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{{Infobox person
| name = Udit Narayan Jha
| image = UditNarayan1.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Udit Narayan in 2015
| native_name = उदित नारायण
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name = Udit Narayan Jha
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|12|1}}<ref name="bday">{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/aditya-bakes-a-cake-for-father-udit-narayan-on-birthday/16736163|title=Aditya bakes a cake for father Udit Narayan on birthday|publisher=[[Mid Day]]|date=3 December 2015|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Saptari]], [[Nepal]]
| nationality = [[Nepal]]i<ref>[http://thenewyorkcitypost.com/udit-narayan-the-legend/ UDIT NARAYAN – “The legend” | The New York City Post]</ref>
| citizenship = [[Nepal]]i, [[India]]n<ref>[http://twocircles.net/2009jan15/udit_narayans_indian_citizenship_questioned.html Udit Narayan’s Indian citizenship questioned | TwoCircles.net]</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Artistes-have-no-borders-Udit-Narayan-tells-Nepal/articleshow/4037648.cms Artistes have no borders, Udit Narayan tells Nepal - Times of India]</ref>
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Ranjana Narayan Jha|1984|reason=}}<ref name="firstwifecaseref1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-singer-udit-narayan-accosted-by-first-wife-1025327|title=Singer Udit Narayan accosted by 'first' wife|publisher=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
|{{marriage|Deepa Narayan Jha|1985|}}
}}<ref name="firstwifecaseref1" />
| children = [[Aditya Narayan]] (son)<ref name="uditson">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sa-re-ga-ma-pa-l-il-champs-host-sa-re-ga-ma-pa-l-il-champs-aditya-narayan-today-people-know-me-by-my-name/story-1gH4kJrnmRyEXrFEHb7DYJ.html|title=Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs' Aditya Narayan: Today people know me by my name|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>
| education = [[Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Campus]], [[Kathmandu]], Nepal
| honours = *Prabala [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]] (2001)
* [[Padma Shri]] (2009)
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (2016)
| awards = *[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]
* [[IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]
* [[Lata Mangeshkar Award]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]]<ref name="ReferenceA">[[List of awards and nominations received by Udit Narayan|Awards and nominations]]</ref>
| parents = Hare Krishna Jha (Father) and Bhuwaneshwari Devi (Mother)
| website = * {{facebook|UditNarayanOfficial}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Filmi]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[Indian classical music|classical]]
* [[semi-classical music|Semi-Classical]]
* [[Bhajan]]
* [[Folk music|folk]]
}}
| instrument = Vocals
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Yash Raj Films]]
* [[Super Cassettes Industries T-Series|T-Series]]
* [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]
* [[HMV Records]]
* [[Tips Industries|Tips]]
* [[Saregama]]
* Venus Records & Tapeslove
}}
}}
| occupation = *[[Playback singer]]
* Producer
* Actor
[[#As an actor|See below]]
| years_active = 1970s–present
| height = 1.65 m
| signature =
}}

'''Udit Narayan Jha''' (Nepali: उदित नारायण झा) (born 1 December 1955) also known as Udit Narayan<ref name="bday" /> is a Nepalese [[playback singer]] of [[Nepalis|Nepalese]] heritage as his paternal descent,<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/356612-Udit-Narayan Udit Narayan | Discography & Songs | Discogs]</ref> whose songs have been featured mainly in [[Bollywood]] movies of [[Hindi language]]. He has sung more than 25000 songs in 36 languages<ref>[http://www.dhakatopi.com/udit-narayan-jha Udit Narayan Jha | dhakatopi.com]</ref> languages including [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]] and [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]. Beginning his career in 1970s when he stared his career as a folk singer in Nepal for Radio Nepal. Later in 1978 he travelled Bomabay(Now Mumabai), India on a music scholarship from Indian Embassy in Kathamandu,Nepal .His debut in Bollywood was in year 1980 from movie [[Unees-Bees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/udit-narayan|title=Udit Narayan: Latest News, Videos and Udit Narayan Photos - Times of India|website=The Times of India|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref> He has won 5 [[National Film Awards]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/amphtml/bollywood/features/2018/happy-birthday-udit-narayan-six-best-songs-of-the-prince-of-playback-singing-279998.html|title=Udit Narayan National award|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref> (of which 4 as a singer, for 2 songs in 2001, 1 each in 2002 and 2004 along with 1
as a producer in 2005) and 5 [[Filmfare Awards]] with 20 nominations and many other awards. He had to struggle a lot even after his debut in 1980 in Bollywood playback. He got to sing with legends [[Mohammed Rafi]] in his Bollywood Playback debut in movie [[Unees-Bees]] in 1980 and also with [[Kishore Kumar]] in 1980s. He finally made his mark in 1988 movie [[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]] starring [[Aamir Khan]] and [[Juhi Chawla]], his song ''Papa Kehte Hai'' was his notable performance which earned him his first Filmfare Award in the 1980s and he established himself in Bollywood Playback Singing. He is the only male singer in the history of the Filmfare Awards to have won in over three decades (the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s)<ref name="pb">{{cite web|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-25/udit-narayan-to-receive-indias-padma-bhushan.html|title=Udit Narayan to receive India's Padma Bhushan}}</ref>

After the success of the movie [[Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak]] in 1988 which turned out to be All Time Blockbuster movie in Bollywood with more than 8 million sales of the sound track being one of the highest selling albums in the 1980s. The soundtrack was a breakthrough for the careers of Anand-Milind,<ref>{{cite journal| title = India Today| url = https://books.google.com/?id=crIYAQAAMAAJ| volume = 18| date = 1993| publisher = [[Living Media]]| page = 52| quote = Anand-Milind did six films before hitting the jackpot with Qayamat se Qayamat Tak in 1988.| journal = [[India Today]] }}</ref> as well as [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]], one of India's leading record labels.<ref name="Booth">{{cite book| last = Booth| first = Gregory D.| title = Behind the Curtain: Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios| url = https://books.google.com/?id=Jx1R5rgjaigC&pg=PA80| date = 2008| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-971665-4| page = 80 }}</ref> after which he was one of the favourites of music directors. His originality of voice was appreciated by all of the music lovers across the globe. Since his childhood he had idols as [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Kishore Kumar]] whom he'd listen on his radio. In the 1990s he sung for a thousands of songs including Hindi and Nepali languages. Recognising his contribution, his majesty [[King of Nepal]] [[Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]] awarded him with the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu|Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu]] in 2001 after which for his contribution to Indian cinema and music he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/160125-seven-years-after-padma-shree-udit-narayan|title=Seven years after Padma Shree, Udit Narayan honoured with Padma Bhushan|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref> and in 2016 he was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]], an honour that has been awarded to only a handful of singers, in recognition of his achievements in various film industries across India.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref> and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for Bhojpuri Cinema.<ref name="pb" /> As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/features/top40_soundtracks_10_01.shtml|title=BBC - Asian Network - Top 40 Soundtracks of All Time|last=BBC|website=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=26 October 2018}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Udit Narayan was born in 2012 BS / 1955 AD to Nepali father Hare Krishna jha and Indian mother Bhuwaneshwari jha . Udit Narayan himself clarified that during the middle of 1950s Heavy rainfalls brought flood in Koshi river in Bhardaha,Nepal. So Narayan family shifted to maternal grandparents'house. During this period he was born at his maternal grandparents'Home.After few years Narayan family returned back to Nepal and lived there.
He and his father Hare Krishna jha was a native of Bhardaha, saptari district, province No-2,Nepal.
Narayan studied at jageshwar High school Kunauli,supaul,Bihar India and later obtained his intermediate degree from Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Kathmandu Nepal.

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