Abhijeet Bhattacharya Biography

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Biography :

Abhijeet: Bollywood and regional playback Singer
Full Name: Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Birth Place: Kanpur, India
Years Active: 1985-present
School: Passed tenth from Ram Krishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur
Passed twelfth from BNSD Inter College Chunni Ganj, Kanpur
Wife: Sumati
Children: two sons Dhruv and Jai

Gifted with a melodious voice Abhijeet Bhattacharya born in a Bengali family in Kanpur. Abhijeet Bhattacharya is recognized only with his first name Abhiijeet. He is one of the finest playback singers of India. The singer has successfully lent his voice to many Bollywood biggies like Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor. He also has sung for Hrithik Roshan.

Along with successful playback singing, Abhijeet also had done pop singing. His first two pop albums Main Deewana Hoon and Tapori No. 1 were not commercially hit but the later ones Aashiqui and Tere Bina were appreciated by the audience. Some of the songs and video from the album are chartbusters.

Abhijeet won Filmfare Best Male Playback Award in 1997 for the song 'Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon' from film Yes Boss. Abhijeet had given hit numbers in many movies like Baaghi, Sadak, Khiladi, Raja Babu, Yeh Dillagi, Yes Boss, Baadshah, Josh, Dhadkan, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na and many more.

But the journey to the playback singing was not easy for Abhijeet. Despite having a melodious voice, Abhijeet had to struggle lot to get a break as a singer. Abhijeet was opposed by his parents to select singing as his career. But Abhijeet went against his parents and moved to Mumbai to pursue career in singing.

After his high schooling, Abhijeet moved to Mumbai to receive degree in Chartered Accountancy. But he left it half a way for singing. Abhijeet struggled for a long time during his early career. Due to financial problems Abhijeet spent his early career life in small rooms. He returned to Kanpur many times, but every time his dream drawn him back to Mumbai.

Once when he was packing his bags to leave Mumbai he received a call from renowned music director Rahul Dev Burman (R. D. Burman) to sing in his film. It was Dev Anands son's debut film. For the film he sang with his childhood idol Kishore Kumar. The film was relief for his long time struggle but was not his breakthrough film. After a little relief he again started struggling to find work again. For some years Abhijeet kept himself busy singing the hits of Kishore Da.

The film which brought Abhijeet to the fame of playback singer was Baaghi in 1990. Music for the film was composed by Anand-Milind. The numbers from the film 'Chandni raat hai', 'Ek Chanchal Shokh hasina', and 'Har kasam se badi hai' went on to become first hits of Abhijeet. Then after Abhijeet went on to give hit numbers in films like Sadak, Khiladi, Raja Babu, Yeh Dillagi, Yes Boss, Baadshah, Josh, Dhadkan, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na and many more. Today the singer has more than 200 hit songs on his list.

Abhijeet won his first Filmfare Award as Best Male Playback for the song 'Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon' from Yes Boss. The same year, Abhijeet also won the Best Singer Screen-Videocon Award for the song 'Chand taare' from Yes Boss. He was also honoured by the MTV Life Time Achievement Award in 2004. The singer also received the Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman award.

Abhijeet's voice suits best to the Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor. Recently he had sung for Hrithik Roshan also.

Marriage Life

Abhijeet is married to Sumaati and blessed with two sons Dhruv and Jai.

Controversy

Abhijeet caught into controversy due to his negative attitude towards Pakistani singers in Bollywood. Abhijeet blamed that the Pakistani singers are receiving love and honour from Bollywood, but there is lack of reciprocity from the Pakistani film industry. Abhijeet along with Gazal singer Jagjeet Singh requested the government to ban Pakistani singers in 2003. After few months he verbally attacked Pakistani singers Adnan Sami and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But the controversy fetched nothing but a bag of controversies in return.

In July 2007, he again become a part of controversy when he physically attacked a film-employee Union leader, accusing him of being a "pimp of Pakistani singers". The issue was related to Abhijeet's alleged non-payment of dues to a lyricist.

Also recently he had given negative comments to singer Bappi Lahiri. Both the singers are judges for a singing talent shows which were running on different TV channels. The TV show in which Lahiri is a mentor includes some Pakistani contestants.

Non-Film Music (Pop Albums)

Main Deewana Hoon
Tapori No. 1
Aashiqui
Tere Bina
Lamhe (2006)
Awards Won by Abhijeet
1997 - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award: for song 'Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon' from Yes Boss
1997 - Best Singer Screen-Videocon Award: for song 'Chand taare' from Yes Boss
2004 - MTV Life Time Achievement Award
Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman

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Amit Kumar Singer Biography

Amit Kumar Singer Biography 

Amit Kumar is an Indian film playback singer, actor, director, and music director. He is the son of the Indian singer and actor Kishore Kumar and the Bengali singer and actress Ruma Guha Thakurta. Like his father, Amit loved singing and from childhood used to sing during Durga Pooja functions in Kolkata. Once when he was performing on stage in a Durga Pooja function arranged by Bengali actor Uttam Kumar, people kept requesting more songs and this information reached his mother. She complained to Kishore Kumar that his son was singing "filmy" songs. Hearing that, Kishore Kumar decided to bring him to Bombay.

Before that, Kishore Kumar had cast Amit as his son in two films that he produced himself, Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein and Door Ka Raahi (with Amit as a teenager). The song "Aa chalke tujhe, mein leke chaloon" was filmed with Kishore Kumar singing to his eleven-year-old son Amit Kumar.
He has sung many Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s and was more actively singing in Indian films from 1970 to 1994 as after death of R. D. Burman in 1994, citing lack of good quality music being composed he withdrew from playback singing and concentrated on live orchestra shows since 1995 and continues to perform worldwide. In addition to singing in Hindi, has also performed in Bengali, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, and Konkani.

