The Nepali-born playback singer recorded thousands of songs across four languages after his 1988 breakthrough.
For a sense of his range, listen to the playful "Bole Chudiyan" and then something like "Yeh Jeevan Pyaar Se." They show why his voice worked so well across different moods.
His voice became a fixture in 1990s Bollywood soundtracks, delivering hits like "Milte Milte Sanam" and duets with Alka Yagnik on tracks like "Chand Chhupa Badal Mein." He brought a particular warmth to romantic numbers that felt both accessible and technically solid. Even with the plagiarism controversy around "Main Nahi Makhna" in 2000, his Filmfare and National Film Awards speak to his place in the industry.
He left Nepal at 17 to chase music, and his big break came in 1988 with "Chori Chori Hum Gori Se" from the film Agneepath. From there, he built a catalog of thousands of songs in Hindi, Nepali, Bhojpuri, and Bengali, often collaborating with singers like Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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