Kumar Sanu in Bhubaneswar

On Thursday, Bollywood playback singer Kumar Sanu received the Ekamra Shri award at Lingaraj Bhajan Samaroh in Bhubaneswar.

He sang some bhajans and some of his hit hindi songs at this event.

The show was organised by the Ekamra Sanskrutika Prakashsani on the occasion of Shivaratri.

“It’s a great honour to be awarded at Lingaraj temple on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri”, he said.

“I am making a comeback in the Hindi film industry and will be singing regularly for Bollywood from now on in a number of new films. My next film is ‘Dussehra’ and at least 50 more films are lined up”, he added.

His latest album is ‘Hum Aur Tum’ released two weeks back by Times Music.