Babbal Rai

Babbal Rai (born 3 March 1985) is an Indian Punjabi singer, song writer and film actor. His real birth name is Simranjit Singh Rai. Born in Samrala, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, He graduated from DAV College, Chandigarh has always enjoyed a passion towards cricket. He was trained by Yograj Singh (father of Yuvraj Singh ) and aspired to be a cricketer, later he moved to Melbourne where he uploaded a video called "Australian Challa" which made him a YouTube sensation, later the adopted version of the song was released in the Bollywood movie Crook.[1][2] He rose to fame from the song Nikki Jehi Jind.[3] He also starred in the film Mr & Mrs 420, along with Jassi Gill.[4]

Early life

Babbal Rai was born in Samrala , a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab (India).[5] His birth name is Simranjit Singh Rai. His father,Late Sardar Manjit Singh Rai was a theatre artist and his mother Sardarni Nirmal Kaur is a housewife. He spent his early childhood in the city of Samrala where he did his schooling form National public school and then moved to Chandigarh and completed his formal education and graduated from DAV College, Chandigarh. In 2007, he went to Melbourne for studying further and enrolled himself in the course of Community welfare since, then, he did all the odd jobs to survive, till, his Australian Challa video became viral on YouTube in 2008.[6]

Music career

Babbal Rai made his debut with the album SAU PUTT which too brought him into the limelight in the Punjabi music industry. His album, which was brought by the label Point Zero in March 2010, the album however was not a huge hit as Rai was unable to come to India and promote his album.[7] Meanwhile he worked and collected money for making music and videos.In 2012 he released his single track "Sohni".[8][9] It is reported that Rai feels that his claim to fame is to sing what he feels from his heart.[10] The tracks Sohni made him an instant success followed by Taur and Tere Naam.[11][12] Rai also sang his first playback song for Jimmy Shergill's Punjabi film Rangeelay[13][14] and this has been his only known playback track uptill now. His multi starrer project for 9X Tashan "Kudi Tu Pataka"[15] was released the following year and was highly acclaimed by the audience. In 2014 Babbal released[16] his second album Girlfriend[17] under the label Speed Records[18] in which the tracks like "Yaarian",[19] “Tere layi”, “Tuttian”,[20] “Jattan da Munda”[21] were a huge success. The song Akh Teri was the most acclaimed track in the album. He released videos of five songs- Akh Teri, Jattan Da Munda, Yaarian, Tere Layi and Girlfriend- from his album "Girlfriend" which were huge hits.[22] In march 2015, he released his single track "Youngster Returns" with the other punjabi singer Jassi Gill.

Film career

He started his film career by special guest appearance in the Punjabi Film[23] in Singh vs Kaur in 2013 starring Gippy Grewal and Surveen Chawla.[24] In 2014 he featured in his debut film Mr and Mrs 420 along with Jassi Gill, Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, and Jaswinder Bhalla[25][26] and appeared in a dual-role cameo, a first in Punjabi film industry.[27]

Discography

Year Album Music Director Record Label
2010 "SAAU PUTT" The First Chapter ANU-MANU Point Zero
2014 Girlfriend Pav Dharia and Arun Sareen Speed Records

Singles

Year Song Album Music Director Record Label
2012 Sohni Desi Grrari Pav Dharia Speed Records
2013 Rangeelay – Jaidev Kumar Eros Now
2013 Taur Do Ghutt Pav Dharia Speed Records
2013 Tera Naam Red Pav Dharia Speed Records
2013 Kudi tu Pataka JSL Singh For 9x Tashan

Filmography

Year Film Character Name Co-Starring
2013 Singh vs Kaur – Gippy Grewal, Surveen Chawla, Binnu Dhillon, Japji Khaira, B.N. Sharma, Diljit Kaur, Rana Jung Bahadur, Avtar Gill, Sardar Sohi, Karamjit Anmol, Jelly, Rohit Khurana
2014 Mr & Mrs 420 Pinki/Babbu Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, Jassi Gill, Jaswinder Bhalla
2014 O My Pyo JJ Binnu Dhillon, Bhanushree Mehra, Jaswinder Bhalla

References

  1. ↑ Kamra, Diksha (24 September 2010). "'Challa' inspiration for Crook". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Dasgupta, Priyanka (7 October 2010). "I'm happy to get my credit now: Babbal". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Babbal Rai's Girlfriend – Return of Rai Music Review and All Songs Lyrics". MuzicMag. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Grewal, Preetinder (19 March 2014). "Babbal Rai and Jassi Gill Promoting 'Mr and Mrs 420'". SBS. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBabbalRai
  6. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/viral-fame/article1-964849.aspx
  7. ↑ http://uberpunjabi.com/2014/04/whatever-i-felt-i-sang-thats-what-made-me-famous-babbal-rai/
  8. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/viral-fame/article1-964849.aspx
  9. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_GlPovzmuY
  10. ↑ http://uberpunjabi.com/2014/04/whatever-i-felt-i-sang-thats-what-made-me-famous-babbal-rai/
  11. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDVoEbcEBmg
  12. ↑ Speed Records
  13. ↑ Rangeelay
  14. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LReiYbKTlQA
  15. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcW6uYZZ2RI
  16. ↑ Singer Babbal Rai arrives on Harley Davidson to launch his new album 'Girlfriend' - YesPunjab
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQfolfCDMg
  18. ↑ Speed Records
  19. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=337586129611750&id=131386140275568
  20. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPeoYGRWck
  21. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVadcD91TlY
  22. ↑ http://uberpunjabi.com/2014/04/whatever-i-felt-i-sang-thats-what-made-me-famous-babbal-rai/
  23. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuczbJcCawQ
  24. ↑ Singh vs Kaur#Cast
  25. ↑ http://www.punjabiportal.com/forum/punjabi-movie-babbal-rai-ravinder-grewal-yuvraj-hans-t13168.html
  26. ↑ http://www.punjabiportal.com/forum/punjabi-movie-babbal-rai-ravinder-grewal-yuvraj-hans-t13168.html
  27. ↑ Mr & Mrs 420