Life Style of Arijit Singh

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Arijit Singh (born 25 April 1987) is an Indian musician, singer, composer, music producer, recordist and music programmer.He sings predominantly in Hindi and Bengali, but has also performed in various other Indian languagesl.Singh is regarded as one of the most versatile and successful singers in the history of Indian music and Hindi cinema.Singh made his career breakthrough after he participated in the contemporary reality show, Fame Gurukul in 2005, and was discovered by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Kumar Taurani. At the start of his singing career, he received nominations for the Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year award at the 2013 Mirchi Music Awards for renditions of "Phir Le Aya Dil" and "Duaa", winning the award for the latter.Singh received widespread recognition with the release of "Tum Hi Ho" and "Chahun Main Ya Naa" in 2013.Singh was born on 25 April 1987.in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal to a Punjabi father and a Bengali mother.He began his music training at a young age at home. His maternal aunt trained in Indian classical music, and his maternal grandmother used to sing. His maternal uncle played the tabla, and his mother also sang and played the tabla. He studied at Raja Bijay Singh High School and later at the Sripat Singh College, a University of Kalyani affiliate.According to him he "was a decent student, but cared more about music" and his parents decided to train him professionally. He was taught Indian classical music by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. Birendra Prasad Hazari taught him Rabindra Sangeet (songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore) and pop music.At the age of three he started training under the Hazari brothers, and at the age of nine, he got a scholarship from the government for training in vocals in Indian classical music.Growing up, he listened to Mozart, Beethoven and Bengali classical music.He idolised musicians like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Zakir Hussain and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar and Manna Dey. In 2013, Singh married Ruprekha Banerjee one of the three finalists of Fame Gurukul, one of the most watched television shows in India of that time. However the marriage did not last long, and ended up in divorce in a short time. In 2014 Singh married Koyel Roy, a childhood friend and a neighbor of his.They have two children. Singh currently resides in Andheri, Mumbai