1970s
Amit Kumar made his debut as a child singing and acting in his father's movie Door Ka Raahi. He recorded the song "Main ik panchi matwaala re", which was later removed from the film. His duets with Kishore like Haseeno Ke Chakkar Mein from Deewangee in 1976, Nazar Lage Na Saathiyo (Des Pardes) in 1978 and Sun Chache Bol from Badthi Ka Naam Dadhi in 1974 became popular. In the 1976 film Balika Badhu, he sang "Bade Achchhe Lagte Hain" by the composer R.D. Burman, by which he attained national fame. This song was named the 26th most popular film song of 1977 by the radio show Binaca Geetmala. Amit Kumar recorded 170 Hindi songs under R.D.Burman.
In 1978, he sang "Aati rahengi baharein" in Kasme Vaade, for Randhir Kapoor's character. He also did playback singing for Randhir Kapoor in Chor Ke Ghar Chor (1978) and Dhongee.
Amit Kumar sang many notable songs in various films, including Aandhi, Aap Ke Deewane, Khatta Meetha, Gol Maal, Des Pardes, Ganga Ki Saugandh, Deewanagi(1976), Duniya Meri Jeb Mein, Parvarish, Humare Tumhare(1979), and Baton Baton Mein. His duets sung with Lata Mangeshkar from the film Baton Baton Mein – "Uthe sabke kadam" and "Dekh Mausam Keh Raha Hai" from Duniya Mere Jeb Main and the duet with Asha Bhosle like Dhal Din Kaise from Laal Khoti became famous in this period.

1980s
Amit Kumar's duet song with Lata - Ka Janu Main Sajaniya from Hum Paanch in 1980 and his duet with Rafi from Aap Ke Deewane like Ram Kare Allah Kare and Humto Aap Ke Deewane Hai became famous. Then Amit sang all the songs for the 1981 film Love Story, and won a Filmfare Award for the duet "Yaad aa rahi hai" with Lata Mangeshkar. Composer R. D. Burman jokingly told Amit before its release that this song sounds like a "Bhajan". After success of Love Story, Rajesh Khanna asked Amit Kumar to do playback for him for the very first time in Fifty Fiffty (1981) and then later Amit sang for Khanna in Aakhir Kyon? (1985), Ghar Ka Chirag, Jai Shiv Shankar, Swarg (1990) and Sautela Bhai(1996).

In 1980, the actor Feroz Khan produced the film Qurbani, which included the song "Laila o Laila" with Amit Kumar rendering his voice for Amjad Khan. This song was named the 6th most popular film song of 1980 by the radio show Binaca Geetmala.[citation needed] Afghan singer Ahmad Zahir had sung a song called Tanha Shodam Tanha in 1971 and sold it to French brand El Bimbo and released in 1975, but Bappie Lahiri copied this song and made the duet Na Jane Tune Kya Kiya in the film Love in Goa and this song became popular in 1983 but the film was a box-office dud. Though Dhuan (1981), Lovers, Jawani, Jeeva, Apne Apne, Rama O Rama, Khoj in the 80's were disasters at box office, his duet and solo songs from these films are still appreciated.  His song Aao Naye Sapne Bune composed by Basudev from Main Qatil Hun in 1984 became famous but the film bombed.The Asha-Amit Kumar duet from Yun Toh Haseen Hazar from Shradhanjali in 1981 became a hit. His duet Hum Jis Raste Pe Chale with Lata and solo numbers Maang Loonga and Mere Geeton from Romance and the Asha-Amit duet Zora Zori Kahe Karte from Woh Jo Hasina, and Duniya Zamana Dekha from Ustadi Ustad Se and Baar Baar Log Mujhe from Khushnaseeb were chartbusters in 1982.Another chart-buster from 1983 from the film Haadsaa were "Yeh Bombay shehar haadsoon ka sheher hai" and the Asha-Amit duets Ek Ladka Ladkise Jab Milta Hai Bandh Kamre Main from the film Love in Goa and Pyare Tere Pyar Mein from Nastik in 1983 but all 3 films flopped at the box-office. His duets "Tu rootha toh main ro doongi sanam" with Asha Bhosle and Gali Gali Dhoonda Tujhe with Lata and solo songs Halla Gulla Maza Hai and Mana Abhi Tu Kamsin from the film Jawani (1984), composed by R. D. Burman were a mega hits. In 1985 the duet Dushman Na Kare from Akhir Kyun was popular and in 1986 it was solo song Mary Tu Hoja Meri from Anokha Rishta and both these two films were box-office hits. His 1986 duet with Asha, "Roz Roz Ankhon", was still popular in 2003 although the film Jeeva bombed. He had solo and duet songs from 1980–89 in hit films like Hum Paanch, Bulundi, Itni Si Baat, Hamari Bahu Alka, Anokha Bandhan, Ustaadi Ustad Se, Bheegi Palkein, Khatron Ke Khiladi, Maalamaal,Ilzaam, Anokha Rishta, Rama O Rama, Jaaydaad, Tridev, ChaalBaaz, Aag Se Khelenge, Dost etc. His songs were a hit irrespective of whether the film was a success at the box office.

