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Alka Yagnik ({{lang-hi|à¤…à¤²à¥à¤•à¤¾ à¤¯à¤¾à¤—à¤¨à¤¿à¤•) (born March 20, 1966<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061113065859/http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/Bollywood/Bollywood_IANS_101106_1210.htm Alka Yagnik slams rumours about her divorce ]. November 10 2006. MSN.com. Retrieved September 12, 2007</ref> in Calcutta, West Bengal, India) is an Indian singer. She is born into a Gujarati people|Gujarati family. Both her parents were well versed in classical music.

Biography
Early life
Born to Gujaratis who were based in Calcutta, Alka's mother Shubha Yagnik was a singer of Indian classical music. Shubha was determined her daughter succeed as a singer. Alka started singing for Calcutta Radio aged six. Aged ten, Alka's mother brought her to Bombay to try her luck in films as a child singer. She was advised to wait till her voice matured but her mother remained determined and on a subsequent visit Alka got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Calcutta distributor. Raj heard the girl and sent her with a letter to noted producer Laxmikant. Impressed, Laxmikant gave her two alternatives - an immediate start as a dubbing artist, or a later break as a full - fledged singer. The Yagniks settled for the latter.

Career
Alka Yagnik is classically trained, and has been one of the leading playback singers in Bollywood since the late 1980's. ... read all