Arvind Barot is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, music director, composer, and poet from Ahmedabad, India. He also specializes in Bhajan, religious and Garba songs and other folk genres. He has sung more than 8,000

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songs and is best known for his works in the Gujarati cinema for rendering his voice in Gujarati movies of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Early life and career

Arvind is based from the

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, and currently is living in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. he has sung more than 8,000 film-non-film songs in

from which he has written several songs himself and has composed music for more than 150 Gujarati films. Arvind has also worked as a lead actor opposite to

Mona Thiba Mona Thiba is a Gujarati film actress from Gujarat, India. She has also acted in Hindi and Bhojpuri films. She started her acting career in 2000. She married actor-politician Hitu Kanodia on 14 August 2014 in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; G ...

in the film 'Dikri no Mandvo'. He has written, composed and sung all the songs of the film ''

Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya ''Desh Re Joya Dada Pardesh Joya'' ( en, (I) saw country; Grandpa, (I) saw foreign) is a 1998 Indian Gujarati cinema, Gujarati film directed by Govindbhai Patel. It is List of highest-grossing Gujarati films, one of the highest grossing Gujarati ...

,'' which is one of the highest-grossing Gujarati films of all time. He also composed music for famous Gujarati films, Maiyar Ma Mandu Nathi Lagtu and Gam Ma Piyariyu Ne Gam Ma Sasariyu.

Award

In 2016, Arvind has received the Kavi Kag Award from Morari Bapu.

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* Living people 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian male singers Indian male singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters People from Gujarat Singers from Ahmedabad Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-singer-stub