Kailash Kher

Kailash Kher is an Indian poprock and bollywood playback singer with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu and Rajasthani languages. Though his professional prowess encompasses most of the Indian languages, his contribution to Indian music lies way beyond that. He is a prime candidate amongst the contemporary Sufi singers. His work has enchanted young generarion to take interest in Sufi music. He has sung more than 700 songs for Bollywood. He was inspired by the classical musician Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Kher was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh onJuly 1973. His father Mehar Singh and his mother Chandrakanta were from Meerut. Khers father was an amateur musician whose performances of traditional folk songs were a regular household event. Kher learned music from his childhood. Kailash Kher was brought up in a musical atmosphere, and from his school days, he was chanted and fascinated by music and used to listen to his fathers Indian folks songs all day. Even as a fouryearold, Kher revealed a natural musical talent and he would often impress friends and family by belting out songs with his prematurely powerful voice.

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