Shail Hada (born 11 April 1975) is an Indian

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Shail Hada Biography
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Early life

Shail trained in

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from renowned vocalist and his father Shri Jaswant Singh Hada. He studied in St. Paul's Mala Road, Kota. Later, he went on do his M.A. in Music from University of Kota and Sangeet Visharad from Gandharava Mahavidyalya under the guidance of his guru Pundit Aaskaran Sharma. After coming to Mumbai, he joined the department of music at Mumbai University where he won six gold medals at various national competitions.

Career

Shail began his career by singing background vocals for

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. Since then he has collaborated with Bhansali in every film that he has directed. He got more fame because of his music in Bhansali's next directorial

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which went on to become among the best musical albums of 2007. In this same movie, Shail worked as an assistant to the composer

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album gave the music industry a new voice that had the capability to hit the high notes and as well do the yodeling. Again, in yet another Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film, Guzaarish Shail worked as the chief assistant music director. He arranged the tracks ''Udi'' and ''Maza Saiba'' and sang many tracks including the title track with KK and ''Udi'' with Sunidhi Chauhan. His classical prowess is beautifully exhibited in the song ''Tera Zikhr Hain''. Shail won Stardust Award in the New Sensation Male category in 2011 for the song ''Tera Zikr Hain'' in the film Guzaarish. Shail has also ventured into the South Indian music industries, particularly

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's compositions. In 2011,Shail Hada was one of the singers in

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's concert "Maestros" which was organized by Kakas Entertainment in India.

Discography

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* Bollywood playback singers Living people 1975 births People from Kota, Rajasthan Indian male playback singers {{India-singer-stub