Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is a

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

who works in

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and whose songs have been featured mainly in

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, Nepali and

movies. Besides Nepali and Hindi, he has sung in 36 languages. He has won three

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and five

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. He is the only male singer in the history of the

to have won over three decades (winning in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s). Udit Narayan was awarded the

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in 2009 and, in 2016, he was awarded the

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by the

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, an honour that has so far been awarded to only a handful of singers, in recognition of his achievements in various film industries across India. He was also awarded the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu by the late

King of Nepal The King of Nepal (traditionally known as the Mahārājdhirāja i.e. Great King of Kings; it can also be translated as "Sovereign Emperor" ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजधिराज)) was Nepal's head of state and monarch from 1768 ...

Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...

in 2001 and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for Bhojpuri Cinema. He has sung over 25000 songs over 36 languages as many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".

Bollywood selected discography

1999 International khiladi "yaar maine ek sapna dekha" solo aadesh shrivastav 2004 madhoshi " o jaane jaana " sadhna sargam roop Kumar rathore 2005 Garam Masala "falak dekhoon (reprise)" pritam 2008 black & white "yeh hindostan hai" sukhvinder Singh 2003 chupke se "koi to ho" unknown 2004 dil mange more "Maine chun liya" shreya ghoshal himesh reshmiyya 2003 dil pardesi ho gaya "tu kaun kaha se" usha khanna

References

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Bollywood selected discography

See also

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