Sukhwinder Singh

Singer/Music Director/Lyricst

Born : 16 Sep 1968

Debut Movies

Famous For

Meenaxi: Tale of..

Release Date:
02 Apr 2004

Directed By:
M.F. Hussain
Raavan

Release Date:
18 Jun 2010

Directed By:
Mani Ratnam

Biography

Sukhwinder Singh is an internationally recognized singer, based in India, who often works as a Bollywood playback artist. Singh was best known for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya", for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. "Chaiyya Chaiyya", the first 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.

Singh got his break in the movie "Karma" in which he sang a few lines; then he sang in a Madhuri Dixit film called Khilaaf, in which he sang the hit song "Aa ja sanam".

With A. R. Rahman

The association of Sukhwinder Singh and composer A.R. Rahman has resulted in a lot of hit songs. The list includes Chaiyya Chaiyya from Dil Se, Ramta Jogi, Ni Main Samajh Gayee, Taal Se Taal Mila and Nahin Samne from Taal, Ruth Aa Gayee Re, Raat Ki Daldal Hain and Yeh Jo Zindagi Hain from Earth, Jaane Tu Mera Kya Hai from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Aayo Re Sakhi, Bhangari Morori and Piya Ho from Water, Chinnamma Chilakkamma from Meenaxi, Thok De Killi from Raavan and the most popular Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.

He has also recorded a couple of Tamil songs for Rahman, Thiruvallikkeri Rani from Udhaya and Lucky Lucky from Ratchagan.

Awards

Sukhwinder Singh won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for the song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from the movie Dil Se whose music was by A.R. Rahman and for the song "Haule Haule" from the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, whose music was by Salim Sulaiman.

The song "Jai Ho", sung by Singh, composed by A.R. Rahman and written by Gulzar, was nominated as a Critics' Choice Award for Best Song and won an Oscar Academy Award for Best Original Song. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2010.