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Not Kumar Sanu, real name is something else! Know how this famous title was obtained, the story is interesting
Samira Vishwas | May 26, 2026 8:24 PM CST

Singer Kumar Sanu is called the ‘Melody King’ of the 90s. He gave many hit songs to Hindi cinema, like ‘Nazar Ke Samne’, ‘Bas Ek Sanam Chahiye’, ‘Chura Ke Dil Mera’ etc. The singer narrated the story behind his stage name and why he was asked to change his name from Kedarnath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.

Who appointed Kumar Sanu and why?

Singer Kumar Sanu had told in Kapil Sharma’s show that music directors Kalyanji-Anandji had changed his name from Kedarnath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu. Explaining the reason behind this, he said, ‘When I speak, there is a lot of Bengali accent. When I sing, I speak Urdu well. Kalyan ji bhai told us that look, your minus point is that Bengali is visible when you talk. But when you sing, it comes out in clear Urdu, meaning no one will believe that you are Bengali. This means I will name you Sanu, because Bhattacharya will not do.

Kumar Sanu used to sing in hotels

Kumar Sanu had told about his initial struggles in an interview given to BBC. He said, ‘I used to sing in hotels and make cassettes with the money I earned from it. Then, in the hope of getting work, I used to take the cassettes made by me to the music directors of Calcutta. He further said that most of the music directors of Kolkata refused to give him work because they found his singing style to be similar to that of veteran singer Kishore Kumar. The singer has sung around 26000 songs so far.

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