This post is a tribute to the melody king Kumar Sanu. His original name is Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957). He is a renowned playback singer and generally sings for Hindi and Bengali films.
His Bollywood career was at its zenith in the 1990s and in the early 2000s. Such was his popularity that the judges of Filmfare award could not find anyone better than Kumar Sanu for the category of Best Male Playback Singer Award for five consecutive years. Kumar Sanu also received the Padma Shri award in 2009.
Kumar Sanu received a major break when Gulshan Kumar (of T Series) launched him as the main male playback singer for the movie Aashiqui (1990). After this Kumar Sanu never turned back and just went on giving hits after hits. In this post, we will list 11 such songs with some details that made his position rock-solid in Bollywood and gave him the living legend status in Indian playback singing.
Top 12 songs that made Kumar Sanu the king of melody
Song #1 – “Main Duniya Bhula Doonga”
Movie – Aashiqui
Singer – Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu
Lyricist – Sameer
Movie Artist – Anu Agarwal, Rahul Roy
Song # 2 – ” Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi Mein Aana ”
Song : Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi Mein Aana
Movie : Aashiqui
Singer : Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu
Star Cast : Anu Agarwal, Rahul Roy
Lyrics : Ravi Malik
Song # 3 – ” Saanson Ki Jarurat Hai Jaise”
Song : Saanson Ki Jarurat Hai Jaise – 1
Movie : Aashiqui
Singer : Kumar Sanu
Star Cast : Rahul Roy
Lyrics : Ravi Malik
Song # 4 – “Tu Pyar Hai Kisi Aur Ka”
Song – Tu Pyar Hai Kisi Aur Ka
Film – Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
Singer – Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu
Lyricist – Sameer
Movie Artist – Aamir Khan, Pooja Bhatt
Song # 5 – ” Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin”
Song – Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin- 1
Film – Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
Singer – Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu
Lyricist – Faiz Anwar
Movie Artist – Aamir Khan, Pooja Bhatt
Song # 6 – “Tumhe Apna Banane Ki Kasam”
Song – Tumhe Apna Banane Ki Kasam
Film – Sadak
Singer – Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu
Lyricist – Sameer, Surendra Sathi, Rani Mallik
Artist – Sanjay Dutt, Pooja Bhatt
Song # 7 – “Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai”
Song : Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai
Movie : Saajan
Singer : Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik
Music : Nadeem- Shravan
Lyrics : Sameer
Movie Star Cast : Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit
Song # 8 – ” Tumse Milne Ko Dil Karta Hai ”
Song Title : Tumse Milne Ko Dil Karta Hai
Movie: Phool Aur Kaante
Singer : Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
Music : Nadeem-Shravan
Cast : Ajay Devgn, Madhoo
Song # 9 – “Teri Umeed Tera Intezar”
Song : Teri Umeed Tera Intezar
Movie : Deewana
Singer : Kumar Sanu & Sadhna Sargam
Music : Nadeem, Shravan
Lyrics : Sameer
Starcast : Shahrukh Khan, Divya Bharti, Rishi Kapoor
Song # 10 – “Dil Jigar Nazar Kya Hai ”
Singer(s):Kumar Sanu
Movie: Dil Ka Kya Kasoor
Music Director: Nadeem-Shravan
Lyricist: Nawab Arzoo
Cast: Prithvi, Divya Bharti
Song # 11- ” First Time Dekha Tumhe Hum”
Singer : Kumar Sanu
Movie: Jaan Tere Naam.
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Cast: Ronit Roy, Farheen.
Song # 12- ” Ghoonghat Ki Aad Se Dilbar Ka”
Song: Ghoonghat Ki Aad Se Dilbar Ka
Movie: Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
Singers: Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik
Music Directors: Nadeem-Shravan
Lyricist: Sameer
Picturised on: Juhi Chawla & Aamir Khan