In this decade, Amit Kumar sang for almost all music directors, actors. In the 1980s he was the second most preferred male playback singer in Hindi films with his father Kishore Kumar being the first choice to sing for the heroes. Among all music-directors, Amit Kumar as a playback singer was used more by Pancham from 1975–1994 and then by Bappi Lahiri from 1983–1995. He became the voice of Kumar Gaurav the 1980s and their combination gave many hit songs from the films such as Romance (1983), Teri Kasam, Lovers (1983), All-rounder, and Telefilm-Janam. He was also the voice for newcomer Karan Shah in films like Jawani, Anokha Rishta, Apne Apne, Chor Pe Mor and though the songs were popular, Karan Shah's films were flops except for Anokha Rishta and Chor Pe Mor. Amit Kumar was also playback singer for newcomer of 80s Rajan Sippy in Awara Baap but the film bombed. Later in this decade Kumar sang songs for Anil Kapoor, among newcomers of late 1980's, in films including Tezaab, Yudh, Aag Se Khelenge and continued to sing for him in 90s. The duets with Asha – Pehle Pehle Pyar Ki and Yeh Tujhe Kya Hua both from Ilzaam in 1986 and Tere Naina Mere Naina from Aag Se Khelenge and Chotasa Parivaar Hamara from Dost in 1989 became famous in respective years. The Anuradha Pudwal-Amit Kumar duet from Tezaab Kehdo Ke Tum Meri and his solo song Ek Do Teen from same film were part of Binaca Geet Mala annual list in 1988. The song from Tridev filmed with Naseeruddin Shah, "Oye oye- Tirchi topi waaley", was a nationwide hit and again Amit did playback for Naseeruddin Shah in the film Hero Hiralal which was famous as well. His duet Yeh Kismat Hai Kya Kisne Dekha Yahan with Alka Yagnik from Ghar Ka Chirag became popular in 1989. Soon after Kishore Kumar's death, he and his half-brother Sumit Kumar released an album called Dui Kishore as a tribute to their father.

Early 1990s to 2000
In 1990 the film Hum the song "Sanam mere sanam" of Amit is notable. Baaghi: A Rebel for Love had a smash hit in the song "Kaisa lagta hai". From the film Ghayal the song "Pyaar tum mujhase" was popular. In this decade, he had notable songs in films like Sailaab, Police Public, Aaj Ka Arjun, 100 Days, Awwal Number, ChaalBaaz, Khel, Vishwatma, Honeymoon, Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj, Gurudev, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Judaai and also had hit songs in the films which flopped at the box office like Jawani Zindabad, Afsana Pyar Ka, Indrajeet, Sangdil Sanam, Jaagruti, Deewana Mujhsa Nahin, Suryavanshi.

Amit Kumar enjoyed a special work relationship, in addition to R.D.Burman and Bappi Lahiri, with the music duo Anand-Milind, who heavily promoted Kumar in the early 1990s. Their collaboration includes : Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hain, Maha-Sangram, Swarg, Anjaane Rishtey, Talaashi, Sangdil Sanam and Rakhwala. Anand-Milind were one of the few new-age music composers of that period who regularly recorded with Amit Kumar, making him the voice for Salman Khan in Baaghi, Suryavanshi, Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, Jaagruti, Sangdil Sanam and Anand Milind made Amit voice of Aamir Khan in films like Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin and Jawani Zindabad. Amit Kumar's duets with Asha Bhosle in the film Afsana Pyar Ka, a box office dud, with Bappi Lahiri as music-composer like Nazrein Milin, Tip Tip Baarish were hit songs and were picturised on Aamir Khan. His duets like Palkon Ke Tale, Mujhko Yeh Zindagi Lagti Hai in the flop films Sailaab were hits too. By this he gained reputation of being a singer who belted out hit songs irrespective of the film being a commercial success or critically panned film or otherwise. Amit Kumar also worked with Ram Laxman and songs like the Lata-Amit Kumar duets Main Jis Din Bhoola Doon from Police Public in 1990 and Le Le Dil from 100 days in 1991 became popular. In 1990 Asha-Amit duets like Aur Suno Kya Haal, Baj Uthe Gunghroo from Chor Pe Mor and Asha-Amit duets like Main Khule Aam Khedun and Main Na Jhoot from Indrajeet in 1991 became popular. In 1992 the Lata-Amit Kumar duet Adhi Raat Ko from Parampara composed by Shiv-Hari and Asha-Amit duets like Rimjhim Rimjhim Barse and  Jo  Aap Aye from Jhooti Shaan were huge hits . Amit delivered more even in 1993 with Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The songs "Deewana dil deewana" and "Sachhi yeh kahani hai" became famous.

Amit Kumar also collaborated with another fresh talent from the 1990s, Jatin Lalit, who had Amit Kumar croon numbers in several films such as Paandav(1995), Silsila Hai Pyar Ka, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... He even worked with Ilayraja for the song Yeh Gulabi Shaam Ka Nasha, a duet with Asha. In 1996, his duet with Asha Bhosle in the film Sapoot - Kajal Kajal Teri Ankhon Ka composed by Anu Malik became popular.
Later in the decade he declined most singing offers citing that the quality of music was deteriorating from 1990's and was also unhappy with the invasion of many other Kishore Kumar clones and after the death of R. D. Burman in 1994, with whom Amit had a special bonding, Kumar withdrew himself from film industry. Kumar started undertaking more live stage performances in various parts of the world since 1996 and has been doing shows till today. After 1987 Amit Kumar was the most preferred male playback singer until Kumar Sanu came along and became heartthrob of the nation from 1990.

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Aman Trikha Biography

Aman Trikha Biography

Aman Trikha (Hindi: अमन त्रिखा, Punjabi: ਅਮਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਖਾ ) (born 12 December 1986) is a playback singer, performer and musician from Mumbai, a disciple of Hindustani Classical Music under the guidance of Ustad Maqbool Hussain Khan from Rampur Sahaswan Gharana. He has sung songs in Hindi, English, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi, Bangla and Oriya. He is the singer of Achhe din aane waale hain, the Loksabha Election 2014 Anthem of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Aman Trikha Early Life & Education

He started playing keyboards on his own since childhood without any formal training. In 2005, while in the first year of pursuing his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics & Telecommunication at the Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (TCET), Kandivali (East), Mumbai, he discovered that he could sing.

