


He made a special appearance in Veer-Zaara with Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta. As an actor, he has performed in Punjabi, Hindi and Tamil movies, but he is best known for his starring role in Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris, a depiction of the Punjabi poet Waris Shah during the creation of his epic poem Heer Ranjha, again co-starring Juhi Chawla and Divya Dutta. Film Īside from singing in Punjabi, he is fluent in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Haryanvi and Rajasthani. In 2017, he won the "Filmfare Award for Living Legend" in the first Filmfare Awards Punjabi event. In 2009, he won "Best International Album" at the UK Asian Music Awards for Boot Polishan. The song was released on 15 August 2015 and hit more than 32 million views on YouTube in one week. He also sang the popular track, Ki Banu Duniya Da on Coke Studio MTV Season 4 with singer Diljit Dosanjh. On other fronts, Maan has starred in blockbuster Bollywood films and has received numerous awards, including the Jury's Award, presented to him by the president of India in 2005. Maan shot to fame with his hit song "Dil Da Mamla Hai." Soon after that came "Mamla Gadbad Hai" and "Chhalla", the latter being the hit film song from the Punjabi film 'Laung Da Lishkara' (1986), which Maan recorded under the music direction of legendary Jagjit Singh. The official entry from U.S.A was pioneered by India Waves TV, a San Francisco based media entity on behalf of Golden Palms Entertainment Inc. The said film also entered the Academy Awards ( Oscars ) in General Category. Maan is the only Punjabi singer to win the national award for Best Male Playback Singer at 54th National Film Awards for building the entire narrative through his singing of Heer in Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris. In 1980, a producer approached him to perform the song "Dil Da Mamla Hai" in DD National. Maan initially worked in the electricity board, a job he was offered by officials he met at a singing event. He was interested in music and mimicry since childhood. Later, he also did his Masters of physical education and met his wife there. college of physical education Patiala in 1973. He did his Bachelor of Physical education (B.P ed) from Govt.

He did his initial schooling from Giddarbaha and completed his graduation from DAV college, Malout. Maan was born to Gurdev Singh and Tej Kaur in Giddarbaha, Punjab and is a native of the town.
