Shibani Kashyap is an India singer, who is actively working in Bollywood film industry. She has anchored a singer hunt show named Bathroom Singer.
Kashyap achieved fame by singing the signature tune of the AIR FM channel of All India Radio and Amul India. Shibani mostly composes music in the Sufi-western blend. It is confirmed that Shibani will be seen acting in the new Faisal Saif directed movie Main Osama. This will be the first time that Shibani will be composing the music of a film as well as acting in it.
In 2012 she sang a Pakistani serial title song Mohabbat Jai Bhar Mein in Urdu language which was a major hit in Pakistan and as well as India too.[1] She has made her acting debut in the Star Plus T.V show Veera as musician "Megha".
Born in Delhi, India, she is a graduate in English Literature from the University of Delhi. She specializes in western and Indian classical music.
She was a member of the band Black Slade in Delhi. In 1996, the signature tune of A.I.R. F.M., a channel of the All India Radio was launched in Shibani’s voice. She has composed advertisement jingles for Amul India and Subah Savere show on Doordarshan. She shot into national fame with her debut pop album Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat (1998) for which she won the Channel V award. She was selected to represent India at the 1999 annual international music festival Azia Dauysy held in Kazakhstan. In 2000, she released a Sufi album called Nagmagee.
She has performed live shows around the world. She composed and sang her first film song "Sajna Aa Bhi Jaa" for the Hindi filmWaisa Bhi Hota Hai in 2003. She sang for the films Zinda (2006) and 1971 (2007).
She won the Best Female Pop Singer award for the album Nazakat at the 2005 Sangeet Awards held in San Francisco. As singer, Shibani was awarded JAI 19th National Award as Best Singer of India, by H K Sethi, Secretary General Journalist Association of India (www.jaoi.org) & Journalists Federation of India (www.jfoi.org), in the presence of Hon'ble Oscar Fernandes, former Union Minister of India & Hon'ble Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of India, on 2 September 2011. She composed and sang the title track for the television serial Akela on Sony Entertainment Television. She was one of the judges of the singing show Bathroom Singer on Sahara Filmy channel.
In 2012 she sang a Pakistani serial title song Mohabbat Jai Bhar Mein in Urdu language which was a major hit in Pakistan.[3]
Shibani Kashyap along with 29 independent and mainstream other artists were picked to be a part of Hungama Digital Media's new independent music venture ArtistAloud.com. According to Shibani Kashyap "It is a great site as it gives artists their individual space and a platform. It is a great revenue opportunity as well, because there is no way people would be able to pirate these songs, as they are not available in the market. This way we can fight piracy and get our rightful revenues." On 1 August 2012, she traveled from Mumbai to Jantar Mantar, Delhi to participate in the India's fight against corruption. She presented the song "Anna Hazare Deep Hamare" in front of thousands of citizens of India who were there supporting the movement against corruption.[4] On 6 July 2014, she enrolled as member of Bharatiya Janata Party, a political party of India, which formed government in month of May 2014.[5] She also announced this association on website Twitter,[6] earlier also she released new music album " My Free Spirit " where the remix song was produced by Nakul Shourie[7] which was launched by Sonu Nigam
She has an upcoming release in 2015 called Ranviir The Marshal, that features a special number sung by her. She has also acted in the film.

Rahul Vaidya- He is a famed Bollywood singer who has voiced many Bollywood numbers and albums like Be Intehaan for Race 2 and the album Tera Intezar. He was amongst the top three singers of the first Indian Idol, a singing reality show. Rahul released his debut album Tera Intezar, Sajid-Wajid composed the music for his debut album. The son of an engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Vaidya grew up in Mumbai, where he studied music under Himanshu Manocha[2] and entered various child talent competitions. While he was a Second Year Junior College student in Mithibai College, he participated in Indian Idol. He also participated in "aao jhoomein gaayein" in his boyhood. A very talented singer who has been a part of many shows since his childhood. He finished third on the first season of Indian Idol.[2] Although he was hotly tipped to win,[3] Rahul faced his defeat in the penultimate round, on 18 February 2005. Eight months later, he released his debut album Tera Intezar.[2][4] Sajid-Wajid composed the music for his debut album. He also sang a duet, "Hello Madam, I am your Adam", with fellow Indian Idol runner-up Prajakta Shukre, and "God Promise Dil Dola" with Shreya Ghoshal in the Bollywood film Shaadi No. 1. He has also sung the title song of drama "Ek Ladki Anjaani Si" which airs on Sony Entertainment Television. Other than that Rahul has performed in live shows and concerts in theUnited States, Bangladesh and The Maldives. Rahul was the male anchor of the popular show "Jhoom India" on Sahara and was a playback for several films, such as Shaadi No. 1, Jigyaasa, Hot Money, and Krazzy 4. Rahul won the title of Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar,[5] a reality singing show on Star Plus.Rahul would be back in the show to cheer the top 4 contestants in Grand Finale.[6]

