Sanjay Kumar (Oct 16, 2003 12:10 p.m.):
some recent information about udam singh
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Return of the Haryanvi Jat
Muneer ‘Udham Singh’ Makhija : The Jat bags a beauty.
That Pooja Bhatt has a special fascination for Channel (V) veejays is now a well-established fact. Her break up with Ranvir Shorey is a thing of the past. Now there is another former veejay in her life — Muneer Makhija, whom she married in Goa recently.
Muneer Makhija may not mean much but if you rewind back to 1998, the name ‘Udham Singh’ would surely ring a bell. The loud and assertive Haryanavi Jat who set urban pulses racing with his rural accent complete with dhoti, lathi and buffalo.
The veejay vibed so well with the disco-hopping crowd that an IMRB survey declared him the most popular act on TV. Whether hosting his show, acting in ads of Britannia Checkers or Limca or even while dancing to his own tunes in his album Jat In the Mix, Udham’s appeal was different from other veejays who talked in heavily accented English.
Now, on hindsight, he says if he hadn’t been a veejay he would have become a carpenter, mechanic, dhaba owner...anything under the sun. Or as Udham would say: "Bhayo, laife main aage badhana hai to 82 chahiya..." (If you want to succeed in life you need attitude!). A hard-to-put-down success secret considering he now has Pooja Bhatt as his wife!
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030907/spectrum/tv.htm