Vaishali Samant is an Indian music composer, lyricist and playback singer who is popularly known for her work in the

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film and music industry. Her career on television has included being a judge on the reality singing competition shows. She has sung in

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, Bengali, Gujarati,

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, Assamese,

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and Telugu languages. She has sung over 2000 songs in Marathi.

Career

She has sung for music composers like

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in ''

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'', '' Taal'', '' Saathiya'' and ''

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''. She has also sung for

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films like '' Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav'', ''

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'', ''Eight'', '' Malamaal Weekly'', '' Tujhe Meri Kasam'', ''Chetna'', '' Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...'', ''

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'', '' Chamku'', '' Mirch''. Her most well known song is ''Chalka Re'' from '' Saathiya'' by

. She was nominated for the Favorite Artist, India at the MTV Asia music awards in 2004. She was nominated for ''Gadbad Gondhal'' in Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival in 2017 as Best Singer (Female).,'Pudhari' 'http://newspaper.pudhari.co.in/home.php?edition=Mumbai&date=-1&pageno=4&pid=PUDHARI_MUM#Article/PUDHARI_MUM_20171105_04_6/452px' She also sang several playback songs for Marathi films, composed by Marathi music directors including

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, Ajay-Atul, Bal Palsule, Ajit Parab,

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and herself. she recorded duets with Swapnil Bandodkar, Anand Shinde,

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, Sudesh Bhosale,

and Adarsh Shinde.

Filmography

Television

Discography

Film songs

Non-film songs

Awards

;Feature films * Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar nominations ** 2005 – '' Pachhadlela'' for the song "Bhutana Zapatla" ** 2006 – '' Jatra: Hyalagaad Re Tyalagaad'' for the song " Kombadi Palali" ** 2007 – '' Golmaal'' for the song "Hi Gulabi Hawa" ** 2008 - ''Tula Shikwin Changlach Dhada'' for the song "Rani Majhya Malyamandi" ** 2019 - ''

Ye Re Ye Re Paisa ''Ye Re Ye Re Paisa'' () is a 2018 Indian Marathi language comedy-drama film directed by Sanjay Jadhav. The film stars Umesh Kamat, Siddharth Jadhav and Tejaswini Pandit in the lead roles. It also stars Sanjay Narvekar and Mrinal Kulkarni in sup ...

'' for the song "Khandala Ghat" ** 2024 - ''

Jhimma 2 ''Jhimma 2'' is a 2023 Indian Marathi language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Hemant Dhome and the second installment in the ''Jhimma'' series. It has an ensemble cast of Suhas Joshi, Nirmiti Sawant, Siddharth Chandekar, Ks ...

'' for the song "Punha Jhimma" * Fakt Marathi Cine Sanman nominations ** 2022 – '' Jhimma'' for the song "Jhimma" * Maharashtra Times Sanman nominations ** 2006 - '' Golmaal'' for the song "Hi Gulabi Hawa" - won

References

* http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k9/june/junerel19.php * https://web.archive.org/web/20130307150446/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=18026 * http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music_newupdatearticle.php?conid=1224 * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/Vaishali-Samant-all-set-to-sing-Hindi-songs/articleshow/53286290.cms * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Vaishali-Samant-The-original-Chikni-singer/articleshow/11565236.cms

External links

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