New Delhi (Utkarsh Awasthi): Singer Udit Narayan, who has created romantic tunes on the big screen with his melodious voice for many Bollywood stars, says that he has sung the song ‘Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se’ better than Kumar Sanu. When Udit Narayan came to News18 India’s Amrit Ratna Award function, he spoke openly in his first podcast. 69 year old Udit Narayan, who has given his melodious voice in more than 25000 songs in 40 languages, is equally melodious even today. Udit Narayan has sung songs in 40 languages including Hindi, Maithili, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Bengali.
Udit Narayan was the top singer of Bollywood during the 90s. Along with Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu also remained the choice of Bollywood. Amidst their ongoing rivalry, both of them sang many songs together. Both of them sang the song ‘Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se’ together in the film ‘Dhadkan’ released in the year 2000. But Udit Narayan feels that he has sung this song better than Kumar Sanu. In his first podcast, Udit Narayan admitted that he had a healthy competition with Kumar Sanu for 5 years.
Song sung better than Kumar Sanu
Udit Narayan said, ‘I was in the heart of Kumar Sanu from the film Aashiqui. I thought that I would rule the industry alone, but competition is also necessary. I did not lose courage and after that till 1995-2004 only one singer was seen and that was Udit Narayan. When this question was asked to Udit Narayan that do you also feel that you sang the song ‘Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se’ better than Kumar Sanu. So on this Udit Narayan said, ‘I absolutely believe that I sang better, the truth is, it is not that those people sang less, they are absolutely brilliant. But the way I have sung, there is heroism in it, it feels like Akshay Kumar is singing.
Udit Narayan sang many superhit songs
Let us tell you that Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu have been a part of the Hindi music industry for decades. Both of them have given very good songs. There is also a good friendship between the two. In the 90s, almost every film had the voices of Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu. Talking about Kumar Sanu, he won the hearts of the audience with his voice in Bollywood films. His songs spread a different magic. No matter who the hero or heroine is in the film, if their song is played then the film will be considered a hit. People are still seen humming his songs even today. Kumar Sanu gave superhit songs in films like ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Saajan’, ‘Sadak’, ‘1942 A Love Story’ and ‘Pardes’. Sanu Da lent her voice in the song ‘Dard Karara’ from Ayushmann Khurrana’s film ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ released in 2015. After this, his voice was also heard in the recreation of ‘Simmba’ ‘Aankh Marey’ in the year 2018 and in the song ‘Saawariya’ released in 2021.
Udit Narayan’s magic worked in the 90s
On the other hand, if we remember many hit films of the 90s, we will not have the slightest hesitation in accepting that their hero was actually Udit Narayan. People liked films because of the melodious songs and music. These films had repeat value and the audience used to watch such films again and again because of their songs. There are films like ‘Dil’, ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Phool Aur Kaante’, ‘Beta’, ‘Chamatkar’ and ‘Jo Jeeta Wo Sikandar’ whose songs played a role in becoming hits.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 9, 2024, 17:05 IST
