Kamal Khan

Kamal Khan (born 25 April 1989) is an Bollywood playback singer. He won the reality singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar in 2010. Later he won the Zee Cine Awards "Fresh Singing Talent 2012", for the song Ishq Sufiyana (Male) from the film The Dirty Picture (2012).
Khan was born and brought up in Reethkherhi village, near Patiala, Punjab, to Sarabjit Kaur and Jaswant Singh, who is an employee of health department in Patiala. Youngest of his three siblings, he started learning music at age five from his uncle Shauqat Ali Dewana, who became his musical mentor. Later he left his studies as he started taking part in singing competitions and musical shows. Until, he appeared in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, his father did not want him to become a singer. He mentioned in one of the episodes of the show, wherein his father gave a guest and surprising appearance, that upon his father's advice, he started working in a factory where his daily wage was only Rs.40 a day. On his pay day, he requested his father to collect his first salary. When his dad went there to get Kamal's first salary, he cried and realized that he should let Kamal pursue his singing.