Kary Arora (born 7 January 1977) is an Indian DJ. She is best known as India's first female DJ.
Arora began DJing in 1997
and became the 5th female music composer in Bollywood.
She ventured into music composition, writing lyrics, rapping, grunge singing.
Early life and education
Kary Arora was born in Chandigarh, India on 7 January 1977. There were no profound DJing schools back in India in 1997, so she joined Adersh sound and light company in Delhi as a sound labor/DJ for 300 rupees to understand digital connections of console. She taught herself DJing in a year, while shifting jobs in Delhi. Her training for music and keyboards happened under Guru Ravi Prakash,
provides her with a greater understanding of music. She studied Audio Engineering at
SAE Institute
The SAE Institute (SAE, formerly the School of Audio Engineering and the SAE Technology College) is a Private college, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit college with campuses and facilities, including license ...
in Chennai to improve her skills of songwriting.
Musical career
As a DJ
She began Djing in 1997 as a freelance. Her first resident DJing was in club Temptation in Delhi from 1999 to 2000, then joined Buzz-Delhi from 2001 to 2004, Flames in Le Meridian-Chennai in 2005, Buzz-Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR from 2006 to 2008 and until present she has been freelancing performing in clubs across the globe.
As a songwriter
From Jingles to Bollywood Songs, she has made a mark in all parts of Indian music industry. She has successfully juggled between roles; be it a Singer, composer, music director or an Audio Engineer. Kary is one of those rare breed of music directors who would walk a mile to record best suited tunes and come up with absolute wicked songs required to meet the demands of the script. In 2008 she composed her first single ''Funny Happy B'day to U'' for Meow Fm,
in 2009 composed a background score ''48 Sec of Morning Melody'' for CNEB channel. Spectral Records released her two singles ''Sanware ki Dhun'' and ''De De Deedaar De'' in 2013.
In 2013, she made her debut as music composer in Bollywood movie
Satya 2
''Satya 2'' () is a 2013 Indian crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film stars Puneet Singh Ratn (Hindi), Sharwanand (Telugu), Anaika Soti and Mahesh Thakur. The film tells the story of ...
with her song ''Satya is Back Again''
In 2015, she composed song ''Tinko ke Sahare'' in movie
Angry Indian Goddesses
''Angry Indian Goddesses'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Pan Nalin and produced by Gaurav Dhingra and Pan Nalin under the banner Jungle Book Entertainment. It stars Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dia ...
.
Awards and nominations
Limca Book of Records
The ''Limca Book of Records'' is an annual reference book published in India documenting world records held by Indians. The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, advent ...
honored Arora as India's first woman DJ in 2014. In her residency, Buzz has been awarded of ''Best Bar with dancing'' in 2007 and ''Best Bar of the town'' in 2008 by Times Nightlife of India. Arora was featured in the documentary ''360 Degree DJs'', and was ranked as one of Delhi's top five DJs for two years.
Discography
Soundtracks
Remixes
Singles
Background scores
References
External links
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Interview with foodandnightlife.com*
Asianage - Pick Your FavoriteEcho of India - Port Blair Country's 1st Female DJMy Swar Artist ProfileLim Ca Book of Records India
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Musicians from Chandigarh
1977 births
Living people
Indian DJs
Women DJs
21st-century women musicians