Aman Trikha Awards & Nominations

2012: Won Man of The Series Award in the Indo-Pak musical reality show Sur Kshetra, which featured Asha Bhosle, Himesh Reshammiya, Atif Aslam, directed by Gajendra Singh and hosted by Ayesha Takia.
2013: Nominated for Best Upcoming Musical Sensation Male Award in Stardust Awards.
2013: Won the Best Emerging Singer Award in 19th Lions Club Gold Awards.

Discography :

Aman Trikha Hindi Songs 2012 :

1. Go Go Govinda (Reprise) - Movie: Son OMG – Oh My God!, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
2. Son Of Sardaar - Title Track - Movie: Son Of Sardaar, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
3. Son Of Sardaar - Title Track (Remix) Son Of Sardaar, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
4. Po Po - Movie: Son Of Sardaar, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
5. Khiladi - Title Track - Movie: Khiladi 786, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
6. Khiladi - Title Track (Remix) - Movie: Khiladi 786, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
7. Hookah Bar - Movie: Khiladi 786, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
8. Hookah Bar (Remix) - Movie: Khiladi 786, Music by Himesh Reshammiya

Aman Trikha Hindi Songs 2013 :

1. Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfaan Di Chhawan - Movie: Special Chabbis, Music Himesh Reshammiya
2. Shortcut Romeo (Reprise) - Movie: Shortcut Romeo, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
3. Policegiri - Movie: Policegiri, Music by Himesh Reshammiya
4. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom - Movie: Policegiri, Music by Himesh Reshammiya

Aman Trikha Hindi Songs 2014 :

1. Koshampa - Movie: Kaanchi: The Unbreakable, Music by Ismail Darbar
2. Kambal Ke Neeche - Movie: Kaanchi: The Unbreakable, Music by Ismail Darbar
3. Har Har Gange - Movie: Bhoothnath Returns, Music by Ram Sampath
4. Har Har Gange (Remix) - Movie: Bhoothnath Returns, Music by Ram Sampath
5. G Pe Danda - Movie: Fugly, Music Director Prashant Vadhyar
6. Hum Tumhe Kaise Bataye - Movie: Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami, Music by Ram Sampath
7. Khelen - Movie: Satyamev Jayate (Season 3), Music Director Ram Sampath
8. Aashiq Mizaaj - Movie: The Shaukeens, Music Director Hard Kaur
9. Surmai Sa - Movie: LUV...Phir Kabhie, Music Director Bubli Haque

Aman Trikha Hindi Songs 2015 :

1. Mere Desh Ka Jawab Nahi - Movie: Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan, Music Director Rupesh-Girish
2. Shiv Tandav - Movie: Dharam Sankat Mein, Music Designed by Shamir Tandon
3. Prem Leela - Movie: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Music Director Himesh Reshammiya
4. Halo Re - Movie: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Music Director Himesh Reshammiya
5. Dard Da Marham Tu - Movie: Prithipal Singh...A Story, Music Director Jayant Aryan

Aman Trikha Hindi Songs 2016 :

1. Shaukeen Kaminay Title Song - Movie: Shaukeen Kaminay, Music Director Rajib-Mouna.
2. Bum Me Dum - Movie: Shaukeen Kaminay, Music Director Rajib-Mouna.

Other Songs (Regional)

2013 Speaker Risky Mundey Punjabi Charan Thakur
2014 Hello Nandan Hello Nandan Marathi A.V.Prafullachandra
Meghdhanush Na Saat Chhe Rango Whisky Is Risky Gujarati Samir - Mana
Ranveer Ranveer Tanko Bhid Gyo Rajasthani Iqbal Darbar

First Solo Music Video :

Aman Trikha released his first solo Music video Mahiya Tu Hi Tu in 2014 under the music label
Crescendo Music / Universal Music.

Jingles and TV / Radio Anthems.

Sung Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha Elections 2014 Official Anthem HUM MODI JI KO LAANE WAALE HAIN, ACHCHHEY DIN AANE WALEY HAIN.
Sung Bharatiya Janata Party & Narendra Modi's Official Victory Song of Elections 2014 called as VIJAY GEET : ACCHE DIN AANE WALEY HAIN.
Sung the Anthem DIL MEIN HAI DILLI - VOTE KARENGE for Delhi Election Commission, Delhi Rajya Sabha Elections, December 2013.
Sung the campaign anthem of Congress Party NAHI RUKEGI MERI DILLI for Delhi Elections, Dec 2013.
Sung the jingle for UAE Exchange Ltd.
Sang the Promo Song for the Indian TV serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.
Sung the Anthem for Jaypee Punjab Warriors hockey team in Hockey India League.
Sung Radio City's Independence Anthem 2010 ( Aazaadi Ki Nayi Soch).
Sung the UNICEF Red Ribbon Express jingle.
Sung the Wheel (detergent) jingle.

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Mohammad Rafi Biography

Mohammad Rafi Biography

Mohammed Rafi (Hindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी, Urdu: محمد رفیع; December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980), often addressed as Rafi Saahab, was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. A versatile singer, Rafi sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada and Telugu. He also recorded English and Persian songs. He is primarily remembered, however, for his Hindi-Urdu songs, which still remain very popular in the Indian subcontinent and also among the Indian diaspora. Along with Mukesh and Kishore Kumar, he was one of the leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1940s to the mid 1980s. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1965.

Early years and background
Rafi was born the youngest of six sons of Hajji Ali Mohammad at Kotla Sultan Singh (or Kotla Sultanpur), a town near Amritsar in Punjab (British India). Rafi, whose nickname was Pheeko, started singing by imitating chants of a fakir in his village. In 1935-36, Rafi's father shifted to Lahore, and the rest of the family followed later. Rafi's family managed a men's salon in Lahore's Noor Mohalla. It was his brother-in-law Mohammed Hameed who spotted the talent in Rafi and encouraged him. Rafi learnt Hindustani classical music from maestros Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pandit Jiwanlal Matto and Firoze Nizami.

