ALKA YAGNIK ,INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER BORN 1966 MARCH 20
ALKA YAGNIK ,INDIAN PLAYBACK SINGER BORN 1966 MARCH 20 Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer. She is noted in Hindi cinema for a career spanning over three decades.[1] She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 36 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award[2] as well as several other music awards and honours listed below. Further, as many as twenty of her tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" review. Early life and background Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March 1966 to Gujarati Hindu Parents.[4] Her mother Shubha Yagnik was a singer of Indian classical music. She attended the Modern High School for Girls. In 1972 at age six, she started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta.[5] At age 10, her mother brought her to Mumbai as a child singer. She was advised to wait until her voice matured, but her m...