Mumbai: Pop singer Daler Mehndi, famous in every household for the song ‘Na-Na-Na-Na Re’, is celebrating his birthday today. Daler Mehndi also had a bad phase in his life, when he had to sleep on the floor of the jail. An officer also misbehaved with him.
Daler Mehndi left his home at the age of 11. He started learning singing at the age of just 5. He learned music from Ustad Rahat Ali Khan of Gorakhpur. Dalre won everyone’s heart by performing on stage at the age of 13.
Daler Mehndi was born on 18 August 1967 in Patna, Bihar, he was fond of singing since childhood. Apart from being a singer, Daler Mehndi is also a writer and record producer. His song ‘Ta Ra Ra Ra’ was liked by the people, after this song he became very popular. Daler Mehndi rocked the Punjabi industry with his songs and music. Apart from the Punjabi industry, he has also sung many songs for Bollywood.
Daler Mehndi’s career in Hindi films started with superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Mrityudaata’. This film was released in the year 1997. In this film, he sang the song ‘Na Na Na Re’, which became very famous. This song was also composed by Daler Mehndi himself. Daler Mehndi became famous in every household with this song. After this, the song ‘Rab Rab’ released in 1997 created a stir. For this, he was awarded the Best Male Pop Singer Award.
After reaching the pinnacle of success and touching the heights of popularity, Daler Mehndi also faced a bad phase in his life. In the year 2003, the name of Daler Mehndi and his brother Shamsher Singh came up in the pigeon-fighting case. Daler was accused of illegally taking 10 people with him to America while going for the show.
In this case, Daler Mehndi had to stay in jail for 2 years, where he was mistreated very badly. In an interview, he said that it was the worst phase, I was framed in a false case. A police officer mistreated me in the jail. He was abused. He did not get any VIP facility and he had to sleep on the floor of the jail.
