By Moshi khan
Jubin Nautiyal Introduce himself to the world
Born on 13 February 1931 in Varanasi to a Muslim father and Hindu mother, Judek Nidhi Nautiyal aka Jubin Nautiyal is one of India’s best indigenous playback singers. The crooner, whose fame continues to soar despite all the troubles at work due to Covid-19 and unemployment, keeps going despite troubles. Being famous today would be a big achievement but the journey has been long and hard.
Starting out his music career at an old music institute in Varanasi, he has been a part of some of the grandest musical events. His performances at the ghanta chacha dedicated to musicals remain legendary. At the time, he was too little to entertain the audience back then but has now grown a lot. His rise and achievement have been a source of inspiration for a lot of people today. The world of playback music is the only place where he is still but alive to entertain another generation.
Jubin Nautiyal has gone through his share of difficulties along the way. Till the time he started out in India, he has done whatever it takes to survive. Like others, he had to take a job with the hopes that someday, he would make it. He toiled day and night to open his own variety show in 1946. It was not a walk in the park, but he knew he has a talent. He sang from death row after being imprisoned for the Chandrashekhar and Savitri murder cases.
On his release from prison, he went to Karol Bagh and set up an entertainment set that caught the attention of Bose Khan, while he was living in Delhi, who recorded an album of his songs in 1956. Had his song ‘Katichumbuddi’ ever been sung for charity, then Jubin Nautiyal would have been able to pay for his own studio.
In 1964, he married Advani Bijlee Saraf whom he first met in 1928 at the Congress Party house. The two lived in a rented house in Varanasi. He was a prominent member of the Muslim community in Varanasi and was a favourite entertainer at local cultural events. He became friends with Akhtar Khan who would later be his friend for the next 60 years. Two years later he hit it big in 1957 with some of his songs which won him a lot of love in the public. He scored the number one position for his song ‘Oyeh.’ He sang ‘Chaiti chahiye’ in the Hindi film Girish Karni that proved popular even in America. With Bose Khan playing his co-star, the movie spent over Rs 2.5 million in its release. The audiences voted over 1.75 lakh songs by mail, and J.K. Jadhav was declared the winner with his song ‘O.D. Sheshnog.’
In the next nine years, there were performances at various cultural events and many concerts where it was become a norm to have him sing a song. The idea of bringing his talent to a larger audience also became possible through films.in the 1960s, he had put in over 100 videos on a voice-recording system. In 1970 he made a music video with the whole cast of ‘F S S S’(J.K. Jadhav in Sudhir Mishra) and his vocal prowess continued. Though he did not win any awards in this film, his efforts of the entire team got him a collection of awards from the Centre for Carnatic Music in the year 1972.
With this video, he displayed the qualities of being a versatile singer by singing as well as being a hero. In the last decade, his biggest achievement was making a song for the national anthem.
In the 1980s he sang for several films that involved star performing, for example, songs written for ‘Thalapathy’. But, he faced a lot of tough times due to which he named himself as a singer-cum-actor for the first time. He started working in small towns with his versatile voice, which made him very popular.
In the 1991 film ‘Parvathy’, he sang a song which became famous in a big way with the ballad ‘Badiyaare saoba bhi jo khetaar’, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Atul Tiwari, Ram Charan, Anita Kanani, Vaibhav and Joy Singh, which earned him much recognition as an Indian singer.
In 2014, he has sung for ‘Bosabai Peeli’ which was performed by Deepika Padukone.
In 2014 he finally made his debut as a director with ‘Daagya’ which had Rajeev Khandelwal. and now he is a super star.