Beedi - Musica

Born August 14 1983
is An Indian Playback Singer Best Known For Her Bollywood Film Songs. She Is Credited With Over 2000 Songs.
Chauhan Began To Sing At The Age Of Four And Was Discovered By A Local TV Anchor. She Won Recognition Through A Televised Singing Contest Meri Awaz Suno Which She Won And Made Her Entrance Into Playback Singing With The Hindi Film Shastra.
Her Breakthrough Was Ram Gopal Verma's Film Mast In Which She Sang The Hit Song Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi. Chauhan Has Since Then Gone On To Work With Some Of The Most Prominent Musicians And Has Lent Her Voice For A Large Number Of Commercially Successful Films.
She Has Been Nominated For Twelve Filmfare Awards Of Which She Won Three. She Has Also Won Two Star Screen Awards Two IIFA Awards And One Zee Cine Award. Early Career Chauhan Started Her Singing Career As A Child Giving Her First Performance At The Age Of Four In A Local Temple In Delhi. Thereafter She Began To Participate In And Sing For Various Competitions And Local Gatherings. When Local TV Anchor Tabassum Spotted Her Talent Her Family Shifted To Mumbai In A Bid To Further Develop The Young Singer's Skills And Chauhan Became The Lead Singer In Kalyanji's 'Little Wonders' Troupe.
Recognition First Met Her In 1996 Through The Music Show Meri Aawaz Suno - The First Such Televised Contest In India - Which Was Broadcast Through The Indian National Television Channel Doordarshan. She Won The Competition And Bagged The Top Prize Of Recording An Album Aira Ghaira Nathu Khaira With HMV.
Unluckily For Chauhan Aira Ghaira Nathu Khaira Was Promoted As A Children's Album And Failed To Get The Recognition It Deserved. In 2002 Chauhan Herself Observed This In An Interview "My First Song And The Contest Did Not Help Me Much. Nothing Happened For A While. But By Then I Had Made Up My Mind That I Will Pursue Singing As A Career."
Chauhan Stepped Into The World Of Playback Singing With The 1996 Bollywood Film Shastra After Aadesh Srivastava Asked Her To Lend Her Voice To The Song Larki Deewaani Dekho Ladka Deewaana. She Followed It With Work In Films Like Gang Veergati Dahek Bade Dilwala Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat And Samar. By The Age Of Nineteen Chauhan Had Already Lent Her Voice To Over 350 Songs. Breakthrough And Later Work Chahuhn's Breakthrough Was Ram Gopal Verma's Mast In Which She Sang The Hit Song Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi Alongside Three Other Songs Including The Title Song Itself. In An Interview While Speaking Of Mast She Said "Whatever I Am Today I Owe To Mast. I Met Sandeep Chowtha Through Sonu Nigam And Fifteen Days Later Mast Was In My Lap. I Was Only Thirteen Then."
After Mast There Was No Turning Back. Chauhun Went On To Work With Nationally And Internationally Acclaimed Directors And Composers. However She Earned Much Criticism When She Rendered Yeh Mera Dil Don 2006 For Not Matching Up With The Earlier Version Sung By Asha Bhonsle In 1978.
Chauhan Has Worked With Literally Every Music Director Of The New Millennium's First Decade And Is One Of The Most "played" Voices On India's Radio Circuit. Hit Singer Himesh Reshammiya When Asked To Rate Her In The Popular Talk Show Koffee With Karan Gave Her A Score Of 9/10.
Chauhan's Strength Lies In Her Versatility - Having Been Labelled "genre-Defying " She Is Perhaps The Only Bollywood Singer Who Can Sing Just About Any Genre Including Rock Pop Classical Folk And Semi-Classical . This Has Helped Her Beat Stiff Competition In The Industry Especially From Top Indian Female Playback Singer Shreya Ghosal - To Whom Many Feel Chauhan Has Lost Her Limelight.
In Feb 2007 As Part Of Its Marketing Campaign And Launch Of Windows Vista In India Microsoft Hired Sunidhi Chauhan To Sing The "Windows Vista Song" Titled Wow Is Now. This Song Features English And Hindi Lyrics Proclaiming The Many 'glamorous' Features Of The Windows Vista Operating System.
