Vaishali Samant is an Indian music composer, lyricist and playback singer who is popularly known for her work in the Marathi film and music industry. Her career on television has included being a judge on the reality singing competition shows. She has sung in Bengali, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Tamil and Telugu languages. She has sung over 2000 songs in Marathi.
Career
She has sung for music composers like
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
in
Lagaan
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,
Taal and
Saathiya. She has also sung for
bollywood
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films like Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav, Girlfriend, Eight,
Malamaal Weekly
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,
Tujhe Meri Kasam
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, Chetna, Dil Jo Bhi Kahe,
Traffic Signal
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, Chamku, Mirch. Her most well known song is ''Chalka Re'' from
Saathiya by
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
. She was nominated for the Favorite Artist, India at the
MTV Asia music awards in 2004. She was nominated for
Gadbad Gondhal in
Ambarnath Marathi Film Festival in 2017 as Best Singer (Female).,
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Playback singing
References
* http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k9/june/junerel19.php
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130307150446/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEntertainmentNews.asp?id=18026
* http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/music_newupdatearticle.php?conid=1224
* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/Vaishali-Samant-all-set-to-sing-Hindi-songs/articleshow/53286290.cms
* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Vaishali-Samant-The-original-Chikni-singer/articleshow/11565236.cms
External links
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Living people
Indian women playback singers
Marathi playback singers
Bollywood playback singers
Indian women composers
Indian women singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters
Marathi people
Singers from Pune
Kannada playback singers
Tamil playback singers
21st-century Indian singers
21st-century Indian women musicians
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian composers
Women musicians from Maharashtra
21st-century women composers
1977 births
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