Early life
Abhijeet was born in a Bengali family in
Kanpur on 30 October 1958, the youngest of four siblings. He passed his matriculation from Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School, Kanpur and Class XII from BNSD Inter College Chunni Ganj, Kanpur; and graduated in commerce (B.Com.) from
Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1977. He started singing on stage in 1970 onwards.
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.
In the 1990s, Abhijeet became
playback singer. His songs include work from the film
Baaghi, composed by
Anand-Milind -
Ek chanchal shokh hasina,
Chandni raat hai and
Har kasam se badi hai. Then in 1994 when he performed for movies like Yeh Dillagi, Anjaam, Raja Babu and Main Kihildi Tu Anari. He won the Filmfare Best Playback singer Award for
Yes Boss in 1997. He went on to record for the movies
Baadshah,
Yes Boss,
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,
Josh,
Dhadkan,
Chalte Chalte,
Main Hoon Na and many others.
Abhijeet has given his voice for actors such as
Shahrukh Khan,
Sunil Shetty,
Jackie Shroff,
Anil Kapoor,
Akshay Kumar,
Govinda,
Sanjay Dutt,
Sunny Deol,
Saif Ali Khan,
Bobby Deol,
Salman Khan,
Aamir Khan,
Hrithik Roshan,
Ajay Devgan, among many others.
He was a Judge in a reality show called Star Voice of India and "Ek Se Badkhar Ek". In this show abhijeet commented on Atif Aslam that he can not sing for which he was criticised by the indian public.
Non-film music
Abhijeet has recorded non-film pop music. He released two
albums,
Main Deewana Hoon and
Tapori No.1. Later he launched
Aashiqui. He released a pop album, called
Tere Bina.
On May 3, 2006, he released another non-film album called Lamhe.
Notable songs
