Sapna Awasthi Singh is a

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best remembered for her "

Chaiyya Chaiyya "Chaiyya Chaiyya" (" alkin shade") is an Indian pop-folk song, featured in the soundtrack of the Bollywood film '' Dil Se..'', released in 1998. Based on Sufi music and Urdu poetry, the single was composed by A.R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, an ...

" from '' Dil Se..'' and "UP Bihar Lootne" from ''

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'' (1999).

Early life and career

Sapna Awasthi started training in classical music at a young age and completed ''Sangeet Vishaarad'' in

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. She began singing for the radio when she was fifteen, before performing on stage. She received her first break in

from composer Sameer Sen. Awasthi is from

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region of

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and relocated to

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after singing songs in

Krantiveer ''Krantiveer'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed and produced by Mehul Kumar. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni in the lead roles. Farida Jalal, Paresh Rawal, Tinu Anand, Da ...

(1994). She has sung for prominent musicians like

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and others. Her biggest hit to date, as is usually believed, is not her duet 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' (co-singer Sukhvinder Singh) for

's ''

Dil Se ''Dil Se..'' () is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, and Shekhar Kapur. Set in the backdrop of Insurgency in Assam, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan a ...

'' (1998), but 'Pardesi Pardesi' (co-singers

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and

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) for Nadeem-Shravan's ''

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'' (1996).

Popular songs

*"Pratighat Ki Jwala" - Anjaam 1994 *"Banno Teri Ankhiyan Soorme" — '' Dushmani: A Violent Love Story'' (1995) *"Pardesi Pardesi" — ''

'' (1996) *"UP Bihar Lootne" — ''

'' (1999) *"Shadi Karvado" — ''

Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai ''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai'' () is 2000 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Govinda and Sonali Bendre as leads. It is a remake of the 1972 Marathi film '' Ekta Jeev Sadashiv'', and the 1974 Kannada ...

'' (2000) *"Bachke Tu Rehna Re" — ''

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'' (2002) *"Kabhi Bandhan Chhuda Liya" — ''

Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam ''Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam'' () is a 2002 Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by K. S. Adhiyaman (his Hindi debut), serving as a inspire of 1995 Tamil film ''Thotta Chinungi''. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan, ...

'' (2002) *"

" — '' Dil Se..'' (1998) *"Sab Kuch Bhula Diya" — ''

'' (2002) *"Saajan Saajan" - ''

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'' (2003) *"Daroga Babu Re Dil Humra--30 Days,Lyrics -Sahil Sultanpiri.(2003) *"Kata Kata" — '' Raavan'' (2010) *"Katiya Karoon" — ''

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'' (2011) *"Sasure Ke Kaudy Lag Gaye" - ''

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'' *"Jo beech bajariya tune" (ansh (2002)"

Accolades

References

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