Rahul has performed for the famous sankalp group,Mumbai in 2010 for navratri replacing Falguni pathak. In 2013 Vaidya sung "Be Intehaan"(Unplugged Version) from Race 2.

Now, Rahul is all set to release a single in April 2014 with popular Punjabi/Hindi rapper BADSHAH. In 2014 Rahul Came up with a 'summer party anthem of the year Fan (single), which became a hit on YouTube.

On the occasion of Independence Day Rahul Vaidya Gives his tribute and releases his new song, named Vande Mataram Song.

Aajaa Mahi Vaidya He is the host of the dance show "Aajaa Mahi Vay" with his co-host Vinit Singh who was his good friend during the show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar which was won by Rahul Vaidya. Music Ka Maha Muqqabla[edit] Rahul Vaidya is a successful contestant of the singing show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus on the Team Shankar's Rockstars and his team has won the Music Ka Maha Muqqabla contest, beating Shaan's Strikers in the Finale.

Anjana Sukhani – She is an accomplished actress having worked with a list banners and actors in bollywood and has starred in many adverts and Bollywood movies like Golmaal Returns and Salaam-e-Ishq. She was cast in a television advertisement for Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolates with the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan , and also in Coco Cola commercial with Aamir Khan, Her other releases were Jai Veeru, Jashnn , Coffee with D with Sunil Grover, Allah ke banday with Sharman joshi , Department with Mr Bachchan and Sanjay dutt, Tum Milo Toh Sahi with Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia, Kannada debut film Maleyali Jotheyali alongside Ganesh and her marathi film produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring her and swapnil joshi in LAAL ISHQ., Telugu film with Ravi Teja N Shriya Saran...and Punjabi film with Yuvraj Hans and Balli Riar....

Anjana was born to a Sindhi Hindu family in Jaipur. She attended Kamla High School, Khar, Mumbai.
She holds a Management Degree in International Business from UWIC Now Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

TV shows
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi with Akshay Kumar on Colors

Music Video
Ghar jayegi remix with HMV

Key films:
Golmaal Returns, Salaam-e-Ishq, Department, Hum Dum, De Taali, Sun Zarra, Jai Veeru, Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal, Saheb,
Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Young Malang, Shaandaar, Laal Ishq, "Sardaar Ji 2"A Tribute to Love, Jaana: Let's Fall in Love, Sunday, Jashnn, Maleyali Jotheyali, Tum Milo Toh Sahi, Don Seenu, Allah Ke Banday, Kadhal Samrajyam, Don Seenu remake, Maximum

Alokesh "Bappi" Lahiri (born 27 November 1952) is an Indian music composer, music director, singer, actor, and record producer. He popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks like Wardat, Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal, Dance Dance, Commando, Gang Leader, Sailaab and Sharaabi among others.

Lahiri joined BJP in 2014. He was declared a BJP candidate from Srirampur in West Bengal for the Indian general election, 2014 and lost.[1]

Lahiri was born in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. His parents, Aparesh Lahiri and Bansari Lahiri both from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal were famous Bengali singer and musician in classical music and Shyama Sangeet.[citation needed] He is their only child.

He began to play tabla at the age of 3. His maternal relatives include legendary singer Kishore Kumar who was his maternal uncle.[2] Initially he was trained by his parents.[citation needed]

Career[edit]
Hindi films[edit]
He moved to Mumbai when he was 19. He received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) and the first Hindi film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The first turning point of his career was Tahir Husain's Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975), for which he composed music and doubled as a playback singer. He sang a duet with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar called "Nothing Is Impossible" for the same film.[citation needed]

His first popular film was Chalte Chalte (1976), whose songs became hits thus bringing him recognition as a music director. With Ravikant Nagaich's Surakksha 1979 his singing and music became even more popular. In the early 80s, he added an element of the then popular disco music to his compositions, in movies such as Wardat 1981, Sahhas 1981, Laparwah 1981, Pyara Dushman 1980 song Hari Om Hari, Armaan 1981 song Ramba Ho Samba Ho .[citation needed]

Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri became synonyms of Indian disco culture in the 1980s, largely due to movies such as Disco Dancer.[citation needed] Bappi Lahiri is the first Music Director to get the China Award in Beijing, China for the film Disco Dancer in 1982.[citation needed] His song "Jimmy Jimmy" was a success in the early 1980s and is said to have achieved some fame in other countries such as Russia[peacock term].[citation needed]

Some in the media have called him the "Disco King" of India[according to whom?]


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He has also composed music for some ghazals namely Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi hai and Aawaz di hai for the 1985 film Aitbaar .[citation needed]

Lahiri entered the Guinness Book of World Records for recording over 180 songs for 33 films in 1986.[citation needed] He used fusion music in a feature film Namak Halaal in the song "Pagh Ghungroo Bandh Meera Nache Te", a song 12 minutes long. Lahiri has composed over 5,000 songs in over 500 films. He has also composed music for three films made in Bangladesh.[citation needed]

Bappi Lahiri composed the background score for a 1989 Hollywood Film "Eye Witness to Murder" which was produced by Vijay Amritraj and Directed by Jagmohan Mundra. He also gave the music for an Indian English language film Divine Lovers which was produced and directed by B.Subhash (Babbar Subhash) in 1997.[citation needed]

Bappi Lahiri has cut two private English albums "Moving Away" in 1986 and "Snake Dance" in 1990 with songs sung by himself. In 1982, he cut a private Hindi Pop Album titled, "Superuna", with songs sung by the Bangladesh singer Runa Laila. This was followed by a private Hindi pop album for Polygram called "Dance Dance Music Lover" with Padmini Kolhapure. In 1986, he released "Welcome" in London with Anil Kapoor and Salma Agha, and "Dancing City" which featured songs by the Hindi actress Mandakini.[citation needed]

Bappi Lahiri introduced his daughter Rema Lahiri in 1987, then 9 years old in a disco version of children's nursery rhymes called "Little Star", marketed by HMV. The platinum disc song had an unbroken record for best sales among children section. Based on Michael Jackson's Thriller, Lahiri released a video-pop album titled "Bappi Lahiri's thriller live" consisting of eight Hindi songs. He also released albums like "Dance Party" sung by his daughter Rema Lahiri in 1990, "Jawani Jawani" released by Venus Records & Tapes, "Night Lovers" 1992, "Heatrave" 1993, "Yamma Yamma Dance " with Usha Uthup in 1995, and "Nine Below Zero" in 1997. In 2014, he composed two songs for the album Women's Day Special: Spreading Melodies Everywhere, along with Sunil Jha and Shakir Ali. The tracks were penned by Meenu Singh and sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Rekha Raj respectively.[citation needed]

BL Sound Sanirema Pvt Ltd[edit]
In November 1994 Lahiri started his music company, BL Sound (now called B9 Digital Studios Mumbai). He released several CDs under his banner like "Ala-li-la" 1995, "Jungle Boy", "Super Rema" sung by his daughter Rema Lahiri, "Purono jeans" (Bengali),"Agnee Prem, "Hum Hai Khalnayak", "Saajan Ke Liye", "Sraddhanjali amar maa - a tribute to Bansari Lahiri" (1997) and "Get on the dance floor" (a compilation of 8 songs by international singers like Tony Di Bart and Sabrina Johnston).[citation needed]

Discovering singers[edit]
Bappi Lahiri is also a singer and performer of repute on stage. He introduced Disco Songs to Hindi cinema and introduced several Pop Singers like Usha Uthup, Sharon Prabhakar, Alisha Chinai, Parvati Khan, Bali Brahmabhatt, Vijay Benedict, Nandu Bhende, Remo Fernandes, Salma Agha, and film star Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Padmini Kolhapure, Mandakini, and Amjad Khan to sing under his baton. Many prominent singers like Lata Mangeshkar, P.Susheela, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Yesudas, S. Janaki and the newer generation singers like K.S.Chitra, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Amit Kumar, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Suresh Wadkar, S.P.Balasubramaniam, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Shailender Singh, Shabbir Kumar, Mohammad Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle along with Gazal singers Jagjit Singh, Bhupinder Singh and Pankaj Udhas have sung songs composed by Bappi Lahiri in a career spanning for 40 years in over 600 films in over 5000 songs. Bappi Lahiri received an award in 1990 from the then Indian President Giani Zail Singh for the best musical score in the film "Thanedaar".[citation needed] He was invited by Ex-Prime Minister of India, H.D. Deve Gowda, to compose a song for the World Football Tournament in Calcutta at Salt Lake. It was sung by Bappi Lahiri, Udit Narayan, and Rema Lahiri.[citation needed]

