Entertainment News Desk – Famous Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan’s birthday is on 4th January. Gurdas Maan has won millions of hearts with his beautiful voice. After seeing the scene of death, he wrote such a song that he got the award for the best song. Read 3 stories and 7 untold things related to the life of Gurdas Maan, which perhaps no one knows.
This famous singer was born on 4 January 1957 in Gidderbaha, Punjab. His mother’s name was Bibi Tej Kaur and father’s name was Sardar Gurdev Singh Mann. His wife’s name is Manjeet Kaur and son’s name is Gurik. Education started in Malout and then later came to Patiala. He took a degree from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala. Won medals in many athletic competitions up to national championship level.
In September 2010, the University of Wolverhampton, UK, awarded Gurdas Mann a Doctorate in World Music. Along with him, Sir Paul, McCartney, Bill Cosby and Bob Dylan were also honored with this award. On 14 December 2012, at the 36th convocation of Punjabi University, Patiala, the Governor honored him with the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature.
Gurdas Maan gained worldwide fame in 1980 with his song ‘Dil Da Maal Hai’. After this he never looked back. Mann survived a fatal accident near Ropar on 9 January 2001, but his driver Tejpal died in the accident. He considered him his good friend and dedicated a song to him, writing and singing it. This song was ‘Baithi Saade Naal Sawaari Utar Gayi…’.
Gurdas Maan is also a martial arts expert. He has also won a black belt in Judo. Gurdas Maan has also received the National Film Award as Best Playback Singer. Gurdas Maan was the first artist to highlight police atrocities in Punjab through his songs and later his films in the 1980s and 1990s.
During his college days, Mann participated in youth fairs organized by many universities and won many awards. The board officials were so pleased with this that Mann was given a job in the department on the spot. Gurdas Maan has released around 35 albums so far and written more than 300 songs. Maan’s song Apna Punjab was also awarded the Best Song Award in Birmingham in 1998.
Gurdas Maan has been awarded the National Award and Best Actor for the film ‘Des Hoya Pardes’ (2004). People love Gurdas Maan so much that during a program thousands of rupee notes were thrown at him. After the performance was over, Mann collected all the money and announced to give it to a disabled couple. Seeing his cheerfulness, everyone praised him a lot.
In the year 2011, Gurdas Mann was holding a press conference in Chandigarh. As soon as he came out, he saw a young man wearing dirty clothes. He had come to meet them and was requesting to meet everyone. When they came to know about this, they called that boy. He did not have money so he came to meet them on foot and asked for a lift. Hearing this, tears welled up in her eyes and she hugged the young man. Touched his feet also.
