Anoop Jalota (Bigg Boss 12) Biography, Family, Age, Wife, Girlfriend & More

Anoop Jalota (Bigg Boss 12) Biography, Family, Age, Wife, Girlfriend & More

Anoop Jalota

BioData
Real Name	Anoop Jalota
Profession	Singer, Producer, Actor, Politician
Date of Birth	29-Jul-53
Age (as in 2018)	65 Years
Birthplace	Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Height	5' Feet 4' Inches
Weight	80 (KG) Kilogram
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Phagwara, Punjab, India
School	Not Known
University	University of Lucknow, Lucknow
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Debut	Singing: Aisi Lagi Lagan TV: Dharam Aur Hum (2002-2005) Film Production: Hum Deewane Pyar Ke (2001)
Family Wife/Girlfriend	Father Purshottam Das Jalota (Bhajan Singer) Mother Brother(s)- Anil Jalota (Elder), Promod Jalota (Elder) Sister(s)Anjali Dhir & Anita Mehra Girlfriend Jasleen Matharu (Singer) First Wife- Sonali Sheth aka Sunali Rathod (Divorced, Singer) Second Wife- Bina Bhatia (Divorced) Third Wife- Medha Gujral Jalota (Died in 2014) Marriage Date: 5 August 1994 (with Medha Gujral Jalota) Son- Aryaman Jalota
Hobbies	Travelling, Reading, Writing, Singing
Awards, Achievements	Bhajan Samrat by Shankaracharya Peeth Manav Ratna Award by Global Sai Foundation Citizen Council Award by the Gujarat Government Gandharva Gaan Mani Award by Kanchi Shankaracharya Math Sangeet Natak Academy Award by the Uttar Pradesh Government As of 2018, he has earned over 100 Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum Discs. He has his name in 'The Guinness Book of World Records' for the highest number of platinum discs in history. British Parliament's Annual Globe Award for his contribution to the global music industry in 2010 Padma Shri Award in the field of Art-Indian Classical Music Vocal in 2012 Rasheshwar Award by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai
Money Factor
Networth	Not Known
Salary (approx.)	7-8 Lakhs/show
Car Collections	Audi A6
Favourite Things
Favourite Singer	Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Udhas, Jagjit Singh
Favourite Music Director	R. D. Burman, Madan Mohan
Favourite Sport	Cricket
Favourite Restaurant	The Zodiac Grill - The Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai
Favourite Cuisine	Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polynesian
Favourite Actor	Shatrughan Sinha, Aamir Khan
Favourite Actress	Shabana Azmi
Favourite Athlete	Tennis Player: Purav Raja (Indian), Wrestler: Roman Reigns (American)
Favourite Destination(s)	Kashmir, Dharamsala, Sikkim, Shimla, Nainital

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Anup is often referred to as the “Bhajan Samrat.”
His first marriage was with a Gujarati girl “Sonali Sheth;” without the approval of his family.
They became popular in the concert circuit as ‘Anup and Sonali Jalota.’
His third wife, “Medha Gujral Jalota” was the niece of the former Prime Minister of India, Inder Kumar Gujral. She died on 25 November 2014 in New York City’s hospital because of liver failure, following a kidney and heart transplant.

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Anup is often referred to as the “Bhajan Samrat.”
Anup Jalota started singing at the age of just 7 and got trained from his father, Purshottam Das Jalota.

He was a good batsman during his college days.
Anup started his music-journey as a singer with one of legendary singer late Kishore Kumar‘s stage shows, and was often referred as “Junior Kishore.”

Anup Jalota got his breakthrough when Manoj Kumar recorded four songs with him for the film ‘Shirdi Ke Sai Baba,’ which later became a huge hit.
He was also a presenter of the television program ‘Dharam Aur Hum’ (2002-2005) that was aired on Star Plus.
Anup being a great singer, Anup has also produced two Hindi films, ‘Hum Deewane Pyar Ke’ (2001) and ‘Nishaan: The Target’ (2005)
He has also produced music for numerous devotional, pop, ghazals, and classical vocal albums like ‘Chalo Dwaar Shivshankar Ke,’ ‘Maa Durgar Aagman,’ ‘Bhajan Archana,’ ‘Bhajan Tulsi,’ ‘Wah Bhai Wah,’ ‘Darmiyaan Apne,’ ‘Vasundhara,’ ‘Ibtida,’ etc.
He has performed with numerous popular musicians like Zakir Hussain, Lata Mangeshkar, Pankaj Udhas, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jagjit Singh, Hariharan, etc.
In 2015, Anup played the role of the famous spiritual guru “Satya Sai Baba” in the film ‘Satya Sai Baba.’
In 2016, he, along with Pankaj Udhas and Talat Aziz, appeared as guests on the set of a famous comedy show, ‘The Kapil Sharma Show.

He has sung in 9 different languages.

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By the year 2017, he had performed over 5000 live concerts throughout the world.

He has also sung and recorded more than 2000 Bhajans, Geets, and Ghazals.

Anup Jalota has published numerous blogs on his website, which relates to his life journey, events, etc.

He is the director of “Prabhatam Fly Divine,” an airline in Madhya Pradesh that has been running since 2017.

Anup Jalota – Director of ‘Prabhatam Fly Divine’

Anup Jalota is also a politician and has been a member of ‘Bharatiya Janata Party’ (BJP).

Anup Jalota – Member of BJP

In 2018, he, along with his live-in partner “Jasleen Matharu,” who is 37 years younger to him, entered the controversial reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss 12‘ as a Vichitra Jodi.