Topic started by Jay (@ 203.124.234.166) on Sat Jan 11 01:06:04 EST 2003.
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The success story of Udit Narayan.
Here is the success story of the great indian singer, Udit Narayan.
Just improve pronunciation in Tamil Sir, you are a great Singer.
No image-managed guise, conceit, pretence or airs. Just a whole lot of talent and a musical repertoire carefully shaped over the years - that's
Udit Narayan, the humblest yet the most gifted singer in the Hindi music industry today, well a popular name in south india too.
Like all success stories go, Udit Narayan has a past of sheer toil and hard work preceding him.
Born in a small Nepal-India border town to a farmer father and singer mother, he triggered different hopes and expectations in his parents. While his father willed him to study and choose a steady vocation, his mother believed that singing was what he was cut out for.
Udit's own aspirations were obviously music-inclined, and soon after passing out of school,
he joined the Katmandu radio station as a folk singer and sang in the Mythali language as well as in
Nepalese. But all along, the urge to belong out there in tinsel town was strong.
After about 10 years as a singer with Katmandu radio, in 1978, he received a scholarship in music from the Indian embassy. And that's what triggered his real journey of perseverance and toil.
He moved to Mumbai and trained in classical music at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for close to eight years.
And all along, he approached music directors in the hope of finding the right prospects.
His first break came when music director Rajesh Roshan offered him a small assignment in the film
Unnees Bees, where he was to sing with the legendary Mohammed
Rafi, his childhood icon. Udit also sang for R D Burman in the film
Bade Dilwala, but the the assignments being rather small, his work went unnoticed.
Remains the question of his first-big-break. It came when the now established, then struggling
Anand-Milind recommended Udit Narayan's name to filmmaker Mansoor Khan who was on the look out for a fresh voice to suit debutant Aamir Khan in the film
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, (Pahla nasha). Udit seemed like the ideal choice and was signed up.
The film went on to become a blockbuster and with it the Udit Narayan had arrived. And like they say, there has been no looking
back.
He continues to record for the most sought after of music directors and with his original and versatile voice delivers a remarkable hit eight out of ten times. With scores of hits, awards and a very rewarding career behind him,
Udit can now sit back and watch the progress of his budding singer-son, Aditya
Narayan.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir, due to hit screens later this month features two mellow duets,
Chupke se sun and Socho ke jheelon ka, in the voices of Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. A rollicking Udit is back in 2001 with such hits as
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Kasoor and One 2 Ka 4. With strings of chartbusters up his sleeve, it remains to be seen whether the singer weaves his magic this time round as
well.
Udit is a well known name in south india too. He was first introduced in Tamil by the great music director of india, A R Rahman in
Shankar's, Kadhalan, the song, Kadhalikkum pennin. The song was by Udit Narayan and S P
Balasubramaniam. Then came a string of offers from Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
Udit Narayan has worked with most of the music composers in south, like A R Rahman, Deva, Vidhyasagar, Keeravani, Mani Sharma, S A Rajkumar and many
others. Though his songs become big hits in the regional languages, he has been accused of wrong and ill pronunciations, and killing the
language, if that the case, then even the music directors are to be blamed for it.
His son Aditya Narayan is also an upcoming singer and has sung for A R Rahman in Rangeela and Taal (the child voice).
Source- http://www.indya.com/" target="_blank"> indya.com Music
Udit Narayan's hit song list in Tamil:
Vaendaam Vaendaam - Vaseegara
Ele machi machi - Anbae Sivam
Ithunundu Mutthathila - Dhool
Padhinettu vayasil - Villain
Kadhal pisasae - Run
Allu Allu - Bhagavathy
Achchacho punnagai - Shahjahan
Haiyyo paththikichchu - Rhythm
Eeshwara - Kannedhirae Thondrinal
Sonia Sonia - Rakshakan
Kuluvaalilae mottu - Muthu
Kadhalikkum pennin - Kadhalan
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Responses:
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- From: Sriram Lakshman (@ 172.189.51.153)
on: Sun Aug 24 11:27:22 EDT 2003
Vidyasagar says that Udit's voice is like the fizz of Coca-Cola. 'Burp' after Coca-Cola would have been the ideal description.
- From: Abdul Qayoom (@ )
on: Sun Sep 14 12:14:24 EDT 2003
Udit Narayan's voice has a magnificent & gogeous efect on listeners.His voice can't ever be found in this whole universe.He possesses a naturelly soulfull.
Ya!!!!realy He was best,is the best, and will ever be the best.
If anyone has any objection over his soulfull voice then he should just look around film industry that in every & each film only & only the songs of Udit Narayan's songs are heared.
This is the reason that indian film music becomes the blockboster of the year.
