Sweet Abhijeet !!!

Early life:

Abhijeet was born as Abhijeet Bhattacharya in a middle-class Bengali family in Kanpur, the youngestof four siblings. He passed his class X (Ten) from Ram Krishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and Class XII (Twelfth) from B.N.S.D. Inter College, Kanpur. Although his parents were against the idea, Abhijeet went against their wishes and became a singer.

Career:

Abhijeet left home for Mumbai in 1981 to study Chartered Accountancy. Due to his fascination for singing and music, he decided to pursue a career in playback singing and quit Chartered Accountancy.Despite being gifted with a melodious voice, he struggled for a long time. After his long strugglein Bombay, he received a call from Rahul Dev Burman to sing for Dev Anand's sons debut film. Abhijeet also sang with Kishore Kumar, his idol, in the same film.

In the 1990s, Abhijeet established himself as a notable playback singer. His first notable hits were the songs from the film Baaghi, composed by Anand-Milind - Ek chanchal shokh hasina, Chandni raat hai and Har kasam se badi hai. He went on the give hit numbers in the movies Baadshah, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Josh, Dhadkan, Chalte Chalte, Main Hoon Na.Abhijeet has given his voice for actors such as Sunil Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, and Shahrukh Khan.

Non-film music:

After his success in playback singing, Abhijeet decided to try non-film pop music. He released two albums, Main Deewana Hoon and Tapori No.1. The albums did not achieve commercial success. After these two pop albums, he launched Aashiqui, which was appreciated by the audience. Recently, he has launched a pop album, called Tere Bina, whose songs and videos are chartbusters. On May 3, 2006, he released another non-film album called Lamhe, which was well-appreciated.

Awards:

Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (1997) for Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon (Yes Boss)

Screen-Videocon Award for the best singer in 1997 for Chand taare in Yes Boss

MTV Life Time Achievement Award.

Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman

Personal life:

Abhijeet is married to Sumaati.The couple have two sons