Biography
Saurav Kishan is an Indian singer, and he is popularly known as Chhota Rafi..His grandfather was a homoeopathy doctor and was very fond of music. It was Sauravs grandfather who inspired him to start learning music. Saurav Kishans Childhood Picture Saurav Kishan With His Grandfather.At the age of 3, he started learning music, and when he was a three-and-a-half-year-old, he performed for the first time at a concert on Doordarshan.He then participated as a contestant in the TV singing reality show Gandharva Sangeetam in 2008. In the show, late Indian music director Johnson noticed him and realised that Sauravs voice was almost similar to the legendary Indian singer Mohammed Rafi. He then nicknamed Saurav as Chhota Rafi. In an interview, Saurav said,.He is trained in various music forms. He was trained in Carnatic music under the singing guru Pratapan, and he got his training in the Hindustani music under his guru, Bijai Sursain. Saurav Kishan in his childhood.In one of his singing performances, the eldest son of Mohammed Rafi, Shahid Rafi, listened to his song and said,.He is well trained in singing a range of songs like fast numbers, patriotic songs, romantic numbers, qawwalis, bhajans, and classical songs.Since his 12th standard, he has been performing at Mohammed Rafi Foundations events at Tagore Hall on Kozhikode beach. Saurav Kishan in His College.In 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown in India, he uploaded a music video that was reposted by Judish Raj, and it went viral on social media. In this video, he is singing the Hindi song Teri Aankhon Ke Siva Duniya Mein Rakha Kya Hai from the Hindi film Chirag (1969).In 2020, for this song, he received appreciation from various Indian celebrities like Anand Mahindra, Shankar Mahadevan, and Niti Aayog CEO and former Kozhikode Collector Amitabh Kant.