Sonu Nigam has once again refreshed his old memories. Recently, he shared an old post from his initial days, seeing which even the fans became emotional. Remembering his hard-working beginning, Sonu wrote something that people again got lost in his golden journey.

Singer Sonu Nigam, who has given many superhit songs in a career spanning more than three decades, on Friday remembered the early days of his career. He recalled the days of recording the song ‘Mohabbat Ki Keemat Ada Hum Karenge’ from the 1993 film ‘Bewafa Sanam’.

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What did you write by sharing old photos?

Sonu shared a series of pictures from the recording of the number at the prestigious Filmistan Studio Goregaon in Mumbai in 1993. He wrote in the caption, ‘My beginning. We will pay the price of love – Bewafa Sanam September, 1993 Filmistan Studio Goregaon..’

How did Sonu’s journey begin?

Sonu Nigam started his career in the early 1990s. His first song for the film was ‘O Aasmaanwale’ from Aaja Meri Jaan in 1993. His TV serial songs ‘Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye’ and later songs like ‘Accha Sila Diya’, ‘Message Aate Hain’ and ‘Yeh Dil Deewana’ made him famous in every household.

‘Deewana’ album gave new identity

Her music album ‘Deewana’, released in 1999, proved to be a big hit. This album took her popularity to new heights and included her among the most favorite singers of the industry.

Have recorded more than 6 thousand songs

In his journey of more than three decades, Sonu has recorded more than 6 thousand songs in more than 32 languages ​​during his career. He has released many non-film albums and has also acted in some Hindi films. Sonu was awarded Padma Shri in 2022. He is called ‘Modern Rafi’ after his musical idol Mohammad Rafi.

Have tried your hand in films also

He directed Rajkumar Kohli in 2002. Made her acting debut as an adult in a fantasy action thriller film ‘Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani’. The film stars Armaan Kohli, Manisha Koirala, Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Sonu Nigam, Aftab Shivdasani, Aditya Pancholi, Rambha and Sharad Kapoor.

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What was the story of ‘Bewafa Sanam’?

Talking about ‘Bewafa Sanam’, it is a musical thriller film directed by Gulshan Kumar. His younger brother Krishna Kumar, Shilpa Shirodkar, Aruna Irani, Bina Banerjee, Shakti Kapoor and Kiran Kumar have worked in it.

This film is the story of a famous cricketer named Sundar, who is sent to jail on false charges. While in jail, he learns that his fiancee Sheetal is going to marry someone else and in a fit of rage he decides to murder her.

There are some voices in the Indian music world which do not become old with time and S. P. Balasubramaniam was one of them. With his melodious voice and brilliant singing, he entertained many generations. From South Indian cinema to Bollywood, his songs remain people’s favorite even today. On the occasion of his birthday, let us know the story of that singer, who made a distinct identity in the world of music on the basis of his hard work, talent and unique records.

History was created by recording 21 songs in one day

Imagine a singer entering a recording studio in the morning and coming out at night with 21 fully recorded songs to his credit. This is not a fictional story, but a history created in Bengaluru on 8 February 1981, which was made true by the great singer Sripati Panditaradhyula Balasubramaniam (SPB or Balu) while recording Kannada songs for music composer Upendra Kumar. He also made a record of recording 19 Tamil and 16 Hindi songs in a day.

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Dream of becoming an engineer, but fate made him a singer

Born on 4 June 1946 in a Telugu Brahmin family in Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Balasubramaniam’s father S. P. Sambamurthy was a ‘Harikatha’ artist. His father wanted ‘Balu’ to become an engineer. Respecting his father’s wish, he started studying engineering, but when he left his studies due to typhoid, he came to Madras (Chennai).

MGR had stopped recording for a month

In the year 1969, Tamil cinema megastar M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) for the recording of the song ‘Aayiram Nilave Vaa’ from his film ‘Aadimai Penn’. Was waiting for P. Balasubramaniam. At the last moment S. P. Balasubramaniam fell ill. The surprising thing was that MGR stopped the recording of the film for almost a month so that S. May P. Balasubramaniam recover and sing this song. This S. It was the magic of P. Balasubramaniam’s talent that this song recorded after his recovery proved to be a milestone.

S., who started his career on 15 December 1966 with the song ‘Emiye Vint Moham’ from the Telugu film ‘Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna’. P. Balasubramaniam did not take any formal classical education in music. Despite this, when in the year 1980, director K. When Vishwanath entrusted him with the responsibility of singing the songs of the film ‘Shankarabharanam’ based on pure Carnatic music, the veterans of classical music were skeptical.

But musician K. Under the direction of V. Mahadevan. P. Balasubramaniam sang the most complex bands like ‘Omkara Nadhanu’ with his smooth musical melody in such a way that he got his first ‘National Film Award’ for Best Playback Singer.

Got recognition in Hindi cinema from ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’

In the year 1981 when S. P. Balasubramaniam by K. He entered Hindi cinema with Balachander’s film ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’, the song ‘Tere Mere Beech Mein, Kaisa Hai Yeh Bandhan Anjaana’ from this film won him the second National Award.

Balasubramaniam became the voice of Salman Khan

After this, Balu became the official on-screen voice of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. Be it ‘Dil Deewana’ from ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (1989) or the timeless song ‘Didi Tera Dewar Deewana’ sung with Lata Mangeshkar from ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun…’ (1994).

