08/09/2023

Abhay Jodhpurkar Wiki, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Abhay Jodhpurkar is an Indian multilingual singer. A native Marathi, he is best known for the Tamil song “Moongil Thottam” for the Tamil film Kadal (2013), composed by AR Rahman. Let’s dig into some interesting facts about Abhay Jodhpurkar, his journey as a singer and much more.

Biography/Wiki

Singer Leo was born on 31 July 1991 (age 32; in 2023) in Sendhwa, Madhya Pradesh, India. From his paternal grandfather, he inherited an interest in Hindustani classical music; and gave his first stage performance at the age of 5.

Abhay Jodhpurkar childhood photos

In her school days, she used to listen to music a lot and when she heard the song “Mitwa” from the movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), she was so impressed that she sang it on all occasions, and all competitions.

Although he was supposed to be an engineer, his passion for music took him to the KM AR Rahman Conservatory of Music in Chennai; which he considered the best decision of his life.

Abhay Jodhpurkar with AR Rahman

After working as a qawwali singer for some time, his fortunes changed when AR Rahman discovered great potential in him. In his senior year, he made an impact; with songs like “Moongil Thottam” for the Tamil film Kadal (2013) and “E Sanje Eke Jaruthide” for the Kannada film RangiTaranga (2015). He gained recognition in Bollywood after he sang the song “Mere Naam Tu” for the film Zero (2018). Movies starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma; opened the doors of Bollywood for him.

Physical appearance

Abhay Jodhpurkar is around 5′ 7″ tall, weighs around 60 kg, has black eyes and hair.

Family & Girlfriend

Abhay comes from a middle-class Marathi-Brahmin family with a musical heritage. His father, Manoj Jodhpurkar, is an engineer, and his mother, Amita Jodhpurkar, is a housewife.

Abhay Jodhpurkar with his parents

As of 2018, he is unmarried.

Career

Since his childhood, Abhay has had an unwavering devotion to music. However, he never let that get in the way of his studies. He did his schooling from Sendhwa, Madhya Pradesh. He went to Chennai to pursue his B.Tech in Biotechnology from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur. During his second year of college, he realized that he was not cut out for such a profession. He, then, started attending part-time music classes at ‘KM Music Conservatory in Chennai; as a part-timer. At the academy, he was part of a qawwali group that used to perform at private events. At that time, AR Rahman was hunting for a new voice for a song in the Telugu film Kadal (2013). When Rahman saw her singing a qawwali, he asked her for a voice test. In just a few days, Rahman gave him his big break with the duet song “Moongil Thottam,” with Harini. The song became a big hit and opened up other opportunities for him.

Award

In 2013, he won the BIG Melodi Award for Best Playback Singer – Male for the movie Kadal (2013).

In 2017, he won Studio One Star Icon’17 Voice of the Year for the song “Pachai Uduthiya Kaadu” for the movie Vanamagan (2017).

Abhay Jodhpurkar Best Voice Award 2017

Favorite Things

Mohammed Rafi and Shafqat Amanat Ali have been his inspiration.

Her favorite song is “Mitwa” from the movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).

He often watches movies. Her favorite Bollywood movies include Lootera, Anjaana Anjaani, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, and Rockstar. On the other hand, his favorite Hollywood movies include Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Harry Potter, and Titanic.

His favorite TV shows of all time are Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma, MTV Roadies, Friends and Game of Thrones.

He likes to eat Sweet Pongal and Mini Idly.

Her hobbies include traveling, reading, swimming, and dancing.

Abhay Jodhpurkar loves to travel

He likes riding motorcycles and owns a Yamaha FZ.

He is a sports fan and loves watching Virat Kohli, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Cristiano Ronaldo in action.

He is a loyal supporter of IPL team SunRisers Hyderabad and English football club Manchester United FC.

In his spare time, he often reads novels by Dan Brown and Chetan Bhagat.

He likes to travel to Europe and Dubai.

Facts

His loved ones call him Abbu.

Although he always loved music, he never wanted to make a career out of it.

Since childhood, he was fascinated by South Indian musical instruments such as thavil, mridangam, and ghatam.

He considers AR Rahman as his godfather.

He has a band called Sanskruti that plays EDM, Dance-Rock, Electro-pop and Progressive Rock.

Majority of the songs in his playlist are Malayali.

She loves animals and loves to spend time with them.

Abhay Jodhpurkar, an animal lover

It took him over five hours to record the song “Nokki Nokki Nokki Niddu” from Jomonte’s film Suvisheshangal (2017); because it is difficult for him to understand it.