The Lost Art of Playback Singing: Where Are the Legends Now?
Playback singing in India was once a celebrated art. In the 1990s and 2000s, audiences fell in love with songs largely because of the voices behind them. Distinctive playback singers, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurti, Sadhana Sargam, Kumar Sanu, and their contemporaries, became legends in their own right. Their voices were instantly …