Pratibha Singh Baghel (born 4 January), also referred to as Pratibha Singh and Pratibha Baghel, is an Indian singer who sings
Hindustani classical music,
ghazals as well as
Bollywood film songs.
[Anish Mohanty]
Bole Naina Music Review
Planet Bollywood, retrieved 7 October 2022.
Early life
Pratibha Singh Baghel was born in
Rewa in musically inclined family. She completed music qualifications ''Sangeet Prabhakar'' and ''Sangeet Parveen''. Influenced by an uncle, she trained for singing ''
thumris''.
Career
Baghel made her debut on the music reality show
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009
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. She was a top finalist, topping the
Shankar Mahadevan ''gharana'', but got eliminated before the final. Nevertheless, her performance received critical acclaim, and she received opportunities for stage shows in
Mumbai and eventually playback singing spots in
Bollywood films.
She lent her voice to feature films including: ''
Issaq
''Issaq'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. The film fe ...
'', ''
Bollywood Diaries'', ''
Shorgul
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'', ''
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer Shashank Khaitan and produced by Dharma Productions. It stars Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt and debutante Sidharth Shukla.
''Hump ...
'', ''
Zid'', ''
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'' and ''Baba Ramsaa Peer''. Her song "Jheeni Re Jheeni" along with classical vocalist
Rashid Khan is considered one of her best.
In 2020, Baghel released a ghazal album along with violinist Deepak Pandit, called ''Bole Naina'', which also featured the lyricist
Gulzar and tabla player
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. Its online video is reported to have attracted 50 million views in two days. She teamed up with composer Abhishek Ray to release a series of singles: a sufi rock in ''Dhaagey'', Indian folk song in ''Kanha ki Preet'', a love ballad in ''Ilzaam'', and a ghazal fusion song ''Kaise—The Music of Goodbye'', all released on
YouTube.
In 2022, she shot a video song called ''Anjam-e-Mohabbat'' in Kolkata, composed by Ananjan Chakraborty.
She also released an independent ghazal single called ''Kya Kije'' under the ''Bazm-e-Khas'' label, composed by Ghansham Vaswani. In the same year, she was also featured in
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's album ''Sukoon''.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's aching ode to queen of melody Lata Mangeshkar, Sukoon, out now
Firstpost, 7 December 2022.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people