Rafi's first public performance came at the age of 13, when he was allowed to sing at a concert featuring the legendary K. L. Saigal. In 1942, Rafi, under Shyam Sunder, made his debut as a playback singer in the duet "Soniye nee, Heeriye nee" with Zeenat Begum in the Punjabi film Gul Baloch (the film was released in 1944). Soon after, Rafi was invited by the Lahore radio station to sing for them.

Initial days in Bombay
In 1944, Rafi moved to Bombay (now Mumbai), where poet Tanvir Naqvi introduced him to some of the leading film producers of the time such as Abdul Rashid Kardar, Mehboob Khan and actor-director Nazeer. Rafi contacted the famous music director Naushad, who initially used him as part of the chorus. Rafi's first song with Naushad was "Hindustan ke hum hain" with Shyam Kumar, Alauddin and others, from A. R. Kardar's Pehle Aap (1944). Around the same time, Rafi recorded another song for the 1945 film Gaon ki Gori, "Aji dil ho kaaboo mein". He considered this song his first Hindi language song. In 1945, Rafi married his cousin Bashira, nicknamed "Majhi", in his village.

In 1945, Rafi appeared on the screen for the song "Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha" in the film Laila Majnu. He sang a number of songs for Naushad as part of the chorus, including "Mere sapnon ki rani, Roohi Roohi" with K. L. Saigal from the film Shahjahan (1946). Rafi was first noted for the song "Tera Khilona Toota Balak" from Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi (1946). His duet with Noor Jehan in the 1947 film Jugnu, "Yahan Badla Wafa Ka" became a hit. Following partition, Rafi decided to stay in India and had his family flown to Bombay.

In 1948, Rafi sang "Sun Suno Aye Duniya Walon Bapuji Ki Amar Kahani", written by Rajendra Krishan, which became a huge hit. He was invited by the Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to sing at the latter's house. In 1948, Rafi received a silver medal from Nehru on the Indian Independence Day. In 1949, Rafi was given solo songs by music directors such as Naushad, (Chandni Raat, Dillagi and Dulari) Shyam Sunder (Bazaar) and Husnalal Bhagatram (Meena Bazaar).

Rise to fame
Rafi's association with Naushad helped the former establish himself as one of the most prominent playback singers in Bollywood. Songs from Baiju Bawra (1952) like "O duniya ke rakhwale" and "Man tarpat Hari darshan ko aaj" furthered Rafi's credentials. Naushad, who had been using Talat Mahmood for his songs, began favoring Rafi as the male voice in almost every song composed by him. Rafi would sing a total of 149 songs (81 of them solo) for Naushad.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, Rafi found favor with other notable composers of the era such as O. P. Nayyar, Shankar Jaikishan and S.D. Burman. Burman patronized Rafi as the singing voice of Dev Anand. Rafi worked with Burman in movies like Tere Ghar ke Saamne (1957), Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Guide (1965), Aradhana (1969), and Abhimaan (1973). O. P. Nayyar was so impressed with Rafi that he got Rafi to sing a song Man mora baawara for singer-actor Kishore Kumar, in the movie Raagini. Later, Rafi would sing for Kishore Kumar in movies such as Baaghi, Shehzaada and Shararat when the the latter was so busy with acting that he didn't have time to record his own songs. O. P. Nayyar employed Rafi and Asha Bhosle for most of his songs. The team created many hit songs in early 1950s and 1960s for movies such as Naya Daur (1957), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957) and Kashmir Ki Kali (1964). Rafi sang a total of 197 numbers (56 solo) for O P Nayyar. The combination of Shankar Jaikishan and Rafi is noted for the songs picturized on Rajendra Kumar. Rafi sang a total of 341 numbers (216 solo) for Shankar-Jaikishan.

Rafi got his first Filmfare Award for the title song of Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), composed by Ravi. He got his first National Award for the song Babul Ki Duaen Leti Ja from the film Neel Kamal (1968), also composed by Ravi. Ravi and Rafi produced several other hit songs, in the films China Town (1962), Kaajal (1965), and Do Badan (1966). Madan Mohan was another composer whose favorite singer was Rafi. Rafi's first solo with Madan Mohan in Ankhen (1950), "Hum ishq mein barbad hain barbad rahenge", was a great hit. They teamed up to produce many hit songs including "Teri Aankhon ke Siva", "Rang aur noor ki baraat", "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" and "Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho". The composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal ("L-P") also patronized Rafi as one of their leading singers from their very first film, Parasmani (1963). Both Rafi and L-P won the Filmfare Awards for the song "Chahoonga main tujhe saanjh savere" from Dosti. Rafi sang a total of 369 numbers (186 solo) for LP. Rafi sang for many lesser-known composers as well. Once, when composer Nisar Bazmi did not have enough money to pay him, Rafi charged a fee of one rupee and sang for him.

