Ritu Pathak (born 4 September 1987) is a

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. Born in Gopalganj, India, she rose to fame after participating in second season of ''

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''. She was one of the finalists in another TV music talent show, Fame X. She has recorded numerous songs with many prominent composers, such as

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and

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Early life

Pathak was born in a village in Gopalganj, Seoni

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. Her father was a singer who performed at local orchestras and small gatherings. She was encouraged by him to pursue a career in music and he used to take her to participate in reality singing shows. She got her first vocal lessons in

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and she received Hindustani classical vocal training from Sangit Mahabharti.

Career

Pathak participated in singing talent show Fame X on the suggestion of Sonia Rao, who was a judge on the show. She gained recognition from her performance in the show; and afterwards met

and began singing scratches for presentations. In 2010, Pathak met

who selected her to sing the ''Papa Jag Jaayega'', for the film Housefull. After that, she worked with composer

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to sing the song ''Razia Gundo Mein Phans Gayi'' from film Thank You and other songs from Hello Darling and Action Replayy. She went on to work with

to sing

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for the film

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, which is one of her most popular songs to date. Pathak has also worked with

in many songs, such as ''Radha Nachegi'' in

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. Pathak has sung playback for the actress

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on many occasions, such as in the song ''Gandi Baat'' from

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. Pathak has also sung ''Lip to Lip'' (from Katti Batti), ''DJ Bajega To Pappu Nachega'' (from

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) ''Cinema Dekhe Mamma'' (from

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). Having worked with so many composers, she wishes to sing for the maestro

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one day. In 2012, Pathak hosted the show ‘Retrospective Special’ which was broadcast on DD1 which features interesting trivia about movies from the golden era. She has performed in live shows in numerous events in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Raipur, Udaipur and other major Indian cities. She has also performed in Poland, Muscat, Rangoon, Kathmandu and Malaysia and China. She toured to Australia & Fiji Island with

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. In 2007, she did a show in Israel with

. Pathak was nominated in the

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in 2012 for the category New Musical Sensation - Female for the song

in the film

Discography

Bollywood

Other languages

Albums

Non-film songs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pathak, Ritu 1987 births Living people Filmi singers Indian women pop singers Bollywood playback singers Indian women playback singers 21st-century Indian singers Singers from Madhya Pradesh Actresses from Madhya Pradesh Indian women classical singers Indian women singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters 21st-century Indian women singers Women musicians from Madhya Pradesh