Kumar Sanu - Wikipedia

Indian playback singer (born 1957)

Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu at Indian Telly Awards
Born	Kedarnath Bhattacharya (1957-10-20) 20 October 1957 (age 68)Calcutta, West Bengal, India (present-day Kolkata)
Other names	Melody King of Bollywood[1]
Occupation	Playback singer
Years active	1983–present
Known for	Playback singing in 1990s Bollywood films
Notable work	Aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992)
Spouses	Rita Bhattacharya ​ ​(m. 1986; div. 1994)​ Saloni Bhattacharya ​(m. 2001)​
Awards	Full list
Honors	Padma Shri(2009)
YouTube information
Channel	@thekumarsanuofficial
Years active	2014–present
Genre	Music
Subscribers	1.25 million
Views	2.2 billion
Last updated: 1 December 2025

Kumar Sanu (born Kedarnath Bhattacharya on 20 October 1957 pronunciationⓘ) is an Indian playback singer who gained recognition in Hindi cinema during the 1990s.[1] He is known for his melodious voice and prolific output, recording songs in multiple languages including Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri and Odia.[2]

Sanu gained widespread recognition with the soundtrack of Aashiqui (1990), which featured him in nearly all of the male solo songs and established him as a leading playback singer of that period.[3]

He won the Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for five consecutive years from 1990 to 1995, for films including Aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993) and 1942: A Love Story (1994).[4]

In 1993, Sanu entered the Guinness World Records for recording 28 songs in a single day.[5]

Several of his songs were included in the BBC "Top 40 Bollywood soundtracks of all time".[6] He has also appeared as a mentor and judge on television music reality shows.[7]

In recognition of his contributions to Indian music, Sanu was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009.[8]

Early life

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Kumar Sanu's father, Pashupati Bhattacharya, was a vocalist and composer.[9] He and his elder sister lived in Panchanantala at Gopal Bose Lane in the Sinthee area of North Kolkata.[10]

Personal life

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Kumar Sanu's first marriage was to Rita Bhattacharya in the 1980s.[11] The couple had three children.[12] They divorced in 1994. During their marriage, Kumar Sanu had entered a six-year relationship with actress Kunickaa Sadanand.[13][14]

After separating from Kunickaa Sadanand, Kumar Sanu married Saloni Bhattacharya. They have two daughters, including Shannon K, a singer.[15][16][17]

Career

[edit] Main article: Kumar Sanu discography and filmography

Kumar Sanu, born Kedarnath Bhattacharya, began his playback career in 1984 with the film Yeh Desh, followed by the Bangladeshi film Tin Konya (1985). He gained recognition in Hindi cinema with "Jashn Hai Mohabbat Ka" from Hero Hiralal (1988).[3]

1980s: Early career

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In 1989, singer Jagjit Singh introduced him to composers Kalyanji and Anandji, who encouraged him to adopt the stage name "Kumar Sanu". He contributed to the soundtrack of Jaadugar (1989).[18]

1990s: Prime

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Sanu rose to prominence with Aashiqui (1990), recording nearly all male solo numbers, and won his first Filmfare Award. He subsequently won Best Male Playback Singer for five consecutive years for Aashiqui (1990), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and 1942: A Love Story (1994).[19][2]

He recorded songs in multiple languages, including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Odia, and Urdu.[2] In 1993, he entered the Guinness World Records for recording 28 songs in a single day.[5] Some of his notable songs from the decade include tracks from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Raja Hindustani (1996), Pardes (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999).[19]

During the 1990s, Sanu and Udit Narayan were two of the leading male playback singers. Their professional rivalry was widely noted in media coverage, though both maintained a cordial relationship.[20]

Collaborations with female singers

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During the 1990s, Kumar Sanu frequently collaborated with prominent female playback singers, particularly Alka Yagnik. Several sources noted that their duets were among the most popular of the decade.[21] He also sang with Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Sadhana Sargam.[21]

2000s–present

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Sanu's presence in mainstream Bollywood declined during the 2000s, though he continued recording songs and performing live shows domestically and internationally.[22][23]

In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[24]