Showed amazing in the world of dubbing also

In the world of dubbing, he had become the Telugu voice of Kamal Haasan. In the film ‘Dasavathaaram’ (2008), 7 out of 10 different characters of Kamal Haasan were written by S. P. Balasubramaniam brought alive the diversity of his voice. Apart from this, he also dubbed for Hollywood actor Ben Kingsley in the Telugu version of the film ‘Gandhi’.

Honored with many big honors

For his unprecedented contribution, the Government of India honored him with Padma Shri in 2001, Padma Bhushan in 2011 and Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 2021. The Andhra Pradesh government honored him with Nandi Awards a record 25 times.

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His legacy is still alive today

S. died on 5 September 2020 at MGM Hospital, Chennai. P. Balasubramaniam breathed his last. Paying tribute to his unbroken legacy, a bronze bust of him was unveiled on 15 December 2025 at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad in the presence of stalwarts of the country.

Who can forget the song ‘Hind Mere Jind’ from the film ‘Sachin: The Billion Dreams’. This patriotic song and its voice had made people crazy more than the film would have won people’s hearts. This song was sung by Abhay Jodhpurkar and composed by A. R. Composed by Rahman. Now once again both have come together and have given a new song for the film ‘Gandhi Talks’.

Working with Rahman a lifetime experience
Recently Abhay A. R. Has shared his experience of working with Rahman. He said, ‘Working with Rahman sir is always an experience of a lifetime. Every time I sing for him, I discover something new in my voice. Luckily, I was launched by Rahman sir in 2013 with my Tamil debut in Mani Ratnam sir’s film ‘Kadal’. Since then he has given me many beautiful songs in my playback career.

Interesting story of Lori of ‘Gandhi Talks’
Abhay further told that in the beginning of 2022, he was called to Mumbai studio for the background score of ‘Gandhi Talks’. He said, ‘We were jamming all night and recording scratches and that’s when that lullaby came into existence. I had a sore throat that day but that husk made the texture of the song more special. Because it plays on the radio in the film. He also said that working on a silent, narrative-oriented film was a completely new experience for him.

Experience of working with a director
Abhay told that working with director Kishore Belekar was also a different experience. ‘I had never worked on a silent film before. Since here the music takes the story forward, the responsibility is felt even more. But Kishore sir’s vision was so clear that everything happened easily. I had complete freedom to express myself. This is one of the best experiences of my career.

While the song ‘Lakkad’ from the film Omkara touches the soul, ‘Kabira’ brings tears to the eyes of lovers. When you listen to songs like ‘Namak Ishq Ka’ and ‘Ghaghra’, it is impossible to stop yourself from dancing.

There is only one voice behind all these different songs, which has touched the hearts of the audience by putting every emotion into words. We are talking about playback singer Rekha Bhardwaj, who will celebrate her 62nd birthday on January 24.

Known for her high pitched voice in Bollywood, Rekha’s early life was musical. Her husband was also fond of music, but his parents refused to teach him music considering it inferior. The singer’s father had decided that even if he could not learn music, he would definitely teach it to his children. Then what, Rekha started singing at the age of three, and the main reason behind it was radio.

Rekha herself had revealed in an interview that the radio started playing in her house right from the morning and even though she could not understand the music, she definitely enjoyed it. His father did not cut the cake at home on his birthday, rather he used to organize musical meetings at home with his friends. By the age of 12, Rekha started learning classical music. Thumri and classical music shaped not only his voice but also his soul. After eight years of Riyaz, he realized that singing, especially Ghazal, was his true passion. She often says, “I must have been heartbroken in my previous life.”

The singer started singing at functions and even in college, she used to win people’s hearts with the ghazals in her voice. In 1984, he met Vishal Bhardwaj in college. That meeting changed both Rekha’s personal and professional life. Vishal Bhardwaj and Rekha got married in the year 1991. Rekha never thought that she would lend her voice in the songs of films, because the industry was not ready for her different voice and she faced rejection at every opportunity, but in the year 2002, Vishal Bhardwaj released her album song ‘Ishka Ishka’, the lyrics of which were written by Gulzar.

In his early career, he sang in those films in which Vishal Bhardwaj gave music. He sang for films like ‘Chachi 420’, ‘Godmother’, and ‘Jahan Tum Le Chalo’, but gradually his voice started reaching people’s hearts and the song ‘Namak Ishq Ka’ from the film ‘Omkara’ changed his life.

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Amaal mallik cut ties with parents: Playback singer Amal Malik has broken relationships with his family. He has shared a post on social media. Amal Malik told about the challenges faced for years. He said that now his interaction with his family will be completely professional.

Amal Malik shared the post
Amal shared on Instagram, ‘I have reached the point where I can no longer be silent about the pain that I have faced. For years I have been made felt that I am less. Even though I am working day and night to make a safe life for my loved ones. I have broken my every dream and found that I am talking negatively about me and I am asking what I have done so far. I have shed my blood, sweat and tears in making each of the 126 tunes in the last decade. I have changed the story of XYZ’s nephew or son.

He further wrote, ‘But today I am standing at the point where my sukban has been taken away, emotionally and perhaps financially I am tired. But this is the lowest among my worries. What matters to me is that I am a clinic depress because of all these things.
Yes, I can only blame myself for my works, but the works of my close ones stole pieces of my soul, many times reduced my value. Today I am making this announcement with full heart, I am going away from my personal relationship. Now my interaction with my family will only be professionally. It is not an angry or a decision. Rather, there is a need to fix my life. I do not want my past to finish my future. I want to record my life with honesty and strength.

Please tell that Amal Malik made his debut in 2014 with the film Jai Ho. He got recognition from the songs of the film MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

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