Lahiri's wife Chitrani Lahiri produced her first feature film Lal Darja (The Red Door) and which won the 1997 Gloden Lotus award during the 44th National Awards of India. The film, directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta, got the award for being the Best Feature Film Of India.[citation needed]

Style of music[edit]
Along with Biddu, Bappi popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour. Most of his songs werer rendered by singers such as Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle as well as new singers like Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar. He also used Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup extensively for his compositions. He created a few hits with the South Indian singer S. Janaki as well.[citation needed]

Some of his music has been sampled by international musicians, such as Dr. Dre, Truth Hurts, and Prodigy, among others. His Disco Dancer (1982) soundtrack is said to have influenced songs by artists such as Charanjit Singh, Devo, Ruki Vverh! Russian Group, and M.I.A.. His most widely sampled song is "Come Closer" from Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984), which has been sampled by various musicians in recent years, including Dabrye, A.G., Planet Asia, "Zooby Zooby" Dance Dance Kutmasta Kurt, Masta Ace, eMC, Edu Kehäkettunen, Stig Dogg, and Onra.[citation needed]

Allegations of plagiarism[edit]
Throughout his career Lahiri has been accused of plagiarizing music produced by other composers without giving them any credit or royalties.

Conversely, in one instance, portions of his song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" were included in a 2002 "Addictive" by American R&B singer Truth Hurts. Copyright holders Saregama India, Ltd. sued Interscope Records and its parent company, Universal Music Group to the tune of more than $500 million. A Los Angeles federal judge subsequently barred further sales of the CD unless and until Lahiri was listed on the song's credits.

Career Post 1990s[edit]

Bappi Lahiri performing live on stage in Littleton, Massachusetts, 2012
Lahiri disappeared from the Indian film industry in the 1990s though he tried a brief comeback in the Prakash Mehra produced Dalal starring Mithun Chakraborty with the song "Gutur Gutur" which was a big hit although it had its share of controversies due to its suggestive lyrics. Thereafter he focussed on bringing out albums with remixes of his earlier songs, such as the 2004 album Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix.[citation needed]

In 2005, he composed the background score for the Jahnu Barua film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara, thus reaffirming his identity as a versatile[citation needed] composer. He subsequently lent his svoice to occasional songs such as "Boombai Nagariya" for the Vishal-Shekhar movie Taxi Number 9211 and the title track of the Mani Ratnam film Guru.[citation needed]

Since 2006, he has appeared as a judge on popular television shows such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV with singers Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet. He was a judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Sony Entertainment Television's K For Kishore. In 2010 Lahiri was back with "I am a disco dancer" in Golmaal 3 in his own voice. The track was from his previous film Disco Dancer. In 2011, he sang the song Ooo la la Ooo la lain the movie The Dirty Picture for Vishal-Shekhar. He also released an album Walking on Love Street featuring the American Idol contestant Shaun Barrows. The album featured on CMJ's New Music Report Magazine charts, Week World Chart and the WONY Oneonta, New York - Top Ten Jazz Playlist.[citation needed]

Acting[edit]
Bappi Lahiri has made guest appearances in several movies. These include the 1974 Kishore Kumar film Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi as Bappu Gipsyan. Later he appeared in P. Sambasiva Rao's movie "Kalakaar" 1983 with Kunal Goswami, Sridevi. in 1986 Kirayadar as a musician. In 1988 in Bengali movie "Nayan Mony", 1990 Marathi film Dokyala Taap Nahi as a singer. in 1992 in Parto Ghosh Geet with Divya Bharti and Avinash Wadhavan, then in 1993 in Deepak Balraj Vij "Bomb Blast" as a singer. Dharma Karma 1997, with Jeetendra. As a friendly appearance in "Main Hoon Qatil Jaadugarni" 1998, in 2001 Bappi Lahiri appears in "Bombay Girls" as a music director. In Om Shanti Om 2007 Bappi Lahiri as himself. In 2009 Main Aurr Mrs Khanna as Victor with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Hangover 2010 Bengali movie as a stage performer. Bappi Lahiri also acted in Love.Com... The Ultimate Killing Site (2010) as a singer. In 2012 Bappi Lahiri acted as a Disco composer named DK in "It's Rocking Dard-E-Disco" which was produced by Dhumketu.[citation needed].

