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A R Rahman
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A.R.Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won twenty five Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammys and two Academy Awards. Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2003, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, has sold more than 100 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide, and sold over 200 million cassettes, making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists. Time Magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal ( English: Music Storm).

Udit Narayan
Music
Udit Narayan is one of the most popular singers of the Hindi film industry. This multi talented playback singer has sung in numerous films and in various other languages including Maithili, Nepali and Bhojpuri. He has won 4 National Film Awards (3 as a singer 1 as a producer) and 5 Filmfare Awards with 20 nominations and many other awards. He is the only male singer in the history of the Filmfare Awards to have won in over three decades (the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s). Udit Narayan was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009, and in 2016 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, an honour that has been awarded to only a handful of singers, in recognition of his achievements in various film industries across India. He was awarded the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu by the King of Nepal Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in 2001 and Chitragupta Cineyatra Samman 2015 for Bhojpuri Cinema. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" Udit Narayan is one of the most acclaimed singers of the present generation and has been praised by senior and established singers and composers for his original style and voice quality. He is the onscreen voice of the three major superstars of Indian cinema namely Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. Many acclaimed music directors prefer to work with him since he is able to gel with almost everyone and give the exact feel to the song. He is one of the top choices of acclaimed music directors like A.R. Rahman, Nadeem Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, etc. He is also a hit with major directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar. Some of his superhit movies are Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Toh Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Swades, Veer Zaara, Aashiqui, Lagaan, Taal, Beta, Swades, Rangeela, etc. Udit Narayan has not just made his mark in Bollywood, but has also sung many songs in other languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, etc.

Javed Ali
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Javed Ali is a very well appreciated, prolific Indian Playback Singer & Live Performer. He is widely regarded as the Versatile Golden Voice of all time in the Bollywood Film Industry. He is a very fortunate singer, to sing in different genres of music. He is very hard working, purely dedicated and full of determination towards Music. Born and brought up in Delhi, Javed Ali started singing at his early age from his father Ustad Hamid Hussian. Javed started his musical career as a playback singer with Jingles (Advertisements) and title tracks for TV soaps (TV Serials). Then he gradually moved into film music. He got his 1st break as a playback singer in the year 1998 for the film Beti no.1. (music director Mr. Viju Shah). There after Javed Alis musical career started growing by doing playbacks in films like Chameli, Dil Jo bhi Kahey, Hasil, Kyun..ho Gaya Na, Neal n Nikki, Zindagi Rocks, Golmaal etc. In 2006 Javed Alis playback in the film Bunty Aur Babli for the song Kaja Re..Kajra Re was noticed & received well appreciation from music lovers but He came into the limelight when the song Ek Din Teri Rahon main from the film Naqaab released in the year 2007. (music by Pritam). The song till now exists in the playlists of music lover worldwide. In the same year a very peppy number Nagada Nagada from the film Jab We Met mesmerized peppy track lovers. By the end of 2007 Javed Ali became the talk of the town & he was getting noticed by many music composers for his back to back hit numbers. He came into the touch with Oscar Winner music composer the great A.R Rahaman in the year 2008 & under his music direction in Javed Ali sang the beautiful soulful track called Jashn-e-Bahara in the Epic Film Jodha Akbar. In the same year (2008) Javed Ali became the voice behind Aamir Khan for his film Ghajini by singing a very romantic, soothing track Guzarish under the music direction of the Maestro A.R Rahaman. The Song Tu Muskura from the film Yuvraaj (2008) also got immense popularity. Simultaneously Javed Ali started performing Live with his band all over the world & also he started performing in A.R Rahamans world tour. In the year 2009 Javed Ali delivered many super hit, heart touching songs which are till now in the memory of music lovers. Those songs are Arziyan from Delhi 6, Tu Hi Haqeeqat & Tum Mile Title Track from Tum Mile, Aa Jao Meri Tamanna from Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Gale Lag Ja from De Dana Dan etc. Gradually he started getting calls from Regional Films music directors for playback singing in Tamil, Telegu, Bengali & other regional languages. The chart buster song Kilimanjaro was sang by Javed Ali in Tamil, Telegu & Hindi versions for the South Superstar Rajinikanth starrer film Enthiran / Robot in 2010. In the span of 2009 20011 his some other major hits were Suraj Hai Chanda Hai from the Rajinikanth starrar Sivaji The Boss, Mayya Yashoda from Jhootha Hi Sahi, Kun Faya Kun from Rockstar showing different Sufi Shades of his musicality. By his super hit performances in playback world, Javed Ali started getting recognition as the most versatile singer of recent times. In the year 2012 title track of the film Ishaqzaade mesmerized Hindi music lovers all over the world. Again a very soulful romantic number Deewana Kar Raha Hai from the film Raaz 3 was among the massive hits of Javed Alis singing career. He got the opportunity to sing the title track of the last film of the famous film maker late Yash Chopra Sahab named Jab Tak Hai Jaan. In the year 2013 the track Tum Tak from the film Raanjhanaa received immense popularity followed by Tayyab Ali & Chugliaan from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara, Jashn-E-Ishqa from Gunday, Galat Baat Hai from Main Tera Hero, Daawat-e-Ishq title track, Murshid Khele Holi from D Day etc. His latest Hindi song Tu Jo Mila from the blockbuster film Bajragi Bhaijaan received superb response worldwide. In regional Industry his latest super hit track is Jingiliya from the film Puli. By this way his journey as a successful playback singer is going on. Currently Javed Ali is singing in 16 different Indian languages for various films & for all leading actors. Television Career In the year 2011 Javed Ali started his Television career as a Mentor in the popular reality show Zee TV Sa Re Ga Ma pa lll champ. He was very popular mentor among the participants. His role as a mentor was very well appropriated. In 2012 He was the Presenter / Host of the very popular singing reality show Zee TV SaReGaMaPa 2012. His role as the Host received immense popularity among the worldwide audience of Zee TV.

