Jaspinder Narula 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 is 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 the 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 a private gathering in Delhi and asked his son and music director, Viju Shah to give her a 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 a Canada-based Indian businessman. She completed her Ph.D. in Hindustani classical music from Delhi University in 2008.