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Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan is an Indian playback singer who sings mainly in Hindi films. He has also sung in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Odia, Bhojpuri, Nepali, and various other languages. He was born into a Maithil Brahmin family on December 1, 1955, to Harekrishna Jha, a Nepali, and Bhuvaneshwari Jha, an Indian.
Udit Narayan has been married twice, first to Ranjana Narayan Jha and then to Deepa Narayan Jha. He has a son with Deepa Narayan, Aditya Narayan, who is also a playback singer.
He began his career as a Maithili folk singer for Radio Nepal. He moved to Bombay on a musical scholarship for Nepalese from the Indian Embassy in Nepal to study classical music eight years later.
He started his Bollywood career in 1980 when music director Rajesh Roshan asked him to sing for the film Unees-Bees. He also got the chance to perform with singers Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar.
In 1988, Anand–Milind gave him the opportunity to sing all the songs for the movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak with Alka Yagnik, which earned him a Filmfare Award.
Udit Narayan was one of the most popular singers in Bollywood throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2002, Udit Narayan sang the song “Bairi Piya” for the movie Devdas along with Shreya Ghoshal, who was a newcomer at the time.
He has sung for actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn. He is considered one of the most prominent singers of his generation. He also received a Padma Bhushan in 2016.
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Singer Udit Narayan was among the latest celebrities to visit the holy city of Prayagraj for Maha Kumbh 2025. In an interview with ANI, he expressed his gratitude and congratulated Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the well-organised and efficient arrangements.
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Watch: Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal and others leave Jamnagar after Ambani bash
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Video: Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh perform 'Mere Dholna'; Lucky Ali sings 'O Sanam'
The third and final day of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding bash hosted singers Shrey Ghoshal, Lucky Ali, Arijit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Udit Narayan, among others.
Video: Neeti Mohan, Sukhwinder Singh to Udit Narayan, Bollywood singers in Jamnagar
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