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Sehgal's first album was ''Dilruba'' (1991),<ref name="nair">{{cite news |title=Arre Baba, he's back! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/arre-baba-hes-back/articleshow/22423.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 June 2003 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Vinod |last1=Nair}}</ref> followed by ''Alibaba'' (1991),<ref>{{cite book |title=Cultures of the Commonwealth |last= |first= |year=1998 |publisher=Université de Cergy-Pontoise |isbn= |pages=11 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkBnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> ''Thanda Thanda Pani'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news |title=Baba unplugged |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 March 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}{{deadlink|date=January 2017}}</ref> ''Main Bhi Madonna'' (1993), ''Baba Bachao na'' (1993),<ref>{{cite book |title=Globalization |last=Robertson |first=Roland |author2=Kathleen E. White |year=2003 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-0-415-30222-7 |pages=234 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrwysvL0jssC&pg=PA234&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22madonna%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3RuLxwOcq80kqOCRtRwUhac-dUMA |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> ''Dr.Dhingra'' (1994), ''Miss 420'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Double Gadbad'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Indian Romyo'' (1995), ''Tora Tora'' (1995), ''Loomba Loomba'' (1996), ''na aariya hai na jaroya hai'' (1997), ''America mein indian dhaba'' (1997), ''d.j. mix blue'' (1997), ''dhak dhak dil in culcutta'' (1997), ''A Reason to Smile'' (1997), ''meri jaan hindustan'' (1998), ''jugni mast kalandar'' (1998), ''abb mein vengaboy'' (1999), ''pinga pinga'' (2001), ''Pump up your Style'' (2003), ''Welcome to Mumbai'' (2005), ''Babe di gaddi'' (2009), ''Woh beete din'' and ''The Magic of Dandiya'', among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself.{{cn|date=January 2017}} He was the music director of the movie ''Dance Party'' (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dance Party |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/6020/index.html |work=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on [[MTV Asia]],<ref>{{cite news |title=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 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-26/entertainment/ca-13155_1_pop-music |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=26 December 1994 |accessdate=6 October 2008 | first=Amitabh | last=Sharma}}</ref> which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show ''[[Superhit Muqabla]]'' which was aired on DD2 at primetime.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baba Sehgal is back |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/21/stories/2005052101320400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 May 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref> He has also worked as a stage performer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/straight-answers/articleshow/1281831.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 November 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref>
Sehgal's first album was ''Dilruba'' (1991),<ref name="nair">{{cite news |title=Arre Baba, he's back! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/arre-baba-hes-back/articleshow/22423.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 June 2003 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Vinod |last1=Nair}}</ref> followed by ''Alibaba'' (1991),<ref>{{cite book |title=Cultures of the Commonwealth |last= |first= |year=1998 |publisher=Université de Cergy-Pontoise |isbn= |pages=11 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkBnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> ''Thanda Thanda Pani'' (1992),<ref>{{cite news|title=Baba unplugged |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 March 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103071447/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm |archivedate=3 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''Main Bhi Madonna'' (1993), ''Baba Bachao na'' (1993),<ref>{{cite book |title=Globalization |last=Robertson |first=Roland |author2=Kathleen E. White |year=2003 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-0-415-30222-7 |pages=234 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrwysvL0jssC&pg=PA234&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22madonna%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3RuLxwOcq80kqOCRtRwUhac-dUMA |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> ''Dr.Dhingra'' (1994), ''Miss 420'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Double Gadbad'' (1994) movie soundtrack, ''Indian Romyo'' (1995), ''Tora Tora'' (1995), ''Loomba Loomba'' (1996), ''na aariya hai na jaroya hai'' (1997), ''America mein indian dhaba'' (1997), ''d.j. mix blue'' (1997), ''dhak dhak dil in culcutta'' (1997), ''A Reason to Smile'' (1997), ''meri jaan hindustan'' (1998), ''jugni mast kalandar'' (1998), ''abb mein vengaboy'' (1999), ''pinga pinga'' (2001), ''Pump up your Style'' (2003), ''Welcome to Mumbai'' (2005), ''Babe di gaddi'' (2009), ''Woh beete din'' and ''The Magic of Dandiya'', among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself.{{cn|date=January 2017}} He was the music director of the movie ''Dance Party'' (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dance Party |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/6020/index.html |work=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=6 October 2008}}</ref> He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on [[MTV Asia]],<ref>{{cite news |title=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 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-26/entertainment/ca-13155_1_pop-music |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=26 December 1994 |accessdate=6 October 2008 | first=Amitabh | last=Sharma}}</ref> which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show ''[[Superhit Muqabla]]'' which was aired on DD2 at primetime.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baba Sehgal is back |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/21/stories/2005052101320400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 May 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref> He has also worked as a stage performer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/straight-answers/articleshow/1281831.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 November 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref>


He was in New York from 2001 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baba Sehgal comes back in a new player movement
He was in New York from 2001 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baba Sehgal comes back in a new player movement
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082604800200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 August 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref> When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',<ref>{{cite news |title=Welcome To Mumbai – Baba Saigal |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html |work=IndiaGlitz |date=8 January 2007 |accessdate=6 October 2008 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080922175149/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html| archivedate= 22 September 2008 | deadurl= no}}</ref> which was his 22nd album.
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082604800200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 August 2005 |accessdate=6 October 2008 }}</ref> When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome To Mumbai – Baba Saigal |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html |work=IndiaGlitz |date=8 January 2007 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922175149/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html |archivedate=22 September 2008 |deadurl=no |df=dmy-all }}</ref> which was his 22nd album.


He also directed the music for the [[Bollywood]] film ''Bhoot Uncle'' (2006) and ''Nalaik'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/straight-answers/articleshow/1491490.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=15 April 2006 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Priyanka |last1=Deladia}}</ref> He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on [[Zoom TV|Zoom]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Baba and I are like husband and wife' |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-19/tv/27751382_1_siddharth-kannan-comedy-entertainment-channel |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 May 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Amrita |last1=Mulchandani}}</ref>
He also directed the music for the [[Bollywood]] film ''Bhoot Uncle'' (2006) and ''Nalaik'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/straight-answers/articleshow/1491490.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=15 April 2006 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Priyanka |last1=Deladia}}</ref> He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on [[Zoom TV|Zoom]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Baba and I are like husband and wife' |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-19/tv/27751382_1_siddharth-kannan-comedy-entertainment-channel |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 May 2008 |accessdate=6 October 2008 |first1=Amrita |last1=Mulchandani}}</ref>

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Baba Sehgal
Baba Sehgal at a photoshoot promoting his new album Mumbai City.
Background information
Birth nameHarjeet Singh Sehgal
Born (1965-11-23) 23 November 1965 (age 58)[1]
Lucknow, India
GenresIndipop, Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active1990– present

Harjeet Singh Sehgal,[2] better known as Baba Sehgal, is an Indian rapper, who claims to be the world's first professional Hindi rapper and first Indian rapper.[citation needed] He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media.

Life and career

Early career

Brought up in Lucknow, Baba Sehgal graduated in B.E Hons. Chemical Engineering from GB Pant University[3]His entertainment career began in the 1990s, when he emerged as part of the Indipop scene,[4] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[5] Since then he has been a popular figure on the rap scene,[6] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),[7] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.[8] He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 1 in 2006.

