Aditya Narayan born 6 August 1987 is an Indian playback singer, television host and Bollywood actor. He is the son of singer Udit Narayan.
Personal life
Aditya Narayan was born to singer Udit Narayan and Deepa Narayan. In November 2020, Narayan announced his marriage with Shweta Agarwal to be held in December, the same year. They married on 1 December 2020, in a close-knit ceremony in Mumbai attended by a small number of people.
Career
Narayan’s first playback song was for the Nepalese film Mohini in 1992 and then a Hindi film Rangeela with Asha Bhosle. Later in 1995 he performed a song for Akele Hum Akele Tum along with his father, Udit Narayan.
His acting career as a child began when Narayan was spotted by producer and director Subhash Ghai at the 1995 Filmfare Award function, as the final performer for the “Little Wonders” troupe. Ghai then signed him for his forthcoming film Pardes, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhary. His second film was Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai starring Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna. Narayan’s role as Kabir Dhanrajgir earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 1999 Zee Cine Awards.
As a child artist, Narayan performed more than 100 songs and also released the album Aditya at Polygram Music (now Universal Music). His most successful song was “Chhota Baccha Jaan Ke” from the film Masoom in 1996. It also earned him his first major film award, the Screen Awards critics’ Best Child Singer in 1997. Narayan also received a special jury award at the Screen Awards as best child singer for the same song.
In 2006 he completed a diploma in English contemporary music at Tech Music Schools, in London. On his return to India, he was called to audition for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007, and he became the anchor for that show. In April/May 2008 he toured North America and the West Indies, giving concerts together with his father, Udit Narayan.
In 2009 Narayan signed his first film as lead actor, Shaapit, directed by Vikram Bhatt, which was released worldwide on 19 March 2010. He sang four songs and also wrote and composed the title track for the film, Shaapit Hua.
Meanwhile, he continued working as a TV host, hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009. In 2011, he hosted the reality show X Factor on Sony Entertainment Television.
In early 2012, Narayan joined Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant director for the producer/director’s next directorial venture, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. He also performed two songs for the film, “Tattad Tattad”, which was originally supposed to be rendered by his father Udit Narayan, and “Ishqaun Dhishqyaun”.
In 2014 he released his first independent single “Tu Hi Pyar Hai” with Gabriella Demetriades. He created a band called The A Team in June 2014.
In 2015, Narayan hosted yet another successful season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs.
Narayan released his second Hindi single on his birthday, 6 August titled “Tera Ishq Jee Paaun”, starring Yoshika Verma, composed by Arijit Chakraborty and written by Manoj Yadav under the music label T-Series.
Narayan’s first commercially successful single was released in December. Titled “Zindagi”, the video starred Evgeniia Belousova and had music composed by Harshit Chauhan and written by Prashant Ingole under the music label T-Series.
In 2016, Narayan was back as host for SaReGaMaPa. The grand finale garnered record breaking TRP’s and Narayan beat his own record of the most watched Grand Finale back when he was hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.
In March, Narayan released his fourth single titled “Mohabbat”, composed and written by himself under the music label T-Series. It was the first music video to not to feature him in it and also the first single to be composed and written by Narayan. Both the song and music video under performed.
In August, Narayan released his fifth single titled “Behka Behka”, composed and written by himself under the music label T-Series. It was the first music video in India to be shot entirely in reverse and flipped backwards and also the first music video to feature his band, Aditya Narayan & The A Team.
In December, Narayan released his sixth single titled “Yaara”, starring Evgeniia Belousova, composed by Aditya Narayan and written by Prashant Ingole under the music label T-Series.
In 2017, Narayan hosted the sixth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs on Zee TV. He also took part in Entertainment Ki Raat on Colors TV.
In 2018, Narayan yet again hosted another successful season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV.
In 2019, he participated in the ninth season of Colors TV popular stunt based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi where he ended as the runner-up losing to Punit Pathak. In March 2019, he started hosting the third season of singing reality show Rising Star. In April and May, he has many episodic appearances in Khatra Khatra Khatra. On 2 October, he released another single named “Lillah” on his YouTube channel. A music video was released on 7 October, featuring himself and Sushrii Shreya Mishraa.
In February 2020, Narayan featured in Tony Kakkar and Neha Kakkar’s song “Goa Beach”. In April, Narayan sang “Main Dooba Rahoon”. In August, Narayan releases another independent single titled “Kyun”. In September, Aditya Narayan was featured as the lead character as well as the associate director and producer of the Udit Narayan’s solo single titled “Tere Bagair”.
