Udit Narayan: Paradise Lost….Almost

  • IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,July 05 2006]

‘Chand Sifarish Jo Karta Hamari….’ Well Subhanallah to this mellifluous hit from ‘Fanaa’. But don't you find anything unusual about it? Let’s tell you what’s different about it! Singer Udit Narayan has been an Aamir Khan voice since the ‘Papa Kehte Hain’ days. But Udit has been changed over by Shaan for this super hit track. He didn’t feature in any of the tracks in ‘Rang De Basanti’ either. So, is there a trouble in Aamir-Udit paradise that has survived for more than fifteen years? The fact is that Udit has not been having a good time off late. The recent allegations by a certain Ranjana Jha from Bihar stating that she is Udit’s first wife has put him off the track completely and he hasn’t been able to concentrate on his singing career.

Ranjana created a scene during Udit’s trip to Patna a month ago by bringing the media along with her. Udit had vehemently denied knowing the woman at that point but when the pressure mounted on him from women’s organizations, he went to Patna a couple of days ago and had a meeting with Ranjana for four hours in the Airport Restaurant. Although Ranjana says that he has accepted his mistake and is willing to accept her as a wife again, Udit told the media that he has sorted out the matters with Ranjana and that she was not his wife. Now, whether Ranjana is his first wife or not, it is clear that Udit’s career is struggling as his name doesn't feature too often on the chartbusters list. With new voices coming along, he is fast fading. It’s time he took control of his life, wife (Or is it wives) and singing career. And that too fast!