As Bollywood’s most loved music artist Arijit Singh turns a year older, we have shared some unknown facts related to him. Music is surely in his blood as the artist never fails to impress his fans with the songs intoned in his ethereal voice. Here we have enlisted some interesting facts about the singer’s life.
10 Lesser Known Facts About Arijit Singh
Below is the list of some unknown facts related to Arijit Singh’s career as well as professional life.
1. Best of both states!
Arijit Singh’s father is a Punjabi, while her mother is a Bengali. His maternal side was always into music. Hence, the artist’s dream was to become a successful singer since childhood.
2. Classical Music Training
The artist was trained under Hazari Brothers at the age of 3. He even earned a scholarship from the government for classical music training at the age of 9.
3. Fame Gurukul (2005)
Arijit Singh participated in a popular singing reality show Fame Gurukul at the age of 18.
4. First Song – All For One
There is a lot of confusion regarding his first song. Many think it’s Phir Mohabbat from Murder 2. However, Arijit Singh’s first song is All For One from High School Musical 2, composed by Shankar Ehsan Loy.
5. Tum Hi Ho – A game changer!
Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2, was a game-changer was Arijit Singh’s career. The artist got immense love for the song. He even won 9 out of 10 awards for this particular song.
6. Favourite Singers
Arijit Singh’ favourite singers are Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Azad, Mehdi Hasan. However, once he revealed that he looks upto KK among the singers of today’s era.
7. Married to childhood buddy!
Arijit Singh is married to his childhood friend, Koel Roy. Reportedly, Koel has a baby girl from her previous marriage, and the child is apparently very fond of the singer.
8. Hobbies – apart from music!
Arijit Singh has a keen interest in photography, cycling and Bengali novels. He is also a badminton player, writer and a documentary maker.
9. NOT a materialistic person!
One would never expect that being such a successful singer, Arijit Singh doesn’t own a car. He is fond of travelling in public transports, especially auto. The singer claims that he recorded the heart touching song Phir Le Aya Dil from Barfi! in just 20 minutes as he had an auto waiting outside.
10. NGO – Let There Be Light
Singer Arijit Singh owns an NGO, namely Let There Be Light for the Below Poverty Line community. It includes distribution of food, clothes, books and blood bank camps.
Here we end up listing some interesting facts about the talented artist of the film industry. We wish him success and a great life ahead. Happy Birthday, Arijit!
Thanks for sharing amazing facts about Arijit Singh. I am a big fan of his voice.