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Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik is one of the most talented singers of Bollywood. She was born to a Gujarati family on the 20th of March in Calcutta (now Kolkata). She comes from a music background. Both her parents were actively involved in classical music. Since the late 1980s, she has been one of the most leading playback singers of the Indian music industry. Her voice has been mainly used for the young generation stars. She has done playback singing for many famous actresses like Rakhee, Hema Malini, Farida Jalal, Rekha, Kajol and Preity Zinta. Besides Hindi songs, she has also sung in other languages such as Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Punjabi.
For establishing her foothold in the field of music, she went to Mumbai. She got her first break, when she was given the assignment for singing a song for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in 1979. Then, she sang the song "Mere Angene Mein" for the film Laawaris (1981). Her biggest hit was the song Ek Do Teen from the film Tezaab that was released in 1988. The song broke all the records and made her star overnight.
Performance
Songs
1. Taal Se Taal Mila (Taal)
2. Salaam, Pooch Rahe Hain (Umrao Jaan)
3. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Tumhi Dekho Na (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
4. Saanwariya Saanwariya (Swades )
5. Hum Tum (Hum Tum )
6. Laal Dupatta (Mujhse Shaadi Karogi)
7. Kuch to Hua Hai (Kal Ho Naa Ho)
8. Aapke Pyaar Mein (Raaz)
9. Jaane Dil Se (Mujhse Dosti Karoge)
11. Badi Mushkil (Lajja )
12. Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai )
13. Chand Chupa (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
14. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai )
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