This is the story of kedaranath. Kedarnath who is popularly known as Kumar sanu. Kumar sanu was born on 20th october 1957. He started his career with the name Shanu Bhattacharya. He got playback for a Bangal Adeshi film. “Teen Kanya” His major Bollywood song was “Hero Hiralal” Let's see the ups and down he went through before. He got to playback for the film “Aashiqui” His father name was Pashupatinath Bhattacharya. He was devotee of lord shiva and therefore named him kedaranath. But he didn't like his name. He initially trained when kalyanaji Anndaji. They told him that he had a melodious voice. But his Bengali accent was overpowering so, he was advised to change his name he was asked to take up the name kumar. He was living addressed as Shanu at home. So he chose the name Kumar Sanu.
He was interested in academics he was talented since childhood and could sing. While playing Tabla. His elder brother and sister worked fir an Orchestra group. When he grew up he joined the same orchestra as a rhtym player. There were no restrictions on his music. But his father wanted him to study. He grew up listening every genre of music khayal, thumari,. Folk music etc. His father was a very good singer. In 1979 he started performing as a singer on Stage shows. He started working as a singer in Hotel named Vinit in the city of Kolkata. He would get around 4000 rupees as salery. He used to sing song by Kishore Kumar when he was working as a hotel singer it was at that time that he decided to work in bollywood. He left kolkata and came to mumbai, his father didn't want him to go to mumbai. He borrowed 1100 rupees from his elder brother and left for mumbai. It was in 1986.
He lived in Vashi with his friends for some time. He got a job in Chemnitz Aradhana guest house. He sang the song “Mere naina sawan bhado” before the audience. And he got 9000 rupees as tips for that song. He got 5000 rupees for the other song he sang. When he was recording the song of Kishore Kumar . He met the ghazal maestro mr. Jagjit singh. He would go to the same studio to record his ghazals. Jagjit singh was compressed with his voice and asked him to meet him. He took him to kalyanaji Anndaji. Gradually he sang for great music composer ko like Laxmikant, pyarelal, Naushad and Panchanda. His duets with Alka yagnik were Super hit. He created history when he sang for “Aashiqui”
He left all the singer behind and became the number one singer. Nadeem-Sharavan, Anu malik, Rajesh roshan, Anand milind were the music directors for whom he sang great songs. His songs for Jatin-Lalit were highly appreciated.
Personal life of kumar sanu:-
We see that he had two marriages. His first wife was Rita Bhattacharya. His second wife was Saloni Bhattacharya. He had two daughters from his second marriage. Shanon and Anna. His family lived in London while he stayed away from his family. In mumbai for work. Words are not enough to appreciate kumar sanu's voice. As a indian playback singer he has attained success that's almost impossible for anyone else to achieve.
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