Udit Narayan Jha (Hindi: उदित नारायण झा), popularly known as Udit Narayan is a playback singer in commercial Hindi, Urdu , Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya and Nepali language cinema. Narayan has sung more than 15,000 songs in more than 30 different languages. He is also a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours, which he received in 2009.