1.Hemant Kumar :
sang his first songs for a Hindi film in 1944 for Music Director Amarnaath in the movie Iraada produced by Indrapuri Studios Calcutta. He sang two solos,’phir muhabbat ke pyaam aane lage’, and, ‘aaraam se jo raaten kaate.n vo ashq bahaanaa kyaa jaanen’ written by Aziiz Kaash- miirii, and a duet with Raadhaaraanii,’nit nit ke roothane vaale saajan, tum deep bano’.
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2. K J.Yesudas:
Salil Choudhary invited Yesudas to sing for a Hindi film, called 'Anand Mahal'. He sang the song 'Nisagamapadhani' for that particular film. Though the film 'Chotti Si Baat' was released first, the song -Jaaneman Jaaneman.
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3. Lata Mangeshkar:
Incidently, her first Hindi song Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu was for a " Marathi " film Gajabhau, released in 1943.
Her first Hindi song Pa Lagoon Kar Jori for a " Hindi " film was released. The film, Aap Ki Sewa Mein.
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4. Asha Bhosale:
Asha made Hindi film debut in Hansraj Bahl's Chunaria '48 singing 'Saawan Aaya Saawan Aaaya Saawan Aaya Jaage More Bhaag Sakhi Ri': the film also featured Zohrabai and the then Geeta Roy (later better known as Geeta Dutt).
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5. Mukesh:
His first break as mentioned was in the film Pehli Nazar when Anil Biswas used him for the song "Dil Jalta Hai toh jalne de".
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6. Mohd.Rafi
In the same year, he got his first break in hindi film ‘Pehle Aap’ under ‘Sangeeton Ka Badshah’ Naushad, who became his true mentor.
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7. Kishore Kumar:
His first break as a singer came in the Bombay Talkies film Ziddi in 1948 where he sang for Dev Anand, "" Marne ki duayen kyon maangu". Initially he imitated the style of K L Saigal, whom he idolised.
Ziddi was a major success at the box office and made Dev Anand into a star. But Kishore Kumar found few offers forthcoming as a singer. Ziddi's music director Khemchand Prakash .
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8. Manna Dey:
Prabodh Chandra Dey, the name 'Manna' conferred on him by his uncle K C Dey. Shankar Rao Vyas introduced Manna Dey with "Ram Rajya" in 1943.
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9. Pankaj Udhas :
Udhas has also made an effortless translation into film music, and his ghazal from movie Naam, "Chitti aayi hai".
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10. R D Burman:
When he was nine years old, he composed his first song, Aye meri topi palat, for the film Funtoosh and the very next year, his father borrowed the tune of Sar jo tera chakraye for the Guru Dutt film Pyaasa.
The first film the younger Burman scored music for was Mehmoood's Chote Nawab in 1961.
Pancham started singing Bhoot Bangla.
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11. Sonu Nigam:
Music bigwig Gulshan Kumar gave Sonu a break with a song that catapulted him to fame."Achha sila diya tune mere pyaar ka " from the film Bewafa Sanam.
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12. Geeta Dutt:
Geeta Dutt, born Geeta Roy, was first discovered by director Hanuman Prasad, who offered her two lines to sing in the movie Bhakt Prahlad in 1946. This led to her major break the following year in the movie Do Bhai, when she was signed on by S D Burman. The songs of that film, particularly Mera sundar sapna beet gaya, skyrocketed Geeta to fame.
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13. Shaan
Shantanu Mukherjee, aka Shaan's foray into film music was with the film Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi in which he sang two numbers, Musu musu and Woh pehli baar.
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14. Kumar Sanu:
Kedarnath Bhattacharjee, aka Kumar Sanu, was first given a chance in film "Andhiyan" by Ghazal king Jagjit Singh ,its music director.
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15. Sunidhi Chauhan:
Her debut recording was for the film Shastra, for which she sang the racy number Ladki deewani dekho.
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16. Hema Sardesai:
A R Rahman chose her for "Awara bhanwre" from Sapnay.
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17. Udit Narayan:
His first break came when music director Rajesh Roshan offered him a small assignment in the film Unnees Bees, where he was to sing with the legendary Mohammed Rafi, his childhood icon.
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18. Alka Yagnik:
First song was in Laawaris ..Mere Angane mein".
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19. Kavita Krishnamoorty:
Sharda Krishnamurthi (her real name),
In Hindi films, Sharda Krishnamurthi (her real name),
she first sang the Lata hit from Mahal ‘Aayega aanewala’, for a film called Kadambari, for a situation in which Shabana Azmi, the heroine, is shown singing the famous song at a party. The music director of the film, Ustad Vilayat Khan, was not even present for the recording. The first song she dubbed for Laxmikant Pyarelal was ‘Batli ko tod de’ for Manmohan Desai's Chacha Bhatija (1977), which was filmed on Hema Malini herself. The first original song she recorded in Hindi films was ‘Kaahe ko byaahi’ (Maang Bharo Sajana/1980) under LP.
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20. Abhijeet:
Abhijeet Bhattacharya now Abhijeet, got opportunities to sing as a chorus singer for music directors Rajesh Roshan and Jagjit Singh. But it was R.D. Burman who gave him his first break as a playback singer in Dev Anand’s Anand Aur Anand. The song was ‘Waadon ki shaam aayi, yaaron ke naam aayi’.
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21. Nitin Mukesh:
Nitin would sing on stage with his father and a small music director called Shyamji Ghanshyamji who had heard him and gave him his first break in a modest Kishore Sahu film, Dhuan Ki Lakeer (1974) in a duet with Vani Jayaram, ‘Teri Jheel Se Gehri Aankhon Mein’.
Earlier Nitin had recorded a few lines for the English song, ‘With A Cheer, Not A Tear In Your Eye’ in Shankar – Jaikishan’s Mera Naam Joker.
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22. Shailendra Singh:
Acting was his first passion but the resounding success of his debut Bobby changed all that.
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23. Suresh Wadkar:
In 1974, Jaidev gave him a break with ‘Seene Mein Jalan’ in Gaman.
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24. Mahendra Kapoor:
He won the All India Metro – Murphy competition in which the prizes included a film break. Kapoor had recorded for Madmast (1951) under small – timer composer V. Balsara.
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25. S.P Balasubramaniam:
He started his Hindi film scene when L. V. Prasad and K. Balachander decided to remake the super – hit Tamil film Yama Gola in Hindi as Ek Duje Ke Liye. Since the hero Kamal Hassan was a South Indian in the film, S. P. was considered as a singer and introduced to Laxmikant – Pyarelal.
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