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Kedarnath Bhattacharaya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. Apart from Hindi, he has also sang in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Oriya, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali, both in West Bengal and Bangladesh. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (1990-1994) along with Arijit Singh. For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. His tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".

Early life and career

Early life

Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. His father's village was in Bikrampur (Now Munshiganj district), East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh). The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswanath Park.

Career

Kumar Sanu started his playback career, as Sanu Bhattacharya. Yeh Desh (1984) film soundtrack was marked his debuted of singer. In 1986, he got Bangladeshi film Tin Kanya, directed by Shibli Sadiq. Sanu had his first major Bollywood song in Hero Hiralal (1989).

In 1989 September 23, Jagjit Singh introduced Kumar Sanu to Kalyanji in Vimal Bunglow, Mumbai On their suggestion, he changed his name from "Kedarnath Bhattacharya" to "Kumar Sanu" because his voice and singing style were much influenced by Kishore Kumar. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him a chance to sing in the film Jaadugar.

For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs. He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare Awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993) and 1942: A Love Story

Indian playback singer (born 1957)

Musical artist

Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia,Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs (28 songs) in a single day since 1993.

For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".

Early life

Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. His ancestral home and birthplace were in Vikrampur, located in the Munshiganj district near Dhaka, which is now part of Bangladesh. In search of a livelihood, he moved to Calcutta, where Kumar Sanu was born. The two and Sanu's elder sister lived in the Sinthee area of Calcutta (now Kolkata) near Biswanath Park. Kumar Sanu lived at Panchanantala at Gopal Bose Lane in Sinthi area at North Kolkata.

Personal life

Kumar Sanu's first marriage was with Rita Bhattacharya in 1980s. The couple had three children—Jiko, Jassi and Jaan Kumar Sanu. The couple got divorced in 1994. The marriage was facing challenges, during which he met Kunika Sadanand and they dated for 6 years. The relationship later ended. Sanu later married Saloni Bhattacharya. The couple has two daughters- Shannon K, a Bollywood playback singer and their younger daughter, Annabelle Kumar Sanu, who is a songwriter and auth