Also known as Bhupi Role Musician Name Bhupinder Singh | Years active 1964–present Instruments Guitar Genres Playback Singer | |
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Born 6 February 1940 (age 84)
Amritsar, Punjab, India ( 1940-02-06 ) Occupation(s) Ghazal singer and composer Albums Shaam ‑ E ‑ Ghazal, Surmayi Raat, Chand Parosa Hai, Tu Saath Chal, Sedin Dujone Similar People Gulzar, R D Burman, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar | ||
Bhupinder Singh (born 6 February 1940) is an Indian musician, chiefly a ghazal singer and also a Bollywood playback singer.
Contents
- Exclusive interview of veteran ghazal singer bhupinder singh part 1
- Early life
- Music career
- Personal life
- As guitarist
- As playback singer
- References
Exclusive interview of veteran ghazal singer bhupinder singh part 1
Early life
He was born in Amritsar, Punjab to Prof Natha Singh ji (Punjabi Sikh), a trained vocalist and his early music teacher. His father was a strict teacher, and Bhupinder hated music and its instruments at one stage.
Music career
Early in his career, Bhupinder performed on All India Radio, Delhi. He was also attached to the Delhi Doordarshan Center, Delhi. He learnt guitar and violin. In 1962, music director Madan Mohan heard him at a dinner hosted by Satish Bhatia in his honour (Satish Bhatia was Producer in AIR Delhi and Bhupendra was working under him as a guitarist), and called him to Bombay. He gave him a chance to sing the song Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga with Mohammad Rafi in Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat. He was given a solo by Khaiyyam in film Aakhri Khat.
Thereafter Bhupinder started releasing private albums wherein his first LP had three self-composed songs and was released in 1968, second LP of ghazals wherein he introduced the Spanish guitar, bass and drums to the ghazal style, released in 1978 and his third LP titled Woh Jo Shair Tha, for which the lyrics were written by Gulzar in 1980.
Entering wedlock with Bangladeshi singer Mitali, he moved away from playback singing in the mid-1980s and since then has been singing jointly for several albums and live concerts. The sensational duo of Bhupinder-Mitali became an aura. Together they have produced lots of ghazal and geet cassettes till date and their charisma has increased day by day. Some of the very famous numbers of the artists are – 'Dil Dhoondta hai', 'Do diwane shahar mein', 'Naam gum jayega', "Karoge yaad to", "Meethe bol bole", "Kabhi kisi ko mukammal", "Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi", and "Ek akela is Shehar Mein".
Personal life
In the mid-1980s, Bhupinder married a Bangladeshi singer Mitali Mukherjee and moved away from playback singing. Mithali Mukherjee was also a big singer of that time. Together, they perform at ghazal and live performances.They have a boy named Nihal Singh who is also a musician in his own right.