Jonita Gandhi
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A Canadian of Indian origin, Jonita Gandhi has been brought up in Ontario, Canada, and has managed to pursue an exciting musical career while completing her education (BHSc and HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario). Now a full-time recording artist/performer, Jonita has several accomplishments under her belt. She made her Bollywood debut iin the title track of the 2013 Blockbuster hit film "Chennai Express" starring India's mega superstars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. She has also featured on MTV India's Coke Studio Season 3 in Clinton Cerejo's episode. She has recently sung two songs in the film "Highway", with music by A.R. Rahman. Jonita is a versatile singer and performer and has training in Western Classical music. She sings in various genres and languages and continues to aspire to learn more!

Neeti Mohan
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Neeti Mohan is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel V's reality show Popstars, subsequently being chosen for Aasma, with other winners of the show.

Haricharan
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Haricharan, is a trained classical carnatic vocalist and a playback singer based in chennai. He went to P.S.Senior Secondary School chennai and graduated from MNM Jain Engg College and recieved his B.E (computer science) degree from the Anna University, Chennai in 2008. He's currently pursuing his MBA degree from the Pondicherry university-loyola college. He debuted in films with Shankar's "Kaadal" in Joshua Shridhar's music, delivering 3 instant hits. "Unakena irupaen" (was nominated for the national awards in 2005), "Thottu thottu yennai" and the theme song. Following his debut songs which were chartbusters Haricharan has then sung almost 300 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and Malayalam with leading music directors like Isaignaani Ilayaraja, A R Rahman, Harris jeyaraj, Yuvan shankar raja, Vidyasagar, Karthik raja, Mani Sharma, Deva, Srikanth Deva, Devi Sri Prasad, Pravin Mani, Dhina, Imman, Manikanth kadri, Dharan, Devan Ekambaram. He has recieved numerous awards like Virtuosa award for the best male new comer and the All India Radio award for the best male playback singer and the LG Sangam award for his debut song "Unnakena irupaen". His recent song "Thuli Thuli" from the movie Paiyya has created a record of being the song broadcasted the most number of times and found its place in the All India Top 20.(courtesy: Indian Broadcast corporation). Hes a performing carnatic musician with performances all over india with renowned doyens in classical music such as Dr M Balamuralikrishna, Unnikrishnan. He was recently conferred the title of BALA KALA RATNA by bharathiya vidhya bhavan. Haricharan has a band comprising of 6 members who are renowned musicians in their own ways and also aid leading music directors. He performs Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and popular English numbers. He is known to do shows which involves popular songs in different grooves and giving a new sound to it. Since hes also a trained classical musician he also does fusion concerts for an appropriate audience.

Ranjit Barot
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Ranjit Barot is an Indian film score composer, music director, music arranger, drummer and singer. He has been described by guitar legend John McLaughlin as "one of the leading edges in drumming", and is part of John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, touring Europe. Born into a family steeped in Indian classical music and dance, melody and rhythm has always been an integral part of Ranjits life. In 1980 he performed at the Jazz Yatra in Europe with the Jazz Yatra Sextet (with Louis Banks), besides performing with Pandit Ravi Shankar's ensemble on the same tour.This phase saw journeys to Europe and the West with leading Indian jazz/pop and classical musicians. Between 1980 and 1982, Ranjit performed at European festivals. Ranjit has also had a long career in composition and music production, working out of his own state-of-the-art studio facility in Mumbai. He has been a featured drummer and arranger for R.D. Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, continuing through the eras of Anu Malik and Ismail Darbar, and to the present, as arranger/ producer. Ranjit has been an integral part of some of A.R. Rahmans work through the years. At the Jazz Yatra 80, he performed with the Jazz Yatra Sextet, and also performed with the Pandit Ravi Shankars ensemble, Jazzmine, featuring John Handy, George Adams and Mike Richmond of the Mingus Dynasty. His collaborations with musicians abroad have included unique performances with artists such as John McLaughlin, Jonas Helborg, Ayden Esen, and Tim Garland. Ranjit has released his debut album, titled 'Bada Boom', worldwide in November 2010, featuring musicians from India and the West. This album is a collection of Ranjits Jazz Fusion and World compositions with performances by Ustad Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, U. Srinivas, U. Rajesh, Scott Kinsey, Matt Garrison, Wayne Krantz, Dominique DiPiazza, Harmeet Manseta, Taufique Qureshi, Sanjay Divecha, Tim Garland, Gwilym Symcock, Ayden Esen and Elie Afif, to name a few. Ranjit has recently been the Music Composer and Sound Designer for the entire Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010, and is representing India with his Live Performance at the "India Inclusive' showcase at WEF, Davos 2011.

Mano
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Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and music composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Mano has recorded more than 30,000 songs for various Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya and Bollywood films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. Notably, he has recorded 2,000 songs for music director Ilayaraja.

Linda Lind
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Linda Lind is a multi talented singer, songwriter, producer and influencer. Hailing from Sweden, Linda began her musical journey singing at local events and has since toured with Julio Iglesias and most recently performed solo in Times Square, NYC for World Kindness Day. Linda has independently released music that has amassed 400K + streams and has been featured in one of the best selling video games in the world! NBA2K18!

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