Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has turned 67 years old. He was born on 30 October 1958 in Kanpur. Abhijeet created a special place in the hearts of fans by singing one song after another. Even today people like to listen to his songs. He sang songs for Shahrukh-Salman.
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, the most popular singer of the 90s, has turned 67 years old. His songs are still alive in the minds of people. Very few people know that he came to Mumbai to study Chartered Accountant, but his mind was towards music from the beginning. Along with studies, he has also continued his hobby. A phone call from music composer RD Burman changed his fortunes. Let us tell you that he considers Kishore Kumar as his idol.
How many songs has Abhijeet Bhattacharya sung till now?
Abhijeet Bhattacharya has sung about 6050 songs in his singing career so far. He has sung songs in about 1000 films in Bengali, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Oriya and other languages. He was given a chance by RD Burman to sing with Asha Bhosle in a Bengali film. He started his career through stage shows with Burman Da. In Bollywood, she sang for the first time for Dev Anand’s son’s film Anand Aur Anand. Gradually, his voice started being liked by the musicians and then he started getting offers one after the other. She gained a lot of popularity by singing songs like Ek Chanchal Shauk Haseena.., Chandni Raat Hai.. and Har Kasam Se Badi Hai Kasam Pyar.. for Salman Khan’s film Baaghi in 1990. For the first time, she sang the song Zara Sa Jhoom Loon.. for Shahrukh Khan in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Later he became a hit by singing romantic songs in many of Shahrukh’s films.
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For which films did Abhijeet Bhattacharya sing songs?
Abhijeet Bhattacharya lent his voice in many films including Yes Boss, Badshah, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Rakshak, Darr, Biwi No. 1, Coolie No. 1, Anari No. 1, Raja Babu, Joru Ka Ghulam, Josh, Dhadkan, Judaai, Raaj, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Khoobsurat, Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage, Chal Mere Bhai, Jodi No. 1, Khiladi, Khiladi 420, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Sabse Bada Khiladi. He also appeared as a guest in many TV reality shows. Abhijeet has sung many songs for Shahrukh Khan, but there came a time when he decided not to sing for him. Actually, he sang in Shahrukh’s films Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om, but he was not given credit.
Controversy related to Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijit Bhattacharya’s career was ruined due to his loudness. He made many controversial statements, due to which he suffered a lot of loss in his career. While supporting Salman Khan in his hit and run case, he had said – ‘If a dog sleeps on the road, the dog will die’. He also said that he had made Shahrukh Khan a hit by singing songs for him, but since he stopped singing for him, he started doing lungi dance. Let us tell you that Abhijeet is still singing songs, but is away from the limelight. For many years, no such song of his has come which can be remembered. Now he is singing mostly in Bengali films.
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