The 1960s witnessed the straining of relations between Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Lata had wanted Rafi to back her in demanding a half-share from the five percent song royalty that the film's producer conceded to select composers. But Rafi took a diametrically opposite view, and believed that a playback singer's claim on the filmmaker ended with the payment of the agreed fee for the song. During the recording of "Tasveer Teri Dil Mein" (Maya, 1961), Lata argued with Rafi over a certain passage of the song. Rafi felt belittled, as music director Salil Chowdhury sided with Lata. The situation worsened when Lata Mangeshkar declared that she would no longer sing with Rafi. Rafi stated that he was only so keen to sing with Lata as she was with him. Later, at the insistence of S. D. Burman the two decided to reconcile and sing duets; on a personal level, there was still tension. During his last years, Rafi was involved in a controversy over Lata Mangeshkar's introduction in to the Guinness Book of World Records. In a letter dated June 11, 1977 to the Guinness Book of World Records, Rafi had challenged the claim that Lata Mangeshkar has recorded the maximum number of songs ("not less than 25,000" according to Guinness). After receiving a rather escapist reply from Guinness, in a letter dated November 20, 1979, he wrote: "I am disappointed that my request for a reassessment vis-a-vis Ms Mangeshkar's reported world record has gone unheeded". After Rafi's death, in its 1984 edition, the Guinness Book of Word Records stated Lata Mangeshkar's name for the "Most Recordings" but also stated: "Mohammad Rafi (d 1 Aug 1980)  claimed to have recorded 28,000 songs in 11 Indian languages between 1944 and April 1980". Many fans of Rafi state that he has sung over 28,000 songs. However, according to the available figures, Rafi has sung 4,516 Hindi film songs, 112 non-Hindi film songs, and 328 private (non-film) songs from 1945 to 1980. The Guinness Book entries for both Rafi and Lata were later removed in 1991.

Between 1950 and 1970, Rafi was one of the most sought after singers in Bollywood. He sang for all the major male stars in Hindi films. In 1965, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Sri award. Rafi recorded two Hindi songs in English on 7" release in 1968. He also sang a song in Creole while on his visit to Mauritius in the late 1960s. Rafi recorded two English albums as well. One of them is Pop Hits. In Bollywood, yodeling is generally associated with Kishore Kumar but Rafi introduced yodeling in Indian film as playback singing.Rafi yodeled in some of old songs, such as "Hello sweety seventeen" (duet with Asha Bhosle), "O Chale ho kaha", "Dilke Aine main", and "Unse Rippy Tippy Ho gayee" (duet with Geeta Dutt).

Last years
The 1970s saw the rise of Kishore Kumar, whose popularity increased due to the songs he sang for the film Aradhana (1969). The music for Aradhana was composed by S. D. Burman, and he had used Rafi as the male playback voice for the first two recorded duets, "Baaghon Mein Bahaar Hai" and "Gunguna Rahen Hain Bhanwre". After these two recordings, S. D. Burman fell ill and his son and assistant, R. D. Burman, took over the recordings. R. D. Burman got Kishore Kumar to sing the solos "Roop Tera Mastana" and "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani", which led to Kishore Kumar's popularity. During 1971-1976, Rafi's musical output decreased; however, he did deliver several hits. Some of Rafi's popular songs of the early 1970s were with music directors like Laxmikant Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, R. D. Burman and S. D. Burman. These include "Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil" from Heer Ranjha (1970), "Chura Liya Hain Tumne" from Yaadon Ki Baarat (1973), "Yeh Jo Chilman Hain" and "Itna to Yaad Hain Mujhe" from Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971), "Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho" from Hanste Zakhm (1973), "Gulabi Aankhen" from The Train, Aaj Mausam bada Beimaan hai from Loafer (1973), and "Jhilmil Sitaron ka" from Jeevan Mrityu (a duet with Lata Mangeshkar, 1974).

Rafi made a comeback as a leading singer in the mid-1970s. In 1974, he won the Film World magazine Best Singer Award for the song "Teree Galiyon Mein Na Rakhenge Qadam Aaj Ke Baad" (Hawas) composed by Usha Khanna. In 1977, he won both Filmfare Award and the National Award for the song "Kya Hua Tera Wada" from the movie Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, composed by R. D. Burman. Rafi sang for Rishi Kapoor in films like Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Sargam (1979) and Karz (1980). The qawwali "Pardah Hai Pardah" from Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) was a superhit. Rafi's notable renderings in the late 1970s and early 80s include Laila Majnu (1976), Apnapan (1978), Qurbani, Dostana (1980), The Burning Train (1980), Naseeb (1981), Abdullah (1980), Shaan (1980), and Asha (1980). Rafi's comeback phase had once again brought him back as a leading playback singer.

On Thursday, July 31, 1980, Rafi died at 10:50 p.m., following a massive heart attack. His last song was "Shaam phir kyun udaas hai dost" (Aas Paas), which he had recorded with Laxmikant-Pyarelal several days before his death. He was survived by four sons (Saeed Rafi, Khalid Rafi, Hamid Rafi, Shahid Rafi), 3 daughters (Parveen, Nasreen, Yasmin) and 18 grandchildren.

After death
Rafi's song from the film Gumnaam (1966), "Jaan Pehechan Ho", was used on the soundtrack of Ghost World (2001). The film opens with the lead character dancing around in her bedroom to a video of Gumnaam. His "Aaj Mausam Bada Beiman Hai" is featured in the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding. Several of Rafi's unreleased songs will be used for an upcoming film titled Sorry Madam. Also, his song "Haye re duniya" from Zaneet (1945) was re-mixed and used as the theme for the 2009 film Gulaal.

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List of Indian Playback Singers

List of Indian Playback Singers. This is an inventory of Indian playback singers. The list is alphabetical by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy. Here is a list of Indian Playback Singers.

List of Indian Playback Singers :

Male Playback Singers

Abhijeet Bhattacharya 
Hindi, Bengali and 13 other languages, 1985–present

Abhijeet Sawant 
Hindi, 2005–present

Aditya Narayan
Hindi,     1995–present

Alphons Joseph 
Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, 2002–present

Aman Trikha  
Hindi, English, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bhojpuri,
Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, 2012–present

Amit Kumar  
Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, 1965–present

Amit Trivedi  
Hindi, 2001–present

Anirudh Ravichander 
Tamil, Hindi,Telugu, 2013–present

Ankit Tiwari  
Hindi, Telugu, Oriya, 2010–present

Anuj Gurwara  
Telugu, Hindi, 2009–present

Anupam Roy  
Bangla, Hindi, 2007–present

Anwar  
Hindi, Urdu, 1979–present

Arijit Singh  
Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Assamesse, Marathi, 2007–present

Babul Supriyo  
Hindi, Bengali, 1994–present

Badshah      
Rapper, 2006–present

Bhimsen Joshi  
Hindi, Kannada, Marathi Bhajans, 1941-2011

Bhupen Hazarika 
Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, English, 1942–2011

Bhupinder  
Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, 1964–2000

Blaaze  
English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, 2002–present

Clinton Cerejo  
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu ,1999–present

Daler Mehndi  
Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, 1995–present

G. M. Durrani  
Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Pashto, 1935–1977

G. Venugopal  
Malayalam, Tamil, 1986–present

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao 
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, 1942–1974.

