Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Royal performing in Rajasthan
Background information
Birth name Jasleen Kaur Royal
Born 8 July 1990
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupation(s) Composer, singer, instrumentalist, lyricist

Jasleen Kaur Royal (born 8 July 1990) commonly known as Jasleen Royal is an independent Indian singer, songwriter and a music composer who sings in Punjabi, Hindi and as well as in English.

She won an award for the Best Indie Song at the MTV Video Music Awards India 2013. She received this award for her debut song "Panchi Ho Jaava", composed and sung by Jasleen which is based on a poem by late Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

She was nominated alongside established and renowned singers like Kailash Kher, Rabbi Shergill and a Delhi based band Indus Creed.

She entered Bollywood in the September of 2014 with Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Afzal Khan starrer film Khoobsurat with a song titled "Preet" which was composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and penned by Amitabh Verma.

Early life and background

She completed her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana and later shifted to New Delhi for further studies. In Delhi, she completed her B.com honors from Hindu College, New Delhi.

With no formal training in music and majorly self-taught Jasleen first gained popularity when she qualified as one of the semi finalists in the first season of India's Got Talent in 2009. She was all of 18 years of age at that time. She stood out because of her ability to play multiple instruments at the same time. She was amicably called as the 'one woman band' by the then judges Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher and Shekhar Kapur for she can collectively play the guitar, mouth organ and a tambourine while singing.She can also play the keyboard which also happens to be the first instrument she ever played.

Music career

Her debut track "Panchi Ho Jaava" was released on 12 February 2012 on her YouTube channel.

After a year, this particular song was initially picked up by MTV India to be featured on MTV Roots and later as the theme song for Johnson & Johnson's and MTV's collaboration titled "The Dream Project" which helped young girls around the country to fulfil their dreams. MTV India made an official video of this song which featuring Jasleen.

In October, 2014 Jasleen gave her voice to Kit Kat [1] Astronaut Diwali Music Video song titled Door Ghar Mera Hai" which was written by Swanand Kirkire.

Discography

List of songs by Jasleen Royal

Songs

Year Song Title Album/ Film Notes
2013 Panchi Hojavan MTV Composer and Singer
2013 Maye Ni featuring Swanand Kirkire Composer and Singer
2013 Din Shagna Da Single Composer and Singer
2014 Preet Khoobsurat (2014 film) Singer
2014 Door Ghar Mera hai Kitkat Singer
2015 Badla Badla Badlapur (film) Singer

Special appearances

Jasleen has performed on NDTV Our Girls, Our Pride along with Swanand Kirkire hosted by Priyanka Chopra.

She had also appeared and performed at L'Oréal Paris Miss Femina (India) Awards, 2014.

Jasleen has also participated in a debate on NDTV India on 'How money is not the bigger factor while choosing an employment'.

References

  1. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kat

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