Clip: O mahiya (Kaal - 'Tauba tauba' song)

Aaj Ke Fankaar sunnewaale sabhi shrotaaon ko hamara namaskaar. Aaj is
karyakram mein baaten ek 'cool' naujawaan gaayak ki.

Clip: Kya cool hain hum (Kya Kool Hain Hum)

Yeh woh gaayak hain jinki awaaz se aajkal samaa badaa mast banaa huya
hai.

Clip: Dekho deewano kya mast mast hai samaa (Dhoom)

"Nayi baat hogi, nayi raat hogi, naye pal ko aayo karen hum
salaamen", jee haan doston, film sangeet ke is naye daud mein apni
pehchaan banaanewaale gaayak Kunal Ganjawala hain hamaare aaj ke
fankaar. Aayiye inke saath milkar is kaal mein karen dhamaal.

Song: Is kaal kaal mein hum tum karen dhamaal (Kaal)

Doston, aaj hum Kunal Ganjawala ke lokpriya geeton par jhoom rahe
hain, lekin unhe is muqaam tak pahunchne mein ek lambee sangharsh
karni padee hai. Pehli baat to yeh hai ki unhone kabhi yeh socha hi
naheen tha ki woh ek gaayak bhi ban sakte hain. Ek jaane-maane
samachaar patrika ke interview mein unhone kahaa tha ki woh
ek 'bathroom singer' bhi naheen the. Elphinston College Mumbai
mein 'ragging' ke dauraan unhe zabardasti gawaaya gaya aur usi din
pehli baar unhone kisi ke saamne gaaya tha. Phir uske baad unke
doston ne college ke kai functions par gawaaye aur aisi hi ek
function mein gaayika Poornima Tripathi ne unhe suna aur St Xaviers
ke Malhar Festival ke liye unke naam ka nirvaachan kiya. Doston yeh
baat thi san 1992 ki aur yaheen pe unki mulaaqaat huyi sangeetkaar
Ranjit Barot se jinhone Kunal ko A R Rahman ki Vande Mataram album
mein ek 'line' gaane ka mauka diya tha. Uske baad kuch do teen filmon
mein aise hi ek do 'line' gaane ke mauke mile par kisi ne unki awaaz
ki taraf dhyaan naheen diya. Aage badhne se pehle aayiye ek aisi hi
geet sune film Saajan Chale Sasural ka jismein Kunal Ganjawala ne
apni awaaz milaayi thi Vinod Rathod aur Satyanarayan Mishra ke saath.
Is geet mein bhi unki awaaz na jaane kahaan kho gayi.

Clip: Raja Bhoj Gangu telee (Saajan Chale Sasural)

10 saal ke lambe sangharsh ke baad unki kismat chamkee jab
sangeetkaar Anu Malik film Murder ke ek geet ke liye ek nayee awaaz
ki talaash kar rahe the. Anu Malik se Kunal Ganjawala ko bhi Ranjit
Barot ne hi milwaaya tha. Aur film Murder ke is ek geet ne raaton-
raat Kunal Ganjawala ko shohrat ki bulandi par pahuncha diya.

Song: Bheege honth tere pyasa dil mera (Murder)

Is geet ne khoob taarif baTori aur sirf taarif hi naheen balki san
2004 ke Filmfare ka Best Male Playback Singer aur R D Burman Award
bhi jitwaya. Itna hi naheen, in puraskaaron ke milne ke baad Swar
Samragyi Lata Mangeshkar ne unhe chocolate ka ek box bhi bhejaa tha.
Kisi naye ubharte gaayak ke liye isse badaa sammaan aur kya ho sakta
hai?

Song: Pehle se ab woh din hain (Fareb)

Murder ke baad Kunal Ganjawala ko kai sangeetkaaron ne aamantrit kiya
unke filmon mein aisa hi ek maadak 'sensuous' geet gaane ke liye aur
Kunal ne sab ko santusht kiya aur saath hi apne shrotaaon ko bhi.

Song: Tera husn aisa nashaa hai (Bachke Rehna Re Baba)

Kunal Ganjawala aajkal shastriya sangeet ki taalim le rahe hain
Mumbai ke Sudhir Mitr se. Saath hi saath apni Urdu zabaan ko
sudhaarne ke liye Mirza Ghalib aur Gulzar ki krition ko padhne ke
alaawa geetkaar Mehboob se seekh bhi rahe hain. Doston, hum aap ko
yeh bataa den ki Mehboob aur A R Rahman se Kunal Ganjawala ko Ranjit
Barot ne hi milwayaa tha. Suniye Mehboob ke bol, Rahman ki tarz, aur
Daler Mehendi ke saath Kunal Ganjawala ki awaaz film Lakeer ke is
geet mein.

Clip: Nach le o aaj nach le (Lakeer)

Kunal Ganjawala ki awaaz mein ek nashaa hai, kashish hai, ek taazgi
hai, ek aisi maadakta jo aaj ke peedhee ke shrotaaon ko apni or
aakrisht kar rakha hai. Unke awaaz ki 'originality' hi unke gaayiki
ki sabse badee khaasiyat hai. Aayiye gaur farmaayen Kunal Ganjawala
ke gaaye kuchh aur jaane-maane naghmon par. Yeh hai film Chehra ka
naghma jismein unka saath diya hai gaayika Shreya Ghoshal ne...

Clip: Mausam ki ijaazat hai (Chehra)

Film Ab Bas!, sehgaayika Kamini...

Clip: Bheege tere labon se yeh narmiyaan chura loon (Ab Bas!)

Sheesha film ka naghma...

Clip: Yaar ne roka mujhko (Sheesha)

Kunal Ganjawala ke awaaz mein yeh gair filmi geet bhi khoob chalaa
hai.

Song: Channa ve ghar aaja re (Non-film Song)

Murder ke baad Kunal Ganjawala ke hit gaane aaye Kaal, Dhoom, Kya
Kool Hain Hum, aur haal hi ki film Salaam Namaste mein .

Clip: Whats going on (Salaam Namaste)

Kunal Ganjawala ke hit gaano ka yeh silsilaa jaari hai, film Kyon
Ki...

Clip: Dil keh raha hai tujhse yun rishta jod loon (Kyon Ki)

Film Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena ka naghma, ismein Sunidhi Chauhan ke saath
Kunal Ganjawala ki awaaz...

Clip: Saara jahaan kahe ishq hai jhootha (Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena)

Kunal Ganjawala ke 'career' ki to ab sirf shuruwaat hi huyi hai. Abhi
to unhe ek badee lambi paari khelni hai. Unke hit geeton ki fehrist
lambi hoti jaaye, unke thirakte naghmon par hum yunhi jhoomte rahen,
hum unke liye yahi kaamna kar sakte hain. Kunal Ganjawala ki pratibha
ko hum karte hain SALAAM aur apne shrotaaon ko ab kehte hain NAMASTE!

Clip: Salaam namaste (Salaam Namaste)

THE END