He has sung 25,000 songs in over 36 languages. 21 of his tracks are featured in BBC's Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time. He is the only male playback singer who has won three decades awards (80s, 90s, and 2000s). He has won awards such as, National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards and many more. His songs are mainly popular in Nepali and Bollywood movies.
May he rest in peace.Udit Narayan Jha known as Udit Narayan is a famous playback singer of Indian Cinema. From the songs that I sang for him my favourites are Loveleena from Agent Vinod, Gunche Lage Hain Kehne from Tarana, Hum tum donon saath mein bheeg jayenge barsaat mein in Tarana, the Ghazal Mere bass mein agar kuch hota toh tere aankhon mein aansoon na aane deta and Aankhon aankhon mein from Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin, O Basanti from Sun Sajna, His death is a personal loss for me. I also sang for him in his two biggest hit soundtracks Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun. After that all the songs in Tarana and Sanch Ko Aanch Nahin. My first song for Laxman and Ram when Ram was alive was in the film Agent Vinod, Loveleena aa gaya hoon main. And the recordings would be over in just 3 hours or so. It was all there in perfect handwriting.All the two singers in a duet had to do was sing. So the singer didn’t have to write his or her part of the song before singing. He gave the male and the female singer the lyrics written in different colours. He was always confident, ‘Jo record kiya who sahi hai’.And another distinctive characteristic of Laxman’s working style was the way he recorded the duets. And he was a good mimic.And the best part of singing for Laxman was that he never took too many retakes. He was full of anecdotes and he would make you laugh. Shailendra Singh who sang innumerable hits for Raamlaxman, remembers the composer fondly. It was always a pleasure to sing for and to spend time with Raamlaxmanji.” Then there was the great Manmohan Desaiji Anmol where Raam Laxmanji took me as the hero(Rishi Kapoor)’s voice while Lataji sang for the heroine(Manisha Koirala). They were great fun to sing and they were big hits. But I did have one chorus song in Hum Aapke Hain Koun: Dhik tana.And several chorus songs in Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Saath Saath Hain.
I was not a part of Raamlaxman’s biggest films Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aaapke Hain Koun since Salman Khanji preferred the great S P Balasubramaniamji. I think this was the first time I had the honour of singing with Lataji. The same year I sang a lovely duet for Raamlaxman with Lataji: Ruk bhi jao jaan-e-jaana.
I think the first song I sang for him was a fun song in film called I Love You in 1992. And so much fun to be with! Songs were such chart busters. Udit Narayan has the fondest words for the deceased composer. Music composer Raam lLaxman was much-loved by all the singers who sang for him.
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