Harshdeep Kaur

Harshdeep Kaur, an Indian playback singer known for Sufi songs, was born on 16th December 1986 in Delhi in a Sikh family. Her father S. Savinder Singh has a business manufacturing musical instruments. Thus, she developed interest in music right from her tender age. So, along with her education she learnt music from different persons including Singh Brothers and George Pullinkla of Delhi Music Theatre. She became famous when she started winning titles in T.V. Talent Show, particularly in September 2008 when she completed in a program ‘Junoon – Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka’ on NDTV Imagine, she touched the height of popularity by becoming ‘Sufi Ka Sultan’ with Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as her mentor. She was declared the Sufi Ki Sultana by Amitabh Bachchan who was the Chief Guest in the Grand Finale. The show was a competition between three genres – Sufi, Folk and Bollywood. Singers from Inida and Pakistan participated in the show. Kaur wore Sufi attire, especially while performing Sufi songs. Since then she has performed with some of the leading music directors (including A R Rahman, Amit Strivedi, Pritam Chakroborty, VishalShekhar, Salim Suleiman) as well as on some notable Bollywood songs in the 21st century. These include Katiya Karun from Rockstar, Heer from Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Bari Barsi from Band Baaja Baaraat, Kabira from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, Ik Onkar from Rang De Basanti and many more. She had also featured in Coke Studio (India) on MTV in all the three seasons. Season 1 – Hoo (Music recreated by Leslie Lewis) Season 2 – Nirmohiya (Music by Amit Trivedi) and Hey Ri (Music by Hitesh Sonik) Season 3 – Dinae Dinae with Papon Season 4 – Teriya Tu Jaane (Amit Trivedi). In April 2013 she headlined the prestigious Southbank Centre Music Festival in London, alongside Soul/Bollywood singer Ash King. In August 2013, she headlined the prestigious Mosaic Festival held in Mississauga, Canada. In September 2013 she performed at the London Mela in Gunnersbury Park. Her popularity in a short period has made her a role-model singer. The role-model singer had married her best friend Mankeet Singh. We look forward to her great performances and achievement in the coming years.