From the 2010s onward, Sanu focused on nostalgia concerts and stage events celebrating 1990s and early 2000s Bollywood music.[25]

Other works

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Kumar Sanu has released several tribute albums of Kishore Kumar's songs including Kishore Ki Yaadein and the Yaadein Series, which he performed along with singers Abhijeet and Vinod Rathod.[26][27]

In 2017, he, along with Sadhana Sargam, sang the title track of the 19th-century-based TV Series "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hain", where he also made a cameo appearance.[28] In 2019, he recorded a song for Star Plus's "Kulfi Kumar Bajewala".[29]

In Delhi's Karol Bagh, Sanu also founded a primary school for underprivileged children that provides students uniforms and books free of cost.[30]

In 2022, Kumar Sanu collaborated with music director Vaibhav Saxena and two other singers for "Mohabbat Mein Tere Sanam" which was released and distributed worldwide by new-age Record Label Music Records.[31]

Accolades

[edit] Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kumar Sanu

See also

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• List of Indian playback singers

References

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1. ^ a b Tripathi, Shailaja (29 August 2017). "Notes to note from the melody king of Bollywood, Kumar Sanu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
2. ^ a b c "Kumar Sanu – Biography & Profile". Veethi. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
3. ^ a b Rao, Justin (16 March 2023). "Kumar Sanu on his 35-year career, Bollywood music over the years". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
4. ^ "Filmfare Awards Winners". Filmfare. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
5. ^ a b "Kumar Sanu records 28 songs in 24 hours". Navbharat Live. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
6. ^ "BBC – Asian Network – Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
7. ^ Sharma, Rohit (5 March 2022). "Kumar Sanu judges music reality show". Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
8. ^ "Padma Awards". Government of India. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
9. ^ Joshi, Sumit. Bollywood through Ages + Affairs of Bollywood Stars Revealed ( Special Edition ). Best Book Reads. ISBN 978-1-310-09978-6.
10. ^ "A Singer Acts". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 1997. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
11. ^ "Kumar Sanu's daughter Shannon K reveals she was depressed as a teen due to online trolls: 'I self-harmed'". Hindustan Times. 25 April 2023.
12. ^ "Kumar Sanu says son Jaan Kumar Sanu should change his name: 'He should write Jaan Rita Bhattacharya'". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2020.
13. ^ "Jaan Kumar Sanu: It was very daunting to know Kumar Sanu is my father - Exclusive". The Times of India. 3 April 2023.
14. ^ "Exclusive - Bigg Boss 14's Jaan's mom Rita Bhattacharya on Kumar Sanu commenting on his upbringing: He should have realised that he is talking about his own son". The Times of India. 21 November 2020.
15. ^ thomasowen408 (17 May 2017). "Meet Shannon K, The Summer's Best Up And Coming Artist !". BuzzFeed Community. Retrieved 20 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
16. ^ "Kumar Sanu's daughter turns singer at 12". The Times of India. 7 August 2014.
17. ^ "Kumar Sanu's Daughter Shannon On Making Her "Own Identity": "Not Here Because Of My Dad's Name"".
18. ^ "'90s rockstar Kumar Sanu opens up about his musical journey over the years'". Filmfare. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
19. ^ a b "Kumar Sanu Artist Profile". AAE Music. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
20. ^ "Kumar Sanu opens up about his infamous rivalry with Udit Narayan". Times of India. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
21. ^ a b "Kumar Sanu: A look at the 90s playback singer's career". Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
22. ^ "Kumar Sanu – Music, Videos & Playlists". Retrieved 2 December 2025.
23. ^ "Kumar Sanu belts romantic hits at evening of nostalgia". 9 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
24. ^ "Padma Awards 2009". Retrieved 2 December 2025.
25. ^ "Kumar Sanu celebrates legacy of 90s music, calls it a 'golden era' of soulful compositions". Times of India. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
26. ^ "Kumar Sanu: The Melody Of His Voice Lingers On". Odisha Bytes. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
27. ^ "Singer Kumar Sanu on Being the King of Melody". iDiva. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
28. ^ India-West, R. M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "Kumar Sanu Makes Cameo Appearance in 'Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai'". India West. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
29. ^ "Kulfi Kumar Bajewala | Kumar Sanu & SiKulfi". YouTube. 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
30. ^ "Singer Kumar Sanu opens school for the underprivileged.. - Bollywood.com News". 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
31. ^ Jha, Gunjan; Saxena, Vaibhav (4 March 2022). "Kumar Sanu teams up with youngsters to bring melody back – Gunjan Jha, Vaibhav Saxena create magical tunes; Kshitij, Diksha lend velvet voice". The Week. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

