habib

Habib Wahid (Bengali: হাবিব ওয়াহিদ; born October 15, 1976[1]), better known as Habib (for short), is a Bangladeshi composer and musician. He is notable for his fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and urban beats. His music is mainly influenced by British Bangladeshis, while he was living there as a student. He takes folk music and remixes with popular music forms. He remixes songs of composers like Hason Raja, Shah Abdul Karim, Amir Uddin and others with the tunes with hip-hop, reggae, rap and electronica.[2]
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    * 1 Life and career
    * 2 Awards
    * 3 References
    * 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Habib was born and brought up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He attended South Breeze School in Dhanmondi. His father is Ferdous Wahid, who was a Bangladeshi pop singer during the 1970s and 1980s. During his early years, Habib picked up the keyboard and approached by playing popular tunes. Later in teen age, he was recommended by one of his teachers to play in a band as a keyboardist, and so he did. A few years later, he went to the United Kingdom in pursuit of higher education and studied music and audio engineering at the School of Audio Engineering in London. Later he started to work with other Asian music producers such as Nitin Sawhney. He had already produced and planned his music, however he needed a vocalist to develop his new album. While living in London, he was searching for the vocalist Kaya, who was a Sylheti restaurant owner.[3] In 2003, Habib released his first album Krishno, which proved to be a success in Britain and Bangladesh. The album Krishno had a unique mix of folk and modern electronica music, introducing a new sound to the Dhaka music arena.

In the next few years, Habib had released five albums which were Maya (2004), Moina Go... (2005), Shono (2006), Panjabiwala (2007), Bolchi Tomake (2008) and Aboseshe (2008). He has featured new voices in all of his albums. Besides Kaya, he has showcased singers such as Helal, Julie, Konica, Nirjho, Shireen (in Panjabiwala) and Nancy in these albums. Habib first debuted as a vocal in "Moina Go..." where he performed two soft singles. Overall he is considered one of the most talented singer/composer of Bangladesh in recent time periods.[citation needed] . He also has his father, Ferdous Wahid singing a song in that album.

Besides album work, Habib made a huge amount of jingles that actually changed the way TV advertisements in Bangladesh used to be; most popular ones include Banglalink, Citycell, Pran-up, Meril Beauty Soap, etc. As he said in an interview, he loves "putting music behind pictures and that's why [he does] jingles", and he has also stated that he's a "die-hard fan of A.R.Rahman" -whose music has a significantly big influence on Habib's compositions.

He also has composed songs for movies such as Hridoyer Kotha, Akash Chowa Bhalobasha, Chandragrohon, I Love you, Eito Prem , Third Person Singular Number, etc; most of which were big hits. In this advanced technological age, Habib makes songs that "has the essence from the roots of Bangla music", says Kumar Bishwajit-(one of the most respected singers of Bangladesh) while recording a song under direction of Habib Wahid in a movie called Projapoti.

Kumar Sanu

Kumar Sanu is one of the most well-liked playback singers of Bollywood. He holds the Guinness Book world record for recording the maximum number of songs in a day, which are 28. He was born on 23rd September, 1957 and was named Kedernath Bhattacharjee. His father, Pashupati Bhattacharjee was a renowned classical singer and composer who noticed his son's talent at a very young age. When he was still very young, his father trained him to sing classical music and play the tabla. Given here is a small biography which captures the life history of Kumar Sanu.

Kumar Sanu graduated in commerce from Calcutta University and then started giving public performances at small shows and restaurants in Calcutta itself. His style of singing was greatly influenced by the legendary Kishore Kumar. He badly wanted to become a playback singer but the competition in the Indian film is more than just fierce; it is ruthless. It took numerous years and a lot of struggle before Kumar Sanu was noticed by the great Jagjit Singh. He offered Kumar Sanu a chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan.

Kumar Sanu came to Bombay when Kalyanji - Anandji offered him to sing for the movie "Jadugar". He was then asked to adopt a different name that was much more acceptable due to caste/region preferences. Thus, he started to work under the name Kumar Sanu instead of Kedernath Bhattacharjee. This gave him a wider application with the masses and he did not remain restricted to the Bengali mass. His real achievement however, came in the year 1990 with the movie "Aashiqui".

The talented music directors Nadeem - Shravan gave him all but one song of the movie Aashiqui. Kumar Sanu proved himself with this opportunity and the songs took the entire nation by rage. Everyone hummed the songs that were touted as that year's biggest hits. Kumar Sanu became a star and also won his first Filmfare award as the Best Male Playback singer. He began recording for many more films and achieved much success with more and more hits. Some movies that are worth the mention are Saajan, Deewana, Baazigar, and 1942: A Love Story.

He won five Filmfare awards for five consecutive years and by the end of 1990, he had sung for hundreds of films in different languages. However, during the prime of his career, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. He was under medication after which he sang chosen songs. He cut down on singing and branched out, giving public performances and also acting in Bengali and Hindi serials. Some of his well- liked songs are given below.