Chauhan Also Sung For The Hindi-Dubbed Version Of Disney's Movie High School Musical - Songs Which Were Sung By Vanessa Anne Hudgens In The English Version. Moreover She Was The Singer Of The English Language Song "Reach Out" At The Opening Ceremony Of The 2006 Asian Games At Doha Qatar. 2008 Was A Highly Successful Year For The Young Singer As She Went On To Deliver A Huge Number Of Superhit Songs Like Chhaliya Rock Mahi Lucky Boy Desi Girl Dostana Dance Pe Chance Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi And Race Saanson Ki Race And Which Resulted In Her Winning The "Kelvinator GR8! FLO Women Award 2009" For Her Mind Blowing Contribution In Music. Collaborations Chauhan Has Worked With Almost All The Leading Singers Composers And Lyricists Of India. She Has Collaborated With Indian Singers Such As Alka Yagnik Shaan Udit Narayan And Is Known For Her Popular Pairing With Sukhwinder Singh In Films Such As Omkara Aaja Nachle . She Is Most Often Paired With Highly Acclaimed Singer Sonu Nigam And With The Successful Female Playback Singer Shreya Ghosal Whom Many View As A Stiff Competition For Chauhan.
Renowned Lyricists She Has Worked With Include Gulzar Sameer Prasoon Joshi Swanand Kirkire The Late Anand Bakshi And Javed Akhtar Music Directors Include A. R. Rahman Anu Malik Jatin Lalit Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Pritam Chakraborty Nadeem-Shravan Vishal-Shekhar Himesh Reshammiya And Others.
Chauhan Is One Of The Few Female Singers Of The Present Generation Who Have Lent Their Voice For Nearly Every Leading Actress In The Indian Entertainment Industry Including Including Aishwarya Rai Preity Zinta Rani Mukerji Kareena Kapoor Bipasha Basu Priyanka Chopra And More. She Has Also Sung For Actresses Of Yesteryear Cinema Such As Rekha. She Was The Main Singer Who Lent Her Voice For The Comebacks Of Two Leading Bollywood Actresses Kajol In The Movie Fanaa And Madhuri Dixit In The Movie Aaja Nachle. Vocal Ability Chauhan's Voice Has Been Described As "powerful "amazing "husky ... And Sensuous". However It Has Been Noted That Chauhan Can Not Hit High Notes Without Losing Some Tonal Quality And People Have Cited Her Voice More Suited To Fast And Pop Songs As Compared To Slow Ones.
In 2007 While Discussing Chauhan's Popular Song Beedi Jailaile Actress Bipasha Basu On Whom The Song Was Picturised Said "Sunidhi Is A Goddess. Her Singing Is So Powerful. She Added Another Dimension To My Dancing."
Indian Singing Legend Lata Mangeshkar Has Called Chauhan "one Of The Finest Young Singers." Ironically Chauhan's Item Numbers Have Been Said To Mark The End Of The "squeaky Lata Era" A Period In Which Mangeshkar's Style Of Soft Voice And Classical Music Were Preferred Over Racy Or Fast Pop Songs.... Special Appearances In October 2008 Chauhan Appeared On A Special Episode Of The Singing Contest Star Voice Of India Alongside Composer Ashu Dhruv To Promote Their Film Drona.
She Was Also A Guest RJ For India's Radio City 91.1 FM's New Morning Show Musical-E-Azam Where Over Her Week-Long Stint She Interviewed The Likes Of Kunal Ganjawala Daler Mehendi Sukhwindar Adnan Sami And Gulzar Lyricist . Personal Life Chauhan Whose Family Basically Hails From Uttar Pradesh Was Born In A Gujarati-Speaking Household In Delhi. Her Father Is A Minor Theatre Personality Who Pushed Her Into The Music Industry From A Young Age. She Has A Younger Sister Suneha.
She Completed Her Schooling From Greenway Public School Dilshad Garden. She Has Only Studied Up To Grade Tenth Admitting She "was Never Interested In Studies."
Chauhan Who Believes Herself To Be "the Most Versatile Singer Today " Attributes Her Success To Her Parents And Indian Singer Sonu Nigam. She Has Cited Sadma Shock As Her Favourite Film Gymnastics And Cricket As Her Favourite Sports And Akshaye Khanna And Madhuri Dixit As Her Favourite Actor And Actress Respectively. Chauhan Also Loves Western Music And Cites Mariah Carey And Michael Jackson As Her Inspirations. She Has Noted That One Of Her Ambitions Is To Achieve Global Fame Like Them. She Has Said Of Maria Carey "There's Nobody Like Her. She Has An Amazing Range And Quality In Her Voice. She's A Goddess."
