The name "off-screen singer" sounds doomed. For artist Arijit Singh, this was the start of a career. Now he is one of the best performers on the Indian stage. And more than a dozen people are already striving for such a vocation.
Childhood future celebrity
Arijit Singh is an Indian by nationality. The boy was born on April 25, 1987 in the small settlement of Jiaganzha, near the city of Murshidabad (West Bengal). The family had musical traditions. Mother (a native Bengali) taught to play musical instruments, her own aunt taught vocals, and her grandmother instilled a love for traditional songs, based on the work of Rabindranath Tagore.
Since childhood, Arijit has performed in front of the audience. He plays the tabla well, as well as the guitar and piano. He received professional musical knowledge at Raja Bijay Singh High School. He also studied at Sripat Singh College, a branch of Kalyani University.
The first notable "promotion" in the singer's career was participation in the Fame Gurukul music competition. This was in 2005. He did not reach the final, but he got a great experience, useful connections. Singh won his personal victory.
Upon returning to his hometown, he was greeted by 3000 fans, who also began to actively invite him to sing at various celebrations. The next national competition was "10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil" in 2009. Here he has already become a leader. After that, an active "promotion" to the heights of glory began.
The first steps in the career of Arijit Singh
After winning a music competition, Arijit Singh recorded his first album. He has been active in music programming. In 2010, he worked in the film industry. The artist performed songs for three films at once:
- Golmaal 3;
- Crook;
- action replay.
In this area, the performer was successful. He was constantly invited. In 2012, the Mirchi Music Awards presented an award in the nomination "Best Voiceover Singer" for excellent work.
"Unfinished song" artist
In 2013, the film Aashiqui 2 was released. Here Arijit sang the song Tum Hi Ho. It was thanks to this composition that he enjoyed great popularity. The singer was not only noticed, but also nominated for numerous competitions. The singer performed compositions in 6 more films in 2013. In 2014-2015 he was actively invited by famous directors to participate in recording music for the best films.
Singh received the maximum number of awards for the song Tum Hi Ho. The composition was nominated for 10 awards. In 9 of them, the singer won. In the "piggy bank" Arijit has two Filmfare Awards, IIFA, two Zii Sine Awards and two Screen Awards. And in 2014, the Union of Indian Students from the UK awarded the artist the title of "Icon of Youth Music".
In the same year, he was recognized as the most popular singer in India. In 2014, Indian magazine Forbes ranked the singer as the 34th celebrity out of 100 people. Singh earned 350 million rupees.
Personal life of the artist Arijit Singh
Having become famous, Singh did not succumb to the "star fever". The singer leads a secluded life, reluctantly gives interviews. The artist prefers to spend his free time with his family, avoids noisy parties. Arijit was married twice. The first chosen one of the singer was a colleague in a music competition.
In 2013, the couple terminated the official union. Singh was accused of assaulting a journalist for writing badly about a divorce case. In 2014, the singer married again. The wife of the artist was his childhood friend. She was also previously married, raising a daughter from her first husband.
Scandal in the career of a singer
In the same year, a major incident occurred that affected the singer's career. At one of the award ceremonies for the composition Tum Hi Ho, Arijit appeared in casual clothes. During the event, the singer fell asleep in the auditorium. And at the time of delivery, he was not ashamed to admit it.
Salman Khan (the main character of the ceremony) was very upset. Later, despite the singer's numerous apologies, this had consequences. Salman Khan did not want to collaborate with the artist. During the filming of Sultan, Singh's finished composition was removed from the final cut of the film.
In 2015, Singh went public with extortion attempts by Indian gangster Ravi Pujari. The artist claims that he refused to pay off. He did not file a statement with the police, but he made a recording of the conversation, indicating the fact of extortion.
Debut as director
In 2015, Singh directed his own film Bhalobasar Rojnamcha. He acted not only as a director, but also as a co-author. The film was shown at several film festivals abroad. The film did not receive mass recognition, but became a step towards the versatile creative development of the artist.
The appearance of the artist is not called particularly remarkable. The singer has a typical Indian appearance. He does not like excessive attention to himself. The artist claims that he devotes a lot of time to creativity, and not to caring about appearance.
Excessive employment, according to the singer, often becomes the impetus for creating an image. For a long time, Singh had a tousled mop of hair and a thick beard. The artist says that he simply had no time to put himself in order.
