Pankaj Udhas

PANKAJ UDHAS IS A GHAZAL SINGER, HAILING FROM GUJARAT IN INDIA. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WITH A RELEASE OF A GHAZAL ALBUM TITLED AAHAT IN 1980 AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECORDED MANY HITS LIKE MUKARAR IN 1981, TARRANNUM IN 1982, MEHFIL IN 1983, PANKAJ UDHAS LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL IN 1984, NAYAAB IN 1985 AND AAFREEN IN 1986. AFTER HIS SUCCESS AS A GHAZAL SINGER, HE WAS INVITED TO APPEAR AND SING FOR A FILM BY MAHESH BHATT, NAAM. UDHAS ROSE TO FURTHER FAME FOR SINGING IN THE 1986 FILM NAAM, IN WHICH HIS SONG "CHITTHI AAYEE HAI" BECAME AN INSTANT HIT. HE DID PLAYBACK SINGING FOR MANY HINDI FILMS AFTER THAT. ALBUMS AND LIVE CONCERTS AROUND THE GLOBE BROUGHT HIM FAME AS A SINGER. IN 2006, PANKAJ UDHAS WAS AWARDED THE COVETED PADMA SHRI, INDIA'S FOURTH HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD.

HIS BROTHERS DIL UDHAS AND MANN UDHAS ARE ALSO SINGERS.

PANKAJ UDHAS WAS BORN IN JETPUR IN GUJARAT TO THE CHARAN COMMUNITY. HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE BROTHERS. HIS PARENTS ARE KESHUBHAI UDHAS AND JITUBEN UDHAS. HIS FATHER WAS A FARMER. HIS ELDEST BROTHER MANHAR UDHAS ACHIEVED SOME SUCCESS AS A HINDI PLAYBACK SINGER IN BOLLYWOOD FILMS. HIS SECOND ELDER BROTHER NIRMAL UDHAS IS ALSO A WELL-KNOWN GHAZAL SINGER AND WAS THE FIRST OF THE THREE BROTHERS TO START SINGING IN THE FAMILY. HE HAD STUDIED IN SIR BPTI BHAVANAGAR. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO MUMBAI AND PANKAJ ATTENDED ST. XAVIER'S COLLEGE IN MUMBAI.

A SONG TITLED CHANDI JAISA RANG HAI TERA, SONE JAISE BAL (I.E. YOUR COLOUR IS LIKE SILVER, YOUR HAIR IS LIKE GOLD) WAS SUNG BY PANKAJ UDHAS. PANKAJ UDHAS' OLDER BROTHER, MANHAR UDHASWAS A STAGE PERFORMER THAT AIDED PANKAJ IN HIS INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. HIS FIRST STAGE PERFORMANCE WAS DURING THE SINO-INDIAN WAR, WHEN HE SANG "AYE MERE WATAN KE LOGO" AND WAS GIVEN RS. 51 BY AN AUDIENCE MEMBER AS A REWARD.

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