Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings

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songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''

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'' which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a

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. One of his most famous songs is "

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" from

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's 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', was composed by

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, written by

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, and sung in duet with

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Early life and career

Sukhwinder Singh hails from hathi gate in bhatti family

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. He released a Punjabi album called ''Munda Southhall Da'' with T. Singh, joined

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’s troupe, and quickly became a music arranger before heading to

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to look for work, wherein, he sang for the Tamil film ''

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''. Singh got his first Bollywood break with the song "Aaja Sanam" in the film named '' Khilaaf''. But he realised that something was missing in his voice, so he took a sabbatical and left Mumbai to tour England and America to see, hear, and understand various forms of music. After this broadening of his musical horizons, he returned to Mumbai to kick-start his musical career. His first effort in

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, ''Aaja Sanam'', went largely unnoticed even though the music carried the names of Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Then for '' Dil Se..'',

used Sukhwinder for "

". He has been well received for providing playback singing for Bollywood actor

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in a total of 7 songs. Of these, "

" from ''Dil Se..'', " Dard-E-Disco" from ''Om Shanti Om'', "

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" from ''Chak De! India'', "Haule Haule" from ''

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'', "Marjaani" from ''

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'', "Satakali" from '' Happy New Year'', and "Udi Udi Jaye" from '' Raees'' have become certified hits. In June 2014, he participated in the seventh season of '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. Sukhwinder has his brothers also Shanker Bhatti, Rinkuu Bhatti and two more.

Awards

Sukhwinder Singh won the

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for songs "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from the movie '' Dil Se..'' and for the song "Haule Haule" from the movie ''

'' Sukhwinder Singh's song " Jai Ho", won him international acclaim when it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The same song also won the

in 2010. He has been awarded the

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at the

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for his rendition in the 2014 film '' Haider'' composed by

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Discography

Studio albums

*''Nasha Hi Nasha Hai'' (2000) *''Jashn'' (2001)

As playback singer

Hindi songs

Telugu songs

Kannada songs

Tamil songs

Marathi songs

Urdu songs

Collaboration with musician and lyricist

References

External links

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