Gurdas Maan  
Punjabi, Hindi, 1983–present

Hariharan      
Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, 1977–present

Hemant Kumar 
Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, 1937–1989

Himesh Reshammiya 
Hindi, Punjabi, Gujrati, English, Tamil, 2000–present

Jagjit Singh  
Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, 1965–2011

Jassie Gift  
Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu,

Javed Ali      
Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Oriya, Kannada, Bengali,
Malayalam, Urdu, Tamil. 2000–present

Jayachandran  
Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, 1964–present

Jubin Nautiyal  
Hindi, 2014–present

Kailash Kher  
Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, 2003–present

Kamal Haasan  
Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, English, 1983–present

Karthik  
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, 1999–present

Kishore Kumar 
Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese and other languages, 1946–1987

KK      
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, English. 1996–present

K. J. Yesudas  
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi,
Punjabi, Gujarati, Tulu, English, French, German, Russian,
Arabic, Malay, Sanskrit, Latin, 1960–present

Krishna Beura 
Hindi, Oriya, since 2004

Kundan Lal Saigal 
Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, 1932–1947

Kumar Sanu  
Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Angika, Assamese, Punjabi,
Oriya, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Urdu, pali,
Bhojpuri, Gujarati, English, Spanish & Etc. 1984–present

Kunal Ganjawala 
Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, 2002–present

Lucky Ali  
Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Urdu, 1999–present

M. G. Sreekumar 
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, 1984–present

Mahendra Kapoor 
Hindi, Panjabi, Oriya, Urdu, 1956–2008

Manna Dey  
Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Oriya, Urdu, Marathi, 1942–2013

Mano  
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, 1987–present

Master Saleem  
Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada, 1990–present

Mika Singh  
Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, 1998–present

Mohammed Rafi 
Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujrati, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Telugu, Sindhi,  
Assamese, Kannada, Tamil, 1944–1980

Mohammed Aziz 
Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Oriya, 1985–present

Mukesh      
Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese. 1940–1976

Mohit Chauhan 
Hindi, English, Pahadi, Bengali, Tamil, 2002–present

Naresh Iyer  
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, 2005–present

Nitin Mukesh  
Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, 1970–2004

P. B. Sreenivas  
Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, English, 1950–2013

Pankaj Udhas  
Hindi, Urdu, 1980–present

Papon  
Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, 2004–present

Pradip Somasundaran 
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, 1993–present

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 
Hindi 2004–present

Rajesh Krishnan 
Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and in about 15 languages

Remo Fernandes
Konkani, Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu,

Roop Kumar Rathod 
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, 1992–present

Rupam Islam  
Bengali, Hindi, 2007–present

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi,
Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tulu, Gondi, 1966–present

S. P. B. Charan 
Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, 1998–present

Saandip      
Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, 2000–present

Sandeep Khurana 
English, Hindi, 2000–present

Shaan  
Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil,
Marathi, Malayalam, 1989–present

Shabab Sabri  
Hindi, 1997–present

Shabbir Kumar 
Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Bhojpuri,
Punjabi, Assami, Rajasthani, 1980–present

Shahid Mallya  
Hindi, Punjabi, 2010–present

Shailender Singh 
Hindi, Urdu, 1975–1997

Shankar Mahadevan 
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali,
Marathi, 1998–present

Sudesh Bhosle  
Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Oriya, 1988–present

Suraj Jagan  
Hindi, Telugu, 2007–present

Soham Chakraborty 
Hindi, Bengali, 2002–present

Sonu Nigam  
Hindi, Kannada, Nepali, Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu, Tamil,
Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, 1990–present

Sukhwinder Singh 
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, 1986–present

Sundar Narayana Rao 
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, 2013–present

Suresh Wadkar 
Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Urdu, 1978–present

Talat Mahmood 
Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, 1945–1997

Tochi Raina  
Hindi, 2008–present

Thomson Andrews 
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Tulu, Malayalam, 2012–present

T. M. Soundararajan  
Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, 1946–2013

Udit Narayan  
Hindi, Kannada, Nepali, Angika, Telugu, Tamil, Maithili, Bhojpuri,  
Urdu, Oriya, Malayalam, 1980–present

Vijay Yesudas  
Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, 2000–present

Vijay Prakash  
Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, 2004–present

Yo Yo Honey Singh  
Hindi,Punjabi,English 2009–present

Zubeen Garg  
Assamese, Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu,
Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Oriya, Nepali, Marathi,
Manipuri, Urdu and other tribal languages like Bodo, Mishing,
Karbi, Tiwa, Deuri, Rabha. 1991–present

Female Playback Singers

Alka Yagnik  
Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, Gujarati,
Nepali, Assamese,Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Bhojpuri,
English, 1979–present

Antara Mitra  
Hindi, Bengali, English, 2007–present

Anuradha Paudwal 
Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Nepali, 1973–present

Anushka Manchanda 
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, 2006–present

Anupama Deshpande 
Hindi, Telugu, English, Tamil, Odia, 1984–2002

Arti Mukherji  
Benagli, Hindi,

Alisha Chinai  
Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, 1988–Present

Anuradha Sriram 
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, 1993–present

Amirbai Karnataki 
Hindi, Urdu 1945–1961

Asha Bhosle  
Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi,
Tamil, English,Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Malayalam,
Konkani, Oriya and other language, 1943–present.

