Baba Sehgal

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Baba Sehgal
Baba Sehgal at Mumbai International Airport 2011
Baba Sehgal at Mumbai International Airport 2011
Background information
Birth name Harjit Singh Sehgal
Born Chandigarh, India
Genres Indipop
Occupations Singer, Actor

Baba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper[1] to jump on the Indipop bandwagon,[2] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[3] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene[4] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),[5] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.[6]

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[edit] Career

He released Dilruba (1990),[7] Alibaba (1991),[8] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[9] Main bhi Madonna (1993),[10] Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".[11] He has the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia[12] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).

He also acted in a few films such as Miss 420 (1998) and Double Gadbad (1999).[13] Before this he hosted the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[14] He has also worked as a stage performer[15] and a model.

He was in New York from 2001 to 2005[16] and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',[17] which was his 22nd and latest music album.

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film Bhoot Uncle.[18] Baba Sehgal has considerable fan following. He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom.[19] In 2009 he was one of the performers on the NDTV Imagine show Dhoom Macha De.

In 2009 he played a role in the SAB TV comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar. In 2011 he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhani on Star One.

He is the first Indian artist to air his music video "Dil dhadke" on MTV.

He is featured on the Imagine Showbiz series Baba's Cross Connection.

[edit] Renewed as a Playback Singer

Baba Sehgal sung many songs for Tollywood. Some of the instant hits include Rikshavodu, Jalsa, Aarya 2, Adhurs, and Don Seenu. He was mostly hired by music director Devi Sri Prasad. It was under Devi Sri Prasad's composition that Sehgal sung the Tamil songs "Jalsa Jalsa" from Villu, "Kadhal Vandhale" from Singam ,"Osthe Mama" from Osthe and "Sokku Podi" from Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal. The latter became one of the most popular songs.

[edit] Albums

  • Dilruba
  • Alibaba
  • Thanda Thanda Pani
  • Double Gadbad
  • Mai Bhi Madonna
  • Dr Dhingra
  • Welcome To Mumbai
  • Pinga Pinga
  • Baba's Cross Connection
  • NEPAL'S Rap Rock's

[edit] Baba Sehgal Movies as Actor

[edit] TV Serials

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dutt, Tushar (13 July 2007). "Baba's back with a bang". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Babas_back_with_a_bang_/articleshow/2198541.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  2. ^ "A sip of Indi-pop". The Indian Express. 18 November 1998. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981118/32252254.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  3. ^ Abbas, M. Ackbar; John Nguyet Erni, Wimal Dissanayake (2005) (link to Google snippet). Internationalizing Cultural Studies. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631236238. http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?um=1&num=100&q=%22Baba%20Sehgal%22%20%2B%22mtv%22&sa=N&tab=ps. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  4. ^ Hunt, Ken (2003). Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush (eds.). ed. All Music Guide to Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. pp. 427. ISBN 9780879307592. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wr1lmklsD8QC&pg=PT438&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U2NL2dtJakpPas5Jbtbvl8IMuRb9w. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  5. ^ Garber, Marjorie; Paul B. Franklin, Rebecca L. Walkowitz (1996). Field Work. Routledge. pp. 58. ISBN 9780415914543. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H2zAcuKobu4C&pg=PA58&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3IjJAdHdrHdJ59pQSTh4nbE8R-sw. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  6. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 1 March 2008. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/01/stories/2008030151510400.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  7. ^ Nair, Vinod (14 June 2003). "Arre Baba, he's back!". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/22423.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  8. ^ Cultures of the Commonwealth. Université de Cergy-Pontoise. 1998. pp. 11. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkBnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&pgis=1. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  9. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 5 March 2008. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  10. ^ Robertson, Roland; Kathleen E. White (2003). Globalization. Taylor & Francis. pp. 234. ISBN 9780415302227. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrwysvL0jssC&pg=PA234&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22madonna%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3RuLxwOcq80kqOCRtRwUhac-dUMA. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  11. ^ "Dance Party". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/6020/index.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  12. ^ Sharma, Amitabh (26 December 1994). "India's Turning `Asian Kool' Into Very Hot Sounds Pop music: Record chiefs bet the next global hits will be rap monologues tinged with a Punjabi folk genre known as bhangra". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-26/entertainment/ca-13155_1_pop-music. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  13. ^ "Trailer". Indian Express. 23 January 1998. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350734.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  14. ^ "Baba Sehgal is back". The Hindu. 21 May 2005. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/21/stories/2005052101320400.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  15. ^ "Straight Answers". The Times of India. 1 November 2005. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1281831.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  16. ^ "Baba Sehgal comes back in a new avatar". The Hindu. 26 August 2005. http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082604800200.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  17. ^ "Welcome To Mumbai - Baba Saigal". IndiaGlitz. 8 January 2007. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  18. ^ Deladia, Priyanka (15 April 2006). "Straight Answers". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1491490.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  19. ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (19 May 2008). "'Baba and I are like husband and wife'". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TV_Buzz/Baba_and_I_are_like_husband_and_wife/articleshow/3050453.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
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