Usha Uthup Wiki, Biography, Age, Songs List, Family, Images

Usha Uthup is a beautiful Indian pop, filmi, jazz, and playback singer, with that she has sung songs in the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She made her debut in Hindi movie Rock On 2 “Hoi Kiw/Chalo Chalo” before that he appear in many of the stage shows and she did more albums. Then she recorded with Rekha Bhardwaj for the film 7 Khoon Maaf for that she has won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in the year 2012. Check out below for Usha Uthup Wiki, Biography, Age, Songs List, Family, Images.

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Usha Uthup Early Life & Career

Usha Uthup was born on 7 November 1947, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Usha Uthup family his father name is Vaidyanath Someshwar Sami and her mother name will be updated soon. She did her schooling at St. Agnes High School, Clare Road, Byculla, Mumbai and her graduation details will be updated soon. During her school days, she was joined in a music class because she didn’t fit in with a voice like hers but her teacher has recognized that she has a talent for music in her she gave her the clappers or triangles to play. Anyway, she is not well trained in music but she was grown up in the atmosphere of the music. Her parents are quite interested in listening Western classical to the Hindustani and Carnatic music of Kishori Amonkar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on the radio she used to join with them and enjoy the music. Her neighbor was S.M.A. Pathan, who worked as a deputy commissioner of police, his daughter Jamila directed her to learn Hindi and take her to the Indian classical music. This fusion helps her to found her talent for Indian pop in the year 1970. Usha Uthup husband name is Jani Uthup she got married him from Kottayam, Kerala.

Her first public song was occurred at the age of nine, at the time her sister who is already exploring a music career, she took her to the most popular radio announcer in India named Ameen Sayani, where she got an opportunity to sing a song on the Ovaltine Music Hour in Radio Ceylon. In that show, she has sung a number called Mockingbird Hill. Later, she appeared in many shows through her teenage years. She started her singing career in a small nightclub in Chennai called Nine Gems. At the age of 20, she wore saree and leg calipers and her performance was well received that the owner of the nightclub asked her to stay on for a week. Then as a stage singer, she continued her career for few years and in the year 1968 she covers of two pop songs in English named “Jambalaya” and The Kingston Trio’s “Greenback Dollar” and the another Kingston Trio songs are Love Story, and “Scotch and Soda” which has reached a great sale in the Indian market. Then they sang several songs in the year 1970s and 1980s for the music directors R D Burman and Bappi Lahiri. Then she appeared in many TV reality shows and entertained peoples as well.

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Usha Uthup Awards

• Padma Shri – fourth highest civilian award presented by Government of India

Filmfare Award

• Best Female Playback Singer: “Darling” from 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) (Shared with Rekha Bhardwaj)
• Nominated for “One Two Cha Cha Cha” from Shalimar (1978)
• Nominated for “Hari Om Hari” from Pyara Dushman (1980)
• Nominated for “Rambha Ho” from Armaan (1981)
• 7th Kalakar Awards for Best Audio Album (Bangla) for the album Door Deep Basini (1999)
• 10th Kalakar Awards for Best Audio Album (Bangla) for the album Chai Silpir Samman (2002)
• 12th Kalakar Awards for Best Playback Singer for the film Joggers Park (2004)
• 21st Kalakar Awards for Best Playback Singer for the film Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi (2013)
• Nominated for Asianet film awards 2007 for Best Character actress from Pothan Vava
• 9th Mirchi Music Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award

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