Birth name Kamal Khan Years active 2010 – present Parents Zafar Khan, Sakina Ali Instruments Vocalist Role Singer | Occupation(s) Singer Name Kamal Khan Website KamalKhanMusic.com | |
Awards Zee Cine Award for SAREGAMA Fresh Singing Talent Nominations IIFA Award for Best Male Playback, Punjabi Music Most romantic Ballad of the year Award Similar People Neeti Mohan, Raja Hasan, Gippy Grewal, Sajjad Ali, Sukhwinder Singh Profiles | ||
Kamal Khan (born 25 April 1989) is a Bollywood playback singer. He won the reality singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar in 2010. Later he won the Zee Cine Awards "Fresh Singing Talent 2012", for the song Ishq Sufiyana (Male) from the film The Dirty Picture (2012).
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Early life and career
Khan was born and brought up in Reeth kheri village, near Patiala, Punjab, to Zafar Khan, Sakina Ali, who is an employee health department in Patiala. Kamal started learning music at age five from his uncle Shauqat Ali Dewana, who became his musical mentor. Later he left his studies as he started taking part in singing competitions and musical shows. Until, he appeared in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, his father did not want him to become a singer. He mentioned in one of the episodes of the show, wherein his father gave a guest and surprising appearance, that upon his father's advice, he started working in a factory where his daily wage was only Rs. 40 a day. On his pay day, he requested his father to collect his first salary. When his dad went there to get Kamal's first salary, he cried and realised that he should let Kamal pursue his singing.
Career
His career turnaround came when in 2010, he was selected as a contestant in singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. He had music director duo of Vishal-Shekhar as mentor-judge. At the grande finale, held at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai on 25 December, 2010, he went on to win the show, also getting a Grande MK II car and a Hero ZMR bike. Composer duo Vishal-Shekhar who were also mentors on the show, became his real life mentors and eventually offered him his debut playback song, Wallah Re Wallah in Tees Maar Khan (2010), released a day before the show ended. Later they also gave him his big break with hit Ishk Sufiana for The Dirty Picture (2012).In 2013 he rose to prominence with the song 'Jhooth Bolliya' from Jolly LLB.
