Sunali Rathod is an Indian playback singer. She is also a trained classical singer.

Personal life

Sunali Rathod was born Sonali Sheth on 17 January 1970 into a

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family in

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. She studied in

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. She was

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singer

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, (

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player), playback singer, music director and a composer.Third time lucky
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Career

She started to perform at the age of 10 under the guidance of Gujarati music composer Shri Purshottam Upadhyay. During this stage she was introduced to Pandit

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, who became her mentor. She also learnt the intricacies of Indian classical music Classical music under Ustaad Faiyyaz, Niyaz Ahmed Khan, Ustad Mashkoor and Mubarak Ali Khan of Kirana School of Music. She sings in languages like

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, Gujarati,

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, English,

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etc.. At the age of 18, she released her first EP record of Gujarati song with

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. In 1987, she released her first

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album, ‘Aghaaz’. She also won the Best Ghazal singer award in 1987 by Emirates International in

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. She has sung various types of music such as

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Kheyal Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the perfor ...

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and Light music. On 15 August 2005 Sunali Rathod and Roop Kumar Rathod gave a guest appearances in sitcom set called

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one of the best Indian comedy show which was aired on channel

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in India. She along with her husband Roop Kumar Rathod participated in

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, an Indian musical reality show and were crowned with the "Ustaad Jodi’ title which was held on 23 February 2008. Sunali Rathod also performed in a unique webcert called "She is a Winner" celebrating Women's day in 2011 alongside artists like

Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai is an Indian playback singer and lyricist based in Goa, India. Born in Bombay, Maharashtra, she shot to fame in 1997 with songs from movies like '' Sapnay'', ''Biwi No.1'' and '' Jaanam Samjha Karo''. Early life Hema Sardesai w ...

, Kuhoo Gupta,

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and many more. She recently released a Sufi album along with Roop Kumar Rathod called Kalmaa.

TV appearances

Sunali Rathod and Roop Kumar Rathod participated in

, an Indian musical reality show, which also crowned them as the "Ustaad Jodi". They also gave a guest appearance in an Indian Comedy TV serial called ''

''.

Awards

Sunali Rathod was announced as the Best

singer award in 1986 for her debut album ‘Aaghaaz’.

References

External links

* http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/65661/Entertainment/Sonali-Rathod-Roopkumar-Rathod-play.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20121002165451/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/135/20110314201103141701544264d384737/%E2%80%98She-is-a-Winner%E2%80%99-Saluting-women-everywhere.html

* https://web.archive.org/web/20111107165527/http://businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=12714 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rathod, Sunali Living people Indian women ghazal singers St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Singers from Mumbai Indian women playback singers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers