Birthday Special: From Fame Gurukul to National Award winner, a look at Arijit Singh’s journey

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 25 (ANI): After starting his journey at the age of 18 with a reality show and becoming an overnight sensation with ‘Tum Hi Ho’ in 2011, Arjit Singh’s rapid rise to stardom is nothing short of an inspiring story. . It is said that luck favors hard work and Arjit’s life journey is proof of that. As the singer turns 35 on Tuesday, let’s take a look at the hurdles he overcame in his career to reach stardom.

He started his music career with the reality show ‘Fame Gurukul’ in 2005, when he was 18 years old. The show was judged by lyricist Javed Akhtar and singer Shankar Mahadevan and late singer KK.

He did not win the show but finished in sixth place.

But during this reality show, Arijit’s voice caught the attention of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali who offered to collaborate with him.

And he kept his promise and gave Arijit a chance to sing ‘Yun Shabnami’ in the film ‘Saawariya’ but his version never made it to the film.

Finally, in 2011, he made his Bollywood debut as a playback singer with the song ‘Phir Mohabbat’ from ‘Murder 2’ starring Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez.

Composed by Mithoon and sung by Arijit, the love song from ‘Aashiqui 2’ stars Arijit! This heart wrenching track is the familiar track of ‘lovers’ lost in love, who wait for their love to be reciprocated. Since then he never looked back.

An interesting fact that very few people know is that after Kumar Sanu, Arijit is the only Bollywood singer to have won the Filmfare Award five times in a row from 2016 to 2020. He won his first Filmfare Award in 2016.

In 2019, the singer saw a high point in his career when he won the National Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song ‘Binte Dil’ from ‘Padmaavat’.

Arijit sang soulful and peppy songs including ‘Kabira’, ‘Samjhauta’, ‘Gerua’, ‘Channa Mereya’, ‘Nashe Si Chadh Gayi’, ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, ‘Muskurane’ and his new pairing ‘Deva’. are given. Deva’. (ANI)

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