While many actors and actresses had earned big and special names in Bollywood in the 80s and 90s, Hindi cinema also got many excellent artists in the field of singing during that period. In the 80s and 90s, many singers came to Bollywood. One such name is that of Udit Narayan, who has turned 70 today. Apart from Hindi, he has sung thousands of songs in many other languages. Let us tell you some special things related to Udit on his birthday today.
Udit Narayan was born on 1 December 1955 in Bhardah, Nepal. His full name is Udit Narayan Jha. Singer’s father’s name was Hare Krishna Jha and mother’s name was Bhuvaneshwari Jha. A film in 1988 had brightened his fortunes. But even after becoming successful in Bollywood, Udit sometimes even thought of committing suicide.
Struggled for 10 years
Udit Narayan is one of the most liked singers of Bollywood. His velvety voice reaches straight into the hearts of people. He started his singing career with a Nepali film named ‘Sindoor’. His debut in Bollywood was with the 1978 film ‘Unnis-Bees’. However, it took 10 years for him to make his mark in Bollywood. In the 1988 film ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’, he sang the song ‘Papa Kehte Hain’, which gave him great recognition. After that he never looked back. He was also honored with the Filmfare Award for this song.
Udit had thoughts of suicide
Udit Narayan had revealed in an interview that from 1998 to 2019, he used to receive threatening calls from people every month and demanded money from them. Due to all this the singer started living under stress. He had revealed that during this time he had also started thinking about committing suicide.
Udit has decorated many excellent songs with his melodious voice including Ud Ja Kale Kaanwa, Pehla Nasha, Hum Saath Saath Hain, Ghanan Ghanan, Sun Mitwa, Aisa Desh Hai Mera and Yeh Bandhan To Pyar Ka Bandhan Hai. He also ruled the hearts of fans by singing songs in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Oriya, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Assamese and Maithili languages.
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