D O B September 22,1957
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Kolkata, India
Known For Singer
Married Yes

Biography Kumar Sanu alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya born September in Kolkata is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award one of India's highest civilian honours He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for consecutive years Kumar Sanu's father Pashupati Bhattacharjee was an accomplished classical vocalist and composer He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University Sanu began performing publicly in singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta He modeled his singing style after famous Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar Later he developed his own singing style In music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan Sanu then relocated to Mumbai where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film Jaadugar Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu because of the prevalent caste region-based favoritism in Bollywood and to give him wider appeal outside of a strictly Bengali audience br Sanu started off singing Jagjit Singh's film songs and went on to work with composers of the like of Naushad Ravindra Jain Hridayanath Mangeshkar Pt R K More Razdan Kalyanji Anandji Usha Khanna etc Sanu's breakthrough came in in the form of the film Aashiqui The music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs Sanu gained overnight success The hit songs from Aashiqui included Sanson ki zaroorat hai jaise Tu meri zindagi hain Nazar ke saamne Jaane jigar jaaneman Ab Tere Bin Jee Lenge Hum and Dheere dheere se meri zindagi mein aana 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 Deewana Baazigar and A Love Story Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan Some of their collaborations include songs in movies like Aashiqi Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin Sadak Saajan Deewana Dil Ka Kya Qusoor Kal Ki Awaz Shreeman Aashique Salami Damini Lightning Dil Wale Agni Sakshi Raja Hindustani Jeet Pardes among others Sanu is often credited with having one of the best voices among playback singers in India In a career spanning two decades he has sung with numerous successful composers to name R D Burman Anand-Milind Anu Malik Jatin-Lalit Ismail Darbar Laxmikant Pyarelal Naushad Kalyanji Anandji Sanu has also worked with A R Rahman in Milgayee Milgayee from Kabhi na Kabhi He broke a Guinness World Record by singing songs in a single day in His most recent hit songs include Humraaz Yeh Dil Aapka Huwa Pakistan Karz Dil Ka Rishta Indian Babu Ishq Vishk Andaaz Qayamat Hungama and Footpath He has also turned his trade at making music for Indian films and also recently as a producer for a new Bollywood film Utthaan Currently Sanu is in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana family of singers he shares judging duties with fellow singer Udit Narayan and Jatin Pandit of the famous music duo Jatin-Lalit At the same time he is one of the judges with Bollywood music composer Shantanu Moitra and veteran playback singer Usha Mangeshkar on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera Hungama released a new single Lamhaa Ho Tum on Valentine's Day by Kumar Sanu and composed by Saikat Shankar