Chauhan "changed" Her Image After Making It Big Into Bollywood Upgrading Her Wardrobe And Losing Twelve Kilos By Jogging And Working Out. In 2000 She Revealed A "secret Dream" Of Seeing Herself As A Bollywood Actress. In An Interview She Said "I Have Many Acting Offers Too But I Don't Want To Rush It. Frankly I Would Like To Do Just One Or Two Films To Fulfill That Secret Dream Of Seeing Myself As An Actress. But My Life Is Singing And My Aim Is To Keep Singing Better. Marriage Disowning And Divorce In 2002 At The Age Of 18 Chauhan Eloped With Music Video Director And Choreographer Bobby Khan Who Came Visibly Close To Her While Working On The Video Of Her Hit Song Pehla Nasha. It Was Reported That The Couple Married In A Secretly Arranged Ceremony Attended Only By Very Close Friends And Vigilantly Watched Over By Security Chauhan Was Initially Happy With The Marriage. In An Interview She Said "My In-Laws Don't Make Me Feel I Am 'married'. I Don't Feel I Have Stepped Into A New House. I Am So Comfortable. And Bobby Is A Darling. I Am Very Very Happy."
On The Downside The Marriage Caused A Rift Between The Young Singer And Her Parents Who Considered The Union Unsuitable And Consequently Disowned Her. However Chauhan And Khan Separated A Year Later Bringing About A Reconciliation Between The Estranged Parents And Daughter. Chauhan Who Lived With Mentor Actor And TV Anchor Annu Kapoor And His Wife Arunita During The Separation Filed For Divorce The Same Year Citing That She Had Realized She And Khan "wanted Different Things From Life. Religious Chauhan Has Firm Belief In God. On Her Official Website She Is Quoted As Saying "God Is My Inner Conscience My Intuition My Inner Self My Guiding Force And My Angel Who Protects Me. I Have Always Had Deep Faith In The Supreme Power And It Has Never Wavered At All."
In Another Interview She Commented "I Believe God Gives Everyone An Opportunity.... Famous Songs In Alphabetical Order Aisa Jadoo Khakee Aaja Nachle Aaja Nachle Avalude Raavukal Shakeela Beedi Jalaile Omkara Bhaage Re Mann Chameli Cash Meri Aankhon Mein Cash Chhaliya Tashan Crazy Kiya Re Dhoom 2 Dance Pe Chance Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Dhadak Dhadak Bunty Aur Babli Deedar De Dus Dekh Le Munna Bhai MBBS Desi Girl Dostana Dhoom Machale Dhoom Dil Mein Jagi Dhadkan Aise Sur Ek Ajnabee Ek Ajnabee Ek Din Fursat Zindaggi Rocks Gazab Aa Dekhen Zara Happy New Year Kuruvi Hey Shona Ta Ra Rum Pum Hum To Aise Hain Bhaiyya Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Ishq Samundar Kaante Kaisi Paheli Zindagaani Parineeta Kar Le Baby Dance Wance Hello Khulam Khula Pyar Karen Road Le Chale My Brother Nikhil Lucky Boy Bachna Ae Haseeno Maa Da Laadla - Remix Dostana Mehboob Mere Fiza Pyaar Ki Ek Kahani Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Race Saanson Ki Race Right Here Right Now Bluffmaster Sajna Ve Sajna Chameli Sajnaji Vari Vari Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Shalala Ghilli Shut Up And Bounce Dostana Tere Ishq Me Supari Pyaar Ki Yeh Kahani Suno Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Vallava Ennai Vallavan Ya Ali Aap Ka Suroor Dildara Welcome To Sajjanpur Saiyaan Nayak - The Real Hero Saradaga Oy Mere Sang New York Kambakth Ishq Kambakth Ishq Chor Bazaari Love Aaj Kal Hadippa Remix Dil Bole Hadippa Filmography Ehsaas - A Feeling Released November 30 2001 Special Appearance Bas Ek Pal Special Appearance In Promotional Song Dheeme Dheeme With Singer K.K. Bhoot Special Appearance In Promotional Song Bhoot Hoon Main read less