Kumar Sanu | |
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 Kumar Sanu in Indian Telly Awards | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kedarnath Bhattacharya |
| Also known as | Melody King of Bollywood[1] |
| Born | 20 October 1957 Calcutta, West Bengal, India (present-day Kolkata) |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Playback singer |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels |
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| Spouses | Rita Bhattacharya
(m. 1980; div. 1994)Saloni Bhattacharya (m. 2001) |
| Children | 5 |
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is an 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,[2] Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali. Both in West Bengal and Bangladesh, he holds 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.[3]
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".[4]
- ^ "Notes to note from the melody king of the Bollywood, Kumar Sanu". The Hindu. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Kumar Sanu Odia Songs". Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Did you know Kumar Sanu holds the world record for singing 28 songs in a day?". The Times of India. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ BBC. "BBC – Asian Network – Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2020.