Kumar Sanu
Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer primarily known for his performances in Hindi film songs and in Bollywood. He won five consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds a Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs in a single day, with 28 songs recorded since 1993. Beyond Hindi, Kumar Sanu has sung in numerous other languages, including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English and his native language Bengali. His songs receive consistently high levels of engagement across India, particularly with compositions that are sad and romantic in nature.
For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Several of his tracks are included in the BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".
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