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Udit Narayan Jha (Template:Lang-ne) known as Udit Narayan, is a Nepalese playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Nepali and Hindi movies.He has won three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards. In 2001, he was awarded the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu by the late King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and also awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009.

Career

Udit Narayan Jha was born in the village of Bhardaha, in Saptari District, Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Artistes-have-no-borders-Udit-Narayan-tells-Nepal/articleshow/4037648.cms?referral=PM Bollywood's golden-voiced singer Udit Narayan Jha studied at P.B. School, Rajbiraj, Nepal where he passed his S.L.C. (class 10) and later obtained his intermediate from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, mostly known as RR campus Kathmandu.

Udit Narayan began his career by singing Nepali, Maithili, Nepal Bhasa, Bhojpuri at first when he was in his native country, Nepal singing for Radio Nepal as a staff artiste for Maithili and Nepali folk songs. He sang many popular Nepali folk, modern songs on Radio Nepal. His first film playback singing was for Nepali Film Sindur. It was a comedy song for famous Nepali comedians GopalRaj Mainali (Chankhe) and Basundhara Bhushal (Nakkali). It was a duet song with Sushma Shrestha— now known as Poornima in Hindi films. After eight years in that role, the Indian embassy offered him the chance to study classical music at a prestigious school in Bombay, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, on a music scholarship. He moved to Bombay in 1978.

Udit Narayan has sung more than 25,000 songs in more than 34 languages. He got his first break in 1980, when noted music director (composer) Rajesh Roshan asked him to playback for the Hindi film Unees Bees and was given the opportunity to sing with the veteran Mohammed Rafi. He provided playback for a number of films, the most notable being Sannata (1981), Bade Dil Wala (1983) and Tan-Badan (1986). The success story of his career began in 1988 when Anand-Milind gave him the opportunity to sing all the songs for the successful Bollywood movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, earning him a Filmfare Award.

Significant collaboration with music directors

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Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant Pyarelal work start with Udit Narayan in early 80s. They have collaborated for films like Pyaar Ka Mandir, Hum, Saudagar, Prem Deewane, Aashiq Awara, Dil Hai Betaab, Trimurti, Deewana Mastana, and many others.

Anand-Milind

Music directors, Anand-Milind first collaborated with Udit with the 1986 film Tan-Badan. They gave him his first breakthrough when he got the chance to sing songs for the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. All the songs for that film were sung by him and Alka Yagnik. Some of their collaborations included films like Dil, Beta, Raj Babu, Hero No. 1, Dulhe Raja, Aunty No. 1, Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet& Anjaamamong others.

Nadeem-Shravan

Music directors, Nadeem-Shravan started working with him in the late 80s. They have collaborated for films like Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri, Jaan Ki Kasam, Phool Aur Kaante, Waqt Hamara Hai, Rang, Dil Tera Aashiq, Aashiqui, Dilwale, Raja, Saajan Chale Sasural, Raja Hindustani, Jeet, Mohabbat, Maharaja, Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love, Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa, Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Dil Hai Tumhaara, Sirf Tum, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, Kasoor, Andaaz, Hungama, Footpath, Bewafaa, Dosti: Friends Forever.

Anu Malik

Yaar Gaddar, Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi, Akele Hum Akele Tum, Ram Jaane, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Diljale, Himalay Putra, Ishq, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Refugee, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, Fiza, Badal.

Jatin Lalit

Udit started to work with music directors, Jatin Lalit in 1991 which was also the year when Jatin Lalit started their music career. Since then they have collaborated for films like Khiladi, Yaara Dildara, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Kya Kare, Albela, Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar, Hum Tum etc.

Himesh Reshammiya

Bandhan, Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa, Humraaz, Tere Naam, Ishq Hai Tumse, Bardaasht, Run, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa.

A. R. Rahman

Rangeela, Taal, Lagaan, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Swades, One 2 Ka 4, Kadhalan, Ratchagan, Blue

Viju Shah

Yalgaar, Mohra, Ravan Raaj: A True Story, Mohra, Prithvi, Aar Ya Paar, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat.

