Tulsi Kumar Dua popularly known as Tulsi Kumar is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman

Gulshan Kumar Gulshan Kumar Dua (5 May 1951 12 August 1997), was an Indian businessman, film and music producer who was the founder of the Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series) music label in the Bollywood industry. He founded T-Series in the 1980 ...

who was the owner of T Series and Great Singer and his wife Sudesh Kumari. She is the sister of film producer

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& actress Khushali Kumar. She also owns Kids Hut, a YouTube channel owned by record label T-Series, featuring children's content including nursery rhymes and stories. In 2009, her debut album, ''Love ho Jaaye'', was released. Along with the album, Kumar made a music video for the title track. She also sang "Mujhe Teri" from the movie '' Paathshaala'' and "Tum Jo Aaye" from ''

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''. She sang the song "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" in 2015, through which her sister Khushali made her screen debut. It is a recreated version of the original song from the movie '' Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin''. Kumar sang "Soch Na Sake", "Sanam Re", "Nachange Sari Raat", "Ishq Di Latt", "Salamat", "Dekh Lena", "Wajah Tum Ho", "Dil Ke Pass", and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga" in 2016 she also duoed with

Guru Randhawa Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", "Ishare Tere", "Slowly Slowly (Guru Rand ...

in Enni Soni in 2019. In 2020, during the

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lockdown, she released several songs where she collaborated with Darshan Raval on Tere Naal,

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on Naam. Her blockbuster single ''"Tanhaai"'' was released on T-Series official YouTube channel and has gained over 11 crore views on

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. In 2021, Kumar released the single ''"Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham"'' sung along with

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. The music video features

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and her sister Khushali. In February 2021, she released a new song ''"Main Jis Din Bhula Doon"'' along with Nautiyal which featured

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and Sneha Namanandi. She was seen hosting season 2 of Indie Hai Hum in February 2021. Later on, she released her blockbuster romantic hit ''Is Qadar'' sung along with Darshan Raval and the music video features them both. On 30 June 2021, Kumar and Nautiyal's Amazon Prime Mixtape season 3 was out. The songs in the mixtape were Tera Chehra and Jaan Meri On 5 October 2021, Darshan Raval and Tulsi Kumar's #ShaadiWalaSong Tera Naam was released. This is the third Collaboration of this duo. The song hit 9 million+ views and was trending on #2 on YouTube Global Charts within 24 hours of release. Fans are giving immense love to this song.

Personal life

Kumar was born as Tulsi Kumar Dua in a

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family to businessman and founder of T-Series

and his wife Sudesh Kumari.

Divya Khosla Kumar Divya Khosla Kumar (born 20 November 1987) is an Indian actress, producer, and director who works in Hindi films. She has directed various advertisements and has also featured in some music videos. She is married to Bhushan Kumar, the chairman ...

is Tulsi's sister-in-law. In 2015, she married businessperson Hitesh Ralhan in

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''The Times of India''. (20 February 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2015. The couple has a son, born in 2017.

Accolades

Kumar has won several accolades including the International Indian Film Academy award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2017 for the song " Soch Na Sake", Mirchi Music Award – Listener's Choice Song of the Year in 2017 for "Soch Na Sake" from the film

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, and Mirchi Music Awards – Best Album in 2020 for the soundtrack to ''

Kabir Singh ''Kabir Singh'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under T-Series Films and Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under Cine1 Stu ...

''. She has also been nominated for the IIFA Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 and 2019.

Discography

Films

Albums / Singles

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Tulsi Bollywood playback singers Indian women playback singers Living people Punjabi people 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from Delhi Singers from Delhi International Indian Film Academy Awards winners 1986 births