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1. Rekha Bhardwaj


15-05-2017/rekha-bhardwaj.jpg Rekha Bhardwaj is a dynamic and versatile Indian playback singer who can perform in different genres like Bollywood, Sufi, Folk and Classical. She married the Indian Director, Producer and Music Director Vishal Bharadwaj. Her unique style of singing makes her stand out of the crowd. Born in a middle-class household in New Delhi, Rekha studied music at Hindu College, Delhi. She always desired to become a singer but was discouraged due to her husky voice. Rekha and her husband Vishal Bharadwaj studied in the same college. They met each other in their college annual day program. Music was common in both which created a bond between them and later they got married. Vishal believed and convinced her to start her caree...
Rekha Bhardwaj is a dynamic and versatile Indian playback singer who can perform in different genres like Bollywood, Sufi, Folk and Classical. She married the Indian Director, Producer and Music Director Vishal Bharadwaj. Her unique style of singing makes her stand out of the crowd. Born in a middle-class household in New Delhi, Rekha studied music at Hindu College, Delhi. She always desired to become a singer but was discouraged due to her husky voice. Rekha and her husband Vishal Bharadwaj studied in the same college. They met each other in their college annual day program. Music was common in both which created a bond between them and later they got married. Vishal believed and convinced her to start her caree...
Date of Birth: 24-01-1964
Age: 60
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 24-01-1964
Age: 60
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

2. Shreya Ghoshal


s/h/r/e/y/a/shreya-ghoshal.png Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Ben...
Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Ben...
Date of Birth: 12-03-1984
Age: 40
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 12-03-1984
Age: 40
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

3. Shilpa Rao


shilpa-rao.png Shilpa Rao is perhaps the youngest Bollywood singer who made her debut with her song “Tose Naina’ from the movie ‘Anwar’ which was composed by music director Mithoon. This singer was a discovery of music composer Mithoon. She got the chance to sing her debut song when she was studying in college. It is said that her father groomed up this singer when she was young. She had her first training from her father S. Venkat Rao who was a music graduate.    Shilpa was born on 11 April 1984 in Jamshedpur. The singer found her initial opportunity by performing Live with singer Hariharan at different venues. She even won a national level hunt c...
Shilpa Rao is perhaps the youngest Bollywood singer who made her debut with her song “Tose Naina’ from the movie ‘Anwar’ which was composed by music director Mithoon. This singer was a discovery of music composer Mithoon. She got the chance to sing her debut song when she was studying in college. It is said that her father groomed up this singer when she was young. She had her first training from her father S. Venkat Rao who was a music graduate.    Shilpa was born on 11 April 1984 in Jamshedpur. The singer found her initial opportunity by performing Live with singer Hariharan at different venues. She even won a national level hunt c...
Date of Birth: 11-04-1984
Age: 40
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 11-04-1984
Age: 40
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

4. Nikhil Paul George


nikhil-paul-george.png Nikhil Paul George is guitarist, record producer, singer, arranger and composer; he is an Indian settled in London. He has composed and arranged many Bollywood movie songs. Some of the films he has worked in are ‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’, ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’, ‘Dhoom 3’, ‘Race 2’, ‘Players’ and a few more. He came into limelight with the film ‘Barfi’ in which he sang two songs ‘Main Kya Karoon’ and ‘Aashiyan’. Nikhil with Shalmali Kholgade sang the song for the film ‘Maazii’; the song was titled ‘Zindagi’. His latest work has been for the song ‘Nazde...
Nikhil Paul George is guitarist, record producer, singer, arranger and composer; he is an Indian settled in London. He has composed and arranged many Bollywood movie songs. Some of the films he has worked in are ‘Shaadi ke Side Effects’, ‘Ferrari Ki Sawaari’, ‘Dhoom 3’, ‘Race 2’, ‘Players’ and a few more. He came into limelight with the film ‘Barfi’ in which he sang two songs ‘Main Kya Karoon’ and ‘Aashiyan’. Nikhil with Shalmali Kholgade sang the song for the film ‘Maazii’; the song was titled ‘Zindagi’. His latest work has been for the song ‘Nazde...

5. Pritam Chakraborty


12-01-2018/pritam-chakraborty.jpg When it comes to Bollywood music, Pritam Chakraborty is one of the most prominent figures in the Indian music industry. More commonly known as just “Pritam”, he is song composer, singer as well as an energetic live performer. Starting his career in 2001, his areas of excellence is a wide range of genres. From Pop to Jazz, Techno to Sufi music, Pritam is a highly capable individual. Born in Kolkata, on 14th June, 1971, Pritam got his early music training from his father’s music school for children. His urge towards music can be seen in his early life when Pritam joined a music school after completing college. He formed two bands as a youngster, and also managed to release a cassette to his credit from the second band. He is a graduate Soun...
When it comes to Bollywood music, Pritam Chakraborty is one of the most prominent figures in the Indian music industry. More commonly known as just “Pritam”, he is song composer, singer as well as an energetic live performer. Starting his career in 2001, his areas of excellence is a wide range of genres. From Pop to Jazz, Techno to Sufi music, Pritam is a highly capable individual. Born in Kolkata, on 14th June, 1971, Pritam got his early music training from his father’s music school for children. His urge towards music can be seen in his early life when Pritam joined a music school after completing college. He formed two bands as a youngster, and also managed to release a cassette to his credit from the second band. He is a graduate Soun...
Date of Birth: 14-06-1971
Age: 52
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 14-06-1971
Age: 52
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

