Kuldeep Singh
Kuldeep Singh (also credited as Kuldip Singh)(born 1942) is an Indian music director and theatre composer. He is known for his work in Hindi theatre and films, including the film Saath Saath (1982), for which he composed the ghazal "Tumko Dekha To Ye Khayal Aaya", Ankush (1986), which included the prayer song "Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Daata" and National Film Award winner Main Maa Punjab Dee, directed by Balwant Dullat. He has been associated with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), Mumbai Chapter for nearly 40 years and has composed music for numerous stage productions.
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He has composed for popular acts like Aakhiri Shama, Kaifi Aur Main, Girija Ke Sapne which are regularly featured in Mumbai and other parts of the country. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for music for theatre in 2009 and the National Lata Mangeshkar Samman for 2018.
Born as Kuldeep Singh Vig in Hasan Abdal, now in Pakistan. He began learning music at a young age from S. Joginder Singh Jogi of the Sham Chaurasia gharana under Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale. Singh obtained a master's degree in psychology from the University of Bombay. Ghazal singer Jasvinder Singh is his son.
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Singh joined the Indian People's Theatre Association in Mumbai and Apart from IPTA productions, he composed music for theatre productions for the next four decades. This includes for Mumbai theatre groups including Ekjute and Ank, and plays like Bakri, Lok Katha, Moteram ka Satyagraha, Girija ke Sapne, Pencil Se Brush Tak, Azdak ka Insaf, Suman Aur Sana, Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya, Agar Aur Magar, Ghalibnama, Kaifi Aur Main and M. S. Sathyu's IPTA production Girija Ke Sapne.. Besides this, he also composed music for television serials and films.
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Music director
• Saath Saath (1982) • Ankush (1986) • Nukkad (1986, TV Series) • Circus (TV series, 1989) • Doorie (1989) • Train to Pakistan (1998) • Main Maa Punjab Dee (1998)
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• He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2009 for Music for Theatre in Allied Theatre Arts category. • In 2020, the government of Madhya Pradesh awarded him Lata Mangeshkar Award in recognition of his contribution to music.
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- 1.Sangeet Natak Akademi. Kuldeep Singh Vig.
- 2.Ghazal loses its voice. The Times of India. 12 October 2011.
- 3.Sanatan Leela Book & Music: A treasure for all. The Economic Times. 31 March 2022.
- 4.Wajihuddin, Mohammed. 80 years of a theatre movement that groomed generations of actors in Mumbai. The Times of India. 18 December 2022.
- 5.About Us. IPTA Mumbai Official website.
- 6.Press Information Bureau, Government of India. President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Confers Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Akademi Awards 2009. 28 September 2010.
- 7.MP: Suman Kalyanpur, Kuldeep Singh get Lata Mangeshkar award. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 7 February 2020.
- 8.Khanna, Smita. Ghazals are like old wine. The Times of India. 15 April 2007.
- 9.Jaswinder Singh's Ghazal Evening Mesmerizes Chicago Audience. News India Times. 4 January 2017.
- 10.Theater lovers have lot to cheer. The Times of India. 12 November 2008.
- 11.Jha, Subhash K. The Essential Guide to Bollywood. Roli Books Private Limited. 2062–. 2005-11-01. 9788174363787.
- 12.Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. SNA: List of Akademi Awardees.
- 13.Singer Suman Kalyanpur and composer Kuldeep Singh honoured with MP Govt's Lata Mangeshkar Samman. India Today. 2020-02-07.
- 14.Singer Kalyanpur, music director Singh to get Mangeshkar Award. The Times of India. 2020-01-17.
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