Mauli Dave

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Mauli Dave
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Background information
Birth name Mauli Dave
Born 3 June 1987 (1987-06-03) (age 24) in Ahmedabad, India
Origin Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Houston, Texas (USA)
Genres Filmi/Bollywood
Occupations Singer,Dancer, Host, Actress
Instruments Vocals, Tabla
Years active 2007-present
Website [1]

Mauli Dave (Gujarati: મૌલી દવે, born 3 June 1987) is an Indian singer, actor, dancer, and television host. She was a finalist on Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. She was also a finalist in Sony Entertainment's Chalo America Boogie Woogie in 2003, and was crowned Miss Teen India Texas 2007. Mauli then decided to move to Mumbai at the age of 19 to pursue a career in Music and Acting. She hosted a famiy dance show on the Zee Network titled "Rock n Roll Family" in 2008, lead role in a Zoom Tele-Film "Ek Anhonee", participated in Fear Factor India: Khatron Ke Khiladi season 4 and made it to the top 2.[1]

She was seen in one episode of the Zee TV serial, Parrivaar. Her towering personality gives her the additional advantage of a massive screen presence. It is no wonder, that, the famed music director Bappi Lahiri called her "Indian Shakira".

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[edit] Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007

When Saregamapa, a popular music reality show in India, announced to have auditions Internationally in countries like America, Canada, U.K., South Africa, U.A.E. and Pakistan; Mauli decided to audition to represent the U.S.A. She went through five to six rounds of auditions in the U.S. and later in Mumbai finally begin chosen the one to represent the U.S. after her famous rendition of the song "Mayya Mayya." Mauli became a reality pop-icon over night and soon had thousands of fans in the South Asian community all over the world and was given the name "Indian Shakira" by her mentor in the show, Bappi Lahiri. She eventually reached the top 10 and had a surprising elimination after reaching the top 7.

[edit] Early years

Mauli Dave was born on June 3 in Ahmedabad to parents, Hemant Dave and Dipti Dave. She started singing before she could talk when she was only 10 months old through her grandparents who were both ‘Visharath’ in Music. As a baby, Mauli was nicknamed Pum-Pum by her relatives and friends; and it wasn’t till she was about 10 when many found out her real name was Mauli.

Her parents moved to Houston, Texas U.S.A. in 1990 when Mauli was only 2 and half years old. Her mother was the main push and influential factor for her and her elder brother Omkar. She made it a point to teach them everything and anything possible from sports, martial arts, classical dance, classical music, instruments, fine arts, performing arts etc. to make sure they had an open door to all opportunities in life. Their mother sent Mauli and Omkar to live in India with their grandmother after their grandfather’s death from 1995 to 2000 where she learned Hindustani classical music from Mr. Divyang Thakur in Ahmadabad, Kuchipudi (classical dance) from Sri Radha Menon and received a diploma in it at an early age of 12. Mauli learned how to read, write and speak in Hindi Gujarati and a little bit of Sanskrit as well. After returning to the U.S.A. in 2000 Mauli started doing professional singing performances in small events at the young age of 12. Her mother, Dipti Dave, was the director of her own Music and Dance Academy originally opened in the 80’s where Mauli taught classical music, tabla and classical dance to people younger and elder to her. Mauli has also been trained in other dance styles such as Bharatnatyam, Odissi and Hip Hop.

In Highschool, Mauli played Varsity Tennis for all 4 years. Fine arts was also something she was always inclined towards since she was 8 years old; so she continued taking art based classes like drawing, painting and graphic designing from 8th grade till the 12 grade. Mauli graduated from high school with a distinguished degree as a Magna Cumlaude. Mauli decided to attend the University of Houston and study Graphic Communications to receive a Bachelors Degree in Arts. Being a straight A student all her life, she managed to be on the Dean’s list all two years. In February 2007, due to her mom’s persuasion, Mauli decided to participate in the Miss Teen India Texas Pageant, where she won and was crowned the title. Later in March that year, Mauli’s childhood dream to be a part of India’s most prestigious singing competition, “Saregamapa Challenge 2007,” came true when she auditioned from Houston, then New York and then in Mumbai eventually being selected and representing the U.S.A. Mauli was the most popular contestant on the show and overnight became a singing sensation from her amazing version of the song ‘Mayya Mayya.’

After becoming a youth icon through her singing, Mauli started looking into different types of projects. The next big project was hosting a family based dance show titled ‘Rock n Roll Family’ on the Zee Network, where her Hindi speaking skills were proven to be well beyond everyone’s expectations as everyone expected it to be otherwise due to her American upbringing. Because each episode opened with her dance performance, more people learned of her dancing background. She later got an offer for playing the main protagonist in a Tele-Film “Ek Anhonee” for the Zoom Network. Mauli was well appreciated for her role in this thriller as Divyani Mitra. Besides films, Mauli has also landed her voice as a singer and voice over artist for big Ad companies like Del Monte, Fastrack, Fructis Garnier, TVS Scooty etc.

[edit] Discography

Year Movie/Album Composer Co-Singer Awards/Nominations
2006 Prabhu Taare Pagathiye (Album) Omkar Dave Hemant Dave and Omkar Dave none
2007 To Kya Ho (Album) Mitul and Mukul Mukul none
2008 Bal Ganesh (Film) Shamir Tandon Sumedha Karmahe, Junaid Sheikh none
2008 Mittal vs. Mittal (Film) Shamir Tandon solo none
2009 Jai-Veeru (Film) Bappa Lahiri Javed Ali, Raja Hasan Nomination at Stardust Awards "New Music Sensation Female"
2009 Love Ka Tadka (Film) Aadesh Srivastav Aadesh Srivastav Nomination at Music Mirchi Awards "Upcoming Debutante Female"
2010 Fasttrack (Product Ad)[2] Mike McCleary solo none
2010 DelMonte (Product Ad)[3] Mike McCleary Bob none
2011 The Bartender: Classic Bollywood Shaken not Stirred (Album) Mike McCleary Solo Tracks none
2011 Players (Film) Pritam Neeraj Sridhar none

[edit] Television

Year Show Role Channel Extra
2004 Boogie Woogie-Chalo America Dance Contestant SET (Sony Entertainment Television Finalist (top 5)
2007 (May–October) Saregamapa Challenge Singing Contestant Zee Network Finalist (top 7)
2008 (March–May) Rock n Roll Family Host Zee Network
2010 ( released Dec. 5th) Ek Anhonee (Tele-film) Lead Role (Divyani) Zoom
2011 (June–July) Khatron Ke Khiladi season 4 Celebrity Contestant Colors Finalist (top 2)
2012 (Feb) Kahani Comedy Circus ki Guest Appearance (6 episodes) SET (Sony Entertainment Television

[edit] Awards and Nominations

  • Crowned "Miss Teen India Texas 2007" - Pageant
  • Stardust Awards 2009-2010: Nominated for “Upcoming Debutant Singer” for the song “Agre Ka Ghaghra” from the film “Jai Veeru”
  • Music Mirchi Awards 2009-2010: Nominated for “Upcoming Singer Female” for the title song of “Love Ka Tadka.”
  • Gujarati Garvvati Awards 2010: Won award for “Upcoming Singer”

[edit] References

  1. ^ SaReGaMaPa: Mauli Dave - Texas USA

[edit] External links
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