Manhar Udhas is a

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and

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singer and

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playback singer.

Early life

Manhar Udhas is the eldest son of Keshubhai Udhas and Jituben Udhas, and the elder brother of singers

Pankaj Udhas Pankaj Udhas (born 17 May 1951) is an Indian ghazal and playback singer. He started his career with a release of a ghazal album titled ''Aahat'' in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like ''Mukarar'' in 1981, ''Tarrannum'' in 1982, ''Mehf ...

and

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. He completed his mechanical engineering training in

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and moved to

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in the late 1960s to look for a job. He was interested in music since childhood. His brother-in-law, who was making Gujarati film in Mumbai, introduced him to Music Director

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. Udhas used to hang around Kalyanji Anandji to help them in song recording. Once singer

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was not immediately available. So it was decided to dub song in the voice of Udhas and later on Mukesh would sing over it. The song was 'aap se hum ko bichchade huye ek zamana beet gaya' for 1969 film ''Vishwas''. When Mukesh heard the song he said that Udhas has sung the song perfectly and there was no need to record the song in his voice. The song became a hit. It proved to be turning point in his career.http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/celebrity-interview-details/Ghazal-singers-will-become-extinct,-rues-Manhar-Udhas/370

Career

Manhar has worked with many composers of the film world and has lent his voice to many Bollywood heroes. He has sung for more than 300 films – Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and many others. He, like his brother Pankaj, is well known for singing Ghazals. He has released 30 albums (last one, ''"Aashirwad"'', launched in Australia November 2013). He has also worked with Pankaj on albums and Live Shows. His 31st album Alankar was released at VadFest on 18 January 2015 at

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. His latest album "Aakarshan" was launched on 5 May 2018 at Anand, Gujarat.also sung for film kagaz ki nau- har janam mey hamara milan – 1978

Discography

1969 Vishwas
1970 Preet Na Shamna
1971 Taamari yaad ma Polydor present Music purshotam upadhyay 1970

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1972 Gomti Ke Kinare 1972 R.D.Burman. 1973 Abhimaan( Lute Koi Man ka Nagar)
1973 Chori Chori
1975 Suraj Dhalti Saanjno
1980

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(Tu Iss Tarah Se) ; Qurbani (Hum Tumhe Chaahte Hai) 1983

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1983 Log Kya Kahenge
1986

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1985

Mera Jawab ''Mera Jawab'' is a 1985 Indian film directed by N.S. Raj Bharath. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Suresh / Solanki Patwardhan Lal * Meenakshi Sheshadri as Poonam * Parikshit Sahni as Arun * Kader Khan as Inspector Ajay * Shakti Kapoor as Danny * G ...

1986

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1986 Naam
1987 Aagman
1988

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1988 Avsar
1988

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1989

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1989

Ram Lakhan ''Ram Lakhan'' is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Subhash Ghai and written by Anwar Khan with screenplay by Ram Kelkar. ''Ram Lakhan'' stars an ensemble cast of Raakhee, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Madhuri ...

1989 Anand
1990 Aavkar
1990 Jungle Queen – A Tarzan Love Story
1991 Saudagar
1991

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1991 Arpan
1991 Ghar Jamai
1992 Prem Deewane
1992 Swati
1992 Aamantran
1993 Arman
1993

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1993

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1994 Abhinandan
1994 Amrut
1994 Saajan Ka Ghar
1995 Aabhushan
1996 Anurag
1996 Jaan
1997 Abhishek
1997

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1998 Aarambh
1998 Anubhav
1999 Asmita
1999 Jaanwar
2000 Aakar
2001 Aawaaz
2002 Aalaap
2003 Apeksha
2005 Aafreen
2006 Akruti
2007 Aabhaar
2008 Akshar
2010 Anmol
2012 Abhilasha
2013 Adbhut
2014 Alankar
2015 Amar
2017 Aradhana
Avsar

Singles

*Aap se hum ko bichhde hue (Vishwas, 1969) *Purva suhaani aayee (Purab Aur Paschim, 1970) *Loote koi man ka nagar (Abhimaan, 1973) *Tu Is Tarah Se (Aap To Aise Na The, 1980) *Hum tumhe chahte hai aise (Qurbani, 1980) *Jeete the jiske dum se (Roohi, 1981) *Tu mera jaanu hai (Hero, 1983) *Pyar karne wale kabhi (Hero, 1983) *Har kisi ko nahin milta (Jaanbaaz, 1986) *Tu kal chala jaayega (Naam, 1986) *Tera naam liya (Ram Lakhan, 1989) *Gali Gali mein (Tridev, 1989) *Laila ne kaha ye majnoo se (Jungle Love, 1990) *Hum tere bin kahin nahin (Sadak, 1991) *Ilu Ilu (Saudagar, 1991) *Ek musafir (Gunaah, 1993) *Jaan (Jaan, 1996) *Mausam Ki Tarah Tum Bhi (Jaanwar, 1999)

Shirdi Ke Saibaba Bhajan albums

* Sai Bharosa, Lyrics: Pt. K. Razdan

References

External links

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The Hindu newspaper article on Manhar Udhas
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