6. Ehsaan Noorani


Ehsaan-Noorani.jpg Ehsaan Noorani is one of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio, composing of three talented Indian musicians namely Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan himself and Loy Mendonsa. He is a popular music composer and guitarist. Ehsaan was born on October 12, 1963 in Hyderabad, India. He grew up in a place instilled with appreciation to different music genres at an early age. At 14, he started learning guitar under the teaching of Bismarck Rodriguez in Mumbai. During the mid 80’s, he attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT), which is known as MI now....
Ehsaan Noorani is one of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio, composing of three talented Indian musicians namely Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan himself and Loy Mendonsa. He is a popular music composer and guitarist. Ehsaan was born on October 12, 1963 in Hyderabad, India. He grew up in a place instilled with appreciation to different music genres at an early age. At 14, he started learning guitar under the teaching of Bismarck Rodriguez in Mumbai. During the mid 80’s, he attended the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT), which is known as MI now....
Date of Birth: 12-10-1963
Age: 60
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 12-10-1963
Age: 60
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

7. Swanand Kirkire


Swanand-Kirkire.jpg Swanand Kirkire is a multi-talented personality of Bollywood. He is an actor, lyricist, writer and singer. He was born in 1970 in Indore, India. He belongs to a Marathi-speaking family. His father, Chintamani, and mother, Neelambari, were both classical singers. Swanand, however, had no formal training on singing. His father worked at a public bank and his mother worked at a university. He spent his childhood in Indore and then move to Delhi, where he completed his graduation in Commerce. After graduation, he got a marketing job of selling Eureka Forbes Vacuum Cleaner. Later, he graduated from the National School of Drama in 1996. He started acting in theatre afterwards. He was a crazy about films and used to bunk schools for seeing movies....
Swanand Kirkire is a multi-talented personality of Bollywood. He is an actor, lyricist, writer and singer. He was born in 1970 in Indore, India. He belongs to a Marathi-speaking family. His father, Chintamani, and mother, Neelambari, were both classical singers. Swanand, however, had no formal training on singing. His father worked at a public bank and his mother worked at a university. He spent his childhood in Indore and then move to Delhi, where he completed his graduation in Commerce. After graduation, he got a marketing job of selling Eureka Forbes Vacuum Cleaner. Later, he graduated from the National School of Drama in 1996. He started acting in theatre afterwards. He was a crazy about films and used to bunk schools for seeing movies....
Date of Birth: 1970
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Lyricist
Date of Birth: 1970
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Lyricist

8. Ankit Tiwari


Ankit-Tiwari.jpg Ankit Tiwari was born on March 6, 1986 in Kanpur, India. He is a drastically advancing music composer and a playback singer who had given back to back hit albums and songs. He got into the Bollywood Cinema world in the year 2010 until the present. His works are quite impressive and blissful listening to them. Initially, he entered into the film industry as a music director after which he also lingered into playback singing. In the year 2013, he got an award for the music director category. Also, his album contested for a couple of awards in the Filmfare Awards. This is a jump start for any music director and Ankit Tiwari proved out to be one. He sang the song, namely Galiyan for the movie Ek Villain and he contes...
Ankit Tiwari was born on March 6, 1986 in Kanpur, India. He is a drastically advancing music composer and a playback singer who had given back to back hit albums and songs. He got into the Bollywood Cinema world in the year 2010 until the present. His works are quite impressive and blissful listening to them. Initially, he entered into the film industry as a music director after which he also lingered into playback singing. In the year 2013, he got an award for the music director category. Also, his album contested for a couple of awards in the Filmfare Awards. This is a jump start for any music director and Ankit Tiwari proved out to be one. He sang the song, namely Galiyan for the movie Ek Villain and he contes...
Date of Birth: 06-03-1986
Age: 38
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 06-03-1986
Age: 38
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

9. Shankar Mahadevan


Shankar-Mahadevan.jpg Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to...
Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to...
Date of Birth: 03-03-1967
Age: 57
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 03-03-1967
Age: 57
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

10. Loy Mendonsa


loy-mendonsa1.jpg Loy Mendonsa is an Indian pianist, musician, and singer. He is more renowned as the member of the trio group Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, which he co-founded with singer Shankar Mahadevan and guitarist-singer Ehsaan Noorani. His career initially began for Doordarshan productions, where he composed the theme song of “The World This Week” show. Before the formation of his trio group, Loy has worked with the Indian music great A.R.Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. After the release of the album “Rockford” by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the trio made their debut in music composition in the Tamil movie “Aalavandhan”. However, it was not well receive...
Loy Mendonsa is an Indian pianist, musician, and singer. He is more renowned as the member of the trio group Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, which he co-founded with singer Shankar Mahadevan and guitarist-singer Ehsaan Noorani. His career initially began for Doordarshan productions, where he composed the theme song of “The World This Week” show. Before the formation of his trio group, Loy has worked with the Indian music great A.R.Rahman and Nadeem-Shravan. After the release of the album “Rockford” by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the trio made their debut in music composition in the Tamil movie “Aalavandhan”. However, it was not well receive...
Date of Birth: 06-04-1973
Age: 51
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer, Musician
Date of Birth: 06-04-1973
Age: 51
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer, Musician

11. Arijit Singh


Arijit-Singh.jpg Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre. P...
Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre. P...
Date of Birth: 25-04-1987
Age: 37
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 25-04-1987
Age: 37
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer