It was the time of the eighties. The world of Hindi film music was at its height with all the leading singers. All these singers have been building their empire in the music industry for many years as musicians without giving up. The filmmakers also didn't want to take any chances with new singers from outside, no matter how talented they were!
It was such a challenging environment that a young man from Nepal came to Mumbai to try his luck in Hindi films! He had already proved himself as a singer in his native language Nepali, while Udit Narayan also spread the magic of his voice in many other languages. But he wanted to become a singer of Hindi films by heart and soul. The courage of his own convictions fulfilled the desires of his heart and soul and today he is one of the finest singers in Bollywood! I have been witness to the days of struggle of young Udit Narayan, I still remember that time Anu Malik used to say with confidence about Udit Narayan that the world will definitely recognize Udit's talent as a musician one day.
Udit was going through a very tough struggle! There was no such person who was giving Udit a chance to sing in Hindi films. But he did not give up, nor did he ever let his spirits down. It was his dedication to music and his determination not to surrender under any circumstances. Whatever may have been the circumstances in her life and career, she always had a lovely smile on her face. Ultimately, his strength and courage gave him the place of success. Udit sang for lead heroes - Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgan, Salman Khan, Aamir. His voice solved almost all the problems of the musicians. Along with all these, Udit Narayan has worked with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Himesh Reshammiya, AR Rahman, Viju Shah, Rajesh Roshan, Rahul Dev Burman, Kalyanji, Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Usha. Khanna, Nikhil Vinay, Jagjit Singh, Anoop Jalota, Uttam Singh, Ram Laxman, Bhupen Hazarika, Shiv-Hari, Ravindra Jain, Madan Mohan, Khayyam, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vidyasagar, Mani Sharma, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja, Harris Jayaraj, Devi Sri Prasad Ji, V Prakash Kumar, Ismail Darbar, Anand Raj Anand, Adesh Srivastava, Arun Paudwal, Pritam Chakraborty, Sajid-Wajid, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sanjeev-Darshan, Sohail Sen, Sandesh Shandilya, Sandeep Chetta, Ram Sampat, Rahul Sharma, Sameer Tandon, Sukhwinder Singh, Roop Kumar Rathore, Adnan Sami, Kailash Kher, Vishal-Shekhar, Salim-Sulaiman, Ajay-Atul, Sachin-Jigar, Amit Trivedi Worked with. Udit Narayan had satisfied not only the musicians but also the people with his singing. His success, humility crossed the heights.
Udit had stepped into a dream world. The sound of his songs touches the depths of the heart and soul. Singing was his life and life was his singing.
Udit holds the record in which a non-starter has won the award for Best Male Playback more than 75 times in thirty years. Apart from this, he has won many such awards which shows his strength and passion. He won three National Awards as well as State Awards. After this Udit was awarded the Padma Shri. There was such a morning in his life when he changed from Udit Narayan to Padma Bhushan Udit Narayan Jha.
The day President Pranab Mukherjee presented him with the prestigious award, the moment was like a dream for him. His simplicity, humility and gratitude were his companions in life and he never left them no matter what the times were good or bad. That is why the young boy who had a hope in the eighties that he would do something one day is today one of the leading Indians who made a huge contribution to the country.
Udit Narayan is now a resident of Mumbai. He had two marriages, first in 1984 to Ranjana Narayan Jha. After this, his second wife was Deepa Narayan Jha with whom he tied the knot in 1985. Deepa Narayan is a Nepali playback singer with whom Udit Narayan worked in the album 'Dil Deewana'. Udit's son Aditya Narayan worked with his father as a child actor, singer and television presenter. Aditya started his career as a singer in Hindi films in the 1990s and in 2010 he tried his hand at acting. In how many more languages will Udit Narayan sing? For how many more musicians will you sing? Which new actors - Khans, Kumars, Devgan and Roshan, they make stars by giving their voices. He took himself to a point that he had never imagined. His new journey began when he captivated the new generation with the magic of his voice. All I can say is that a person is born with the talent to sing songs according to the changing world, changing times, human emotions, changing colors of emotions.
Those who sing with true heart never stop, never bow down, they just keep on moving from doom to doom.