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Divya Kumar (singer)
Divya Kumar is an Indian playback singer who has lent his voice in a number of Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu and other language films. Early life Divya Kumar comes from a musical family. His grandfather, Pandit Shivram, was a composer for many regional films in India, and for V. Shantaram's films. His father, Bhagwan Shivram, is a musician and has recorded with RD Burman, Jatin–Lalit and Himesh Reshamiya.His Bollywood break was with Gujraj Singh on the film ''Tutiya Dil''. Since then, he has gone on to sing some popular songs like "Shubhaarambh" for the film ''Kai Po Che'', "Chanchal Man Ati Random" for the film Shuddh Desi Romance, and was featured on "Daingad Daingad" from the film ''Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania''. He also sang in the Farhan Akhtar starrer movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, singing "Maston Ka Jhund" (music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy). In 2013, he sang in Finding Fanny and Ghanchakkar, and was a part of MTV India's prestigious 'MTV Unplugged' , which dedicated an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singer
A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. Generally, to synchronize with the emotional situation of the song or complete movie, the playback singer is given the idea of all those so that the singer can interpret by taking the right moves in their vocals. South Asia South Asian cinema, South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Cinema of India, Indian films as well as Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Trivedi
Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician who works primarily for Indian cinema. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as a film composer in the 2008 Hindi film '' Aamir'', he gained prominence for his work in the Hindi film Music for '' Dev.D'' (2009). Early life Amit Trivedi was born in Bandra, Mumbai. Growing up, his only connect with music was devotional songs and Gujarati folk. His native city is Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Career During his early days, an electronic musical instrument fascinated Trivedi and he ultimately, in his college days, along with Amartya Bobo Rahut, Shriram Iyer and fellow members Ram and Vish started a band known as Om the Fusion Band, who performed at local gigs, small shows and live performances. They struck gold when Times Music took notice at one of their shows and offered to launch their album. The album however did not fare we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajid–Wajid
Sajid–Wajid was an Indian Bollywood Hindi film music director duo consisting of brothers Sajid Khan and Wajid Khan, the sons of Sharafat Ali Khan, a tabla player. Wajid Khan, the younger of the two brothers, died on June 1, 2020. Members Sajid Khan Sajid Ali Khan (born July 10, 1977), also known by the mononym Sajid, is the elder son of tabla player Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan and his wife, Razina Khan. He is married to Lubna Khan and the couple has two daughters, Muskaan and Mehek. Sajid studied at the Academy of Asiatic Cinema and Television. He trained under various artists, including his father as well as Allahrakha Khan and Das Babu. His paternal grandfather was Ustad Abdel Latif, an influential Indian artist. His maternal grandfather was Ustad Faiyyaz Ahmed Khan, a Padma Shri awardee. Prior to making a career in music, he worked in the import-export business. After encouragement from his parents and friends, he concentrated himself exclusively on music as a solo artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Tera Hero
''Main Tera Hero'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by David Dhawan, with script and dialogues from Tushar Hiranandani and Milap Zaveri, and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. The film stars Varun Dhawan, alongside Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri, Arunoday Singh, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav and Shakti Kapoor. The movie is a remake of 2011 Telugu movie '' Kandireega''. Principal photography began on 30 May 2013. The filming began on 5 July 2013 and was wrapped by 15 October 2013. The soundtrack and score were composed by Sajid–Wajid and Sandeep Shirodkar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Sanjay F. Gupta and Nitin Rokade. ''Main Tera Hero'' was released on 4 April 2014 to mixed reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office. Plot Across a college in Ooty, Sreenath Prasad aka 'Seenu' fails his final exam by two marks. Eager to get a degree, he kidnaps the professor's daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratibha Baghel
Pratibha Singh Baghel (born 4 January), also referred to as Pratibha Singh and Pratibha Baghel, is an Indian singer who sings Hindustani classical music, ghazals as well as Bollywood film songs. Early life Pratibha Singh Baghel was born in Rewa. She completed music qualifications ''Sangeet Prabhakar'' and ''Sangeet Parveen''. Influenced by an uncle, she trained for singing ''thumris''. Career Baghel made her debut on the music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009. She was a top finalist, topping the Shankar Mahadevan ''gharana'', but got eliminated before the final. Nevertheless, her performance received critical acclaim, and she received opportunities for stage shows in Mumbai and eventually playback singing spots in Bollywood films. She lent her voice to feature films including: ''Issaq'', '' Bollywood Diaries'', '' Shorgul'', '' Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'', '' Zid'', '' Baazaar'', '' Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'' , '' Dono'' and ''Baba Ramsaa Peer''. Her so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akriti Kakkar
