Arvind Vegda is a

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folk singer from

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, India. He was a contestant on the reality television show ''

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'' in 2015.

Early life

Arvind Vegda is born on 5 October 1974 in

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. He completed his school education from the Vidhyanagar High School. He joined a diploma in drama but dropped to pursue commerce. He graduated from Navgujarat College. Vegda started his career as a marketing agent for an air conditioning firm. After working for twelve years in marketing, he was appointed the president of the Ahmedabad Chapter of Indian Society of Heating and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineers.

Career

Arvind Vegda has no formal training in music. He started learning the harmonium under Narendra Rao and later formed an orchestra in 2002. They started performing at

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venues. In 2006, following the sudden death of Maniraj Barot, he was invited to perform at

Garba in Ahmedabad where he first time performed his track, "Bhai Bhai". His popularity emerged with his most popular track, "Bhai Bhai", which has more than 1 million hits on

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. His music albums including ''Bhala Mori Rama'' (2011) have sold over half a million copies. He was also roped in by the

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for its 2012 Gujarat election campaign. In 2015, he participated as a contestant on the reality show ''

''. He sang a promotional Gujarati version of the song "Jabro Fan" from the 2016 Hindi film '' Fan''.

Television

Filmography

References

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