Abhijeet Bhattacharya (Singer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Indian Idol winner, see Abhijeet Sawant.
Abhijeet

Background information
Birth name Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Born Flag of India Kanpur
Genre(s) Bollywood and regional filmi playback
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 1985–present

Abhijeet Bhattacharya (Hindi: अभिजीत भट्टाचार्य) is an Indian singer.

Contents

[edit] Early life

Abhijeet was born as Abhijeet Bhattacharya in a middle-class Bengali family in Kanpur, the youngest of four siblings. He passed his class X (Ten) from Ram Krishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and Class XII (Twelfth) from BNSD Inter College Chunni Ganj, Kanpur. Although his parents were against the idea, Abhijeet went against their wishes and became a singer.

[edit] Career

Abhijeet left home for Mumbai in 1981 to study Chartered Accountancy. Due to his fascination for singing and music, he decided to pursue a career in playback singing and quit Chartered Accountancy. Despite being gifted with a melodious voice, he struggled for a long time.

After his long struggle in Bombay, he received a call from Rahul Dev Burman to sing for Dev Anand's sons debut film. Abhijeet also sang with Kishore Kumar, his idol, in the same film.

In the 1990s, Abhijeet established himself as a notable playback singer. His first notable hits were the songs from the film Baaghi, composed by Anand-Milind - Ek chanchal shokh hasina, Chandni raat hai and Har kasam se badi hai. He went on the give hit numbers in the movies Baadshah, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Josh, Dhadkan, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na

Some of his songs such as Kurta phaadke from Anari No. 1 did not do well with the public.

Abhijeet has given his voice for actors such as Shahrukh Khan,Sunil Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan.

He was recently seen as a Judge in a reality show called Star Voice of India. His reactions on the show were very emotional and volatile.

[edit] Non-film music

After his success in playback singing, Abhijeet decided to try non-film pop music. He released two albums, Main Deewana Hoon and Tapori No.1. The albums did not achieve commercial success. After these two pop albums, he launched Aashiqui, which was appreciated by the audience. Recently, he has launched a pop album, called Tere Bina, whose songs and videos are chartbusters.

On May 3, 2006, he released another non-film album called Lamhe, which was well-appreciated.

[edit] Notable songs

[edit] Awards

[edit] Personal life

Abhijeet is married to Sumaati.[2] The couple have two sons.

[edit] Anti-Pakistani views

Abhijeet has expressed outspoken views against allowing Pakistani singers in Bollywood, pointing to the lack of reciprocity from the Pakistani film industry. Together with ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, in 2003 he formally requested the government to ban Pakistani singers.[3] In an interview in 2003, he attacked Pakistani singers Adnan Sami and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. [4]


In July 2007, he physically attacked a film-employee Union leader, accusing him of being a "pimp of Pakistani singers". The fracas was related to Abhijeet's alleged non-payment of dues to a lyricist. (Mumbai Mirror July 25, 2007) Abhiijeet has also recently attracted controversy for negative comments on rival singer Bappi Lahiri. The two men are judges on rival TV talent shows in 2007, with Lahiri's show including Pakistani contestants.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vinayak Sinha. Be choosy about your music: Singer Abhijeet. The Times of India. July 14 2002.
  2. ^ Savitha Gautam. Abhi-geet!. The Hindu Metro Plus Chennai. October 30, 2004.
  3. ^ Abhijeet seeks ban on Pakistanis.rediff.com April 4, 2003.
  4. ^ Abhijeet: Why should we give Pakis a chance?.rediff.com March 25, 2003.

[edit] External links