Akriti Kakar is an Indian singer and composer. Her songs, "Saturday Saturday" from the film '' Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' and "Iski Uski" from '' 2 States'' became popular. Akriti was a judge on Zee Bangla's ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Li'l Champs'' and was going to appear on Colors TV's '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa''. Personal life Kakar was born 7 August and brought up in Delhi. She has two sisters, twins Sukriti Kakar and Prakriti Kakar, who are also professional playback singers. Kakar married director Chirag Arora in March 2016. They had a son in November 2023. Track listing Akriti released her solo album non-Bollywood playback album – "Akriti" released in April 2010 under Sony Music India. Songs were composed by Shankar Mahadevan & Akriti Kakar. The track list for the album is as follows * Mehrmaa Ve * Swag Wali Bride * Gazab * Chhoone Do * Na Re Na Na Re * Dil Vi Deewana * Taabiz (Marhale) * Chal Kaheen Sang Akriti also released a song entitled "Ring Diamond Di" with Santosh S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Bengali language, Bengali, Sindhi language, Sindhi, Odia language, Odia, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri, Nepali language, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese language, Assamese, Bagheli language, Bagheli and Maithili language, Maithili. He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in ''Unees-Bees'' in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Shashank Khaitan and produced by Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. The film stars Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, alongside debutant Sidharth Shukla in a supporting role. The narrative centers on Kavya, a spirited woman from Ambala, and Humpty, a carefree Delhi boy, whose romance unfolds amidst cultural expectations and familial resistance. The film marked Bhatt’s second collaboration with Dhawan following ''Student of the Year'' (2012). Principal photography took place in various locations, including Delhi and Ambala, with cinematography by Neha Parti Matiyani. The soundtrack was composed by Sachin–Jigar and Sharib–Toshi, with lyrics by Kumaar. Released theatrically on 11 July 2014, ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the lead performances, humor, and music, though some noted its predi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigar Saraiya
''Jigar'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique.It is the 2nd movie of Ajay Devgn. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be a successful hit. The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film ''Kickboxer''. Plot Raju and Duryodhan are very good friends. Suman, who is like a sister to Duryodhan, is Raju's love interest. Duryodhan is a wrestler who works at a martial arts training school owned by Lal Bihari. Following a misunderstanding involving Raju, Duryodhan and Raju's sister, Duryodhan rapes her. Raju is furious, but he is unable to avenge his sister because Duryodhan is a wrestler. Raju starts training as a fighter under Baba Thakur. After completing his training, he avenges all his enemies. Duryodhan is killed in the ring, and Lal Bihari is killed by Suman. Cast *Ajay Devgan as Raj Verma "Raju" *Karishma Kapoor as Suman *Paresh Rawal as Lal Bihari *Ajit Khan as Baba Thakur * Arjun as Duryodhan *Sukanya Kulkarni as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitabh Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharya (born 16 November 1976) is an Indian Bengali lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films. At the beginning of his career back in 2000's, he was working for few musicians as a singer & met Pritam, who gave him works as a scratch singer for his compositions. Later, he shot to fame with the film ''Dev.D , music by Amit Trivedi'' with the song "Emotional Atyachar" turning an instant hit. He sang this song under the name "Band Master Rangeela And Rasila" which was basically pseudo names of his & Amit Trivedi. After the disclosure of his brilliant work in Dev.D, Pritam got to know about his amazing lyrics writing capacity, from then he became an integral part of Pritam's studio & formed the famous Bengali Composer Lyricist duo Pritam-Amitabh. He have written over 100's of chartbuster songs for Pritam's composition in film albums like Dangal (2016 film)Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, , Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Bajrangi Bhaijaan (soundtrack), Kalank , Brahmāstra: Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shefali Alvares
Shefali Alvares (born 10 December 1983) is an Indian playback singer. She has sung many popular songs such as "Subah Hone Na De" from ''Desi Boyz'' and "Party On My Mind" from ''Race 2'' in Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ... movies. Early life Shefali was born in a musical family. Film Songs References Indian women playback singers 1983 births Living people Telugu playback singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Bollywood playback singers {{India-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Ending (2014 Film)
''Happy Ending'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. The film is produced by Saif Ali Khan, Dinesh Vijan and Sunil Lulla under Illuminati Films‘Happy Ending’ for Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan? ''The Times of India''. 12 August 2013 and stars Khan, , , |
