Brought up in a musical atmosphere, from his school days, he was enchanted and fascinated by music and used to listen to his father's Indian folks songs all day. Kher's first brush with music came in his childhood. His father Mehar Singh Kher was a traditional folk singer.
Kher was born on 7 July 1973 in Vinodnagar (now known as Mayur Vihar), Delhi, India in a Kashmiri family. With his powerful voice and his unique style of music, Kher has established himself as one of the most popular playback singers in India. He has also received two Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer: one for the Hindi film Fanaa (2006) and one for the Telugu film Mirchi (2013), along with several other nominations. Kailash Kher received the Padma Shri award in 2017 from the Indian government. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music.
After he moved to Mumbai in 2001, he eventually found work as a jingle performer on television and radio adverts. Kher struggled to gain a foothold in the music industry for years.In his teenage years, Kher set out to realise his dreams of following in his father’s footsteps, taking music classes and becoming familiar with classical Indian singers like Pandit Kumar Gandharva.Born in 1973, Kher was surrounded by music growing up-his father, Mehar Singh Kher, was a folk singer-and began singing at the age of four.Kailash Kher is a playback singer and composer whose work is rooted in folk and Sufi styles.
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