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Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik

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Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik

Sunday, April 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Corner of Georgia and Hamilton Streets

Online sales are closed however, tickets can be purchased at the door or call Surinder at 604 825-9133 or Ravi Video at 604 599-1140.

A Bollywood- oriented show ever to be held here in Vancouver as not one, but two of the most renowned playback singers of all time will be sharing the stage:

Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan, the rightful King and Queen of melody

Alka Yagnik is notably the next best thing to the iconic Lata Mangeshkar. Her contributions to the Hindi cinema has spanned decades. Her songs have given many the reasons to dance, laugh and even cry. Her fan base is wide and diverse. She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 35 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award as well as winner of several other music awards. Further, as many as 20 of her tracks feature in BBC’s “Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time” review. In 2012, on occasion of 100 years of Hindi Cinema, her song “Taal Se Taal Mila” from the movie Taal was voted as the best song of the century. Alka Yagnik, has for many years, been among the top three singers for Bollywood cinema. She shared that rating with Udit Narayan.

As for Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan, the King of Melody, he is the holder of three National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards and numerous other awards. In 2009, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the Government of India. The success story of his career began in 1988 when he sang all the songs for the successful Bollywood movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which earned him a Filmfare Award for the hugely popular song Papa Kehte Hai and also brought Alka Yagnik to stardom. After the success of that film, “Uditji” became one of the leading playback singers in the Indian film industry. He has sung for numerous blockbuster films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Dil to Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Hum Saath Saath Hain, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai, Karan Arjun, Raja Hindustani, Devdas, Darr, Mohabbatein, Om Shanti Om and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, to only name a few.

No refunds or exchanges. For more information contact or call 604-825-9133 Surinder Sanghera.