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Sanjeevani (singer)

Indian singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ7418574 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sanjeevani Bhelande is an Indian singer. She is known for her songs from movie Kareeb, Nikamma kiya, her English book and album Meera and me and has given over 2000 live concerts.

Personal life

Sanjeevani’s is a family of Professors.

She is herself a very good teacher.

She holds a degree in music (Sangeet Visharad), is trained in Odissi and Kathak classical-dance forms. She holds a master's in commerce and a Diploma in Mass Communication.

Career

Sanjeevani has to her credit several original Hindi film songs like Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili, Nikamma Kiya, Uljhanon Ko De Diya, Makhmali Yeh Badan, Chidiya Tu Hoti, Churalo Na Dil Mera Sanam, Haan Judaise and Tum Juda Hokar. She won the Best Playback Singer Ashirwad Award in 1999 for Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili and was a Filmfare and Screen nominee for Churalo Na Dil Mera Sanam. Sanjeevani is the first ever winner of Zee TV's "Sa Re Ga Ma" and the first to have been selected for playback in Hindi films from a talent show. Music director Khayyam adjudged her the winner in the 1995 finals of the first season and she was invited by filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra to sing five songs for his film Kareeb.

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“Sanjeevani (singer)” enters the record as indian singer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sanjeevani, singer and Indian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 1999, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1970-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sanjeevani, singer and Indian.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7418574. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 1999 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sanjeevani (singer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.