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playback singer

n. A singer whose songs are pre-recorded for use in films, especially in Bollywood musicals

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Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.

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I was Lata Mangeshkar the playback singer and Bubu the clown at the circus behind Civil Lines….