Shrikant Narayan
Shrikant Narayan | |
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Born | 17 January 1968 Mumbai, India |
Origin | India |
Genres | Stage Singing, Light Singing, ghazal, playback singing |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocalist |
Shrikant Narayan (born 17 January 1968) is an Indian stage and playback singer, known for the Marathi song which reached double platinum status in India in 1986.[1][2] Narayan records music in a number of languages; Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[2][3]
Career[]
Narayan took part in music competitions during his youth, but did not pursue a singing career until winning a singing competition whilst attending Bhavan's College, Andheri in 1985–1986.[1] He graduated from university in 1990 and would perform in the evenings, whilst working full-time during the day, latterly with pharmaceutical company May & Baker. Narayan would leave May & Baker in 1997 to perform full-time.[2][4]
He has performed with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan, Vinod Rathod and Sudesh Bhosle.[1]
Narayan performed a 12-hour marathon concert titled Pukarta Chala Hoon Main in Mumbai on 25 December 2012, which featured 101 songs by Mohammed Rafi, to celebrate what would have been Rafi's 88th birthday.[4][5]
Achievements and awards[]
Narayan has been awarded the by the Maharashtra Government and the by the Madhya Pradesh Government.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Shrikant Narayan recreates Rafi's magic in US". The Times of India. 8 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Navis, Namita (13 June 2008). "Promising talent". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "About – Shrikant Narayan". Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Raje, Niilesh (11 June 2013). "How Shrikant Narayan became a voice of Mohammed Rafi". Merinews. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "12-hour marathon Mohammed Rafi concert on Dec 25". India Today. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Living people
- Bollywood playback singers
- Indian male film singers
- Musicians from Mumbai
- Konkani-language singers
- Marathi-language singers
- 1968 births