Usha Uthup got ₹750 for singing in nightclub: I was highest-paid singer...

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Usha Uthup recalls getting 750 for singing in nightclub, how Dev Anand discovered her there..

She said that she was the highest-paid nightclub singer then.. Singer Usha Uthup opened up about her first 'professional performance' and salary..

The singer also lent her voice to several songs in Dushman Devta (1991), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Don 2 and 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), and Kahaani (2012)...

I was standing and singing at the club and it was fantastic and I was the highest-paid singer in those days, I mean as a nightclub singer..

Talking about singing for songs in Bollywood, Usha said, Bollywood singing happened when Mr Dev Anand once came to Delhi to listen to my songs at a nightclub..