Bhupinder Singh (1940 – 2022) was a famous Indian playback singer whose singing style was Ghazal. Bhupinder Singh died of heart failure on 18 July 2022 in Mumbai, India.
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Wiki/Biography
Bhupinder Singh was born as Bhupinder Soin on Tuesday, 6 February 1940 (age 82 at the time of death) in Amritsar, Punjab, British India. His zodiac sign was Aquarius. In his childhood, Bhupinder Singh was given music lessons by his father, who was a musician. However, he hated music because he intended that music would never respect him. While talking to the media, Bhupinder Singh told that his father and elder brother were musicians at home. He said,
There was so much music in my house that I never wanted to be associated with music. My father Natha Singh was a music professor in Amritsar. My elder brother played musical instruments from a young age. I felt that if I got involved in music, I would never get respect.
A young Bhupinder Singh
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Natha Singhji who was a trained singer. He had an elder brother.
wife and children
He married Mithali Mukherjee in the mid-1980s. Mithali is a famous Bangladeshi playback singer.
Bhupinder Singh with his wife Mithali Mukherjee
The couple has a son named Amandeep Singh who is a musician.
livelihood
singer
In 1962, Bhupinder Singh was heard singing songs by music director Madan Mohan at a dinner party organized by Satish Bhatia, producer of All India Radio, at his home in Delhi. Bhupinder was doing a music show in the party. During the party, Madan Mohan called Bhupinder to Mumbai. In 1964, she made her singing debut with famous Indian singers Mohammed Rafi, Talat Mehmood and Manna Dey in the song ‘Hoke Mazboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga’ from the film Haqeeqat. This song was offered to Bhupinder by Madan Mohan. Before venturing into the music industry, Bhupinder Singh was a singer and guitarist at All India Radio and Doordarshan in Delhi under Satish Bhatia, producer of Akashvani Delhi. He worked in Akashvani till 1964. In 1966, he got the opportunity to sing a solo song in the film Aakhri Khat. Later, she sang several duets with leading Indian singers Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi such as “Duniya Chhote Yaar Na Chhote” and “Aane Se Uske Aaye Bahaar”. In 1968, he released his first long-running personal music album. In 1978, he incorporated Spanish guitar, bass and drums into some of his ghazals and released a long-playing music album. In 1980, Bhupinder Singh released a long-running music album titled Woh Jo Shayar Tha, with Indian lyricist Gulzar.
Bhupinder Singh with his co-singers
In 1988, he lent his voice to poet-king Bahadur Shah Zafar’s ghazal ‘Ya Mujhe Afsar-e-Shahana Banaya Hota’ at the request of veteran Indian singer Jagjit Singh. This ghazal was later introduced by Gulzar in his serial Mirza Ghalib, which was broadcast on Doordarshan in the same year. Later, she lent her voice to many popular Bollywood songs, such as “Dil Dhunta Hai,” “Do Deewane Shehr Mein,” “Naam Gum Jayega,” “Karoge Yaad To,” “Meetha Bol Bole,” “Kabhi Kisi Ko Mukkammal.” , “Kisi Nazar Ko Tera Intezaar Aaj Bhi,” and “Ek Akela Hai Shahr Mein.”
guitar player
In 1971, Bhupinder Singh made his Bollywood debut as a guitarist with the song Hare Ram Hare Krishna, written by RD Burman for the film Dum Maaro Dum.
Bhupinder Singh enjoying playing guitar
Death
Bhupinder Singh died on 18 July 2022 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India due to heart failure.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Her near and dear ones used to call her Bhupi.
- Bhupinder Singh learned to play guitar and violin when he was working as a singer in All India Radio and Doordarshan.
- According to some media sources, Bhupinder Singh was one of the Navratnas of RD Burman.
Bhupinder Singh with RD Burman
- In 1977, Bhupinder Singh got the opportunity to play guitar for the song ‘Ek Hi Khwaab’, which was written by Gulzar. While talking to the media once, Singh had said that initially he liked playing classical music on the guitar and this inclined him towards singing. They told,
There came a time when I gave up singing. After this I started learning Hawaiian guitar and started playing very difficult songs on it. In this I also started playing classical music. While playing the guitar, my interest in music once again awakened and I started singing again. The guitar brought me back to singing.”
- Soon after his marriage to Bangladeshi playback singer Mithali Mukherjee in the mid-1980s, Bhupinder Singh started performing live concerts with his wife and quit playback singing. Subsequently, he simultaneously released several private ghazal and song cassettes.
Bhupinder Singh in a live concert
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