Harshdeep Kaur (born 16 December 1986) is an Indian playback singer known for her Bollywood Hindi, Punjabi,English and Sufi songs. She is popularly known as "Sufi Ki Sultana" because of her soulful Sufi renditions. After winning titles in two reality shows, Kaur established herself as a lead singer in

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soundtracks. Kaur was sixteen years old when she released her first Bollywood song, "Sajna Mai Haari". Kaur has recorded songs for film music in multiple Indian languages, including

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, Punjabi,

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. She has worked with leading music directors(including A R Rahman,

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. She's one of the very few Indian singers to have sung for a Hollywood film. Her track R.I.P., composed by

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, was a part of Oscar-winning director

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's film ''

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''. She has also sung a few songs for the Pakistani film and television industry. Some of her popular songs include ''Katiya Karun'' from Rockstar; Dilbaro from Raazi; ''Heer'' from Jab Tak Hai Jaan; ''Ik Onkar'' from Rang De Basanti; ''

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'' from Raees; ''Nachde Ne Saare'' from Baar Baar Dekho; ''Bari Barsi'' from Band Baaja Baaraat; ''Kabira'' from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani; ''Jugni ji'' from Cocktail; and ''Twist Kamariya'' from Bareilly ki Barfi. In 2019, Kaur received the

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award at the 20th IIFA Awards for the song "Dilbaro" from the film ''Raazi.'' She also won the Star Screen Award, Zee Cine Award for the same song Dilbaro.

Early life

Kaur was born on 16 December 1986 to Savinder Singh in Delhi. She is from a musical background. Her father, Savinder Singh, owns a factory of musical instruments. She attended Springdales School in New Delhi. Apart from studying, she started learning music at the age of six. She learned

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from Mr. Tejpal Singh, popularly known as the Singh Brothers, and

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from George Pullinkala, Delhi Music Theatre. Later, at the age of twelve, to explore the world of music, she joined the Delhi School of Music to learn piano.

Career

Television

Kaur won the singing competition '' MTV’s Video Ga Ga'' in 2003. In 2008 she won '' Junoon – Kuch Kar Dikhaane Ka''. She competed from the Sufi Ki Sultan genre with

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as her mentor. She sang the title song of TV series '' Bani – Ishq Da Kalma'' in 2013. Kaur is the only singer who has appeared on all four seasons of

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from 2011 to 2015. Harshdeep Kaur became a "Coach" on

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singing reality show '' The Voice India. She was joined by

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and

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as the other coaches and by "Super Guru"

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Personal life

Kaur married her childhood friend Mankeet Singh in a traditional Sikh wedding ceremony on 20 March 2015 in Mumbai. The couple's first child, Hunar Singh was born on 2 March 2021.

Television appearances

on MTV : **Season 1 – Hoo (Music recreated by Leslie Lewis) in 2011 **Season 2 – Nirmohiya (Music by Amit Trivedi) & Hey Ri (Music by Hitesh Sonik) in 2012 **Season 3 – Dinae Dinae with Papon in 2013 **Season 4 – Teriyan Tu Jaane (Amit Trivedi) in 2015 *As a judge on ''The Voice'', a singing reality show on

in 2019.Her team won the reality show. *The opening ceremony of

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in 2017. *Special performance at the

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in 2016. *

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: Aaj din Chadeya with

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Concerts and tours

2013 * In April she headlined the Southbank Centre Music Festival in London, alongside Soul/Bollywood singer Ash King. * In August she headlined the Mosaic Festival held in Mississauga, Canada. * In September she performed at the London Mela in Gunnersbury Park. 2014 * AAS Concert at Purana Qila with Attaullah Khan. * MTV Unplugged Concert with Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan * Live in Concert with Pritam at Wembley Arena, London, Dubai & Singapore * Infinite Love Concerts with AR Rahman in Singapore and Malaysia 2015 * Performed with her band at the Stardust Concert held at the Royal Festival Hall in London in September 2015 2016 * Performed at the Heart of Asia Conference held in Amritsar in the presence of Prime Minister

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and other Asian leaders in 2016 * Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi with

Shekhar Ravjiani Shekhar Ravjiani is an Indian singer, music director, record producer and actor. He is one half of the Bollywood composing/producing duo Vishal–Shekhar, since 1999. Personal life Ravjiani was born in a Kutchi family. He lives in South Mumbai ...

at The Esplanade in Singapore in September 2016 2017 * First Indian singer to become a headliner at the Manchester International Festival in June 2017. * Headlined "Sounds Of Sufi" Concert at the Esplanade in Singapore in November 2017 * Leading performers of the

Encore tour in India 2017 * Her Solo UK tour in March 2018 was a huge success and garnered a lot of appreciation from the music industry and her fans. * She has performed with the Legendary Punjabi singer "Gurdas Mann" in 2015 & 2018 in New Delhi. 2018 * She was the leading performer on Pritam's First-ever North American Tour in April 2018. * She opened for

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' on his India tour on 12 October(Mumbai) and 14 October (Delhi) in 2018. *Performed for Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone's Wedding in Lake Como, Italy. 2019 *Headlining performer at the "Jashn-e-Rekhta" Festival held in Delhi. *Headlined Konark Festival in Orissa

Discography

Film songs

Other songs

Awards and nominations

Reality competitions

*Winner, MTV Video GaGa Contest (2001) *Winner, NDTV Imagine's JUNOON Kuchh Kar Dikhane Ka (2008) *Winner, Aao Jhoomein Gaayein (SAB TV) *Winner, SAREGAMA Punjabi (Alpha TV)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaur, Harshdeep 1986 births Living people 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Bollywood playback singers Indian female classical dancers Indian women playback singers Indian folk-pop singers Screen Awards winners Zee Cine Awards winners International Indian Film Academy Awards winners Performers of Indian classical dance Singers from Delhi Women musicians from Delhi