External links

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Media related to Kumar Sanu at Wikimedia Commons

• Kumar Sanu at IMDb 
• Kumar Sanu at DNA India
• Kumar Sanu at Bollywood Hungama

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1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Puranchand Wadali (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) S. S. Rajamouli (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Purushottam Upadhyay (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Vinayak Khedekar (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K.C. Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Khalil Ahamad (2024) Badrappan M (2024) Kaluram Bamaniya (2024) Rezwana Choudhury Bannya (2024) Naseem Bano (2024) Ramlal Bareth (2024) Gita Roy Barman (2024) Som Dutt Battu (2024) Takdira Begum (2024) Drona Bhuyan (2024) Ashok Kumar Biswas (2024) Smriti Rekha Chakma (2024) A Velu Ananda Chari (2024) Ghulam Nabi Dar (2024) Mahabir Singh Guddu (2024) Anupama Hoskere (2024) Jankilal (2024) Ratan Kahar (2024) Dasari Kondappa (2024) Jordan Lepcha (2024) Binod Maharana (2024) Uma Maheshwari D (2024) Ram Kumar Mallick (2024) Surendra Mohan Mishra (2024) Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (2024) Kiran Nadar (2024) Narayanan E P (2024) Bhagabat Padhan (2024) Sanatan Rudra Pal (2024) Binod Kumar Pasayat (2024) Silbi Passah (2024) Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (2024) Romalo Ram (2024) Nirmal Rishi (2024) Pran Sabharwal (2024) Gaddam Sammaiah (2024) Machihan Sasa (2024) Omprakash Sharma (2024) Godawari Singh (2024) Seshampatti T Sivalingam (2024) Urmila Srivastava (2024) Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (2024) Gopinath Swain (2024) Laxman Bhatt Tailang (2024) Jagdish Trivedi (2024) Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil (2024) Babu Ram Yadav (2024) Adwaita Gadanayak (2025) Achyut Ramchandra Palav (2025) Arijit Singh (2025) Ashok Saraf (2025) Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (2025) Barry Godfray John (2025) Batool Begam (2025) Bharat Gupt (2025) Bheru Singh Chouhan (2025) Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (2025) Durga Charan Ranbir (2025) Farooq Ahmad Mir (2025) Gokul Chandra Das (2025) Guruvayur Dorai (2025) Harchandan Singh Bhatty (2025) Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (2025) Hassan Raghu (2025) Jaspinder Narula (2025) Joynacharan Bathari (2025) K. Omanakutty (2025) Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (2025) Mahavir Nayak (2025) Mamata Shankar (2025) Miriyala Apparao (2025) Naren Gurung (2025) Nirmala Devi (2025) P Datchanamoorthy (2025) Pandi Ram Mandavi (2025) Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (2025) Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (2025) Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (2025) Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (2025) Ratan Parimoo (2025) Rebakanta Mahanta (2025) Ricky Kej (2025) Shyam Bihari Agrawal (2025) Tejendra Majumdar (2025) Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (2025) Vasudeo Kamath (2025) Velu Aasaan (2025) Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (2025) Anil Rastogi (2026) Arvind Vaidya (2026) Bharat Singh Bharti (2026) Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda (2026) Bishwa Bandhu (2026) Chiranji Lal Yadav (2026) Deepika Reddy (2026) Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (2026) Rajendra Prasad (2026) Gafruddin Mewati Jogi (2026) Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (2026) Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (2026) Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (2026) Haricharan Saikia]] (2026) Jyotish Debnath (2026) Vimala Menon (2026) Khem Raj Sundriyal (2026) Kumar Bose (2026) Lars-Christian Koch (2026) R. Madhavan (2026) Murali Mohan (2026) Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai (2026) Nuruddin Ahmed (2026) Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan (2026) Pokhila Lekthepi (2026) Prosenjit Chatterjee (2026) R Krishnan (2026) Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar (2026) Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar (2026) Sangyusang S Pongener (2026) Sarat Kumar Patra (2026) Satish Shah (2026) Simanchal Patro (2026) Taga Ram Bheel (2026) Tarun Bhattacharya (2026) Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam (2026) Tripti Mukherjee (2026) Yumnam Jatra Singh (2026)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
1960–1980	Mukesh (1960) Mohammed Rafi (1961) Mohammed Rafi (1962) No Award (1963) Mahendra Kapoor (1964) Mohammed Rafi (1965) No Award (1966) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Mahendra Kapoor (1968) Mohammed Rafi (1969) Kishore Kumar (1970) Mukesh (1971) Manna Dey (1972) Mukesh (1973) Narendra Chanchal (1974) Mahendra Kapoor (1975) Kishore Kumar (1976) Mukesh (1977) Mohammed Rafi (1978) Kishore Kumar (1979) K. J. Yesudas (1980)
1981–2000	Kishore Kumar (1981) Amit Kumar (1982) Kishore Kumar (1983) Kishore Kumar (1984) Kishore Kumar (1985) Kishore Kumar (1986) No Award (1987) No Award (1988) Udit Narayan (1989) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1990) Kumar Sanu (1991) Kumar Sanu (1992) Kumar Sanu (1993) Kumar Sanu (1994) Kumar Sanu (1995) Udit Narayan (1996) Udit Narayan (1997) Abhijeet (1998) Sukhwinder Singh (1999) Udit Narayan (2000)
2001-2020	Lucky Ali (2001) Udit Narayan (2002) Sonu Nigam (2003) Sonu Nigam (2004) Kunal Ganjawala (2005) Himesh Reshammiya (2006) Shaan and Kailash Kher (2007) Shaan (2008) Sukhwinder Singh (2009) Mohit Chauhan (2010) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (2011) Mohit Chauhan (2012) Ayushmann Khurrana (2013) Arijit Singh (2014) Ankit Tiwari (2015) Arijit Singh (2016) Arijit Singh (2017) Arijit Singh (2018) Arijit Singh (2019) Arijit Singh (2020)
2021–present	Raghav Chaitanya (2021) B Praak (2022) Arijit Singh (2023) Bhupinder Babbal (2024) Arijit Singh (2025)

