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Usha Uthup

Born
Nov 7, 1947 · Age 79
Place of birth
Mumbai, India
Gender
Female
Movie credits
13
TV credits
6
Also known as (1)
  • Usha Vaidyanath Someshwar Sami

Biography

Usha Uthup is an Indian pop, filmi, jazz, and playback singer who sang songs in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Darling, which she recorded with Rekha Bhardwaj for the film 7 Khoon Maaf, won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2012. Her first public singing occurred when she was nine. Her sisters who were already exploring a music career, took her to the most popular radio announcer in India that time called Ameen Sayani who gave her an opportunity to sing on the Ovaltine Music Hour in Radio Ceylon. She sang a number called "Mockingbird Hill". After that, several…