1. Kuldeep Manak's high pitched strong voice was unique, and instantly recognisable.
24 Facts About Kuldeep Manak
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Kuldeep Manak was born as Latif Mohammed on 15 November 1951 to Nikka Khan in Mirasi family, in the village of Jalal in Bathinda district of Indian Punjab.
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Sardar Partap Singh Kairon penned the name Kuldip Kuldeep Manak, after being amazed by the quality of his voice at a school prize giving.
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Kuldeep Manak completed his education from Jalal Government High School, where he was a keen hockey player.
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Kuldeep Manak had an inclination towards singing from an extremely young age.
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Kuldeep Manak was constantly persuaded by his ustad to graft in his raags and perform on stage.
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Kuldeep Manak had lyrics written by famous writers such as Debi Maksoospuri, Dev Tharikewala and Jandu Litranwala.
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Kuldeep Manak's most known tracks were Gadeya Millade Sohne Yaar, Yusuf Zuleikha, Tere Tille ton and Dulleya Ve Tokra.
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Kuldeep Manak had two brothers: Siddqui, a devotional singer, and Rafiq, who was briefly noted.
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Kuldeep Manak's ancestors were the Hazoori Raagis of Kirtan for Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha.
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Kuldeep Manak was married to Sarabjeet Kaur with whom he had two children, a boy named Yudhvir Manak and a girl named Shakti Manak.
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Kuldeep Manak learned music under Ustad Khushi Muhammad Qawwal in village Bhuttiwala at Muktsar.
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Kuldeep Manak left Bathinda and went to Ludhiana to pursue his career as a singer and started singing with the duo Harcharan Grewal and Seema.
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Kuldeep Manak did sing duets with Satinder Kaur biba, younger sister of famous Punjabi singer Narinder biba; one of the duets was "Nale baba lasee pee gia nale de gia duanee khotee".
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Dev Tharikewala and Kuldeep Manak were very close to each other.
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Kuldeep Manak's voice was versatile as within one album he sang in many different pitches and tones to reflect a song's meaning.
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Kuldeep Manak acted and sang in many Punjabi films such as Saidan Jogan with the song "sathon naee majhin chaar hundian", and Lambardaarni with "yaaran da truck balliye".
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Kuldeep Manak sang "ajj dhee ik raje di", in the 1983 film Sassi Punnu.
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Kuldeep Manak took part in the parliament elections of 1996 as an independent member from Bathinda, but did not win.
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Kuldeep Manak was admitted to emergency care in July 2011 due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Kuldeep Manak was later admitted to DMC Ludhiana due pneumonia on 28 November 2011 and he died on 30 November due to complications.
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Kuldeep Manak was buried in his native village, Jalal at Bathinda on 2 December 2011.
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The track was first played and performed at the Britasia Music Awards 2012 by Angrej Ali who started the song with "Vaar Banda Bahadur", with which Ustaad Kuldeep Manak Ji used to start his shows.
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Kuldeep Manak's songs were featured in the movie Punjab 1984 starring Diljit Dosanjh and Pavan Malhotra as a tribute to him.