Kuldeep Manak

: January 5, 2024
: World Music Singer

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Full Name	Kuldeep Manak
Occupation	World Music Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 15, 1951(1951-11-15)
Age	73
Date Of Death	November 30, 2011, Ludhiana, India
Birthplace	India
Country	India
Horoscope	Scorpio

Kuldeep Manak Biography

Name	Kuldeep Manak
Birthday	Nov 15
Birth Year	1951
Place Of Birth	India
Birth Country	India
Birth Sign	Scorpio
Spouse	Sarabjit Kaur
Children(s)	Yudhvir Manak, Shakti Manak

Kuldeep Manak is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on November 15, 1951 in India, India. Punjabi singer known for his work in the “Kali” subgenre. He released his first LP, Ik Tara, in 1976.

He contributed songs to the 1983 movie “Sassi Punnu”, which starred actress Asha Bhosle.

Kuldeep Manak (born Latif Mohammed Khan; 15 November 1951 – 30 November 2011) was an Indian singer best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, Kali, also known by its plural form kalian or kaliyan. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Manak was generally regarded as the best Punjabi singer in the world. His high pitched strong voice was unique, and instantly recognisable. A statue of Kuldeep Manak has also been erected in Ludhiana near his residence as a tribute to singer.

He left Bathinda and went to Ludhiana to pursue his career as a singer and started singing with the duo Harcharan Grewal and Seema. When they came to Delhi, a music company official spotted Manak and asked him to record the song jija akhian na maar ve main kall di kurhi (written by Babu Singh Maan Mararawala) with Seema. In 1968, at the age of 17, he was given the chance to record the song with Seema. His first record features this song along with laung karaa mittra, machhli paunge maape (written by Gurdev Singh Maan). This record was a runaway success. He did sing duets with Satinder Kaur biba younger sister of famous Punjabi lady singer Narinder biba, one of the duets was “Nale baba lasee pee gia nale de gia duanee khotee Later, he started an office at Bathinda along with writer Dilip Singh Sidhu of Kanakwal, but did not stay there for long and returned to Ludhiana. The first folk song sung by Manak was “maa Mirze di boldi”, followed by, “ohne maut nu waajan maarian’. The writer and lyricist, Hardev Dilgir (also known as Dev Threekewala) spotted Manak at one of his live performances and penned many Lok Gathavan (English: old folk stories) for him. Dev Threekewala and Manak were very close to each other.

He has a son named Yudhvir who is also a singer.

Kuldeep Manak Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	World Music Singer
House	Living in own house.

Kuldeep Manak is one of the richest World Music Singer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kuldeep Manak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an excellent young hockey player and got his start singing with the two-piece Harcharan Grewal and Seema.

He branched out into politics, running unsuccessfully as an Independent in the 1996 parliamentary elections.

Manak was born as Latif Mohammed on 15 November 1951 to Nikka Khan, in the village of Jalal in Bathinda district of Indian Punjab. Sardar Partap Singh Kehron (Punjab Chief Minister) penned the name Kuldip Manak, after being amazed by the quality of his voice at a school prize giving. He completed his education from Jalal Government High School, where he was a keen hockey player. He had an inclination towards singing from an extremely young age. He was constantly persuaded by his ustad to graft in his raags and perform on stage. In his early career he became the baadshah of kaliyan. He had lyrics written by famous writers such as Debi Maksoospuri, Dev Threekewala and Jandu Litranwala. His most known tracks were gadeya millade sohne yaar, tere tille ton and dulleya ve tokra. Manak learnt the hazuri raagi methods of gaiki.

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Who is Kuldeep Manak Dating?

According to our records, Kuldeep Manak married to Sarabjit Kaur. As of December 1, 2023, Kuldeep Manak’s is not dating anyone.

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On 25 December 2012, a tribute single was released by Aman Hayer under Moviebox Records with the title The Folk King (subtitle Ustaad Kuldeep Manak Ji Tribute) and featured a number of artists interpreting his songs, the track was first played and performed at the Britasia Music Awards 2012 by Angrej Ali who started the song with ‘Vaar Banda Bahadur’ which Ustaad Kuldeep Manak Ji used to start his shows with, Malkit Singh – ‘G.T. Road Te’, Sukshinder Shinda – ‘Maa Hundi Ae Maa’, A.S Kang – ‘Chitiyan Sahiba Jatti Ne’ Manmohan Waris – ‘Sahiba Bani Bharaawa Di’, Balwinder Safri – ‘Nakhre Bin Sohni’ and the final song sang in this tribute was ‘Tere Tille Ton’ by Jazzy B, a close student of Ustaad Kuldeep Manak Ji.

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Kuldeep Ranked on the list of most popular World Music Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Kuldeep Manak celebrates birthday on November 15 of every year.