Arvind Barot is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, music director, composer, and poet from

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

, India. He also specializes in

Bhajan Bhajan is an Indian term for any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root w ...

, religious and Garba songs and other folk genres. He has sung more than 8,000

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

songs and is best known for his works in the

Gujarati cinema Gujarati cinema, also known as Dhollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Gujarati language widely spoken in the state of Gujarat. It is based in Ahmedabad. It is one ...

for rendering his voice in Gujarati movies of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Early life and career

Arvind is based from the

Savarkundla Savarkundla (sometimes stylised as Savar Kundla) is a city and a municipality in Amreli district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is a Twin cities (geographical proximity), twin city formed when the cities of Savar and Kundla merged. Demograp ...

Amreli Amreli is a city and a municipality in Amreli district in Indian state of Gujarat. History It is believed that during 534 AD Amreli existed was formerly known as Anumanji, Amlik and then Amravati. The city is named in ancient Gujrati as ''Amar ...

, and currently is living in

, Gujarat. he has sung more than 8,000 film-non-film songs in

from which he has written several songs himself and has composed music for more than 150 Gujarati films. Arvind has also worked as a lead actor opposite to

Mona Thiba Mona Thiba is a Gujarati film actress from Gujarat, India. She has also acted in Hindi and Bhojpuri films. She started her acting career in 2000. She married actor-politician Hitu Kanodia on 14 August 2014 in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ) ...

in the film 'Dikri no Mandvo'. He has written, composed and sung all the songs of the film ''

Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya ''Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya'' () is a 1998 Indian Gujarati film directed by Govindbhai Patel. It is one of the highest grossing Gujarati film of all time. Plot Ram (Hiten Kumar) and Radha (Roma Manek) are childhood sweethearts, but are se ...

,'' which is one of the highest-grossing Gujarati films of all time. He also composed music for famous Gujarati films, Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu and Gam Ma Piyariyu Ne Gam Ma Sasariyu.

Award

In 2016, Arvind has received the

Kavi Kag Award Kavi Kag Award ( Gujarati: કવિ કાગ ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award named after the Gujarati poet Dula Bhaya Kag, given to folk artists, writers, scholars and institutions for contributions to Gujarati folk as well as Charan liter ...

from Morari Bapu.

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