Sanjeevani Bhelande is an Indian singer.
mid-day.com, October 2012. She is known for her songs from movie

Kareeb ''Kareeb'' (English: ''Intimate'') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romance film written, produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It stars Bobby Deol and Neha Bajpai. Plot Birju Kumar is a young man from an upper-middle-class family in H ...

, Nikamma kiya, her English book and album ''Meera and me'' and has given over 2000 live concerts.

Personal life

Sanjeevani’s is a family of Professors. She is herself a very good teacher. 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

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Career

Playback singer Sanjeevani Bhelande has to her credit several original Hindi film songs like "Chori chori Nazrein mili" (

), "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

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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 adjudged her the winner in the 1995 finals of the first season and she was invited by filmmaker

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to sing 5 playback songs for his film Kareeb. Sanjeevani's album and book ‘Meera and Me’ is a genre in itself. She has sung, translated and composed

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’s songs in English. Sanjeevani has created another unique album ‘Raag in a song’. These are classical based songs.

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es recorded in the song format. Her songs "Ghar jane de" and "Latt uljhi" have been appreciated.

Filmography

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

References

External links

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Official website of Sanjeevani
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