Rekha Bhardwaj

Rekha Bharadwaj
Rekha Bhardwaj performing at Alive India in Concert (Season 2) at Phoenix Marketcity, Bangalore on 1 February 2014
Background information
Genres	Playback Singing in Bollywood and Regional Films
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1997–present

Rekha Bhardwaj is a noted Indian playback singer. She is known in the Bollywood industry for her distinctive tone, singing style and choice of songs. She has recorded a song "Kabhi Ashna Kabhi Ajnabi" for the Pakistani serial Humnasheen for which she was nominated at Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack, and also recorded a song "Chan Chariya" for Pakistani film, Bin Roye.

Bhardwaj is an established singer in the film industry and the recipient of two Filmfare Awards and one National Award.

Professional career

Rekha was a student of music at Hindu College, Delhi.^[1] She released her first album titled 'Ishqa Ishqa' in 2002. She sang in the movie Omkara, "Namak Issq Ka", written by Gulzar and composed by her husband, Vishal. She considers Lata Mangeshkar her idol.^[2]

The song "Raat Ki Jogan" from the album, Ishqa Ishqa was conceived in 1994,^[3] almost 10 years before it released, when Vishal Bhardwaj had started composing Baba Bulleh Shah's poetry for Rekha's album. She used to go with Vishal for music sittings with Gulzar for his movie Maachis where one day, Gulzar said he would write the words for Rekha's album.

She has also worked as a music assistant to Vishal on the film Hu Tu Tu.

Rekha Bhardwaj then sang for A. R. Rahman in Delhi 6 and Raavan. The year 2012 saw her sing for music composer Pritam for a film titled Barfi!. The song was titled "Phir le aaya Dil" and won her a few nominations. Bhardwaj again collaborated with Pritam for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. She rendered "Kabira" with Tochi Raina and "Ghagra" with Vishal Dadlani. The former got her and Raina the GIMA Award for Best Duet 2014. The latter was picturised on actress Madhuri Dixit. She again gave her voice to Dixit on the year 2014. She sang "Hamari Atariya" and "Jagaave Saari Raina" for Dedh Ishqiya. Both songs were picturised on Dixit. The songs were composed by Vishal Bhardwaj. She later went on to receive a nomination at the Filmfare Awards for Best Playback Singer Female for "Humari Atariya". She is currently managed by Mourjo Chatterjee of Tarsame Mittal Talent Management.

Selected discography

Year	Song	Film	Music Director	Notes
1997	Ek Woh Din Bhi	Chachi 420	Vishal Bhardwaj
1999	Ye Kaisi Chaap	Jahan Tum Le Chalo	Vishal Bhardwaj
1999	Daaru Rum	Godmother	Vishal Bhardwaj
2002	Chutta Hai	Makdee	Vishal Bhardwaj
2003	Rone Do	Maqbool	Vishal Bhardwaj
2003	Chingari	Maqbool	Vishal Bhardwaj
2006	Namak Ishq Ka	Omkara_(2006_film)	Vishal Bhardwaj
2006	Laakad	Omkara_(2006_film)	Vishal Bhardwaj
2007	Sadiyon Ki Pyaas	Red Swastik	Shammir Tandon
2008	Aankhon Se Khwaab	Superstar	Shammir Tandon
	Phoonk De	No Smoking	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Haal-e-dil	Haal–e–dil	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Ta Na Na	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Nitin Arora & Sony Chandy
2009	Sasural Genda Phool	Delhi-6	A R Rahman	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
	Aarti Tumhari	Delhi-6	A R Rahman
	Ranaji	Gulaal
	Beedo	Gulaal	Piyush Mishra
	Raat Ke Dhaai Baje	Kaminey	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Piya Jaise Laddoo	Radio	Himesh Reshammiya
2010	Ab Mujhe Koi	Ishqiya	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Badi Dheere Jali	Ishqiya	Vishal Bhardwaj	National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
	Kanha	Veer	Sajid-Wajid
	Waqt Ne Jo	Sadiyaan	Adnan Sami
	Ranjha Ranjha	Raavan	A R Rahman
2011	Darling	7 Khoon Maaf	Vishal Bhardwaj	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
	Yeshu
	Doosri Darling
2012	Swapno Bheja Alo	Doshomi	Debarpito	Bengali Film song
2012	Unn Matalabi	Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi	Abhijit Pohankar	First Marathi Film Song
2012	Phir Le Aaya Dil	Barfi	Pritam
2013	Oye Boy Charlie	Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola	Vishal Bhardwaj
	Mast Kalandar	David	Mikey McCleary
	Kabhi Ashna Kabhi Ajnabi	Humnasheen		Pakistani Serial song Nominated-Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack
	Mora Jiya	Maazii	Faizan Hussain – Agnel Roman	Nominated – Best Raag Based Song 2013 at Radio Mirchi Music Awards
	Kabira	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Pritam
	Ghagra	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	Pritam
	Ek Ghadi	D - Day	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
	Hamari Atariya Pe	Dedh Ishqiya	Vishal Bhardwaj	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
	Jagaave Saari Raina	Dedh Ishqiya	Vishal Bhardwaj
2014	Banna Banni	Revolver Rani	Sanjeev Srivastava
2014	Aaj Ke Naam	Haider	Vishal Bhardwaj
2014	Mileya Mileya	Happy Ending	Sachin-Jigar
2015	Judaai	Badlapur	Sachin-Jigar
2015	Chan Chariya	Bin Roye	Shani Arshad
2015	Zindagi Kuch toh Bata	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
2016	Teri Fariyad	Tum Bin II	Ankit Tiwari

References

↑ http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2007/nov/332637.htm
↑ "Lataji can give anyone a complex". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Gulzarsaab is my Santa Claus". Specials.rediff.com. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1968–1980	P. Susheela (1968) K. B. Sundarambal (1969) Sandhya Mukherjee (1970) P. Susheela (1971) Lata Mangeshkar (1972) No Award (1973) Lata Mangeshkar (1974) Vani Jairam (1975) P. Susheela (1976) S. Janaki (1977) Chhaya Ganguly (1978) Vani Jairam (1979) S. Janaki (1980)

1981–2000	Asha Bhosle (1981) P. Susheela (1982) P. Susheela (1983) S. Janaki (1984) K. S. Chithra (1985) K. S. Chithra (1986) Asha Bhosle (1987) K. S. Chithra (1988) Anuradha Paudwal (1989) Lata Mangeshkar (1990) Vani Jairam (1991) S. Janaki (1992) Alka Yagnik (1993) Swarnalatha (1994) Anjali Marathe (1995) K. S. Chithra (1996) K. S. Chithra (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jayshree Dasgupta (1999) Bhavatharini Ilaiyaraaja (2000)

2001–present	Sadhana Sargam (2001) Shreya Ghoshal (2002) Tarali Sarma (2003) K. S. Chithra (2004) Shreya Ghoshal (2005) Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (2006) Shreya Ghoshal (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Nilanjana Sarkar (2009) Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Roopa Ganguly (2011) Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (2012) Bela Shende (2013) Uthara Unnikrishnan (2014) Monali Thakur (2015)

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1959–1980	Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960, 1961, 1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964, 1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980)

1981–2000	Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987, 1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1995) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1996) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000)

2001–present	Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurthy and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) Shalmali Kholgade (2013) Monali Thakur (2014) Kanika Kapoor (2015) Shreya Ghoshal (2016)

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