Anup Jalota is a famous Indian musician and a devotional singer. He is highly famous for his Hindu musical bhajans and Urdu ghazals. Let us know more about Anoop Jalota, his career, personal life, marriage and many other interesting facts.
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Biography/Wiki
Anoop Jalota was born as Anoop Jalota, on 29 July 1953 (70 years; as of 2023) in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. He is extremely popular for singing devotional hymns and hence, he was given the nickname Bhajan Samrat, meaning emperor of hymns. Anoop received classical music education from his father Purushottam Das Jalota and Bhatkhande School of Lucknow. He was a good batsman during his college days. Jalota started his musical journey as a singer for the stage shows of legendary singer Kishore Kumar and was often referred to as Junior Kishore. After hard work and struggle, he was successful in getting a job as a chorus singer in All India Radio. With time, his bhajans started being liked by a larger section of the society and he became a household name for his bhajans.
Physical Appearance
Anoop Jalota height is 5′ 4″ and weight is 80 kg. His body measurements are 44″ chest, 38″ waist and 13″ biceps. Anup’s eyes and hair are black.
Family, Wife and Girlfriend
Anoop Jalota was born in a musical Punjabi-Khatri family in Nainital, Uttarakhand. His father, Purushottam Das Jalota, was a renowned classical and devotional singer. Although he was born in Nainital, his roots are in Phagwara, Punjab, India.
Anoop Jalotra’s father, Purushottam Das Jalota
Anup Jalota with his father Purushottam Das Jalota
Anoop Jalota with his mother
He has two brothers, Anil Jalota and Promod Jalota, and two sisters, Anjali Dheer and Anita Mehra. Ajay Jalota currently lives in California, America.
Ajay Jalota, brother of Anup Jalota
Anup Jalota’s sister Anjali Dheer
Anup Jalota’s sister Anita Mehra
Anoop Jalota married Sunali Rathod without the consent of her parents. Sunali was a student at that time and later emerged as a capable singer. The two became extremely famous and were called Anup and Sunali Jalota. Their marriage did not last long and they both got divorced. Later Sunali married famous singer Roopkumar Rathod.
Anoop Jalota’s ex-wife Sunali Rathore
After the divorce, Jalota’s parents fixed his marriage with Beena Bhatia. This marriage also could not last long and Anoop divorced his wife once again.
Anup Jalota married for the third time to Medha Gujral, who later became Medha Jalota. Medha is the niece of former Prime Minister of India Inder Kumar Gujral. Medha Jalota divorced established director Shekhar Kapur in 1994. However, Medha Jalota died of liver failure in New York in the year 2004.
Anup Jalota with his third wife Medha Jalota
Anup and Medha have a son, Aryaman Jalota, born in 1996.
Anup Jalota with his wife Medha Jalota and son Aryaman
Since 2016, Anup Jalota is in a live-in relationship with his student and singer Jasleen Matharu. They both live in Mumbai, India. The couple participated in season 12 of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss.
Anup Jalota with his girlfriend Jasleen Matharu
livelihood
Although Anoop was born in Nainital, he later moved to Lucknow for his education. Anoop received training in classical singing and learned music from his father Purushottam Das Jalota and Bhatkhande Vidyalaya in Lucknow. Purshottam Das Jalota was also a famous devotional singer.
Anup Jalota’s childhood picture
Anup Jalota and Purushottam Das Jalota
Anoop Jalota started his music career as a singer in stage shows with the great late Kishore Kumar and was often referred to as Junior Kishore.
Anoop Jalota with Kishore Kumar
After struggling in Mumbai, he initially got a job as a chorus singer in All India Radio, earning a salary of ₹350.
She got her big break when Manoj Kumar recorded four songs with her for the film Shirdi Ke Sai Baba, which later became huge hits.
Anoop has performed with many popular musicians like Zakir Hussain, Lata Mangeshkar, Pankaj Udhas, Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam Ali, late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jagjit Singh, Hariharan etc.
Jalota was also the presenter of the television program Dharam Aur Hum (2002–2005) aired on Star Plus.
Apart from being a great singer, Anoop has also produced two Hindi films, Hum Deewane Pyar Ke (2001) and Nishan: The Target (2005).
Anup Jalota’s first film production – Hum Deewane Pyar Ke (2001)
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He also composed music for many devotional, pop, ghazal and classical vocal albums like ‘Chalo Dwar Shivshankar Ke,’ ‘Maa Durg Aagaan,’ ‘Bhajan Archana,’ ‘Bhajan Tulsi,’ ‘Wah Bhai Wah,’ ‘Darmiyaan Apne.’ Have done. ,’ ‘Vasundhara,’ ‘Ibtida,’ etc.
Anup’s first hit was Aisi Laagi Lagan.
Anoop Jalota has performed in more than 5000 live concerts across the world. In 2015, he played the role of famous spiritual guru Satya Sai Baba in the film Satya Sai Baba but the film was never released.
Anoop Jalota as Satya Sai Baba
In 2016, he appeared as a guest on the sets of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, a famous comedy show, along with Pankaj Udhas and Talat Aziz.
Anup Jalota with Pankaj Udhas and Talat Aziz on the sets of ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’
Anoop is the director of Madhya Pradesh based airline Prabhatam Fly Divine which is running since 2017.
Anoop Jalota – Director of ‘Prabhatam Fly Divine’
He also gave private music training to students.
award
During his successful music career, Anup Jalota has received many awards and accolades. He has been honored with the following titles for his contribution to the field of music:
- Bhajan Samrat by Shankaracharya Peeth.
- Manav Ratna Award by Global Sai Foundation.
- Citizen Council Award by Government of Gujarat.
- Gandharva Gaan Mani Award by Kanchi Shankaracharya Math.
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- The British Parliament’s annual Globe Award for his contribution to the global music industry in 2010.
- Padma Shri Award in the field of Arts-Indian Classical Music-Vocation in 2012.
- Rasheshwar Award by Sur Singar Sansad, Mumbai.
- His name is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most platinum discs in history.
Salary
Anup Jalota charges ₹ 7-8 lakh per show.
Controversy
In 2010, Israeli actress, Reena Golan, released the book Dear Mr. Bollywood: How I Fell in Love with India’s Bollywood and Shah Rukh Khan, in which she accused Anoop Jalota of casting couch.
Reena Golan’s book- Dear Mr. Bollywood
Favourite Things
- Anup Jalota likes to eat Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Polynesian cuisine.
- He is a fan of actors Shatrughan Sinha and Aamir Khan.
- Shabana Azmi is his favorite actress.
- Jalota likes to listen to the music of Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Udhas and Jagjit Singh.
- Cricket is his favorite game.
- Anup loves to dine out at The Zodiac Grill – The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai.
- His favorite holiday destinations include Kashmir, Dharamshala, Sikkim, Shimla and Nainital.
- Indian tennis star Purav Raja and American wrestler Roman Reigns are his favorite athletes.
- Anup likes to listen to the music of RD Burman and Madan Mohan.
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Anup Jalota drinking alcohol
- He was a good batsman during his college days.
- Jalota’s hobbies include travelling, reading, writing and singing.
- He has also sung and recorded more than 2000 bhajans, songs and ghazals.
- Jalota has published many blogs on his website, which are related to his life journey, events etc.
- He has sung in 9 different languages.
- As of 2018, he has earned over 100 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum discs.
- Their address is Mohan Niwas, 56, Keluskar Road, Shivaji Park, Mumbai – 400 028, India.
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