Singer Abhijeet was born as Abhijeet Bhattacharya in a Bengali family in the city of Kanpur. He is the youngest of four siblings. Abhijeet did his schooling form from Ram Krishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and college from Chunni Ganj college in Kanpur. He always wanted to become singer but his parents were always against
In the year 1981, Abhijeet left his home for Mumbai to pursue a career in Chartered Accountancy. As he was more inclined towards singing and music, he decided to for go playback singing rather than Chartered Accountancy. He was blessed with a melodious voice but he had to struggle to get his first break.
After struggling hard in Bollywood,the famous music director Rahul Dev Burman offered him to sing in one of the debut film made by Dev Anand 's son. Abhijeet also sang a duet with Kishore Kumar who was hos idol. During the 90's, Abhijeet became one of the popular singers in Bollywood .His first hit songs were from the film Baaghi, in which the music direction was by Anand-Milind. His notable songs were Ek chanchal shokh hasina, Chandni raat hai and Har kasam se badi hai. After that there
was no turning back as he started giving hit numbers in most of the Sharukh Khan movies which were Baadshah, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Josh, Dhadkan, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na. Some of his songs such as Kurta phaadke from Anari No. 1 was heard all over the country .
Abhijeet has sung for actors like Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. Recently he was the Judge in a reality show called "Voice of India". He judged the upcoming singers and gave them advise regarding to improve their singing skills.
After he established himself as a playback singer,he also launched his own private albums. He released two albums, Main Deewana Hoon and Tapori No.1. The albums did not do that well. His pop album Aashiqui achieved much success, which had good numbers. Recently, he launched another pop album, called Tere Bina,whose songs have became instant hit.
He has also released a non-film album called Lamhe, which has been appreciated by the audience. Speaking about Bollywood, Abhijeet has a huge fan following some of his notable songs are the following:
- Dil Tujhpe Aa Gaya -Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin
- Ole Ole - Yeh Dillagi
- Main Khiladi Tu Anari - Main Khiladi Tu Anari
- Haan mujhe pyaar hua pyaar hua allahmiya- Judaai
- Zara sa Jhoom loo main - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
- Wada Raha Sanam - Khiladi
- Darwaza Band Karlo - Darr
- Meri Jaane Jaana- Mohabbat
- Woh Ladki Jo Saab Se -Baadshah
- Title song of the film Baadshah
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