Alka Yagnik

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Alka Yagnik (born March 20 in Calcutta, Bengal, India) is an Indian singer. She is born into a Gujarati family. Both her parents were well versed in classical music.

She is classically trained, and has been the leading playback singers in Bollywood since the late 1980's. Alka began singing bhajans for Calcutta Radio at the age of six. She thought singing as a hobby but later thought about it as a profession. She came to Mumbai and sang for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in 1979,in the film Laawaris in 1981 with the song Mere Angene Mein, and Hamari Bahu Alka in 1982. She got her big break with the song Ek Do Teen from the film Tezaab (1988). The song turned her into a star overnight and went on to become a pop hit. She also received her first Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the song.

Her voice has mostly been used for the younger generation of stars. She has done the playback singing for some of the biggest stars in the industry, such as Hema Malini, Rakhee, Rekha, Farida Jalal, Kajol, and Preity Zinta, to name a few. Alka also sings for other languages like Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Punjabi.

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Filmfare Awards

  • 1988, Best Female Playback for Ek Do Teen for the film Tezaab
  • 1993, Best Female Playback for Choli Ke Peeche for the film Khalnayak (shared with Ila Arun)
  • 1997, Best Female Playback for Zara Tasveer Se Tu for the film Pardes
  • 1999, Best Female Playback for Taal Se Taal for the film Taal
  • 2000, Best Female Playback for Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Dil Se for the film Dhadkan
  • 2001, Best Female Playback for O Re Chhori for the film Lagaan
  • 2004, Best Female Playback for Hum Tum for the film Hum Tum

[edit] National Film Awards

She also contributes to the song "hindi sad diamonds" in Moulin Rouge, the motion picture. The original song is named "chamma chamma" and was featured in the Bollywood movie "China Gate"

[edit] Zee Cine Awards

  • 1999 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
  • 2001 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

[edit] Star Screen Awards

  • 1995 Haqeeqat - Dil Ne Dil Se
  • 2000 Refugee - Paanchi Nadiyaan

[edit] International Indian Film Academy

  • 2000 Taal - Taal Se Taal Mila”
  • 2001 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai - Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai

[edit] MC Music Awards

  • 2006 Best Female Playback Singer of the year for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (KANK)

[edit] MTV Asia Viewers Choice Award

[edit] BBC: World Music 2003 Awards

  • Nominated

[edit] Notable Playback Singing

[edit] External links

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