Jaspinder Narula ( pa, ਜਸਪਿੰਦਰ ਨਰੂਲਾ; born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of playback, classical and Sufi music. She is known for her work in

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and Punjabi cinema. In 2021 she was selected by BJ Sam the Nigerian international singer and producer to represent

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in the first universal

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project with other global music icons including Hollywood Actor Paul Raci, Swiss actress Christina Zurbrügg, Ghanaian Legendary singer

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, She shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film ''

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'' for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. The other notable films she has sung in include ''

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'', '' Mohabbatein'', '' Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani'' and ''

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''. She is also a singer of Sufi music, as well as Gurbani and other

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. She sung a latest Hindi Music video "Maula Ali Ali" with

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. In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live Performer in the

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singing reality series, ''Dhoom Macha De'' (2008).

Career

Jaspinder's career in singing began early. Her father Kesar Singh Narula was a music composer of the 1950s. She took her music training under the worthy tutelage of her father Shri Kesar Singh Narula and later from Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan of Rampur Sahaswan Gharana. Initially, Jaspindar Narula kept away from film singing and specialised in singing

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s and Sufiana compositions. She moved to Mumbai a few years later at the advice of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gathering in Delhi and asked his son and music director, Viju Shah, to give her break in films like ''Master'', ''Aar Ya Paar'' and '' Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan'' (1998). She excels in singing folk and devotional songs. She has lent her voice to record numerous music albums for a large number of successful Bollywood films like '' Dulhe Raja'', '' Virasat'', ''

'', '' Mohabbatein'' and ''

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'' to name a few.

Personal life

She lives in Mumbai, and is married to a Canada-based Indian businessman. Narula did her schooling from Guru Harkishan Public School, India Gate, New Delhi and completed her B.A Hons in Music from Indraprastha College for Women, where she was admitted as a special case because she did not have Music as a subject in class 12th which was pre-requisite for admission in the course. She finished PhD in

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from

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in 2008. She joined

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in February 2014.

Discography

Awards

References

External links

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Jaspinder Narula Filmography
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Tare Hai Barati Chandni Hai Barat , Kumar Sanu, Jaspinder Narula , Virasat 1997 Songs , Anil Kapoor

Tare Hain Barati with lyrics , तारे हैं बाराती की बोल , Kumar Sanu , Jaspinder Narula
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