Sukhwinder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh (conceived 18 July 1971) is an Indian Bollywood playback artist. Singh is renowned for singing "Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The melody, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se.., was made by A. R. Rahman, composed by Gulzar, and sung in two part harmony with Sapna Awasthi. It was additionally included in the musical Bombay Dreams and, in remixed plans, in the titles and credits fragments of Spike Lee's 2006 film, Inside Man. Singh later increased more global popularity for singing "Jai Ho" from the film Slumdog Millionaire, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. His version for the 2014 discharged film Haider brought him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Singh initially originates from Amritsar, Punjab. He initially performed in front of an audience at 8 years old, singing the Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar number "Sa re ga mama dad, dad, dad, ga mama re, ga re unimportant sang negligible saajna", from the 1970 motion picture Abhinetri. He likewise discharged a Punjabi collection called Munda Southhall Da with T. Singh joined Laxmikant-Pyarelal's troupe and rapidly turned into a music arranger, before making a beeline for the south of India to search for work. As of now he did a film called Rakshakudu.
Singh got his break in the motion picture Karma, in which he sang a couple lines; then he did a Madhuri Dixit film called Khilaaf, in which he sang the hit tune "Aa ja Sanam". In any case, the vocalist understood that something was absent in his voice, took a vacation and left Mumbai to visit England and America to see, hear and comprehend different types of music. After this expanding of his musical skylines, he came back to Mumbai to kick-begin his musical vocation.
His first exertion in Hindi movies, Aaja Sanam, went to a great extent unnoticed, despite the fact that the music conveyed the names of Laxmikant-Pyarelal. At that point for Dil Se... A. R. Rahman utilized Sukhwinder for "Chaiyya". Alternate movies that took after – including Taal, Biwi No. 1, 1947 Earth, Daag, Jaanwar, Dillagi, Moksha, Thakshak, Tere Naam, Apna Sapna Money, Shadi Se Pehle, Shabd, Chak de! India, Om Shanti Om and Black and White-that have made him an easily recognized name.
He has been generally welcomed for giving playback singing to Bollywood performing artist Shahrukh Khan in an aggregate of 7 melodies. Of these, "Chaiyya" from Dil Se.., "Dard-E-Disco" from Om Shanti Om, "Chak De India" from Chak De! India, "Haule" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, "Marjaani" from Billu and "satak le" from Happy New Year have gotten to be confirmed hits.
Singh has given playback to numerous prominent Bollywood legends including Salman Khan, Sharukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Tusshar Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Bobby Badshah Ranbir Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Farhan Akhtar and Sunny Deol.
In June 2014, he took an interest in the seventh season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.