Bangladesh , he holds
1241-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
1314-1082: Is a trustee and Brand Ambassador of Bishwa Bandhan, a foundation for cerebral palsy. Kumar Sanu opened a primary school, Kumar Sanu Vidya Niketan, for underprivileged children in Karol Bagh, Delhi. The students are given uniforms and books free of cost. In 2022, Kumar Sanu collaborated with music director Vaibhav Saxena and two young singers for "Mohabbat Mein Tere Sanam" which was released and distributed worldwide by new-age Record Label Music Records. Kumar Sanu had multiple hit duet numbers with singers Lata Mangeshkar , Asha Bhosle , K.S.Chithra , Anuradha Paudwal , Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy , Sadhana Sargam , Alisha Chinai , Sunidhi Chauhan , Sapna Mukherjee , Poornima , Sapna Awasthi , Hema Sardesai , Shreya Ghoshal , Akriti Kakkar , Monali Thakur , Neha Kakkar , Jaspinder Narula and others. Kumar Sanu also had multiple duets with his daughter Shannon K , pop singer and songwriter, who has launched her career in
1387-460: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in
1460-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
1533-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
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#17330859929811606-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
1679-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
1752-415: Is fixed. Both of them bid adieu to Aakash and he leaves, as the movie successfully ends. Aamir Khan was first offered Aman's role in the film. Despite liking the story, he refused the film as he did not connect to the role. The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1991 . The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan , with lyrics by Sameer and Faiz Anwar (for "Pehli Bar Mile Hain"). The album
1825-567: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
1898-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
1971-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
2044-550: Is one of the judges of the Star Jalsha popular musical reality show Super Singer . Recently he recorded an album named Hum Aur Tum . He also recorded a Spanish song for an album. He has also the record for the most recordings of songs in a single day, 28 songs. He also made special appearances as an actor in the movies Sapne Sajan Ke (1992) Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999) and Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015). Kumar Sanu
2117-713: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
2190-459: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in
2263-477: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
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2336-565: Is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi
2409-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
2482-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
2555-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
2628-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
2701-751: The Yaadein series where he sang many of the songs of Kishore Kumar along with singers Abhijeet and Vinod Rathod . 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 , Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy , Anuradha Paudwal , Sadhana Sargam , Sapna Mukherjee , Sudesh Bhonsle , Sonu Nigam , Shaan , Shreya Ghosal , Hema Sardesai , Sunidhi Chauhan and many more lent their voices for his music. "Yeh Kaisa Utthaan Hai" (sung by Asha Bhosle and Sonu Nigam in two different versions) and "Jisne Sapna Dekha" (sung by Kumar Sanu himself) are critically acclaimed. He sang
2774-550: The 1992 film Khiladi . From then on he provided his voice for hit movies including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Fareb (1996), Khamoshi (1996), Yes Boss (1997), Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998), Ghulam (1998), Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (1999) and Sarfarosh (1999). Kumar Sanu worked for Himesh Reshammiya , for all title tracks of TV serials which Reshammiya produced. All
2847-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
2920-623: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
2993-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
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3066-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
3139-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
3212-542: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
3285-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
3358-681: The United States in 2017. In 2023, Kumar Sanu collaborated with Arijit Singh for an album. Kumar Sanu is also credited with the highest number of version songs and male duet hits with the finest singers of (1980) and (1990). Some of the notable songs are as follows: He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2004 in a ceremony headed by then Party President Venkaiah Naidu , but he later resigned to concentrate on singing. He rejoined BJP on 2 December 2014, inducted by Amit Shah . Kumar Sanu returned to playback singing in 2012. He made
3431-697: The duo, his most famous ones being for actor Govinda . He worked with the duo and successfully delivered hits such as Trinetra (1991), Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (1992), Jigar (1992), Bol Radha Bol (1992), Anari (1993), Platform (1993), Lootere (1993) , Teesra Kaun (1994), Krantiveer (1994) , Raja Babu (1994), Suhaag (1994), Gopi Kishan (1994), Eena Meena Deeka (1994), Coolie No. 1 (1995), Bandish (1996), Rakshak (1996) , Ajay (1996), Mr. Bechara (1996), Chhote Sarkar (1996), Hero No. 1 (1997), Lahu Ke Do Rang (1997), Chal Mere Bhai (2000) and Chhupa Rustam (2001) . Bappi Lahiri gave music to some of
3504-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
3577-464: The most popular albums in which Kumar Sanu rendered his voice such as Ghayal (1990), Hafta Bandh (1991), Zindagi Ek Juaa (1992), Aankhen (1993), Dalaal (1993), Veertaa (1993), Hum Sub Chor Hain (1995) and Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002). Kumar Sanu has released several albums of Kishore Kumar 's songs including Kishore Ki Yaadein , a collection early in his career. Then came
3650-861: The movie Jurm (1990), after which the collaboration between Kumar Sanu and Rajesh Roshan produced one hit after another. Some other significant movies include Insaniyat (1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995), Papa Kehte Hai (1996), Dastak (1996), Koyla (1997), Daag (1999), Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Kya Kehna (2000) and Karobaar (2000). Kumar Sanu has rendered his voice for some of Viju Shah 's greatest compositions. Vishwatma (1992), Mohra (1994), Ravan Raaj (1995), Tere Mere Sapne (1996), Gupt (1997), Aar Ya Paar (1997), Bulandi (2000), Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) and Kasam (2001) are some of their notable albums. Kumar Sanu has recorded over 150 songs with Anand–Milind . Breaking away from his romantic image, he has sung peppy numbers for
3723-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
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#17330859929813796-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
3869-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
3942-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
4015-434: The pseudonym "Saagar", due to which his fans increase and he gains millions of fans. A fan of his, is the pretty book store owner Pooja Saxena, who frequently writes letters to correspond with Aman, revealing she loves and admires him and his poetic abilities. Aman goes to Ooty for a business project where he meets Pooja and recognizes her, but she fails to identify him. They form a friendship and Aman decides to reveal that he
4088-688: The record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs (28 songs) in a single day since 1993. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India . Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya,
4161-543: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
4234-511: The song "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai". All the singers were nominated for Filmfare Awards . The song "Bahut Pyar Karte Hai" Was copied from the song "Bahut Khubsurat Hai Mera Sanam" of Pakistani Movie Aabshar (1978), which sung Legend singer Mehdi Hassan .The soundtrack was #16 on the list of "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time", as compiled by Planet Bollywood Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi ,
4307-1436: The songs of movie Aashiqui (1990), songs were recorded earlier for an album and later movie was made around the songs. The movie as well as the songs were a grand success. Thereafter, they worked together in many films including Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991), Saajan (1991), Sadak (1991), Saathi (1991), Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Pyaar Ka Saaya (1991), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992), Jaan Tere Naam (1992), Bekhudi (1992), Kal Ki Awaz (1992), Deewana (1992), Sapne Sajan Ke (1992), Damini (1993), Shreemaan Aashique (1993), Rang (1993), Balmaa (1993), Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Waqt Hamara Hai (1993), Sainik (1993), Dilwale (1994), Salaami (1994), Saajan Ka Ghar (1994), Aatish (1994), Andolan (1995), Barsaat (1995), Saajan Ki Baahon Mein (1995), Agni Sakshi (1996), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Jeet (1996), Raja Hindustani (1996), Pardes (1997), Sirf Tum (1999), Dhadkan (2000), Ek Rishtaa (2001), Kasoor (2001), Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa (2002), Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya (2002), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002), Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Andaaz (2003), Qayamat (2003), Bewafaa (2005) and Barsaat (2005). He sang most of his songs for them (293 songs). Kumar Sanu has sung songs of various genres with Anu Malik . It
4380-708: The songs. Saajan released on 30 August 1991, and grossed ₹18.35 crore worldwide, thus becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of 1991 . It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its soundtrack and performances of the cast. It was unofficially remade in Telugu as Allari Priyudu . At the 37th Filmfare Awards , Saajan received a leading 11 nominations, including Best Film , Best Director (D'Souza), Best Actor (Dutt) and Best Actress (Dixit), and won 2 awards – Best Music Director (Nadeem–Shravan) and Best Male Playback Singer ( Kumar Sanu for "Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai"). Aakash meets Aman,
4453-605: The title song for the TV show Yeh Duniyan Gazab Ki , with singer Udit Narayan . In 2017, he along with Sadhana Sargam sung for the title track of 19s Story based TV Series "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hain" and also appeared as a part for cameo in it. In 2019, he made a little singing for the Star Plus's "Kulfi Kumarr Bajewala". Other than singing and composing music for films, he has also shown interest in producing films. In 2006, he produced his first Hindi film Utthaan . He has also worked with
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#17330859929814526-596: The title tracks were sung by Kumar Sanu, and then in his debut film as a music director, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) and further for many other films such as Bandhan (1998), Hello Brother (1999) , Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000), Kurukshetra (2000), Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000) , Jodi No.1 (2001) , Humraaz (2002), Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002) , Run (2004), Taarzan (2004), Vaada (2005). Beginning with Asmaan Se Ooncha (1989) & Kala Bazaar (1989), it's "Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye" in
4599-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
4672-472: The truth. Gradually, Aakash gets tired of posing as a poet and not only learns that Aman secretly loves Pooja, but also that he is actually "Saagar". He confronts Aman and brings Pooja, and makes Aman admit that he loves her. Pooja meets and tells Aman that she would have loved him if he revealed that he is "Saagar". Eventually, Aakash decides to unite Pooja and Aman, and sacrifice his love. Pooja realizes that she truly loves Aman (Saagar). Pooja and Aman's marriage
4745-668: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
4818-1105: Was Anu Malik who made Kumar Sanu sing his first western-style song "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen", from the film Baazigar (1993). Some other achievements of the combo are Vardi (1989), Tahalka (1992), Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993), Phool Aur Angaar (1993), Sir (1993), Imtihan (1994), Khuddar (1994), Vijaypath (1994), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Naaraaz (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Gambler (1995), Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Krishna (1996), Diljale (1996), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), Daraar (1996), Virasat (1997), Judwaa (1997), Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997), Ishq (1997), Auzaar (1997), Soldier (1998), Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain (1999), Jaanam Samjha Karo (1999), Biwi No.1 (1999), Ajnabee (2001), Ishq Vishq (2003) and No Entry (2005). In 2015, they were again back with songs in Dum Laga Ke Haisha . Kumar Sanu started his work with Jatin–Lalit on
4891-585: Was a vocalist and composer, his ancestral home and birth place was Vikrampur,Munshiganj district,near Dhaka (now in Bangladesh ). In search of a livelihood, he moved to Calcutta, where Kumar Sanu was born. The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswanath Park. Kumar Sanu lived at Panchanantala at Gopal Bose Lane in Sinthi area at North Kolkata. Kumar Sanu's first marriage
4964-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
5037-401: Was in the Bangladeshi film Teen Kanya , directed by Shibli Sadiq. He had his first major Bollywood song in Hero Hiralal (1988). In 1989, Jagjit Singh introduced Sanu to Kalyanji in Vimal Bunglow, Mumbai. On their suggestion, Sanu changed his early name from "Sanu Bhattacharya" to "Kumar Sanu" after his idol Kishore Kumar . Sanu then relocated to Mumbai , where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him
5110-442: Was never released. He also has composed for some Bengali movies; Amrita and Tobu Aporichito . Kumar Sanu 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) and on Zee TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa . In 2012, he judged the Zee Bangla musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – Gane Gane Tomar Mone . At present, he
5183-524: Was replaced for one movie. In 2023, Kumar Sanu sang for Rajkummar Rao in Guns & Gulaabs . He also sang in Scar Movie. Recently he sang 7 songs for an album called "Dua". And a single song sang under Arijit Singh composition. In 2024, he sang a song with Sunidhi Chauhan & Raftaar under Payal Dev composition. And sang in Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper Netflix series Release in 2024. In 2024 Kumar Sanu Open Own Music Label In Youtube Called " The Kumar Sanu Official Archived 10 March 2024 at
5256-410: Was the year's top seller, with around 7 million copies sold. Vocals are supplied by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (for Khan), Kumar Sanu (for Dutt), Anuradha Paudwal , Alka Yagnik (both for Dixit), and Pankaj Udhas . The soundtrack of the film fetched Nadeem-Shravan their second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music Director . Sanu won his second Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for
5329-411: Was with Rita Bhattacharya in 1980s. The couple had three children--Jiko, Jassi and Jaan Kumar Sanu. The couple got divorced in 1994. Sanu later married Saloni Bhattacharya. The couple has two daughters- Shannon K , a Bollywood playback singer; Their younger daughter, Annabelle Kumar Sanu, is a songwriter and author. Kumar Sanu started his playback career as Sanu Bhattacharya from 1983. In 1986, he
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