Anupama      
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, French, 1992–present

Banumathi  
Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, 1941–2006

Bhavatharini  
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, 1995–present

Bela Shende  
Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu,  1999–present

Bombay Jayashri 
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, 1982–present

Chinmayi      
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, 2002–present

Chithra (K. S. Chithra) 
Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi,Bengali, English,  
Russian,German, Arabic,Tulu, Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali,1979–present.

Chitra Singh  
Hindi, Bengali, 1965–present

Dominique Cerejo 
Hindi, Tamil, 2000–present

Gayatri Iyer  
Hindi, Telugu, 1996–present

Geeta Dutt  
Hindi, Bengali 1946–1971

Hard Kaur  
Hindi 1995–present

Harini  
Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, 1995–present

Harshdeep Kaur 
Hindi, Punjabi, English, 2001– present

Hema Sardesai 
Hindi, 1989–present

Hemlata      
Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani,
Marwari, Brij. Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Oriya, Assamese,
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bhasha, Kannada, Konkani, Dogri,
Multani, Saraiki, Garhwali, Bundeli, Nepali, Arabi, Farsi, Urdu,
Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, French, Mauritius,African, Italian, Zulu,
Dutch, 1968–present

Jonita Gandhi      
Hindi, 2014–present

Kanika Kapoor 
Hindi, Punjabi, 2012–present

Kavita Krishnamurthy  
Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya,
Nepali, Gujarati, Bengali, English, Assamese, Bhojpuri. 1980–present

L. R. Eswari  
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, 1959–present

Lata Mangeshkar 
Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil,
Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani, Urdu, Sanskrit, Rajasthani,  
Bhojpuri, English, Nepali, 1941–current

Madhushree  
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, 2001–present

Mahalaxmi Iyer
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, English, Assamese, French,
Marathi, other languages, 1997–present

Malgudi Subha 
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, 1988–present

Mamta Sharma 
Hindi, 2010–present

Minmini      
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, 1988–present

Monali Thakur 
Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, 2006–present

Mubarak Begum 
Hindi, Urdu, 1955–1968

Neha Kakkar  
Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, 2006–present

Noor Jehan  
Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, 1930–1998

Nihira Joshi  
Hindi, Marathi, 2004–present

Nithyasree Mahadevan
Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Sinhalese, Punjabi,
Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, 1997–present

P. Susheela  
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali,
Marathi, Sinhalese,Sanskrit, 1951–present

Palak Muchhal 
Hindi and other 16 Indian languages, 1997–present

Pop Shalini (Shalini Singh) 
Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, 1995–present

Priyadarshini Kannada,
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, 2003–present

Rajkumari  
Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi , 1949–1977

Ruma Guha Thakurta 
Bengali, Hindi, 1944–present

Reena Bhardwaj 
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, 2003–present

Rekha Bhardwaj 
Hindi, 1997–present

Richa Sharma  
Hindi, 2000–present

S. Janaki      
Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada,
Hindi, Oriya, Tulu, Saurashtra, English, Japanese,
Baduga, German, Simhala, Bengali, Sanskrit, 1957–present.

Sadhana Sargam 
Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam,
Gujrathi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Bhojpuri,Ahirani, Assamasse,
Kumaowni, Sindhi, Marwadi, Dogri, Bodo, Kashmiri,Manipuri,
Sandhali, English, Oriya, Tulu, Konkani,Gharwali, Maithili,
Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Urdu, Nepali, 1982–present

Samantha Edwards 
English, Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi, etc. 1990–present

Sandhya Mukherjee
Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, etc. 1931–present

Sanjivani              
Hindi, Marathi,Nepali,Gujarati, Telugu,Bengali,English, 1998–present

Sapna Mukherjee 
Hindi, 1985–present

Sharda Sinha  
Hindi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Angika, 1952–present

Shazneen Arethna 
Hindi, 2007–present

Shilpa Rao  
Hindi, Tamil 2003–present

Shreya Ghoshal 
Hindi, Angika, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil,
Malayalam, Kannada, Urdu, Oriya, Punjabi, Bhojpuri,
Assamese, Nepali, Gujarati, Konkani, 2002–present

Shweta Pandit  
Hindi, 1999–present

Sona Mohapatra 
Hindi, Odia 2005–Present

Sonu Kakkar  
Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, 2002–present

Sowmya Raoh  
Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, 1993–present

Sudha Malhotra 
Hindi, 1954–1982

Sulakshana Pandit 
Hindi 1967–1998

Suman Kalyanpur 
Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri,
Rajasthani, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Urdu. 1954–1981

Sushma Shrestha 
Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, 1971–present

Shalmali Kholgade 
Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, 2012–present

Shamshad Begum 
Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi, 1941–1968

Shashaa Tirupati 
Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, 2010–present

Sharda Rajan Iyengar 
Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarathi, 1965–1986

Shruti Pathak  
Hindi, Urdu, 2004–present

Shubha Mudgal 
Hindi, Tamil, 1996–present

Sujatha  
Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, 1977–present

Sunidhi Chauhan 
Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi,
Bengali, Oriya, 2000–present

Sunitha Sarathy 
Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada,
English, Mandarin, 2002–present

Suzanne D'Mello 
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, 1994–present

Suraiya  
Hindi, Urdu about 1942–1965

Swarnalatha  
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi,
Badaga, Bengali, Oriya, Nepali, Marathi, Simhala. 1987–2010

Tanvi Shah  
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, 2004–present

Usha Khanna  
Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, 1960–present

Usha Mangeshkar 
Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Gujrati, Bengali,
Nepali, Oriya, 1954–present

Vaishali Samant 
Marathi, Hindi, 2000–present

Vani Jairam  
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Hariyanvi, Oriya,
Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, 1971–present

Vasundhara Das 
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, 1994–present

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