Other composers

He has worked with music directors like Rajesh Roshan, Rahul Dev Burman, Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin Lalit, A. R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Jagjit Singh, Anup Jalota, Uttam Singh, Raam Laxman, Ilayaraja, Bhupen Hazarika, Shiv-Hari, Ravindra Jain, Madan Mohan, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Himesh Reshammiya, Viju Shah, Vidyasagar, M. M. Keeravani, Mani Sharma, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, Harris Jayaraj, Devi Sri Prasad, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Ismail Darbar, Anand Raj Anand, Aadesh Shrivastava, Arun Paudwal, Pritam Chakraborty, Sajid-Wajid, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sohail Sen, Nikhil Vinay, Sandesh Shandilya, Ram Sampath, Rahul Sharma, Daboo Malik, Sameer Tondon, Sukhwinder Singh, Roop Kumar Rathod, Adnan Sami, Kailash Kher, Sanjeev-Darshan, Vishal–Shekhar, Ajay-Atul, Sachin - Jigar and Amit Trivedi.

Other work

At the same time, he sang in Nepalese movies and also acted in two Nepali films Kusume Rumal and Pirati in 1985. He has also worked in Nepalese films, in particular for composer Sambhujeet Baskota. During his early singing career, he performed songs composed by Shiva Shankar, Natikaji and Gopal Yonjan. In 2004, he released his first private Nepalese album, Upahaar, in which he sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha. At the Hits FM Awards in 2004 he won awards in two major categories for the album: Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Some of Udit Narayan's other private albums are Bhajan Sangam, Bhajan Vatika, I Love You, Dil Deewana, Yeh Dosti, Love is Life, Jhumka de Jhumka, Sona No Ghadulo, Dhuli Ganga, and Ma Tarini.

On the occasion of 100 years of Hindi Cinema, his song "Taal Se Taal Mila" from the movie Taal was voted as the "best song of the century" in a poll conducted by DesiMartini, Hindustan Times and Fever 104. Narayan has performed in many stage shows in India and abroad and is the recipient of a large number of awards. These include Screen Videocon Award, MTV Best Video Award and Pride of India Gold Award.

In 2009, Narayan was considering running as a candidate for the Padma Shri.

In 2010, Udit Narayan with Madhushree sang for the English independent film When Harry Tries to Marry.

Reality shows

He was in the panel of judges of Indian Idol 3 with music composer Anu Malik and female playback singer Alisha Chinai on Sony TV.

He was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Pariwaar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers). He shared judging duties with fellow playback singer Kumar Sanu and Jatin Pandit of the famous music duo Jatin-Lalit.

Udit Narayan Guest appearances in Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star

Personal life

Narayan is a resident of Mumbai. He has married twice: to Ranjana Narayan Jha and Deepa Narayan Jha. His second wife, Deepa Narayan, whom he married in 1985, is a singer. The two recorded an album together titled Dil Deewana. They have son, Aditya Narayan, who is a former child actor, singer and television presenter. Aditya Narayan started his singing for child artists in Nepali Film with his father before starting his singing career in Hindi movies in the 1990s and also acted in a few films.

As an actor

Kusume Rumal was the first film in which singer Udit Narayan sung all the songs and also done work as an actor. Kusume Rumal was a huge box office success becoming the highest-grossing Nepalese Movie of the time until another Tulsi Ghimire film Darpan Chaya broke its record in 2001. The movie was the first Nepalese Movies to spend 25 weeks in the box office top ten list and the first actual blockbuster.

Honours

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• Nepalese singers
• Nepalese male singers
• Bollywood playback singers
• Nepalese people
• Nepali-language singers
• Hindi-language singers
• Idols (TV series) judges
• Indian film singers
• People from Saptari District
• Nepalese musicians
• Nepalese music
• Tamil playback singers
• Kannada playback singers
• Mithila
• Nepalese Hindus
• Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu
• Nepalese expatriates in India
• Recipients of the Padma Shri
• Telugu playback singers
• 20th-century Nepalese male actors
• 21st-century Nepalese male actors