Kumar Sanu: News

Kedarnath Bhattacharya, widely known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer born on October 20, 1957. He had his first major Bollywood song in the 1989 film 'Hero Hiralal'. Though he primarily works in the Hindi music industry, Sanu has sung in various languages, including Bengali, Odia, Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, and Nepali, among others. The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri in 2009. Sanu also holds the record of winning five consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer between 1990 and 1994. He won Filmfare Awards for his songs in movies like 'Aashiqui', 'Deewana', 'Baazigar', 'Saajan', and '1942: A Love Story'. Sanu sang his first western-style song 'Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhe' for the movie 'Baazigar'. He is often referred to as the "King Of Melody in Bollywood." Some of his widely acclaimed songs include 'Tu Mile Dil Khile', 'Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain', 'Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai', 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha', 'Ab Tere Bin', and 'Kuch Na Kaho', among others.

16 May 2023

Cannes Film Festival

Who is Shannon K? All about her Cannes 2023 debut

The prestigious Festival De Cannes or Cannes Film Festival began on Tuesday (May 16). Like every year, this year too, the festival will see many Indian faces in attendance. Among the new faces who will be representing India at the Mecca of film festivals, is singer-actor Shannon K.

23 Aug 2021

Arijit Singh

KK birthday special: Celebrating the most versatile singer of Bollywood

Krishnakumar Kunnath or KK, as we know him, turns 53 today.

26 May 2021

Bollywood

Music composers nowadays simply copy international tunes, says Kumar Sanu

Kumar Sanu, known as the King of Melody of the '90s, thinks the current crop of composers in the film industry lacks originality.

25 Nov 2020

Bigg Boss

Kumar Sanu slams son Jaan; asks to drop his surname

Singer Kumar Sanu has said his son, Jaan Kumar Sanu, should consider changing his name and use his mother's surname instead of his.

23 Nov 2020

Salman Khan

'Bigg Boss 14': Jaan Kumar Sanu evicted, and more

In Sunday's episode of Bigg Boss 14, Jaan Kumar Sanu was announced as the latest contestant to get evicted.

16 Oct 2020

India

Singer Kumar Sanu tests positive for COVID-19

Singer Kumar Sanu aka "Melody King of Bollywood," has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

02 Oct 2020

Salman Khan

'Bigg Boss' starts tomorrow: What will be new this time

Indian audience's favorite dose of masala entertainment, reality show Bigg Boss is all set to arrive on the small screen tomorrow (Saturday, October 3).

17 Sep 2019

Uber

Ranu Mondal repeat? This Uber driver's singing is breaking Internet

Days after Ranu Mondal's singing video broke the Internet, a similar video of an Uber driver from Lucknow named Vinod has left netizens in awe.

04 Aug 2018

Hollywood

Here's why Kumar Sanu didn't speak about his adopted daughter

Kumar Sanu is a legend in his own right, but he too is afraid of society's judgment.