80’s 90’s hit singer Kumar Sanu reveals he never listens to his own songs
80’s 90’s hit singer Kumar Sanu reveals he never listens to his own songs
Kumar Sanu ruled Bollywood in 80′ and 90’s. He won recognition following hits of Music Duo Nadeem-Shravan. He never looked back. He along with Alka Yagnik emerged as popular pair as both ruled in 80′ and 90’s.
Sanu has been in the industry
for over three decades now and has made a mark for himself as a singer to reckon with.
He has crooned more than twenty one thousand songs in various languages besides Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Manipuri, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia and English, among many others.
In a recent media interaction he asserted that though it may sound funny, he very rarely listens to his own songs! If his daughter plays his songs, he might perhaps hear them but otherwise never play his songs! He feels that if he spots something wrong, it will haunt him again. So out of fear, he never revisits his songs. People hear them, have been listening to them for more than three decades, that’s enough for him.
For Sanu the title track of Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Tum Par Hum Hain Atke Yaara from the same film are very close to his heart.
Kumar Sanu has sung more than twenty one thousand songs in various languages including Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Manipuri, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia and English, among many others.
Amid his media interaction Sanu named a few songs that were on his playlist.
Ab Tere Bin (Aashiqui), Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain (Pardes), Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jae (Jurm), Kuch Na Kaho (1942 A Love Story) and Naraaz Savera Hai (Sangharsh).
He first started his career as Sanu Bhattacharya from 1984 and sang for the 1986 Bangladeshi film Teen Kanya, His Bollywood debut was with Hero Hiralal in 1988.
Later he emerged as one of the most sought-after singers in the Hindi film industry and sang hit songs for films such as Aashiqui, Saajan, Deewana, Baazigar and . Recently, he made a comeback with Ayushmann Khurrana-Bhumi Pednekar’s Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
These days he keeps himself busy in Foreign concerts and gracing realty shows. He has graced Indian Idol few times.
News Input K.V.Raman
