Babbal Rai

Babbal Rai (born 3 March 1985) is an Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and film actor.[1] His real birth name is Simranjeet Singh Rai. Born in Samrala, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, He belongs to a Rai Sikh Family and he graduated from DAV College, 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.[2][3] He rose to fame from the song Nikki Jehi Jind.[4] He also starred in the film Mr & Mrs 420, along with Jassi Gill and Binnu Dhillon.[5]

Babbal Rai
Born(1985-03-03)3 March 1985
Samrala, Punjab, India
Occupation(s)Singer,song writer
Years active2008–present

Early life

Babbal Rai was born in Samrala , a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab (India).[6] 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 homemaker.[7] 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[8] 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 popular on YouTube .[9]

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.[10] Meanwhile, he worked and collected money for making music and videos. In 2012 he released his single track "Sohni".[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. Rai also sang his first playback song for Jimmy Shergill's Punjabi film Rangeelay and this has been his only known playback track uptill now. His multi starrer project for 9X Tashan "Kudi Tu Pataka" was released the following year and was highly acclaimed by the audience. In 2014 Babbal released[11] his second album Girlfriend[12] under the label Speed Records in which the tracks like "Yaarian", "Tere layi", "Tuttian", "Jattan da Munda" 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.[10]

Film career

He started his film career by special guest appearance in the Punjabi Film[13] in Singh vs Kaur in 2013 starring Gippy Grewal and Surveen Chawla.[14] In 2014 he featured in his debut film Mr and Mrs 420 along with Jassi Gill, Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, and Jaswinder Bhalla[15][15] and appeared in a dual-role cameo, a first in Punjabi film industry.[16][17]

Discography
YearAlbumMusic DirectorRecord Label
2010Saau Putt[The First Chapter]Anu-ManuPoint Zero
2014GirlfriendMofolactic, Pav Dharia, Desi Routz, Beat MinisterSpeed Records
2017Professional SardarPav Dharia, Beat Minister, Sukh-E (Muzical Doctorz), JSL Singh & Deep JanduSpeed Records

Singles
YearMusic DirectorSongAlbumRecord Label! Lyrics
2012Pav DhariaSohniDesi GrrariSpeed Records
2013Jaidev KumarRangeelay-Eros Now
2013Pav DhariaTaurDo GhuttSpeed Records
2013Pav DhariaTera NaamRed Speed Records
2013JSL SinghKudi tu Pataka-For 9x Tashan
2015Preet HundalOne DreamONE DreamSpeed Records
2016Desi RoutzDeor Bharjayii-Speed RecordsNarinder BATTH
2016Deep JanduKhoo Te Tindan-BNW Records
2016-MofolacticLokThatJ2BSpeed RecordNarinder Batth
2016Desi routzYaar jatt deJ2BSpeed RecordsNarinder batth
2017Preet Hundalsad songBabbal RaiSpeed RecordsEyp Creation
2017 Preet Hundal Rondi tere layii - Speed Records Preet Hundal
2018 B Praak Mai Terra Akshay ft.Bohemia (rapper) - Humble Music Jaani (songwriter)
2019 Byg Byrd Bang Bang ft.Bohemia (rapper) - Sony Music India Karan Aujla, Elly Mangat

Film songs
YearFilmCharacter NameCo-Starring
2013Singh 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
2014Mr & Mrs 420Pinki/BabbuYuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, Jassi Gill, Jaswinder Bhalla
2014Oh My Pyo JiJJBinnu Dhillon, Bhanushree Mehra, Jaswinder Bhalla
2015DildariyaanSumairJassi Gill, Sagrika Ghatke, Binnu Dhillon
2017SargiKaim (Karamveer Singh)Jassi Gill, Rubina Bajwa, Karamjit Anmol
2018Ambran Da ChannKaadirBinnu Dhillon, Sonam Bajwa, Sardar Sohi, Babbal Rai (special appearance)
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gollark: I've heard good things about approval voting and score voting, which have the advantage of being very simple.
gollark: Yes, that is a problem.
gollark: Also, you can't actually convey much information through voting; there are probably, what, four choices at most, two of which are remotely serious. That's *one bit*.

References
  1. "Babbal Rai has a childlike innocence in THIS throwback picture".
  2. Kamra, Diksha (24 September 2010). "'Challa' inspiration for Crook". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. Dasgupta, Priyanka (7 October 2010). "I'm happy to get my credit now: Babbal". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. "Babbal Rai's Girlfriend – Return of Rai Music Review and All Songs Lyrics". MuzicMag. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  5. Grewal, Preetinder (19 March 2014). "Babbal Rai and Jassi Gill Promoting 'Mr and Mrs 420'". SBS. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  6. "Babbal Rai". Facebook.
  7. "Photo: Babbal Rai looks unrecognizable in this throwback picture".
  8. "Recalling his days in Australia, Babbal Rai shares a throwback video".
  9. "Viral fame". hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. PunjabNews. "Singer Babbal Rai arrives on Harley Davidson to launch his new album 'Girlfriend'". yespunjab.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  12. Babbal Rai is out with his new album 'Girlfriend' - Interview. YouTube. 10 February 2014.
  13. Babbal Rai - Interview. YouTube. 21 October 2013.
  14. Singh vs Kaur#Cast
  15. "New Punjabi Film - Babbal Rai, Ravinder Grewal, Yuvraj Hans : Punjabi Movies". punjabiportal.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  16. Mr & Mrs 420
  17. ""It's not that only one movie has been put on hold, films worldwide have been put on halt", says Babbal Rai on 'Maa' not being released today".
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