v t e Screen Award for Best Male Playback Singer
1995-2000	Kumar Sanu (1995) Hariharan (1996) Udit Narayan (1997) Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1998) Sukhwinder Singh (1999) Sukhwinder Singh (2000)
2001-present	Lucky Ali (2001) Sonu Nigam (2002) Udit Narayan (2003) Kailash Kher (2004) Sonu Nigam (2005) Sonu Nigam (2006) Shaan (2007) Soham Chakrabarty (2008) KK (2009) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (2010) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (2011) Mohit Chauhan (2012) Javed Ali (2013) Arijit Singh (2014) Arijit Singh (2015) Papon (2016) Amit Mishra (2017) Arijit Singh (2018) Arijit Singh (2019) Sachet Tandon (2020)

v t e Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award

Playback Singer

Manna Dey (1965) Kishore Kumar (1966) Manna Dey (1967) Manna Dey (1968) Shyamal Mitra (1969) Manna Dey (1970) Anup Ghoshal (1971) Hemant Kumar (1972) Manna Dey (1973) Dwijen Mukhopadhyay (1974) Hemant Kumar (1975) Hemant Kumar (1976) Anup Ghoshal (1981) Shibaji Chatterjee (1986) Kishore Kumar (1987) Manna Dey (1988) Shibaji Chatterjee (1989) Anup Ghoshal (1992) Ajoy Chakrabarty (1995) Kumar Sanu (1996) Kumar Sanu (1997) Indranil Sen (1999) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2000) Abhijeet (2001) Srikanta Acharya (2002) Babul Supriyo (2003) Kharaj Mukherjee (2004) Nachiketa Chakraborty (2005) Babul Supriyo (2006) Pranjan Bakshi (2007)

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