Top Ten Songs by Udit Narayan

Indian Cinema Playback Singer

Indian cinema (Bollywood) has many song and dance sequences integrated within the storyline of the films. Most actors don't sing but lip sync the songs, therefore, playback singers lend their voices in song for this purpose. The amazing thing with a select few singers, like Udit, is that they have learned to impersonate the actors’ voices so closely that it seems like the actors are the ones doing the actual singing. Udit is renowned for impersonating Aamir Khan’s and Shah Rukh Khan's voices perfectly. He has sung almost 700 songs for 370 films. 

Here are my top ten songs by Udit Naryan. The translation from Hindi into English does take some of the beauty away but you can still get the essence of the lyrics.The film titles are in bold type.

1. Udit sings my favorite song of his, Main Yahaan Hoon (I Am Here) from Veer Zaara in such a sexy voice perfectly pictured on Shah Rukh Khan (Veer) and Preity Zinta (Zaara) “Darling, look around; the distance between us is dispelled. I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, here! What borders are there now? What obstacles? I'm the secret that you can't hide; I'm the impulse that you can't forget. When I echo in your heart, why are you surprised? I'm your heart's very voice. If you can hear it, then listen to the language of your heartbeat. Now I and only I occupy your thoughts; I'm in the answers you receive and the questions you ask. I'm at the center of every one of your dreams; I'm the light that shines from your eyes. Wherever you look, you see me; I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, here.”

(See the song video here http://everythingindian.blogspot.com/2006/09/another-favorite-bollywood-song.html)