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Kumar Sanu, born Kedarnath Bhattacharya in Kolkata, is an Indian singer, composer, musician, and film producer. He began his work period in 1989 and performs in the filmi music genre. His recordings are associated with the Yash Raj Films record label. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and follows Hinduism.
Sanu studied at the University of Calcutta. He is recognized for his work in Hindi and Bollywood music, with tags including desi and Indian styles. His native name is written as কুমার শানু. While sources list his birth date as either September 23, 1957, or October 20, 1957, he is consistently identified as a male artist from India.
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Film & TV
Kolkata, India
Kumar Sanu is a leading Indian playback singer of Bengali background, popular for rendering his voice in Bollywood movies of the 1990s and early 2000s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumar Sanu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- The Roshans — Self2025
- Naam Reh Jayega2022
- Superstar Singer — Self2019
- Kishore Kumar Junior2018
- Kanpur Waale Khuranas — Himself2018
- The Drama Company — Self2017
- Rising Star — Self2017
- The Kapil Sharma Show — Self2016
- Dum Laga Ke Haisha — Himself2015
- Comedy Nights Bachao — Self2015
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1957
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 96,386
- Total plays
- 1,199,192
Tags
Kumar Sanu (born Kedarnath Bhattacharya on September 23, 1957 in Calcutta, India) is a leading Bollywood playback singer. Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After obtaining a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing publicly in 1979 and became musically active in 1984, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He modeled his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar. L
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Kolkata
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Calcutta
- Political party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Genre
- filmi music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Yash Raj Films
- Official website
- www.kumarsanuworld.com
- Image
- Kumar sanu 3 idiots.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-09-22
- Commons category
- Kumar Sanu
- name in native language
- কুমার শানু
- birth name
- Kedarnath Bhattacharya
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
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