Television
| Year | Show | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge | Host |
| 2008 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs | Host |
| 2009 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge | Host |
| 2011 | X Factor India | Host |
| 2015 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs | Host |
| 2016 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | Host |
| 2017 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs | Host |
| 2018 | Entertainment Ki Raat | Host |
| 2018 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | Host |
| 2019 | Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 | 1st Runner Up |
| 2019 | Khatra Khatra Khatra | Guest/Recurring |
| 2019 | Rising Star 3 | Host |
| 2019 | Kitchen Champion | Host |
| 2019 | Indian Idol 11 | Host |
| 2019 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Guest |
| 2019 | Bigg Boss 13 | Guest |
| 2020 | India’s Best Dancer | Guest |
| 2020 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Guest |
| 2020 – present | Indian Idol 12 | Host |
Filmography
| Year | Film and music video | Role | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | “Tere Bagair” | Himself | Solo single by Udit Narayan |
| 2020 | “Goa Beach” | Himself | Music video of Tony Kakkar& Neha Kakkar |
| 2018 | 22 days | Himself | Special appearance in the song Black magic |
| 2010 | Shaapit | Aman Bhargav | Debut Film |
| 1998 | Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai | Kabir Dhanrajgir | Child Actor |
| 1997 | Pardes | Potla | Child Actor |
| 1995 | Rangeela | Himself | Child Actor |
Discography
As a playback singer
| Year | Film | Song(s) | Music director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dil Bechara | “Mera Naam Kizzie” | A.R. Rahman | ||
| 2015 | Carry on Maratha | “Carry on Maratha title track “ | Shail Hada-Pritesh Mehta | Marathi Flim,Co.sung by Bhoomi Trivedi | |
| 2013 | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | “Ishqyaun Dhishqyaun” Tattad Tattad |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali | ||
| 2010 | Shaapit | “Kabhi Na Kabhi To Miloge – Rock” Chaahata Dil Tumko Kabhi Na Kabhi To Miloge Shaapit Hua Kya Kya Hota Hai |
Chirantan Bhatt | ||
| 2009 | Chal Chalein | “Chal Chal Chal Ke” Batladein Koi |
Ilaiyaraaja | ||
| 2001 | Aaghat | “Tumi amar ke” | Bengali Film | ||
| 2001 | Aashirbad | “Pani Ghatta” | Nepali film | ||
| 2000 | Papa The Great | “Papa the Great” | Nikhil Vinay | ||
| Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya | “Sun Lo Re Bandhu” | Jatin Lalit | |||
| 1999 | Taal | “Kahin Aag Lage” | A. R. Rahman | ||
| Biwi No.1 | “Mujhe Maaf Karna” | Anu Malik | |||
| 1998 | Pardesi Babu | “Hai Nazuk Nazuk Halki” | Anand Raj Anand | ||
| Chachi 420 | “Chupdi Chachi” | Vishal Bhardwaj | |||
| Aakrosh: Cyclone of Anger | “Picnic Mein Ho Gaya” | Anand Raj Anand | |||
| 2001: Do Hazaar Ek | “Rappa Rappa Rum Pum” | Anand Raj Anand | |||
| 1997 | Bhai | “Katti Batti” Khul Gaya Naseeb |
Anand Milind | ||
| Ghoonghat | “Chim Chimni” Hotel Mobile |
Anand Raj Anand | |||
| Pardes | “I Love My India” | Nadeem-Shravan | |||
| 1996 | Diljale | “Mera Mulk, Mera Desh” | Anu Malik | ||
| Shastra | “Ladki Deewani Ladka Deewana” | Aadesh Shrivastava | |||
| Masoom | “Chota Bachcha Jaan Ke” | Anand Raj Anand | |||
| 1995 | Rangeela | “Rangeela Re” | A.R. Rahman | ||
| Akele Hum Akele Tum | “Akele Hum Akele Tum” | Anu Malik | |||
| 1992 | Mohani, Nepalese film | “Yo gaun ko thito ma” | Sambhujeet Baskota |
As a music director
| Year | Film | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Shaapit | “Shaapit Hua Kya Kya Hota Hain” |
Independent Singles
| Year | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Kyun |
| 2020 | Main Dooba Rahoon |
| 2019 | Lillah |
Awards
Film Awards:
- 1997 – Screen Awards – Special Jury Award for his song “Chhota Baccha Jaan Ke” from the film Masoom.