Runa Rizvi is an Indian classical and Bollywood

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

. She sings Sufi songs, folk, Bollywood movies etc.

Early life

Runa Rizvi was born in Bombay to

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n singers Rajkumar Rizvi and Indrani Rizvi. She graduated from

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1961 in Vile Parle, Mumbai by Shri Vile Parle ...

, Mumbai. She belongs to the Kalavant gharana and has been trained in classical, semi-classical and light classical music and can sing Hindi film songs, ghazals,

thumri Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dra ...

, Folk, Punjabi and Sufi Music, as well as Western and Pop music. Runa Rizvi is married to percussionist

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Career

She sang for the Rajshri film ''Uff kya jaadu mohabbat hai'' along with

Kunal Ganjawala Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingl ...

. She sang a song, ''Jaane tu mera kya hai (Aditi)'', for the movie ''

Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na ''Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' ( ''Whether You Know Or Not'') is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language coming of age romantic comedy film written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala and produced by Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan under Aamir Khan Productions, wi ...

''. In 2011, Runa has rendered playback for the film ''Provoked'' starring

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. She also worked with Prem Joshua and his band for their album, ''Luminous Secrets''.

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* * 1979 births Living people Indian Muslims Indian women playback singers Bollywood playback singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers {{India-singer-stub