Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula, famous Punjabi and bollywood playback singer, was born on 14th November 1970
in Delhi. Being the daughter of S.K.S. Narula, Music Director, she was brought up in an atmosphere in
which she developed her love for singing. Even when she was a student of Guru Harkishan Public School,
India Gate Delhi, she used to sing and became popular. In her early life, her preference was for Bhajan,
Sufi compositions and Punjabi Folk. She completed her B.A Hons in Music from Indraprastha College
for Women. She finished PhD in Hindustani classical music from Delhi University in 2008. She moved to
Mumbai at the advice of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gathering in Delhi and
asked his son and music director, Viju Shah, to give her break in films like Master, Aar Ya Paar and Bade
Miyan Chhote Miyan(1998). She shot to fame after the duet “Pyar to hona hi tha” with Remo Fernandesfrom
the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. The
other notable films she has sung in include Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustaniand
Bunty Aur Babli. In addition to singing for the films, she gives stage performances all over the world. In
2008, she won the title of India’s Best Live Performer in the NDTV Imagine singing reality series, Dhoom
Macha De (2008). Since then she has won a number of honors and rewards. Her popularity as a playback
singer makes her a role model singer. Over and above, the fact that she is also a singer of Sufi music, as well
as Gurbani and other Sikh religious music, makes all the Sikhs proud. Many of her Gurbani compositions
are heard in Sikh houses with devotion. Let us pray that she may attain further heights in singing in the years
to come.
