Sukhwinder Singh is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se.., was composed by A. R. Rahman, written by Gulzar, and sung in duet with Sapna Awasthi. It was also featured in the musical Bombay Dreams and, in remixed arrangements, in the titles and credits segments of Spike Lee's 2006 film, Inside Man. Singh later gained more international fame for singing "Jai Ho" from the film Slumdog Millionaire, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Yogen Shah/India Today Group/Getty Images Biography
This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia. Find out more about our use of this data.
Links & Information
Links
- Wikipedia article on Sukhwinder Singh
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm0802240
- Last.fm page on Sukhwinder Singh
- MusicBrainz entry on Sukhwinder Singh
-
Links & information come from MusicBrainz. You can add or edit information about Sukhwinder Singh at musicbrainz.org. Find out more about our use of this data. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
