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Can you share some of the lesser known facts about Arijit Singh?

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Can you share some of the lesser known facts about Arijit Singh?
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    1. Arijit Singh’s father is a Punjabi and mother a Bengali. His maternal side family was always into music and hence, his childhood dream was to become a singer.
    2. He was trained under the “Hazari brothers” at the age of 3. He earned a scholarship from the government of training for training into vocals in classical music at the age of 9.
    3. His interest in music grew because of his mother who sang and played tabla.
    4. At the age of 18, in the year 2005, he participated in a reality show “Fame gurukul”.
    5. During the show, Sanjay Leela Bhansali recognized his talent and and asked him to sing “Yoon Shabnami” from Sawariyaa. Unfortunately, during the production, the script changed and his song was never released.
    6. His first song was “All for one” from High School Musical 2 and it was composed by Shankar Ehsan Loy.
    7. He also sung for TV shows tracks like- “Hum hai deewane” -Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon and “Dadagiri” featuring Sourav Ganguly.
    8. When asked about his struggling days in Mumbai he said, “One has to suffer pain to reach their destination. Those days when I failed to get work, I thought about quitting and going back to my hometown but I realised that one should concentrate on one’s work no matter what happens.”
    9. Arijit Singh’s favorite singers are – Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh and Mehdi Hassan.
    10. Apart from music, Arijit has a keen in photography, cycling and Bengali novels.
    11. He’s also a badminton player, writer, movie fan and a documentary maker.
    12. “Tum hi ho” from Aashiqui 2 was a breakthrough for the singer in Bollywood industry.
    13. Arijit Singh owns an NGO named “Let there be light” which works for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) community.
    14. Arijit Singh has sung round about 212 songs in his entire career and we wish to come up with more.
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