In late 2016, Bappi Lahiri lent his voice to the character of Tamatoa in the Hindi-dubbed version of Disney's 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure film Moana; he himself also composed and sang a song in the film.[3][4]

Personal life[edit]
Bappi Lahiri is married to Chitrani since 24 January 1977. They have two children- daughter Rema Lahiri who is also a singer, she got married to a businessman Govind Bansal in February 2009, they have child name Swastik (Rego) Bansal, and son Bappa Lahiri who also became a music director, got married to Tanisha Varma in April 2012. Bappi Lahiri is very fond of jewellery and is usually seen wearing ornaments and dark glasses with a tracksuit.[citation needed]

Private albums[edit]
"Superuna" (1982) with Runa Laila was recorded in London
"Music Lover Dance Dance" (1985) with Padmini Kolhapuri
"K Bappi Bappi Moving Away" (1986) With Krish recorded in London
"Dancing City" (1986) with Mandakini
"Welcome" (1986) with Anil Kapur, and Salma Agha
"Little Star" (1987) with Rema Lahiri
"Habiba" (1989) (sung by Bappi Lahiri and his daughter Rema Lahiri)
"Jawani Jawani" (1990)
"Snake Dance" (1990)
"Night Lovers" (1992)
"Shake Your Body (1993)
"Heatrave" (1993)
"Ala-Li-La" (1995)
"Saajan Ke Liye" (1995)
"Superema" (1995) with Rema Lahiri
"Jungle Boy" (1995)
"Bappi's Bollywood Hungama Mix (1995) with Rema Lahiri and Bappa Lahiri
"Yamma Yamma Dance" (1995) with Usha Uthup and Rema Lahiri
"Wallah Wallah (1996) with Runa Laila
"Bappi With Love Remix (1996)
"One Foot In Heaven, One Foot In Hell" (1997) Feat. Nine Below Zero
"Mother of the Nation" (1998), dedicated to Mother Teresa, which was blessed by Mother Teresa.
Will To Live (1999) with MC Hammer title and singers like Sharon Prabhakar, Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu, Rema Lahiri.
"Festival of light" (2001) released in London
"Time 2 Dance" (2001) recorded in London
"Bappiwood remix" (2003)[citation needed]
"Bikram's lounge" (2003) released in USA with Sherrie Payne Freda Payne, with international stars
"Janta Ki Maang Soniyaji" (2004) for Congress party)
"Ghungta" (2004)
"Hand to Hand" (2005) dedicating the album to the tsunami victims.
"Yaadein Kaifi" (2005)
"V Mobile Singer" (2006)
"Kavita Emotional Journey" (2007) with Rajashree was recorded in USA
"Ishq Deewana" (2008)
"My Love" (2009)
"Tribute to The King Of Pop" (2010) dedicated to Michael Jackson, recorded in Hollywood
"World Peace Love & Harmony" (2010) was recorded and released in Hollywood
"Walking on the Love Street" (2011) with Diana Williamson, recorded in Hollywood
"Global Legends" (2013) recorded and released in Hollywood
"Justice for Widows" (2013) Single
"Bappi's Lounge" (2014) recorded and released in Hollywood
"God Is One" (2014) Gospel album recorded and released in Hollywood
"Slumstars" (2015) with slum children, dedicated to slum children
"Taal Tarang" (2015) was recorded in Hollywood with guest singer Julia Price
"Indian Melody" (2015) was recorded in Hollywood

