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playback singer
noun
A singer whose songs are pre-recorded for use in films, especially in Bollywood musicals
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"The most important Indian film playback singer.
Mangeshkar's sister Asha Bhosle was also a noted playback singer.
Adnan Sami, a celebrated pianist, singer and composer, and Sudesh Bhosle, another popular playback singer, share the bill.
She was in great demand throughout the 1940s and remained popular even as another singer, Lata Mangeshkar, became the dominant playback singer of the 1950s.
In 1958 he made his debut as a so-called playback singer, recording a song with Noor Jehan for the film "Qaidi".
A "playback singer," she was the woman behind the high, melodic voice to which scores of actresses lip-synced and danced from the 1930s till the 1970s.
The awards include categories for best playback singer, which goes to the artists who perform the songs to which the stars lip-sync.
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Face of Coca-Cola campaign of spreading smiles on other faces, TVC 'Haan Main Crazy Hoon' (2012) 19th Sur Aradhana Award (2012) in the best upcoming artist category 19th Lions Gold Award (2012) in the best upcoming Playback singer female) category for her song Lapataa in Ek Tha Tiger movie.
It won her Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer.
Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi; twenty five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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