This summer, Kumar Sanu & Anuradha Paudwal will take the stage in the UK for their Greatest Hits UK Tour – Nazar Ke Samne! Together, they are without a doubt the greatest icons of Bollywood film music and are set to deliver an unforgettable show.
Kumar Sanu, is an iconic Bollywood playback singer revered by millions and peers alike. He is legendary for rendering his voice in Bollywood movies, recording over 20,000 songs and selling over one billion albums worldwide. He holds the Guin-ness World Record for recording the most songs in a day (28), in 1993 and was awarded the Filmfare best male playback singer award for five consecutive years. In 2009, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri Award, India's fourth-highest civilian honour in recognition of his achievements. Kumar Sanu started his singing career in 1986 and in 1989, following an introduction to Kalyanji Anandji by another legendary singer. This meeting was the catalyst for Kumar Sanu’s journey to super stardom and the chance to sing in the Bollywood film hit ‘Jaadugar’. One year later in 1990, Kumar Sanu met music producers Nadeem-Shravan who asked him to lend his voice to a music score for a film that they were doing, ‘Aashiqui’. This Bollywood film soundtrack would go on to be the biggest selling music soundtracka of all time in Indian cinema, selling a staggering 100 Million Albums! This was the first of his five consecutive Filmfare Awards for films, ‘Saajan’ (1991), ‘Deewana’ (1992), ‘Baazigar’ (1993) & ‘1942 Love Story’ (1994).
Anuradha Paudwal is a legendary Bollywood playback singer who was inspired by Bollywood’s ultimate legendary female playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. She too, was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2017. She is also the recipient of the National Film Award and has won this a record four times! She started singing from a young age, before her break into Bollywood with a song called Shiva Shokla in the film ‘Abhimaan’, starring Amitabh Bachan & Jaya. Anuradha Paudwal met her music composer husband Arun when she was just 17 and married him soon after. He encouraged her to sing and took her to meet the legendary Lata Mangeshkar. At this meeting Anuradha Paudwal was asked to sing live on a radio station by a producer for a Marathi show who had heard her voice. Millions listened in, including well known music producers, Laxmikant-Pyarela and Hridaynath Mangeshkar. They called the radio station to find out who was singing. She was in demand instantly and everybody wanted to record with her but it was SD Burman who she first ended up working with in the recording studio. This was followed shortly by the blockbuster, ‘Hero’ starring Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi, but it was ‘Aashiqui’ that made her into a Global superstar. ‘Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahin’, ‘Sadak’ and ‘Saa-jan’ were also amongst her biggest hits.
