Anupama Raag
Anupama Raag is a bollywood music director and singer, born in Lucknow and educated at Bhatkhande Music Institute.
Biography
Personal life
Annupama Raag has been trained in classical music from Ustad Gulshan Bharti of Lucknow gharana, and from Yogendra Bhat of Gwalior gharana, under the traditional guru-shishya parampara. Apart from making numerous public performances, Raag has been a regular singing talent at both Doordarshan and Aakashwani, and has sung for five consecutive years at Lucknow Mahotsav. Raag has also performed at other events such as: Taj Mahotsav – Agra, Tansen Samaroh, Sangeet Natak Academy, and Awadh Sandhya.
Early life and career
She made her Bollywood debut with the number "Shalu ke thumke" in 2011 for movie Bin Bulaye Barati composed by Anand Raj featuring Mallika Sherawat. In the same year she also rendered her voice to "Nazar Se Nazar Mile" to duet with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Composed by Sajid Wajid written by Jawed akhtar featured on Kangana Ranawat, movie Mile Na Mile Ham. She has sung with Mika for the movie Zila Ghaziabad and with Madhuri Dixit for the movie Gulab Gang.
Later career
She has produced numerous music tracks and albums for both films and private albums. Anupama Raag is currently composing for Salman Khan production, Yash Raj Films among many other assignments. One her latest songs shall be soon heard in Sudhir Mishra's next – Aur Devdas. She has also been highly applauded for her non-film musical works such as – Lucknow Development Authority Theme (Written, Sung and Composed by her) and Uttar Pradesh Pride Song for Uttar Pradesh Government (Written, Sung and Composed by her). The Indian Gramin Cricket League jingle that is composed by her and sung by Sharib Toshi received great praise from CM Akhilesh Yadav. She has also composed jingles for TV Commercials for various brands.
Her album with Mika Singh was called Laal Dupatta and it soared the charts for days. It has been viewed over 10 million times of YouTube.
Her latest number "Saware" to be released was with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The music video of the same song starred bollywood actor Kunal Khemu and Vartika Singh. The song was released on 21 January 2017.
[1][2][3][4][5] Laal Dupatta Music Video[6] Saware Music Video[7]
Awards and titles
She has been recently awarded the "Yash Bharati" Award by Uttar Pradesh government.
Filmography
Singer
| Song | Film Title | Music Director | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangi Saari Gulabi | Gulaab Gang | Soumik Sen | 2014 |
| Shalu Ke Thumke | Bin Bulaye Baraati | Anand Raj Anand | 2011 |
| Nazar Se Nazar | Miley Naa Miley Hum | Sajid-Wajid | 2013 |
| Ghaziabad Ki Rani (Baap Ka Maal) | Zila Ghaziabad | Amjad Nadeem | 2013 |
Music Director
| Album | Singer | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Laal Dupatta | Anupama Raag, Mika Singh | 2016 |
| Saware | Anupama Raag, Rahet Fateh Ali Khan | 2017 |
References
- ↑ "Anupama Raag - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours". BBC Music Accessed 2016-03-29
- ↑ "I am elated to have sung with Madhuri: Anupama Raag". The Times of India Accessed 2016-03-29
- ↑ "Anupama Raag records duet with Madhuri Dixit ". Times of India website Accessed 2016-03-29
- ↑ "Anupama Raag". www.anupamaraag.com Accessed 2016-03-29
- ↑ "A bureaucrat turned Bollywood singer- Anupama Raag". Times of India|website Accessed 2016-04-02
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb7rC7bSDRY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notu_jcSqXo