Anupama Deshpande is a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

who has won the

Filmfare Award The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian cinema.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were introduced by Filmfare magazine of The Time ...

for Best Female Playback Singer for her

folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

"Sohni Chenab De" in the film '' Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984).

Career

The song Sohni Chenab De in Sohni Mahiwal (1984) was originally meant for

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the ...

who was busy those days. Therefore,

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film ...

recorded this song in the voice of Anupama Deshpande so that it could later on be dubbed by

, but on listening to the song, Bhosle advised to retain the song as it was, in the voice of Anupama Deshpande by giving full credit to the Anupama's singing talent. She has sung a total of 124 songs in 92 films.

Notable songs

*"Pollaadha Madhana Baanam" from Hey Ram! (Tamil) with

Ilaiyaraja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil in addition to Telugu, M ...

*"Sohni Chenab Di" from Sohni Mahiwal *"Mee Aaj Nahatana" from Nirmala Machindra Kamble *"Bhiyu Nako" Nirmala Machindra Kamble *"Gabhru Nako" Nirmala Machindra Kamble *"Mera Peshha Kharab Hai" from Bhediyon Ka Samooh *"Parvat Se Jhan" from Bhediyon Ka Samooh *" Humko Aaj Kal Hai" from '' Sailaab'' *"Tum Mere Ho" from '' Tum Mere Ho'' *"Main Teri Rani" from '' Lootere'' *"O Yaara Tu Pyaron Se Hai Pyaara" from Kaash *"Tumse Mile Bin Chain Nahin Aata" from Kabzaa *"Bicchua" from Arth *"Aankh mein Noor hai" from Yaa Ali Madad (Ismaili Geets) *"Teri jawani badi mast mast hai" from Pyar kiya toh darna kya *"Soponer Mollika Aaj Tomai Dilam" from Tumi Kato Sundor with

Amit Kumar Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, ...

(Bengali)

Marathi songs

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