Lisa Mishra is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her reprise version of the song ''Tareefan'' in the 2018 Indian film ''

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''. Since then, she has worked on songs like ''The Wakhra Song'' from the 2019 film ''

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'', ''Nadaaniyaan'' in the film ''

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'' and also the party-anthem ''Chandigarh Mein'' from ''

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''.

Early life

Mishra was born in

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, Odisha and raised in Chicago. She graduated from

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with a double major in economics and religion and has a research background with both the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Pluralism Project at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She started her own YouTube channel in 2007 when she was 13. Her first studio experience was while lending vocals on the track "All We Got" on “

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” by

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Career

In 2017, Mishra collaborated with

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to create the theme song of the Emmy-nominated web series

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. On May 19, 2018, she uploaded a video on her Instagram handle singing a

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of the Hindi song Tareefan and Let Me Love You. The mashup caught Sonam Kapoor Ahuja’s attention, and Mishra was subsequently flown down to India where she recorded and shot for the reprise version of the song for ''

'', along with the other stars. In 2019, Mishra signed with VYRL Originals, part of

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for non-film music. In May 2019, she collaborated with composer-singer Vishal Mishra on ''Sajna Ve''. Mishra has also sung on ''Running Back To You'', an uptempo dance/house record by

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based producer and DJ

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released in February 2020.

Discography

Hindi film songs

Non-film songs

References

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