Baba Sehgal
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Baba Sehgal at a photoshoot promoting his new album 'Mumbai City'.
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Birth name | Harjeet Singh Sehgal |
Born | [1] Lucknow, India |
23 November 1965
Genres | Indipop, Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu |
Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, actor |
Years active | 1992 – present |
Baba Sehgal is an Indian rapper, film composer, actor and playback singer, known for his works in Indipop, Telugu cinema, Bollywood and Tamil cinema. Brought up in Lucknow, he began his career in the mid-1990s. Baba Sehgal is an Electrical Engineer from Pantnagar University. He is credited as the first Indian rapper[2] to jump on the Indipop bandwagon,[3] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[4] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene[5] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),[6] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.[7]
Career
Music
Indian Rapstar Baba Sehgal,Released his latest single Going to the gym,which collectively gathered more than 1 lakh views followed by another funny investment single Mere paas hai mutual fund which did not garner similar audience response. He also released another single on soundcloud Ek pal with an animal to express his fondness for KISHORE KUMAR .Sehgal's first album was Dilruba (1990) followed by[8] Alibaba (1991),[9] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[10] Main Bhi Madonna (1993),[11] Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie Dance Party (1995) which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".[12] He has the distinction of having the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia[13] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time). He was also the television host of the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[14] He has also worked as a stage performer.[15]
He was in New York from 2001 to 2005.[16] When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',[17] which was his 22nd and latest music album during that time.
He also directed the music for the Bollywood film Bhoot Uncle (2006).[18] He is also anchoring the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom.[19]
Acting
In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film Miss 420 alongside Sheeba. He also did playback singing for the film's soundtrack which was released in 1994, four years before the film's theatrical release. In 1999 he acted in the film Double Gadbad playing a double role. He also composed and sang all the songs for the film's soundtrack. In 2009, he played a role in the SAB TV comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar. In 2011 he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhani on Star One. Sehgal also making his Telugu film debut in a Heroine centric magnum opus movie Rudhramadevi, Anushka Shetty in the lead. It will be directed by National award winner Gunasekhar. Baba Sehgal has been signed to play a major negative role in another Telugu film titled Overdose.[20]
Filmography
As actor
- Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada (2015)
- Rudramadevi (2014)
- My Friend Ganesha 3 (2010)
- Miss 420 (1998)
As playback singer
- Telugu Cinema
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- Rikshavodu (1995)
- Jalsa (2008)
- Arya 2 (2009)
- Adhurs (2010)
- Don Seenu (2010)
- Mr.Perfect (2011)
- Ragada (2010)
- Gabbar Singh (2012)
- Shadow (2013)
- Om 3D (2013)
- Action 3D (2013)
- Adda (2013)
- Shankarabharanam (2015)
- Bollywood
- 13B (2009)
- Miss 420 (1998)
- Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994)
- Kannada
- Gajakesari (2014)
- Tamil Cinema
Year | Film | Song Name | Composer | Co-Singer(s) |
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2009 | Villu | "Jalsa Jalsa" & (Remix) | Devi Sri Prasad | Devi Sri Prasad |
2010 | Singam | "Kadhal Vandhale" | Devi Sri Prasad | Priyadharshini |
2011 | Osthe | "Osthe Maamey" | S. Thaman | Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen |
2012 | Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal | "Sokku Podi" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Shruti Haasan |
Saguni | "Vella Bambaram" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Priya Himesh | |
2013 | Alex Pandian | "Bad Boy" | Devi Sri Prasad | Priya Himesh |
2013 | Singam II | "Singam Dance" | Devi Sri Prasad | Devi Sri Prasad |
2009 | 13B |
- Bengali Cinema
Year | Film | Song Name | Composer | Co-Singer(s) |
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2013 | Khiladi (2013 Film) | "Heartbeat" | ShreePritam | Saberi Bhattacharya |
Television appearances
- Rakhi Ka Insaaf (2011) ... Guest
- Rang Badalti Odhani (2011) .... Bhai[21]
- Jugni Chali Jalandhar (2009) ... Balwinder
- Bigg Boss (2006) .... Contestant
- Superhit Muqabla (1992–1994) ... Anchor
References
- ↑ http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Baba-Sehgals-extra-marital-woes/articleshow/15471885.cms
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- ↑ http://zoot.mtsindia.in/artist-Baba%20Sehgal-biography-835
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Baba-Sehgal-to-do-an-Anil-Kapoor/articleshow/7701119.cms
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- Living people
- Bollywood playback singers
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- Indian male film singers
- Indian male voice actors
- Indian rappers
- Tamil playback singers
- Telugu playback singers
- Telugu film score composers
- People from Lucknow
- Bigg Boss participants
- 1965 births