Navraj Hans

Navraj Hans
Birth name	Navraj Hans
Born	Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Occupation(s)	Singer Actor
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Sony Music India Speed Records Eros International T-Series
Website	Official Site

Navraj Hans is a Punjabi actor, singer, entrepreneur, cricket player and a performer. He is the son of Hans Raj Hans and son-in-law of Daler Mehndi. Navraj Hans is acclaimed for his thrilling vocals, videos and live performances. He has established himself as one of the most popular and high profiled celebrity in Punjabi industry. He is an emerging youth style icon. He made his cinematic debut as the highest paid newcomer in Punjabi cinema.

Musical career

Navraj Hans has done playback singing for several Bollywood and Punjabi movies. His superhit song "Saiyaan" by Sony Music India, featured in the Punjabi movie Burrraahh. His other famous song was Jind meriye from Bollywood movie Purani Jeans. In 2016, he sang " Sadi Rail Gaddi" in Prabhu Deva& Sonu Sood's movie Tutak Tutak Tutiya. In 2018, he sang "Chote Chote Peg" Remake with Neha Kakkar & Yo Yo Honey Singh for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh, "Mundiyaan Tu Bachke" Remake with Palak Muchhal for Baaghi 2 composed by Sandeep Shirodkar & "Rangdaari" with Arko Pravo Mukherjee for Daas Dev composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee.

Acting career

Since 2013, Navraj has appeared in many Punjabi feature films. His acting debut was in Marriage Da Garriage. In 2015, his film Punjabian Da King was released. He is also acting in Punjabi film Dil Le Gayi Kudi Punjab Di and Bollywood film Band Of Maharajas.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2013	Rab Ton Sohna Ishq	Guest Appearance
2014	Marriage Da Garriage	Raj	Debut
2015	Punjabian Da King	Contract Killer	with Keeya Khanna / On T-Series
2015	Dil Le Gayi Kudi Punjab Di
TBA	Band Of Maharajas		Bollywood Debut
2016	Canada Di Flight	Harry

Discography

Bollywood

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Lyrics	Co-singer
2014	Purani Jeans	"Jind Meriye"	Ram Sampath
2016	Tutak Tutak Tutiya	"Rail Gaddi"	Gurinder Seagal	Shabbir Ahmed	Swati Sharma
2018	Baaghi 2	"Mundiyan" Remake	Sandeep Shirodkar	Ginni Diwan	Palak Muchhal
	Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety	"Chote Chote Peg"	Yo Yo Honey Singh		Neha Kakkar, Yo Yo Honey Singh
	Daas Dev	"Rangdaari"	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Munir Niazi	Arko Pravo Mukherjee
	FryDay	"Kauva Party"	Gunwant Sen	Sajid Qureshi

Artistry

Voice and songwriting

Navraj's vocal range spans 3 octaves. Critics highlights his tone as particularly distinctive and powerful, describing his voice to have strange rhythmic vocal style, but also finds him quite traditionalist in his use of runs, riff and vocal acrobatics He has received co-writing credits for most of the songs.

Influences

Navraj names Hans Raj Hans and Daler Mehndi as his major musical influences. Aged 14, Navraj attended his first ever concert where Daler Mehndi performed and he claims to have realised his purpose. He admires Daler Mehndi as an all-around entertainer and Hans Raj Hans, who he said inspired me to get up there and do what he did. He credits father Hans Raj Hans's singing and his song Haal Ve Rabba- lutti heer ve fakir di as influencing him to begin practicing vocal runs as a young child. His other musical influences include Michael Jackson and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Other ventures

Entrepreneur

His innate love for cricket combined with his exceptional business acumen brought out the entrepreneur in him by him owning the Celebrity Cricket League team for Punjabi Cinema, Punjab De Sher.

Celebrity cricket league

Navraj Hans is a player of the Punjab De Sher cricket team in the Celebrity Cricket League. With 13 sixes and 6 fours navraj scored his first century in Punjab De Sher debut match against Mumbai heroes on 28 March 2015 at cricket stadium, chandigarh