Sunday, June 6, 2010

Jaspinder Narula's Biography

Jaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer, who shot to fame after a duet ‘Pyar to hona hi tha’ from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha with Remo Fernandes for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, her other notable films are Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Bunty Aur Babli. She also a singer of Sufi music, and as well as Gurbani and other Sikh religious music.
In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live Performer in the NDTV Imagine singing reality series, Dhoom Macha De (2008)
Career
Jaspinder’s tryst with singing began early. Her father K.S. Narula was a music composer of 1950s. Initially Jaspindar Narula kept away from film singing and specialized in singing bhajans and Sufiana compositions. She finally moved to Mumbai a few years later at the advise of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gather 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, Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein and Bunty aur Babli to name a few.
Personal life
She lives in Mumbai and is married to an Canada-based Indian businessman. She complete her Ph.D. in Hindustani classical music from Delhi University in 2008 .
Awards
Filmfare Award
1999: Best Female Playback: "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
Star Screen Award
1999: Best Female Playback: "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Mona Singh's Biography

Mona Singh (born October 8, 1980) is an Indian model and television actress. She is a Punjabi Sikh.
Personal Life
Mona Singh is a Punjabi Sikh and lives in Lokhandwala, Mumbai and has an elder sister who lives in New Zealand. She is not married. She dated Karan Oberoi for 12–16 months but they broke-up in 2009.


Career
She played the central role in the popular television serial, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi. In 2006, she was the winner of the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on Sony Entertainment Television. She announced to make movies sometime in the future, one of them with Bobby Pushkarna. In November 2006, she also participated in an Aids Event .
In March 2007, she signed an exclusive contract with Sony Entertainment Television to be brand ambassador for the channel for 13 months. In June 2006, she is expected to leave on a world tour with a number of other actors, performing to songs.Her next show on TV will be Extreme Makeover. and she is hosting Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 on Sony and extra shots on Set Max comes every Saturday. She has also been ambassador for various brands.
Films
She appeared in a supporting role in Three Idiots directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

Master Saleem's Biography

Master Saleem born July 13, 1980 sometimes referred as Saleem Shahzada (Salim Shahzada) is an Indian singer, known for his work as a playback singer in Bollywood films, like Heyy Babyy (2007), Dostana and Love Aaj Kal (2009). He has also released private albums, of Punjabi Music, Religious and Sufi music.
Early life and training
He was born Saleem Shahkoti (Saleem Shahzada),in Shahkot, near Jalandhar, Punjab.[1] He is the son of the famous Sufi singer Ustad Pooran Shah Koti, who was also the guru of folk singers, Hans Raj Hans, Jasbir Jassi and Sabar Koti. At the age of six Saleem also became his disciple and started learning singing.
Career
At the age of 10, he gave his first public performance at the opening ceremony of Bathinda Doordarshan (TV station), with his song, Charkhe Di Ghook, and thus earned the name Master Saleem. Soon he started appearing on TV shows like, Jhilmil Taare.
Saleem's first album, Charkhe Di Ghook, was released when he was 10 years old. It was released on the label Sur Taal, created by his father's friend, Majnider Singh Goli, and went on to become a hit. This led to several Punjabi music and religious albums and live shows. His song Dhol Jagiro Da also became a huge hit and giving him wide popularity. In the late 1990s, however as he was growing his voice started changing, which lessened his popularity. He made his comeback in 2000, with a hit Aj Hona Deedar Mahi da, which he sang at a New Year's programme at Doordarshan channel, and later released albums dedicated to Goddess Durga including, Mela Maiya Da (2004), Aj Hai Jagrata, Meri Maiya and Darshan Kar Lao.
Around 2005, singer Jasbir Jassi introduced him to music director Sandeep Chowta, who subsequently called him to Delhi to record single Sajni in Sony Music album Teri Sajni.
Eventually Shankar Mahadevan, of the music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, heard his performances at a jagaran at the Devi Talaab Mandir, Jalandhar, being aired at a religious TV channel, and thus Saleem made his debut as playback singer with single "Mast Kalandar" from the film Heyy Babyy (2007) under their music direction. The song was a hit and launched his Bollywood career. This was followed by most well-known singles including "Tashan Mein" from the film Tashan and Maa Da Ladla from the film Dostana (2008), and Aahun Aahun in Love Aaj Kal (2009).