Bhupinder Singh (1940 – 2022) was a famous Indian playback singer who sang in the ghazal style of music. Bhupinder Singh passed away due to cardiac arrest on July 18, 2022, in Mumbai, India.
Wiki/Biography
Bhupinder Singh was born on Tuesday, February 6, 1940, in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, at the age of 82; his original name was Bhupinder Soin. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. Bhupinder Singh received musical training as a child from his musician father. However, he hates music because he thinks it will never give him respect. In an interview with the media, Bhupinder Singh said that in his family, his father and brother are both musicians. He said,
I have so much music in my house that I never want to add music to it. My father Nata Singh was a music professor in Amritsar. My brother has played musical instruments since he was a child. I used to feel like if I joined music, I would never get respect. “
Young bhupinder singh
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Natha Singhji and he is a trained singer. He has an older brother.
wife and children
He married Mitali Mukherjee in the mid-1980s. Mitali is a famous Bangladeshi playback singer.
Bhupinder Singh and wife Mitali Mukherjee
The couple has a son named Amandeep Singh, who is a musician.
Profession
singer
In 1962, at a dinner party hosted by AIR Delhi producer Satish Bhatia at Bhupinder Singh’s home in Delhi, music director Madan Mohan was heard saying Mohan) sang the song. Bhupinder performed a musical act at the party. During the party, Madan Mohan invited Bhupinder to come to Mumbai. In 1964, he marked his debut by singing the song “Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga” from the film “Haqeeqat” along with famous Indian singers Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mahmood and Manna Dey Singing performance. This song was given to Bhupinder by Madan Mohan. Before venturing into the music industry, Bhupinder Singh was a singer and guitarist under the producers of AIR Delhi, All India Radio Satish Bhatia and Doordarshan, Delhi. He worked at AIR until 1964. In 1966, he got the opportunity to sing a solo song in the film Aakhri Khat. Later, he sang several duets such as “Duniya Chhute Yaar Na Chhute” and “Aane Se Uske Aaye Bahar” with famous Indian singers Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi. In 1968, he released his first long-playing album of personal music. In 1978, he introduced Spanish guitar, bass, and drums to some of his ghazals and released an album of long-playing music. In 1980, Bhupinder Singh released a full-length music album titled Woh Jo Shair Tha with Indian lyricist Gulzar.
Bhupinder Singh with his co-singer
In 1988, at the request of veteran Indian singer Jagjit Singh, he dubbed for the ghazal song “Ya Mujhe Afsar-e-Shahana Banaya Hota” by the king of poets Bahadur Shah Zafar. Later Gulzar introduced this ghazal in his serial Mirza Ghalib, which was telecast on Doordarshan in the same year. Later, he lent his voice to several popular Bollywood songs like “Dil Dhoondta hai”, “Do diwane shahar mein”, “Naam gut jayega”, “Karoge yaad to”, “Meethe bol bole”, “Kabhi kisi ko mukammal” “Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi” and “Ek akela is Shehar Mein. “
Guitarist
In 1971, Bhupinder Singh made his Bollywood debut as a guitarist with the song “Hare Ram Hare Krishna” composed by RD Burman for the film “Dum Maaro Dum”.
Bhupinder Singh enjoys playing guitar
die
Bhupinder Singh died of cardiac arrest on July 18, 2022, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Facts/Trivia
- His near and dear ones called him Bhupi.
- Bhupinder Singh learned to play guitar and violin while working as a singer in AIR and Doordarshan.
- According to some media sources, Bhupinder Singh is one of the Navratnas of RD Burman.
Bhupinder Singh and RD Burman
- In 1977, Bhupinder Singh got an opportunity to play guitar on the song “Ek Hi Khwaab” composed by Gulzar. At one point, Singer said in an interview with the media that he initially liked playing classical music on the guitar, which made him inclined towards singing. He said,
There was a time when I gave up singing. Then I started learning Hawaiian guitar and started playing very difficult songs on it. Here I also started playing classical music. While playing guitar, my interest in music returned and I started singing again. Guitar made me start singing again. “
- In the mid-1980s, soon after his marriage to Bangladeshi playback singer Mitali Mukherjee, Bhupinder Singh began giving live concerts with his wife and retired from playback singing. Thereafter, they released several private ghazal and geet tapes together.
Bhupinder Singh at live concert
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