- From: fan (@ 138.88.11.52)
on: Sun Sep 14 16:47:45 EDT 2003
even blazze/clinton & CO sings better than udit in tamil...udit should keep his loud speakers in the north and not irritate us here..indias best singers r from south
Balamurali Krishna
M S Subulakshmi
S P Balasubramaniyam
Hariharan
S Janaki
Chitra
- From: sanjay (@ )
on: Mon Oct 13 05:44:31 EDT 2003
very very good singer
- From: h (@ )
on: Sat Feb 14 03:17:23 EST 2004
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/MIO-Artists/Singers/Pages/UditNarayan.html
- From: VIDYASAGARS FAN NO1 (@ 62.243.89.202)
on: Sat Feb 14 05:40:20 EST 2004
Udit fits more to hindi songs than tamil songs
- From: OISG (@ 195.229.241.170)
on: Sat Feb 14 07:52:14 EST 2004
Going by the number of songs,I thought that Udit Narayan was actually a spoilt tamilian with the name Udhyamurthy Narayanasamy who studied in Chennai DonBosco and Ethiraj and got his training there for the unusual tamil accent.Appadi illya?
- From: lollu (@ 219.65.106.120)
on: Sat Feb 14 07:57:46 EST 2004
andha pokkathavanukku oru thread verayaa?
poi velaIYA PAARUNGAPPA
- From: shwetha (@ 61.95.159.16)
on: Sun Feb 15 11:27:48 EST 2004
OISG... Udhayamurthy Narayanaswamy in Ethiraj college???? Sariyaa varaadhe ;-)
- From: curses (@ 61.247.243.122)
on: Sun Feb 15 12:38:39 EST 2004
hehe
- From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16)
on: Sun Feb 15 12:45:10 EST 2004
:-))
Ippo Presidency College-la padikkaravanga avunga college-la irukkarthoda Queen Marys-la dhaan niraya naeram iruppanga. Andha maadhiri edho solla vandhaar-nu ninaikkaraen!!
correct-a OISG?!
- From: Ravi (@ 172.137.29.74)
on: Sun Feb 15 14:51:29 EST 2004
As bad as Udit Narayan's Tamil is, Sukwindher Singh's pronunciation might be worse.
- From: Thomas (@ 61.1.238.125)
on: Sat Feb 21 13:52:28 EST 2004
udit is a very (10000000 times) bad singer
Yesudas is the best
- From: abdullah from peshawar pakistan (@ 203.91.150.51)
on: Tue Feb 24 13:19:19 EST 2004
i have no words to justify his voice.naturally a female voice is more attractive to a male but when udit is singing with a female singer it is he who steals the show... i like him i claim that i am his biggest fan ever
- From: ranji (@ 202.9.168.2)
on: Thu Feb 26 01:41:06 EST 2004
what a voice!!! no words to compare it with something. I am a fan of him, mad with his voice
- From: x (@ 156.153.254.41)
on: Thu Feb 26 02:58:12 EST 2004
SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF TFM UNLESS HE SPELLS TAMIL PROPERLY OE EVEV BAN HIM FROM TFM. I WILL BE HAPPY.
- From: Kousy (@ )
on: Tue Mar 16 04:00:03 EST 2004
I'm glad to see that most responses have been positive on Udit ..... he deserves more. His is the best voice I've heard after TMS, M. Rafi & Kishore da. His voice is so unique that there cannot be another one like him. We should be proud that Udit is singing in Tamil............
- From: Chilaka (@ 203.126.142.232)
on: Tue Mar 16 04:06:45 EST 2004
There are thousands who sing like SPB, hundreds who sing like Jesudoss & Kishore Kumar (Kumar Sanu the primary follower)....... but hardly anyone who can sing like TMS, Sirgazhi Govindarajan, Mohammed Rafi or even a T.R. Mahalingam. Udit Narayan is one such genius. His voice is so sweet and at high pitches he's best singer ever. Could anyone else sing the "Jakkamma" song in Thirumalai better... he's the best of best.
- From: cho (@ 209.47.143.226)
on: Tue Mar 16 14:17:27 EST 2004
Chilaka,
Let's just hope nobody sings tamizh songs like udit narayan! Just one nightmare is more than enough!!
- From: veered traan (@ 61.1.216.72)
on: Wed Mar 17 06:12:14 EST 2004
most of the comments in this thread came from the same source. even that feller who claimed he was from peshavar in pakistan logged in through an indian ISP.
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what a shame!
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Udit Narayan is no singer, but merely a noice-maker. he is a punishment visited upon us by the vengeful gods.
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veered trasan
- From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.16)
on: Wed Mar 17 07:44:05 EST 2004
"We should be proud that Udit is singing in Tamil.........."
Adaey...eppo nadandhadhu idhu? Did I miss it? Udit singing in Tamil?? Is that song available online??
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