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'''Kavita Seth''' (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in [[Hindi cinema]], as well as a performer of [[Ghazal]]s and [[Sufi music]], and has formed her musical group, ''Karwaan Group'', a band of Sufi musicians<ref name=st>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/money-and-careers/article351812.ece|title=Sufi and soul|date=1 April 2010 |publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=19 April 2010|location=Chennai, India|first=Harshikaa|last=Udasi}}</ref><ref name=sc>[http://www.screenindia.com/news/kavita-seth-performs-at-sufi-concert/416535/ Kavita Seth performs at Sufi concert]{{dead link|date=December 2015}} [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], 30 January 2009.</ref>
'''Kavita Seth''' (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in [[Hindi cinema]], as well as a performer of [[Ghazal]]s and [[Sufi music]], and has formed her musical group, ''Karwaan Group'', a band of Sufi musicians<ref name=st>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/money-and-careers/article351812.ece|title=Sufi and soul|date=1 April 2010 |publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=19 April 2010|location=Chennai, India|first=Harshikaa|last=Udasi}}</ref><ref name=sc>[http://www.screenindia.com/news/kavita-seth-performs-at-sufi-concert/416535/ Kavita Seth performs at Sufi concert]{{dead link|date=December 2015}} [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]], 30 January 2009.</ref>

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Kavita Seth
Born (1970-09-14) 14 September 1970 (age 53)
Bareily, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Playback singer, singer of ghazals, Sufi music
Websitewww.kavitaseth.com

Kavita Seth (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians[1][2]

She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition "Gunja Sa Koi Iktara" for the film Wake Up Sid (2009),[3] she also won the Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for the same song, which was one of the biggest chartbusters in 2009.[4][5]

Early life

Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh,[4] where she was brought up and did her schooling as well as her graduation.

After her marriage she moved to Delhi, where she started performing for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. Meanwhile she also did her post graduation in Music, Sangeet Alankar from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi and received MA degree in Hindi literature from the University of Delhi.

She received her musical training in Hindustani classical music under N.D.Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Vinod from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and Iqbal Ahmad Khan.

Career

She first started performing at the Khan-kahe Niyazia Dargah, in Bareilly, which soon lead singing in public shows and musical concerts.

Kavita specialises in Sufi-style singing though she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows at London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. It was at one of her performance at Muzaffar Ali's International Sufi Festival concert, in Delhi that director Satish Kaushik heard her and offered a song "Zindagi ko Maula", in his film, the Amisha Patel starrer, Vaada (2005), marking her debut as a playback singer.[1][6] Subsequently she moved to Mumbai, as this was followed by, "Mujhe Mat Roko" in Anurag Basu's Gangster (2006), for which she received rave reviews.[7]

Besides singing she also composes music. She has composed three songs in N. Chandra's film "Yeh Mera India" (2009).[8] She has also released private albums, including, Woh Ek Lamha, Dil-e-Nadan both Sufi ghazal albums, followed by Sufi music albums, Sufiana (2008) and Hazrat. Her 2008 album Sufiana, composed of couplets of Sufi poet-mystic, Rumi was released at the 800-year-old Khaman Pir Ka Dargah in Lucknow.[9][10]

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Wake Up Sid Filmfare Awards

Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara"

Won
Star Screen Award

Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara" Best New Talent in Music

Won
International Indian Film Academy Awards

Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara"

Won
Stardust Award

New Musical Sensation (Female) – "Iktara"

Won
Global Indian Music Award

Best Playback Singer (Female) – "Iktara" Popular Singer of the Year Song of the Year – "Iktara"

Won
GR8 FLO Women Award

Women Achiever Award

Won
2012 Cocktail Big Entertainment Awards 2012

"Tumhi Ho Bandhu"

Won

Filmography

Playback singer

Film Year Song name
Vaada 2005 Maula
Gangster 2006 Mujhe Mat Roko
Wake Up Sid 2009 Iktara
Yeh Mera India[11] 'Aap roothe rahe'
'Dil Mandir'
'More Naina'
Admission Open[12] 2010
Raajneeti Mora Piya (Trance Mix)
I Am Baangur
Trishna 2011 'Raunakein'
'Lagan lagi'
'Khari Khari'
Cocktail 2012 Tumhi ho bandhu
Bombay Talkies Murabba (Duet)

Music director

Film Year
Yeh Mera India 2009
My Friend Pinto 2011
Cigarette ki Tarah 2012

Personal life

She has two sons, Kavish and Kanishk, both of whom perform with her.[13] Her husband K.K.Seth died of pancreatitis on 15 December 2011. He was 48.[14]

Albums

References

  1. ^ a b Udasi, Harshikaa (1 April 2010). "Sufi and soul". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Kavita Seth performs at Sufi concert[dead link] Screen, 30 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan claim top honours". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 28 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Music and Lyrics". Indian Express. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Song Sung True". Indian Express. 24 September 2009.[dead link]
  6. ^ "VISHESH Break". Screen. 24 March 2006.[dead link]
  7. ^ When new female singers announced their arrival in 2006: 8. Kavita Seth[dead link] Bollywood Hungama, 3 January 2007.
  8. ^ ‘Hard work always pays!’[dead link] Screen, 4 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Recreating Rumi's poetry". DNA. 3 November 2009.
  10. ^ Mission Sufi[dead link] Screen, 4 January 2008.
  11. ^ Kavita Seth Filmography Bollywood Hungama
  12. ^ Music Review of Admissions Open
  13. ^ "Juhi at a musical do!". The Times of India. 25 March 2010.
  14. ^ http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110190329&keyword=music&subcatg=MUSICINDIA&nid=158688. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]

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