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Interview: Vijay Benedict's life from Bollywood to Gospel
Soon after his song became a super hit, Bollywood was calling out loud to Vijay Benedict. The song "I am a Disco Dancer" became a celebrated melody in the 80s and made Bengali actor Mithun Chakraborty a renowned break-dancer. It was amid such fame and fortune that came, a life-changing incident transpired in Benedict's life, introducing Christ and rendering the "everlasting peace" he was searching for.
Having sung for leading heroes and contemporaries like Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sunny Deol, Govinda, Shatrughan Sinha, and with nearly all the playback singers right from the late Kishore Kumar to Asha Bhonsle, Benedict barely knew he would someday be metamorphosed into a leading Gospel singer in India. In a freewheeling interview with Christian Today, the trendsetter musician whose 'Yeshu Tu Hai Mahan' sold over 100,000 copies and are sung widely in churches, shares his journey from Bollywood to Gospel.
CT: Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to Christ.
I had done my graduation in Indian Classical
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| Name | Vijay Benedict |
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| Naionality | Indian |
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| Famous for | Singing |
Vijay Benedict is an Indian former Bollywood playback singer who sang many songs for Bollywood films in the 1980s. He made his debut as a singer for the hit 1982 film Disco Dancer singing the popular title song "I Am a Disco Dancer" for actor Mithun Chakraborty.
After this he was frequently used as the voice for songs of Mithun Chakraborty's films. He formed a successful collaboration with music director Bappi Lahiri and director Babbar Subhash subsequently singing songs for many of Babbar Subhash's films with Bappi Lahiri as music director. He also worked with other music directors like Laxmikant Pyarelal, Anand-Milind and Nadeem-Shravan and also sang for actors like Govinda, Jackie Shroff and Aamir Khan. In 1991 he quit playback singing for Bollywood films and is now a Gospel Singer.
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Vijay Benedict
Indian Bollywood playback singer
Vijay Benedict is an Indian former Bollywoodplayback singer who provided playback for over 35 Bollywood films in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Career
He made his debut as a singer for the hit 1982 film Disco Dancer singing the popular title song "I Am a Disco Dancer" for actor Mithun Chakraborty. The film's director was Babbar Subhash and music director was Bappi Lahiri. He was frequently used as the playback singer for films starring Mithun Chakraborty which were directed by Babbar Subhash and music by Bappi Lahiri. He also worked with other music directors like Laxmikant Pyarelal, Anand–Milind and Nadeem-Shravan and sang for other actors like Govinda, Jackie Shroff and Aamir Khan.[1] He has sung duets with female singers like Alisha Chinai, Asha Bhosle, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Parvati Khan, and male singers like Amit Kumar and Kumar Sanu. His career as a playback singer lasted for 10 years from 1982 to 1992. He is currently a gospel singer.
Personal life
He was born in Allahabad to a North Indian
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