Nele Karajlić

Nele Karajlić
Nele Karajlić, singing with Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, in Barcelona, 2 July 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Nenad Janković
Born	(1962-12-11) December 11, 1962 (age 54) Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Rock, World music, Garage Rock, Rock and roll
Occupation(s)	singer, actor
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Jugoton Diskoton Komuna Universal
Associated acts	Zabranjeno pušenje, TNSO

Nenad Janković (Bosnian pronunciation: [nênaːd jǎŋkoʋit͡ɕ]), known as Dr. Nele Karajlić (born 11 December 1962 in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia), is a Yugoslavian comedian, musician, composer, actor and television director living and working in Belgrade. One of the founders of the New Primitivism cultural movement in Sarajevo, he was also the lead singer and co-author for one of former Yugoslavia's best known bands, Zabranjeno pušenje (No Smoking). He co-created and participated in TV shows Top lista nadrealista (The Surrealist Hit Parade) and Složna braća. During the Bosnian War Nele moved to Belgrade, Serbia where he formed one of two descendant factions of Zabranjeno Pušenje. That splinter of the band was joined by the renowned filmmaker Emir Kusturica, and renamed "Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra".

Janković was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then Yugoslavia) into a middle-class family. His father Srđan Janković was a linguist and professor of Oriental sciences at University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Philosophy. In his youth, Nenad was a mischievous kid with short attention span.

Following in his father's footsteps, Nenad also studied Orientalism at the same school where his father taught. However, as his music and TV career took off, the studies were no longer a priority and he never finished them.