• Aane Waala Kal Ek Sapna Hai
• Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan
• Chori Chori Jab Nazarein Mili
• Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain
• Ek Ladki Ko Dekha
• Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaaye
• Nazar Ke Saamne Jigar Ke Paas
• Rim Jhim Rim Jhim
• Teri Umeed Tera Intezaar
• Tu Mile Dil Khile
• Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jana Sanam
• Tumhe Apna Banaane Ki Kasam

Udit Narayan

Udit Narayan is one of the most popular singers of the Hindi film industry. This multi talented playback singer has sung in numerous films and in many different languages. This great singer was born in a small village named Bharadah in Nepal. His initial years were full of struggles and he started off his career with a brief stint with the Nepal Radio. He used to sing Maithili, Nepali and Bhojpuri songs during the 1970's. By the end of the 70's he moved to Bombay to pursue music under scholarship. He received training in Indian classical music for six years in Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. Check out his life history with this short biography on Udit Narayanan.

In the year 1980, he got his break to sing in a Hindi film when music director Rajesh Roshan offered him to sing in the movie Unees Bees. It was big thing for Udit, as he got an opportunity to sing with his mentor, the great Mohammed Rafi. He was noticed but his real big break came in the year 1988. He sang a very famous song "Papa Kehte Hain" from the movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which went on to become that year's biggest hit. This song gave him instant stardom and he went on to bag his first Filmfare award.

This movie was also the launch pad of actors Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and female playback singer Alka Yagnik. After the huge success of this movie, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik sang for movies like Dil and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, which went on to become huge hits. Udit Narayan also tried his hand at acting and did some Nepali movies like Kusume Rumal and Pirati, which were not much successful. But he sang in some of the most famous Nepali movies and became a famous singer in Nepal.

Though Udit Narayan was gaining much popularity, he got overshadowed by Kumar Sanu, who another famous Indian playback singer. For five years, though he was nominated in the Best Male Playback singer category, it was Kumar Sanu who finally won. In the year 1995, his career had a turning point when he sang the hit song "Mehendi Laga Ke Rakhna" for the movie Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaaenge. The song went on to become a huge hit and won accolades from one and all. He won the Filmfare award for the Best Male Playback singer that year. He won his third Filmfare award the next year itself for the song "Pardesi" from the movie Raja Hindustani.

Udit Narayan is one of the most acclaimed singers of the present generation and has been praised by senior and established singers and composers for his original style and voice quality. He is the onscreen voice of the three major superstars of Indian cinema namely Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. Many acclaimed music directors prefer to work with him since he is able to gel with almost everyone and give the exact feel to the song.

He is one of the top choices of acclaimed music directors like A.R. Rahman, Nadeem Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, etc. He is also a hit with major directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar. Some of his superhit movies are Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Swades, Veer Zaara, Aashiqui, Lagaan, Taal, Beta, Swades, Rangeela, etc.

Udit Narayan has not just made his mark in Bollywood, but has also sung many songs in other languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, etc. he has proved himself after much struggle in life. Though he is plagued by controversies regarding his personal life; that does not stop him from belting out hits and give his best to music. His son Aditya Narayan is also a budding singer and has sung many songs for child artistes in different movies.

Sonu nigam

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Sonu Nigam is one of the most popular singers of Bollywood. He is a teen idol who has inspired thousands of young singers across the country. This talented singer was born in Faridabad district of Haryana on July 30th, 1973. He did his schooling from J.D. Tytler School in Delhi. Thereafter he moved to Bombay to pursue his dream of making a career in music. Given here is a short biography of Sonu Nigam.

Sonu Nigam's father Agam Kumar is a renowned singer who performed on many stage shows in his prime. Sonu Nigam used to accompany his father to his shows and once gave a moving performance at the tender age of three. He sang the superhit song of Mohammed Rafi "Kya Hua Tera Wada" of the movie "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi". It was appreciated by all and Sonu Nigam tasted fame. He was encouraged to hone his singing though many claimed he was just a Rafi clone.

He got his first break to sing for the movie Janum in the year 1990. Though the film flopped, he got noticed by the famous Gulshan Kumar. He offered Sonu to sing in the film Bewafa Sanam. The song "Accha Sila Diya" became that year's biggest hit. He shot to fame and was noticed by one and all. Sonu Nigam was poured with offers thereafter and got another great opportunity to make his mark in the form of television host for the musical talent show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

In the year 1997, he got his biggest hit with the film "Border". His song "Sandese Aate Hain" was touted as the biggest hit of that year and he won the Zee Cine award for the song. He proved critics wrong who said he was a Rafi clone with the song "Yeh Dil" from the film "Pardes". With more and more offers pouring in and films like

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Taal, Pukar and Saathiya, he carved a niche for himself. Sonu Nigam has also released many pop albums namely Deewana, Jaan, Yaad, Mausam and Chanda Ki Doli, which have become major hits. He also tried his hand at acting and has done films like Jaani Dushman, Love in Nepal and Kash Aap Hamare Hote.

