Dhvani Bhanushali (born 22 March 1998)
is an Indian pop singer. Born in
Mumbai
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, she gained popularity with her single ''
Vaaste
"Vaaste" is a Hindi song composed by Tanishk Bagchi with lyrics by Arafat Mehmood, performed by Dhvani Bhanushali and Nikhil D'Souza.
The song was released by T-Series on 6 April 2019 and produced by Bhushan Kumar. Its music video was directe ...
'' in 2019 which has crossed 1.3 billion views on YouTube, making her the youngest Indian pop star to have the fastest 1 billion views on
YouTube
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. She started her music career in 2017 by singing acoustic version song ''Humsafar'' from ''
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
''Badrinath Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Dharma Productions. A spiritual successor to ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' (2014), the film stars Varun Dhawan and Alia ...
''. Her first song in the film was ''Ishtehaar'' from the film ''
Welcome To New York'', released in 2018. In the same year she starred in the music video "''
Ishare Tere"'' with
Guru Randhawa
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", " Ishare Tere", " Slowly Slowly", and " ...
and ''"
Dilbar"'' From Satyameva Jayate which was an instant hit.
Early life and career
Dhvani was born in Mumbai to father Vinod Bhanushali, who was the President of Global Marketing and Media Publishing for
T-Series for 27 years until he quit the company in August 2021 to start his own venture Bhanushali Studios Limited and mother Rinku Bhanushali in a Hindu
Kutchi family. She has a younger sister named Diya Bhanushali.
Dhvani, who made her debut with the songs "Humsafar Acoustic" from ''
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
''Badrinath Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Dharma Productions. A spiritual successor to ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' (2014), the film stars Varun Dhawan and Alia ...
'', "Tere Mere Reprise" from ''
Chef
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'', "Veere" from ''
Veere Di Wedding
''Veere Di Wedding'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. Loosely based on the 2015 film ''The Wedding Ringer'', the film stars Kare ...
'' and "Ishtehaar" from the film ''
Welcome To New York'', later worked with
Neha Kakkar
Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988), is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second s ...
on the song "Dilbar" and
Guru Randhawa
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", " Ishare Tere", " Slowly Slowly", and " ...
on the song "
Ishare Tere".
Her debut song was "Ishtehaar" from the film ''Welcome To New York'', in which she sang with
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
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. Her song, "
Dilbar", was the first
Hindi
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language song to enter the
Billboard
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Top Ten.
She has released a carpool
mashup of "Gulabi Aankhen" and "
Shape of You
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".
She has released the singles "Leja Re" and "Main Teri Hoon". She has sung "Duniya" from the movie ''
Luka Chuppi
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'' along with
Akhil
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. She has also sung the song "Laila" for the film ''
Notebook
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History
...
''. Her super hit single "
Vaaste
"Vaaste" is a Hindi song composed by Tanishk Bagchi with lyrics by Arafat Mehmood, performed by Dhvani Bhanushali and Nikhil D'Souza.
The song was released by T-Series on 6 April 2019 and produced by Bhushan Kumar. Its music video was directe ...
" along with
Nikhil D'Souza
Nikhil D'Souza (born 21 November 1981) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Mumbai, India, and is now signed to East West Records of Warner Music UK.
Early life
Nikhil D'Souza was born and brought up in Mumbai and majored in Geology from ...
, starring herself and
Siddharth Gupta
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, gained 2 billion views and counting in June 2020 making her the fastest and youngest star to reach this mark. Next in cue was "Dariyaganj" along with
Arijit Singh from the film ''
Jai Mummy Di.'' She then sang "Nachi Nachi" from the movie ''
Street Dancer 3D
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'' along with
Neeti Mohan
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and
Millind Gaba
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Career
As a sing ...
. She also sang "Jeetenge Hum" which was composed by DJ Chetas and Lijo George and penned by
Manoj Muntashir
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and "Gallan Goriyan" composed by ''Taz'' and written by
Kumaar
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during the Coronavirus lockdown in India. Later on, she sang "Baby Girl" along with
Guru Randhawa
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", " Ishare Tere", " Slowly Slowly", and " ...
which is composed and written by him too. The last song sung by her in 2020 is "Nayan" with
Jubin Nautiyal
Jubin Nautiyal (born 14 June 1989) is an Indian playback singer and live performer. In June 2022, he won the IIFA award for “Playback Singer (Male)” for the song “Raataan Lambiyan.” He was awarded Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year at ...
which is composed by DJ Chetas and Lijo George and written by
Manoj Muntashir
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. She released her new single "Radha" on her 23rd birthday. She also released a Gujarati song on the occasion of Navaratri 2021 ''Mehendi'' with 65 million views on her channel. Her ''Mera Yaar'' was released on 1 December 2021 with more than 50 million views. Her latest song, 'Candy' with
Yuvan Shankar Raja
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released on Hitz Music's official YouTube channel.
On working with Tanishk Bagchi, she commented that he is her mentor. She said, "He has guided me really well. My career is mostly made because of him."
She graduated from
University of Mumbai
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The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the un ...
in
Bachelor of Commerce
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in September 2019. She also has done a BME (Business Management & Entrepreneurship) from Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Mumbai.
Discography
Film songs
Originals/Music Videos
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian singers
Bollywood playback singers
Singers from Mumbai
University of Mumbai alumni