Gioconda Vessichelli (born in Rome, Italy) is an opera singer. Gioconda is the inventor and pioneer of BollywoOPERA style.[1]She has sung in the Bollywood movie Prague in 2013, and she has given her voice for the Bollywood movie Mary Kom on the song "Ziddi dil" together with Vishal Dadlani.On 19th May 2017 her song "Itni si baat hai" has been released by the label T-series. On 20 December 2014 the song "Thodi Daaru" was released featuring Mika Singh.[2] Gioconda has done live performances as first fusion ever between opera and classical Hindi music with artists of the caliber of Grammy Award winner Sukhwinder Singh, Hari Haran, Gino Banks, Niladri Kumar, Silvaganesha, in festivals and auditoriums like Nehru Centre[20] in Mumbai. She collaborates with Anup Jalota, and many others. On 31 March 2016 her international video "We are one" in which she sings and acts together with Anup Jalota for peace in the world has been launched from the Minister of India in Delhi. She is in the annual book of Italian opera singer for having sung in the first world edition of contemporary opera at "Teatro comunale di Modena", broadcast on Italian state radio RAI.[3] Gioconda is the first singer in the premiere world ever of the contemporary opera “Lavinia fuggita� by Matteo d’Amico.[4] She has two degrees in opera singing and musicology from Italian conservatory "Santa Cecilia" and international high school of opera "H.Wolf". The tenor Luciano Pavarotti has been her teacher, among other opera singers who selected her as one of the best students. She was selected as best singer at accademia rossiniana in Pesaro and she debuts the role of "Madama cortese" in "il viaggio a Reims" by Rossini with the symphonic orchestra of Rof at Rossini theatre in Pesaro.[5] She sings again in a Rossini opera at Ercolano international opera season in "Il barbiere di Siviglia"[6]and at teatro Politeama opera season in Lecce.[7] After Rossini she debuts "Carmen" by Bizet.[8] Her interpretation of the role "Mimì" in the opera "La Boheme" by Puccini received positive critiques.[9]

In an industry increasingly dominated by many talented artists, Harjeet Mehndi continues to thrive his professional boundaries to create his own identity.
Harjeet Mehndi is a very well established versatile artist who is currently based in United States. In spite, of being a brother of world famous bhangra pop star Daler Mehndiji and Mika Singh, this artist has created his fans in various communities throughout Canada, New Zealand and USA.
The journey of Harjeet Mehndi's life began on October 11th, 1969 in West Andheri, Mumbai, India. Harjeet initiated in the world of music by his parents Late Ajmer Singh Chandan and Late.Balbir Kaur and began to learn tabla at the age of 8. Later, he took advance training from his uncle late professor Ranjit Singh. By the time he was 12, he started performing with his father and brothers at Takatshri Hamandar Patna Sahib Gurudawara in Patna.
In 1986 he migrated to USA and started his career as a professional tabla and keyboard player and had done many performances with many well-known Artist of Bay Area. During this period he came to know Darshanaji and joined her group as a Tabla Artist.
The turning point of his career began during one of his performance in 1989 when Mr. Sayyad Sara, a well-known businessman of Fremont, California, spotted him. Mr. Sarwat had seen potential talent and motivated Harjeet to take a new step in his career. In fact, Sarwat Bhai and his family supported his music and introduced him as a singer.
Inspired by his elder brother's style of singing, he developed primary passion to become a singer. Harjeet has worked very hard to mold and train his voice, music and performance and today he is an energetic and dynamic performer. He has worked with many-respected artist from the music industry such as An up Jalisa, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Mika and has given multiple concerts with Daler Mehndi throughout India, Canada and USA.
Harjeet believes that the beauty of music is that it can and should gather a wide variety of concepts in a way that's universal. He strongly feels that the power of entertainment truly can make a difference in people's lives. Therefore, in his teaching and performances, he tries to motivate parents to develop and spread our heritage, culture and music among the younger generation. His goals are to stop violence, drugs, crime and spread love and Peace. We then will be more than a community, we will become a family.

Anuradha Palakurthi is the Chairperson of MIT's Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS). She is also the co-host of a weekly Radio Music India show on WLYN 1360.

A stage performer and a recording artist, she is referred to as the Indian Nightingale of New England. Ustad Nishat Khan of Etawah Gharana called one of her performances as “the finest by a singer of Indian origin since Asha Bhosale-ji� for her range of singing across the spectrum of Bollywood genres.

Anuradha has recorded playback for South Indian films. In 2016, she was the featured female singer in live shows with Kumar Sanu and Suresh Wadkar. She also recorded a duet with Hariharan for Ekal Vidyalaya.

Her charitable foundation, the Anuradha Palakurthi Foundation, supports the promotion of Indian culture primarily in New England by providing financial support to programs, artists and organizers of events where Indian culture is performed/exhibited.

"Dan is hilarious! The world's only Indian, Japanese comedian." - US President Barack Obama