Sonu Nigam has recently started his own radio show on Radio City 91 FM which is known as Life Ki Dhun. He has interviewed many eminent personalities of the film industry. One can also tune into this show on the Internet. His recent soundtracks of the movies Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna are chart toppers and have made him a favorite among the younger generation. He plans to release a semi-classical album and an English album in the near future. Sonu Nigam has truly made an indelible mark in the industry and continues to add the melody in life with his fla

Music- ‘impulsive and raw’ - Balam

Music- ‘impulsive and raw’

His signature style of combining eastern and western fusion incorporated with humming tunes has indeed won hearts and opened a new dimension to upcoming artists across the country. On the spring afternoon that I met this versatile and talented artist, Balam, in his studio, he was busy working on a new composition— playing with organ, piano and string tones.
Needless to say, like always, the sound that he was creating before my eyes was fresh, elusive and mystic. With passage of time, we can safely say that Balam is one of those artists who has brought unique musical perspective to the electro pop genre and captured attention of critics and fans.
Although his sudden shift from rock to pop may have disappointed his core fans, it has nonetheless made him reach a larger audience. It actually increased his fans and his recordings sound better and have sold more than most people would imagine. His role in the musical industry has been nothing less than significant. The producer and the singer has appeared in countless concerts and CDs and gained immense popularity. But his popularity has in no way diminished his versatility and rare talent.
Back in the old days..
It is hard to forget the immortal Warfaze song Mone pore jai amar koishor- this brilliant composition was actually done by Balam, who was then a class eight student. At that age, Balam had learnt the rare art of experimenting through strings and composing new sounds and Mone Pore was just the beginning for him.
‘Babna bhai is my cousin and that is how I got myself introduced to Warfaze and amongst a lot of my tunes, the band picked up Koishor’s composition and added it as a song in their album. And I must say, that was a huge morale boost for a kid like me,’ says Balam, with a hint of nostalgia.
Interestingly, a lot of Balam’s music enthusiasts don’t know that Balam was in a band where he worked with now musical icon Habib, who was the keyboardist of the group in the mid 90’s.
‘My first band was Renegades which was formed after my SSC examination in 1995. We used to compose pop/rock mellow songs and the band actually formed just from random musical jamming. All the members used to live in the same area and those of us who shared a common taste, actually went on for musical addas. It wasn’t all that serious even,’ he remembers fondly.
‘However, like many others, we also got our first break when we became the second band in the first Cocacola Band Music Awards in 1997. That was the beginning of our inspiration and especially, mine personally. We made an album in the end of 1995 called Phiriye Dao, which was released from a record label called Enteck. And very sadly, that album was recently re-released as it is, just the cover picture changed by the record label who bought Enteck, says Balam, while answering to a question about a re-made version of the album by Balam and Habib. ‘We did not make any re-make or remixed any songs. If there is such a rumour in the market, it is hundred percent false and we are thinking of taking legal actions,’ added Balam.
By the end of 1998, Balam joined the celebrated band, Warfaze. ‘That was like a whole new life again and I enjoyed being a part of that crew,’ he says laughing.
And today..
‘The moment I decided to quit bands and go solo, my feelings and work became more synonymous with the terms ‘freedom’ and ‘satisfaction’. Honestly, after my debut album Premshikari, which was a mixed compilation, my latest work – the self-titled album- became huge and that was so unexpected. I did not expect any results before six months but the appreciation I received, which was in less than three months, is amazing! My worst fear is that, a standard is now set and both music enthusiasts and critics will be eagerly waiting to review my next album strongly,’ adds Balam.
His latest album was not very appreciated by his rock fans, however he believes that, the second compilation got a universal character. ‘It is my personal belief that a musician should not stay rooted to a single genre and should constantly experiment to a level which is acceptable,’ said Balam.
He composed jingles for countless television commercials and became very successful. ‘I did the Banglalink Din Bodol series, Navana Real Estate – which was my first work. Now I have plenty of offers, but the first experience of creating music for a very short duration was more challenging than fulfilling. But now it seems I’m doing well and best of all…enjoying,’ adds Balam with a smirk.
Tomorrow
Balam is coming out with his new album, the third one which will feature his sister Julie, who already is a popular artist collaborating with Habib in Moyna Go. The album will be out in Pahela Baishakh – on the occasion of the first day of the Bangla calendar.
‘My latest songs will have some structural change, musically different which will suit Julie’s style of singing. And I will definitely give preference to creating ‘soothing music’…music which will give my fans audible pleasure and for a long time.’
While wrapping up the interview, this creative musician speaks of his belief- living in the moment. ‘I will definitely continue doing music and will compose tracks — what ever comes to my mind in an impulsive manner. That would capture the very essence of the raw appeal I like. The album is coming out from Sangeeta record label and I hope everyone will enjoy listening to it.’

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