In the forthcoming film Taare Zamin Par , Aamir khan has given his voice in one song. He is also in lead role in the film as well as director of the film. Although he is not a professional singer but according to the music director of the film Shankar, his voice suits the song very well.
Hindi film industry has always number of stars who were not only actors but also good singers. In the early period actors were also used to sing for themselves. K L Sehgal, Noor Jehan, Surraiya were famous both as actors and singers. But after some time with the increasing trend of play back songs, actors were only limited to acting while singing was done by professional singers. But actor singer combination was always there. Mukesh who came to Bombay to become an actor, became a very successful singer after doing a couple of films as an actor, while Kishore Kumar started his career as an actor, although he wanted to be a singer. After few years only he was recognized as a brilliant singer. But for a long time he worked both as actor and singer. Lata Mangeshkar also acted in Marathi film before being a living legend of singing..
In the modern era, superstar Amitabh Bacchan also gave his voice in various songs. He has sung in various films like Lawaris, Silsila, Mahan, Baghban etc. Some of his songs like ‘Mere angne me’ from Lawaris and ‘Rang barse’ from Silsila are very popular among music lovers.
Besides Taare Zamin Par, Aamir Khan has also sung the famous song of film Ghulam ‘Aati kya Khandala’. Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit, all gave their voice in some of their films.
Source: Encyclopedia
