Bina Mistry is a popular Hindi /Gujarati singer based in the United Kingdom. Mistry was born in

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, of Indian parents. Later she moved to London, where she became a merchant banker. Her interest in

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

music led to a job as a DJ and record producer. Her musical career spans 20 years starting with the first Hindi re-mix album 'Cha Party' with singer Bali Bhrambhatt. This was followed by a

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album 'Ajanbee' composed by Hariharan. Her first hit of her own was " Hot Hot Hot", a cover of the

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hit. Her version was used in the film ''

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''. Mistry also sang a song titled "Dhola Re" featured in the album ''A Reason to Smile''. It had an Indian theme music video and bhangra beats that began at a slow pace and ended with a speedy crescendo. Her son Rishi Mistry is a student at the School of Oriental & African Studies.

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