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In association with Small World Music

From soulful ballads to peppy hits, Kumar Sanu and Sadhana Sargam’s songs continue to captivate hearts and echo through the ages.

Sadhana Sargam is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema, predominantly in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South. She has also won five Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Gujarat State Film Awards, and one Orissa State Film Award.

In the early 1990s, Sargam emerged as one of the most sought-after female singers, her most notable rhapsodic Hindi hits are “Neele Neele Ambar Par” from Kalakaar, “Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye” from Jurm, “Pehla Nasha” from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, “Na Kajre Ki Dhar” from Mohra, “Tere Dar Pe Sanam” from Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee, “Jhinimini” from Maqbool, and “Aao Na” from Kyun! Ho Gaya Na....

Kedarnath Bhattacharya, professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. Apart from Hindi, he has also sung in other languages including Marathi, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Chhattisgarhi, Urdu, Pali, English, and his native language, Bengali. He holds the record for winning five consecutive Filmfare Awards for best male playback singer from 1991 to 1995. He holds the Guinness World Record for recording the maximum number of songs (28) in a single day since 1993.

For his contribution to Indian cinema and music, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009 by the Government of India. Many of his tracks feature in BBC’s top 40 Bollywood soundtracks of all time.

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The 2025 Small World Music Series is sponsored by TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment and funded by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.