Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian

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. He was widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media. He was a contestant in the reality show ''

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'' in 2006.

Life and career

Early career

Born and raised in

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, Baba Sehgal graduated with a B.Tech from

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. His entertainment career began in the 1990s, when he emerged as part of the

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scene, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India. Since then he has been a popular figure on the rap scene, with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (which

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's "

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", which in turn sampled

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's "

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") 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.

Music

Sehgal's first album was ''Dilruba'' (1990), followed by ''Alibaba'' (1991). Then came his biggest hit album ''Thanda Thanda Pani'' (1992), which sold 5million cassettes, making it the first successful

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album. His next albums were ''Main Bhi Madonna'' (1993), ''Baba Bachao na'' (1993), ''Dr.Dhingra'' (1994), ''Miss 420'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Double Gadbad'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Indian Romyo'' (1995), ''Tora Tora'' (1995), ''Loomba Loomba'' (1996), ''na aariya hai na jaroya hai'' (1997), ''America mein indian dhaba'' (1997), ''d.j. mix blue'' (1997), ''dhak dhak dil in culcutta'' (1997), ''A Reason to Smile'' (1997), ''meri jaan hindustan'' (1998), ''jugni mast kalandar'' (1998), ''abb mein vengaboy'' (1999), ''pinga pinga'' (2001), ''Pump up your Style'' (2003), ''Welcome to Mumbai'' (2005), ''Babe di gaddi'' (2009), ''Woh beete din'' and ''The Magic of Dandiya'', among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie ''Dance Party'' (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..". He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on

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, which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show ''

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'' which was aired on DD2 at primetime. He has also worked as a stage performer. He was in New York from 2001 to 2005. When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album ''Welcome to Mumbai'', which was his 22nd album. He also directed the music for the

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film ''Bhoot Unkle'' (2006) and ''Nalaik'' (2005). He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom. His Song Trump Ka Mania supporting the then Republican nominee

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was a hit. Now, he makes and releases his singles on his YouTube channel "Baba Sehgal Entertainment". Some of them are ''Aloo ka Parantha, Going to the Gym, Swacchh Bharat''. His song "Mumbai City" is a dark hip hop rap song on Mumbai.

Acting

In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film '' Miss 420'' alongside

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. He also sang four songs for the film's soundtrack which was released in 1994, four years before the film's theatrical release. In 1999, he played dual roles in the television film ''Double Gadbad''. He also composed and sang all the songs for the film's soundtrack.. In 2009, he had a part in the

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comedy series ''

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''. In 2011, he appeared in the drama serial ''

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'' on

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. Sehgal also made his Telugu film debut in '' Rudhramadevi'', with

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in the lead. It was directed by National award winner

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. Baba Sehgal was signed to play a major negative role in another Telugu film titled ''Overdose''. In 2016, he played a cameo as himself in ''

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''. In the same year, he made his debut in Tamil cinema playing the role of a corrupt cop in ''

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''. He was a contestant on the first season of '' Bigg Boss 1'' in 2006.

Filmography

As actor

* ''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Miss 420'' (1998) Vicky

As playback singer

Telugu

* ''

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'' (1995) - "Roop Tera Mastana" * ''

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'' (2008) - "Jalsa" * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Mr. Perfect'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Gabbar Singh'' (2012) - "Dekho Dekho Gabbar" * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Adda'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2021)

Hindi

*'' 13B'' (2009) *'' Miss 420'' (1998) *''

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'' (1994)

Kannada

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'' (2014)

Tamil

Bengali

Television/Web series

References

External links

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