Monday, February 10, 2003		Web Jingle

PANKAJ Udhas was born at Jedpur, nearly 50 kilometers from Rajkot. He was born in a family of musicians. Pankaj started singing at the age of six and started his tabla lessons at the age of 10. His first public performance, at the age of 11, was in front of 5,000 spectators.

Pankaj carried his passion for music to St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, from where he graduated. He made a mark at the inter-college music competition and won the first prize in singing.

His first album of ghazals, Aahat, was released in 1980. The album became popular which gave him popularity as well as the confidence to move ahead. Many appreciated his soft voice and the new singer got place in the hearts of the audience. In a career spanning over 20 years, Pankaj has rendered many hit ghazals. He is responsible for changing the world of ghazals. The time he appeared, the masses had started to lose interest in this form of singing. He made this form of singing popular again.
The ghazal singer achieved many milestones in his career. He was the first to achieve Triple Platinum Status for his album Aafreen in 1986. He also received the K L Saigal award, and holds the distinction of being the first artist in India to have his voice on a CD. His ghazal from Naam, Chitti aayi hai, is loved by music lovers even nearly 15 years after its release. The song was also chosen as one of the 100 best songs of the millennium by the newspaper, Mid-day. Not only a ghazal singer, he has also sung a great number of songs for Hindi movies as a playback singer. A few days ago lyricist Javed Akhtar, launched a ghazal album of Pankaj Udhas, In Search of Meer, at China Garden in Mumbai.

http://pankajudhas.com

This is the official Web page of the ghazal maestro, Pankaj Udhas. This site is divided into different sections, which provides insight to the musical career of this legend. In the life sketch section, his biography is given. List of award, which this man has won for excellence in music, is given in the award section. Information about his concerts is also given here. Latest news, views and photo gallery of Pankaj Udhas is on this site.

http://music.mag4you.com/indian-mp3-songs/ghazal_pankajudhas.htm

From here you can download finest work of Pankaj Udhas. On this site, you can get the latest news from Hollywood and Bollywood. You can also send greeting to your loved ones.

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/02010C

This site does not allow us to download the songs but we can listen the songs online. The list of songs is long and when we click on the name of the albums, the new page gives us a list of the songs from the album. Songs of almost all albums of Pankaj Udhas are available for listening.

http://pankajudhas.lakshay.com/

Here you will find complete biography of Pankaj Udhas. On this site you can listen to some of his famous songs. A complete list of songs and their lyrics is available in alphabetical order. You can also e-mail him from this site and sign the guest book. Links of some other sites that has information about Pankaj Udhas is given.