Jaspinder Narula ( pa, ਜਸਪਿੰਦਰ ਨਰੂਲਾ; born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of
playback,
classical and
Sufi music
Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.
Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the ...
. She is known for her work in
Hindi
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and
Punjabi cinema
Punjabi cinema, sometimes Metonymy, metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi language, Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali.
The ci ...
.
In 2021 she was selected by BJ Sam the Nigerian international singer and producer to represent
India
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in the first universal
Christmas music
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project with other global music icons including Hollywood Actor
Paul Raci, Swiss actress
Christina Zurbrügg, Ghanaian Legendary singer
Diana Hopeson,
She shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with
Remo Fernandes
Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes (born 8 May 1953) is a singer and musician from India with naturalized Portuguese citizenship. Known as a pioneer of Indian pop music, he performs pop/rock/ Indian fusion and is also a film playback sin ...
from the 1998 film ''
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha'' for which she won the 1999
Filmfare Best Female Playback Award
The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song.
Although the award cerem ...
. The other notable films she has sung in include ''
Mission Kashmir
''Mission Kashmir'' is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Jackie Shroff, Preity Zinta, and Sonali Kulkarni. It deals with terrorism and the tr ...
'', ''
Mohabbatein
''Mohabbatein'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai, and newcom ...
'', ''
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
''Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language satirical film released by Dreamz Unlimited (now Red Chillies Entertainment). The producers derived the title from lines of the song "Mera Joota Hai Japani" from '' Shree 420'' ...
'' and ''
Bunty Aur Babli
''Bunty Aur Babli'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who serves as producer under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Abhishek Bac ...
''.
[ She is also a singer of ]Sufi music
Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.
Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the ...
, as well as Gurbani
Gurbani ( pa, ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ) is a Sikh term, very commonly used by Sikhs to refer to various compositions by the Sikh Gurus and other writers of Guru Granth Sahib. In general, hymns in the central text of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib, ...
and other Sikh
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religious music
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. She sung a latest Hindi Music video "Maula Ali Ali" with Mudasir Ali
Mudasir Ali (born 21 November 1987) is an Indian composer. He debuted as a film composer in 2015 by composing songs and film score for the movie '' Bumper Draw''. He later scored music for an action-thriller ''Four Pillars of Basement''.
Car ...
.
In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live Performer in the NDTV Imagine
Imagine TV was a Hindi general entertainment channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, and based in New Delhi.
The channel was known for shows such as '' Ramayan (2008), Chandragupta Maurya, '' Swayamvar'', ''Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo'', ''M ...
singing reality series, ''Dhoom Macha De'' (2008).
Career
Jaspinder's career in singing began early. Her father Kesar Singh Narula was a music composer of the 1950s. She took her music training under the worthy tutelage of her father Shri Kesar Singh Narula and later from Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan of Rampur Sahaswan Gharana. Initially, Jaspindar Narula kept away from film singing and specialised in singing bhajan
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...
s and Sufiana compositions. She moved to Mumbai a few years later at the advice of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gathering in Delhi and asked his son and music director, Viju Shah, to give her break in films like ''Master'', ''Aar Ya Paar'' and '' Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan'' (1998).
She excels in singing folk and devotional songs. She has lent her voice to record numerous music albums for a large number of successful Bollywood films like ''Dulhe Raja
''Dulhe Raja'' (transl. ''Groom King'') is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Kader Khan, Johnny Lever, Prem Chopra and Asrani.
Plot
K. K. Singhania a business tycoon buys an expensive hotel "M ...
'', '' Virasat'', ''Mission Kashmir
''Mission Kashmir'' is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Jackie Shroff, Preity Zinta, and Sonali Kulkarni. It deals with terrorism and the tr ...
'', ''Mohabbatein
''Mohabbatein'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai, and newcom ...
'' and ''Bunty aur Babli
''Bunty Aur Babli'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who serves as producer under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Abhishek Bac ...
'' to name a few.
Personal life
She lives in Mumbai, and is married to a Canada-based Indian businessman. Narula did her schooling from Guru Harkishan Public School, India Gate, New Delhi and completed her B.A Hons in Music from Indraprastha College for Women
Indraprastha College for Women, also known as Indraprastha College or IP College ( hi, इंद्रप्रस्थ महिला महाविद्यालय), is the oldest women's college in Delhi. Established in 1924, it is a con ...
, where she was admitted as a special case because she did not have Music as a subject in class 12th which was pre-requisite for admission in the course. She finished PhD in Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
from Delhi University
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in 2008.[
She joined ]Aam Aadmi Party
The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...
in February 2014.
Discography
Awards
References
External links
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Jaspinder Narula Filmography
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Tare Hai Barati Chandni Hai Barat , Kumar Sanu, Jaspinder Narula , Virasat 1997 Songs , Anil Kapoor
Tare Hain Barati with lyrics , तारे हैं बाराती की बोल , Kumar Sanu , Jaspinder Narula
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Indian women classical singers
Indian women playback singers
Indian Sikhs
Filmfare Awards winners
Bollywood playback singers
Punjabi people
Punjabi-language singers
Performers of Sikh music
Performers of Sufi music
Living people
Indraprastha College for Women alumni
20th-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian women singers
20th-century Indian singers
21st-century Indian singers
1970 births
Screen Awards winners