Divya Kumar is an Indian playback singer who has lent his voice in a number of Hindi, Gujarati,Telugu and other language films.

Early life

Divya Kumar comes from a musical family. His grandfather, Pandit Shivram, was a composer for many regional films in India, and for

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's films. His father, Bhagwan Shivram, is a musician and has recorded with

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and

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.His Bollywood break was with Gujraj Singh on the film ''Tutiya Dil''. Since then, he has gone on to sing some popular songs like "Shubhaarambh" for the film ''Kai Po Che'', "Chanchal Man Ati Random" for the film

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, and was featured on "Daingad Daingad" from the film ''Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania''. He also sang in the Farhan Akhtar starrer movie

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, singing "Maston Ka Jhund" (music by

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). In 2013, he sang in

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and Ghanchakkar, and was a part of

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India's prestigious 'MTV Unplugged' , which dedicated an entire episode to his hits. He has also appeared on MTV's other prestigious musical show "

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". He sang in a serial called

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as a playback singer and the theme music composed by

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. In 2017 he sung a title song for three international award-winning Rajasthani film

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. He is a rare combination of immense talent and powerful musical genes, which makes him a very soulful & powerful performer at the same time. He is currently managed by Tarsame Mittal Talent Management for his live gigs.

Discography

Hindi

Telugu

Gujarati

Tamil

Rajasthani

Marathi

* Chumbak – Title Track, * Youngraad – Arz, * Ziprya – Alibaba, * Pyaar Wali Love Story – Jahan Jau, * Govinda – Title Track, * Hrun – Title Track, * Katyar Kaljat Ghusali – Yaar Ilahi, * Baapmanus- Title Track *

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- Woh Maseeha Aa Gaya

Kannada

Run Anthony ''Run Antony'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada action thriller film written and directed by Raghu Shastri, making his debut. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Guru Rajkumar under Vajreshwari Hospitality banner, the film stars V ...

– Run Run Run
Victory 2 — Cheap & best

Roberrt ''Roberrt'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Tharun Sudhir and produced by Umapathy Srinivasa Gowda under the banner of Umapathy Films. The film stars Darshan, Vinod Prabhakar, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi ...

– Jai Shree Ram (2020)

Bengali

* Beparoyaa (2016) – Poran Bondhua, * Badsha - The Don (2016) – Dhat Teri Ki

Albums

Others

Famous Jingles – Fevicol 2011, IIN, 93.5 FM, Hajmola 2014, IPL 2013 – Koi Nahi Bachega, & Picture – Sapno Ki Udaan, Coke Studio – Season 2 – Dil Loche, Season 4 – Sawan Me, Others – World Cup 2015 – Ms Dhoni Bio Pic – Phir Se, MTV Unplugged – Shake Your Bootiya, 9xM Anthem Song – Haq Se,

References

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