Aishwarya Nigam (born 4 July 1989) is an Indian singer. He is best known as a playback singer in
Hindi
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films, particularly for films like ''
Dabangg''. He has received several awards for the song "
Munni Badnaam Hui" from ''
Dabangg''.
Early and family life
He was born in
Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district on the banks of Burhi Gandak River, Burhi Gandak river in the Tirhut division of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur distri ...
, Bihar. His mother Arti Ranjan works as lecturer in Mukherjee Seminary, Muzaffarpur while his father Mukesh Ranjan is a manager in
Punjab National Bank
Punjab National Bank alias PNB is an Public sector banks in India, Indian government bank based in New Delhi. It was founded in May 1894 and is the List of banks in India, second-largest public sector bank in India in terms of its business volum ...
. He has done his schooling from Sun Shine Prep High School, Muzaffarpur.
Nigam has lived his childhood in New Colony Sherpur, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Nigam is married to singer and Indian idol 1 fame Deepali Sahay who is also a singer.
Career
Aishwarya Nigam has participated in the Music competition ''
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu'' 2006 for
Zee TV
ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India.
History ...
. Nigam and
Ujjaini Mukherjee were declared the winners on 24 June 2006. Nigam was one of the contestants of ''
Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar'', a singing competition on
Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...
channel. He represented the Champions team. He was eliminated on 25 April 2008. Aishwarya was one of the contestants of music competition show
IPL Rockstar on
Colors
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TV channel. He was among the top three finalists of IPL Rockstar. He is much inspired from Sonu Nigam: that made him keep title as "Nigam".
He sang the title track of ''
Kitani Mohabbat Hai'' for seasons I and II, a daily soap on
NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. It was founded in 1984 by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy.
NDTV began as a production house for news segments, ...
imagine. He has worked with renowned music directors like Lalit Pandit, Anu Malik, Pritam, Sajid-Wajid, Shameer Tandon. He sang a song for the serial ''
Dill Mill Gayye''.
Aishwarya is fondly known for singing the famous item song "
Munni Badnaam Hui" from Salman Khan starer ''
Dabangg''. He has sung "Maara re Sixer Maara Re Four" from the movie ''
Ferrari Ki Sawaari'', a movie by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The Hit Item number "Tere Mohalle" from the movie "Besharam" starring ''
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor (; born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the re ...
'' is also sung by Aishwarya Nigam.
Discography
Film songs
Following are the list of songs that Aishwarya Nigam has sung for various Indian Movies
Non-film songs
Television
Following are the list of Reality Shows that Aishwarya Nigam has done.
Accolades
See also
*
List of Indian playback singers
References
External links
*
Official website
Living people
Indian male playback singers
Bollywood playback singers
1989 births
People from Muzaffarpur
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu winners