Music

Sehgal's first album was Dilruba (1991),[2] followed by Alibaba (1991),[9] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[10] Main Bhi Madonna (1993), Baba Bachao na (1993),[11] Dr.Dhingra (1994), Miss 420 (1994) movie soundtrack, Double Gadbad (1994) movie soundtrack, Indian Romyo (1995), Tora Tora (1995), Loomba Loomba (1996), na aariya hai na jaroya hai (1997), America mein indian dhaba (1997), d.j. mix blue (1997), dhak dhak dil in culcutta (1997), A Reason to Smile (1997), meri jaan hindustan (1998), jugni mast kalandar (1998), abb mein vengaboy (1999), pinga pinga (2001), Pump up your Style (2003), Welcome to Mumbai (2005), Babe di gaddi (2009), Woh beete din and The Magic of Dandiya, among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself.[citation needed] He was the music director of the movie Dance Party (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".[12] He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on MTV Asia,[13] which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[14] He has also worked as a stage performer.[15]

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

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film Bhoot Uncle (2006) and Nalaik (2005).[18] He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom.[19] Baba Sehgal is known to make weird songs such as Chicken Fried Rice, Rajma Chawal and many more.

Baba Sehgal has also sung a hit song Rukmani Rukmani composed by A.R. Rehman in movie Roja along with Shweta Shetty

Acting

In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film Miss 420 alongside Sheeba Akashdeep. He also did playback singing for the film's soundtrack, which was released in 1994, four years before the film's theatrical release. In 1999 he played two characters in the film Double Gadbad. He also composed and sang all the songs for the film's soundtrack. In 2009, he had a part in the SAB TV comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar. In 2011 he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhani on Star One. Sehgal also made his Telugu film debut in Rudhramadevi, with Anushka Shetty in the lead. It was directed by National award winner Gunasekhar. Baba Sehgal was signed to play a major negative role in another Telugu film titled Overdose.[20]

Filmography

As actor

As playback singer

Telugu Cinema
Bollywood
Kannada
Tamil Cinema
Year Film Song Name Composer Co-Singer(s)
2009 Villu "Jalsa Jalsa" & (Remix) Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad
2010 Singam "Kadhal Vandhale" Devi Sri Prasad Priyadharshini
2011 Osthe "Osthe Maamey" S. Thaman Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen
2012 Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal "Sokku Podi" G. V. Prakash Kumar Shruti Haasan
Saguni "Vella Bambaram" G. V. Prakash Kumar Priya Himesh
2013 Alex Pandian "Bad Boy" Devi Sri Prasad Priya Himesh
2013 Singam II "Singam Dance" Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad
2009 13B
Bengali Cinema
Year Film Song Name Composer Co-Singer(s)
2013 Khiladi (2013 Film) "Heartbeat" ShreePritam Saberi Bhattacharya

Television appearances

References

  1. ^ http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Baba-Sehgals-extra-marital-woes/articleshow/15471885.cms
  2. ^ a b Nair, Vinod (14 June 2003). "Arre Baba, he's back!". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/onlybabasehgal/status/666596571463618560?lang=en
  4. ^ "A sip of Indi-pop". The Indian Express. 18 November 1998. Retrieved 6 October 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ Abbas, M. Ackbar; John Nguyet Erni; Wimal Dissanayake (2005). Internationalizing Cultural Studies (link to Google snippet). Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-23623-8. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  6. ^ Hunt, Ken (2003). Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine; John Bush (eds.). All Music Guide to Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-87930-759-2. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  7. ^ Garber, Marjorie; Paul B. Franklin; Rebecca L. Walkowitz (1996). Field Work. Routledge. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-415-91454-3. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 1 March 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  9. ^ Cultures of the Commonwealth. Université de Cergy-Pontoise. 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Robertson, Roland; Kathleen E. White (2003). Globalization. Taylor & Francis. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-415-30222-7. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  12. ^ "Dance Party". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  13. ^ 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. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  14. ^ "Baba Sehgal is back". The Hindu. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  15. ^ "Straight Answers". The Times of India. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  16. ^ "Baba Sehgal comes back in a new player movement". The Hindu. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  17. ^ "Welcome To Mumbai – Baba Saigal". IndiaGlitz. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Deladia, Priyanka (15 April 2006). "Straight Answers". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  19. ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (19 May 2008). "'Baba and I are like husband and wife'". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  20. ^ http://zoot.mtsindia.in/artist-Baba%20Sehgal-biography-835
  21. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Baba-Sehgal-to-do-an-Anil-Kapoor/articleshow/7701119.cms
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