Sanjeevani (singer)

Sanjeevani Bhelande
Sanjeevani Bhelande
	Sanjeevani in 2021
Background information
Also known as	Sanjeevani
Born	Maharashtra, India
Genres	Bollywood music; Hindustani classical
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1995–present

Meerabai's 'magan-bhaav is the magic mantra to happiness'.^[1]

—Sanjeevani

Sanjeevani Bhelande is an Indian singer.^[2] She is known for her songs from movie Kareeb, her English book and album Meera and me and has given over 2000 live concerts.

Personal life[edit]

Sanjeevani was born in a family of academicians from Maharashtra. She has an older sister and brother.^{[citation needed]}

She holds a degree in music (Sangeet Visharad), is trained in Odissi and Kathak classical-dance forms. She holds a Masters in Commerce and a Diploma in Mass Communication.

Career[edit]

Playback singer Sanjeevani Bhelande has to her credit several original Hindi film songs like "Chori chori Nazrein mili" (Kareeb), "Nikamma kiya", "Yara rub russ jane de" (Socha na tha), Uljhanoko de diya (Rules), "Makhmali yeh badan" (Road), "Chidiya tu hoti" (Nayak), "Churalo na dil mera Sanam", "Haan judaise", "Tum juda hokar" and many more.

She won the Best playback singer Ashirwad award in 1999 for "Chori chori nazrein mili" and was a Filmfare and Screen nominee for "Churalo na dil mera sanam". Sanjeevani is the first ever winner of Zee TV's "Sa Re Ga Ma" and the first to have been selected for playback in Hindi films from a talent show. Music director Khayyam-ji adjudged her the winner in the 1995 finals of the first season and she was invited by filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra to sing 5 playback songs for his film Kareeb.

Having performed thousands of live concerts, Sanjeevani is an erudite and charming live performer. She is known to give insights into the lyrics and compositions of songs through her YouTube tutorials.

Sanjeevani has widened her horizons by turning music composer and lyricist. She has more than a 100 original spiritual tracks: Her "Jai Adya shakti" aarti/arati has 27 million hits and, "Laxmiji" aarti has 41 million hits.

Sanjeevani's album and book ‘Meera and Me’ is a genre in itself. She has sung, translated and composed Mirabai’s songs in English. Her Break off song has become a popular love song.

Sanjeevani has created another unique album ‘Raag in a song’. These are classical based songs. Bandishes recorded in the song format. Her songs "Ghar jane de" and "Latt uljhi" have been appreciated widely.

Her YouTube channel has more than 1.30 lakh subscribers and several videos have crossed a million views. "Nigahein milaneko", "Aapki nazronne", "Ayega Anewala", "Jhumka gira re", "Raat-ka samaa", "Ek pyar ka naghma", "Wadaa karo nahin chhodoge" and more have crossed 1 million views.

In Nepal Sanjeevani has more than 100 superhit songs. She has also sung playback in 14 Indian languages.

She has won the CLEF award for best music composer across all genres and best vocalist (Hindustani classical) for her fusion song ‘Na daaro rung’ in raag Bageshri.

Filmography[edit]

The list includes the popular songs sung by her in various films, especially [Hindi and Nepali], from 1995 onward.

Song	Film	Year released	Language	Additional information
"Chori chori jab nazren mili"	Kareeb	1998	Hindi	With Kumar Sanu
"Chura lo na dil mera sanam"	Kareeb	1998	Hindi	With Kumar Sanu
"Haan Judayi Se Darta Hain Dil"	Kareeb	1998	Hindi	Solo
"Reet Yahin Jag Ki"	Kareeb	1998	Hindi	With Jaspinder Narula
"Tum Juda Ho Kar Hame "	Kareeb	1998	Hindi	With Roop Kumar Rathod
"Hey Ambe Balihari"	Kohram	1999	Hindi	With Sukhwinder Singh
"Chidiya Too Hotee Toh "	Nayak	2001	Hindi	With Abhijeet Bhattacharya
"Din Mein Yeh Kaisa Andhera"	Jaana Nahi Dil Se Door	2001	Hindi	With K.S.Chithra & Kumar Sanu
"Nikamma kiya iss dil ne"	Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa	2002	Hindi	With Shaan
"Makhmali yeh badan"	Road	2002	Hindi	With Sonu Nigam
"Sachchaayi chhup bhi sakti hain"	Akhiyon Se Goli Maare	2002	Hindi	With Sonu Nigam and Vinod Rathod
"Uljhanon Ko De Diya Hai"	Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula	2003	Hindi	With KK
"Dhuan dhuan sa sama"	Fun2shh	2003	Hindi	With Chithra
"O Yaara Rab Rus Jaane "	Socha Na Tha	2005	Hindi	With Sonu Nigam
"Roz yeh mausam aaye"	Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein	2009	Hindi	With Sonu Nigam
"Purano hundaina maya"	Juni Juni - Nepali Album	2010	Nepali	With Kumar Sanu
"Dada Pakha chaharale"	Juni Juni - Nepali Album	2010	Nepali	Solo
"Aaya Hai Dulha Dulhan Le Jayega 2009"	Aaya Hai Dulha Dulhan Le Jayega (AHDDLJ)	2018	Hindi	With Vinod Rathod

References[edit]

↑ "Indian Music Talks". indianmusictalks.com.
↑ Soulful Sanjeevani, mid-day.com, October 2012.

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[1] "Indian Music Talks". indianmusictalks.com.

[2] Soulful Sanjeevani, mid-day.com, October 2012.

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