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Nooran Sisters
BornSultana - (1992-06-14) June 14, 1992 (age 32)
Jyoti - (1994-02-24) February 24, 1994 (age 30)
OriginJalandhar, Punjab, India
GenresSham Chaurasia gharana
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2010 (2010)–present
Members
  • Sultana Nooran
  • Jyoti Nooran


The Nooran Sisters are Sultana Nooran (born 14 June 1992)[1] and Jyoti Nooran (born 24 February 1994)[2] who are a devotional Islamic (Sufi) singing duo[3] from Jalandhar, India. Born to a family of Sufi musicians, they perform Sham Chaurasia gharana classical music.[4] Their public recognition came in 2012 when they were featured with the song "Tung Tung" in MTV Sound Trippin of MTV India,[5][6] which was adapted as a soundtrack in the 2015 Bollywood film Singh is Bling.[7]

The Nooran sisters released their first album Yaar Gariban Da in 2015.[8] The same year they received their first major awards for the song "Patakha Guddi" in the film Highway including two Mirchi Music Awards "Upcoming Female Vocalist Of The Year" and "Vocalist (Female) Of The Year"),[9] the Global Indian Music Academy Awards and the Screen Awards.[10][11] They received the Best Playback Singer (Female) award of the Filmfare Awards Punjabi for the song "Yaar Di Gali" in 2017.[9][12]

Early life and background

The sisters trained from early childhood under their father, Ustad Gulshan Mir (or Meer),[13] grandson of Bibi Nooran, a renowned Sufi singer,[14] and son of Swarn Nooran, a Sufi singer of the 1970s.[7] According to Mir, the family was on hard times and Mir gave music lessons to support them.[15] The sisters could not even have formal elementary education.[13]

When Sultana Nooran was seven and Jyoti Nooran was five, Mir discovered their talent while they were playing at home and singing a Bulleh Shah kalam they had heard from their grandmother,[7] "Kulli vichon ni yaar lab lai". Mir asked them if they can sing it with instruments. They sang with perfect beat with music instruments like tabla and harmonium.[16]

The Nooran sisters had their first television appearance on the Doordarshan Punjabi show Jashan Di Raat in 2005. Jyoti as a solo artist participated in a singing show Nikki Awaz Punjab Di on Punjabi channel MH1 in 2007.[17] In 2010, they were noticed by Iqbal Mahal, music promoter from Canada, who helped them to perform to wider audience.[4] Their performance at the Baba Murad Shah Dargah in Nakodar in 2013 became the first big public appreciation. They performed at the 72nd birthday party of late Ghazal maestro, Jagjit Singh at Harpal Tiwana Center of Performing Arts (HTCPA), and spellbound Patiala, Punjab, India residents with their talent.[16]

Career

The Nooran sisters rose to fame with the talent hunt series in MTV India's MTV Sound Trippin, with their song "Tung Tung" in 2012.[5] They were introduced to the competition by Bollywood music composer-director Sneha Khanwalkar.[17] The song was subsequently used as a soundtrack in Akshay Kumar's 2015 movie Singh is Bling.[7] Later the same year, they performed at MTV Unplugged and Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2 with the song "Allah Hoo", which turned into a YouTube sensation.[16]

On 2 September 2015, they released their first album Yaar Gariban Da, which contains five tracks and produced by MS Records.[8] In 2017, they received the Best Playback Singer (Female) award of the Filmfare Awards Punjabi for the song "Yaar Di Gali" in the film Channo Kamli Yaar Di.[9][12] Their song "Baajre Di Raakhi" in the film Krazzy Tabbar earned them a nomination for Best Playback Singer (Female) the Filmfare Awards Punjabi in 2018.[18]

They performed in the Dhaka International Folk Fest in 2016 and 2017. They collaborated with MEMBA and EVAN GIIA for "For Aisha" which was featured in the 2019 film The Sky is Pink,[16] and the 2022 Disney's TV series Ms. Marvel.[19] Jyoti recorded in Tamil films for the composer D. Imman, such as Paayum Puli (2015) and Bogan (2017). She commented: "I didn't even know the language is Tamil. I wrote the lyrics in Hindi. Had to convolute my mouth to sing them."[17]

Bollywood

They got their first break in Bollywood with the song, "Patakha Guddi" in the movie Highway in 2014, with music director A.R Rahman.[16] Which they call their favourite,[17] the song topped Bollywood music charts.[4] It also earned them two of the Mirchi Music Awards in 2015, "Upcoming Female Vocalist Of The Year" and "Vocalist (Female) Of The Year",[9][12] as well as the Best Music Debut award of the Global Indian Music Academy Awards and the Best Female Playback Singer award of the Screen Awards.[10][11]

Other movies they have sung in include Sultan, Mirzya, Dangal, Jab Harry met Sejal and Bharat.[7][16]

Personal life

Jyoti Nooran is married to Kunal Passi in 2014. Her parents disapproved of the marriage and filed a court case on underage marriage,[20] as they allegedly claimed Jyoti's matriculation certificate showed her as 16 years of age at the time. After legal proceedings, the family conceded to accept the marriage.[21] Passi acts as the manager of their performances.[13] Sultana is also married and has a son.[17]

Jyoti had performed several times solo. When asked about planning to take up solo career, she answered, "Please don’t recommend it. We complete each other."[22]

Discography

  • Yaar Gariban Da (2015)
  • Sufi Magic from Nooran Sisters (live)
  • Channo
  • Meri Maa Best of Durga Mata Jagran Bhents and Bhajans Virendra Singh

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Year Category Nominated Song Album Result Ref(s)
Mirchi Music Awards
2014 Female Vocalist of The Year "Patakha Guddi" Highway Won [24]
Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year
2015 Indie Pop Song of the Year "Teriyaan Tu Jaane" Coke Studio @ MTV - S04E01 Nominated [25]
2017 "Kamli" - [26]
Mirchi Music Awards Punjabi
2015 Female Vocalist of The Year "Jinde meriye" Qissa Panjab Won [27]

References

  1. ^ "Sultana Nooran Biography (Singer) Age, Wiki, Husband, Awards, & Net Worth". Mast Khabar. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Jyoti Nooran (Nooran Sisters) उम्र, Biography, पति in Hindi - बायोग्राफी". News Hidustan. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Live Session with the Nooran Sisters, Discover the Nooran Sisters - the rock stars of Sufi music". BBC. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Kapoor, Diksha (24 February 2020). "Birthday Vibes: Know Some Mind Boggling Facts About Sufi Singer Jyoti Nooran". PTC Punjabi. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b Kaur, Amarjot (2 October 2015). "Beat upbeat". The Tribune. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Sony Music India appoints Jagjit Singh Bhogal as Head of A&R". www.radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e Yadav, Prerna (7 January 2021). "Patakha Guddi, Ghani Bawri: 6 Nooran Sisters' songs you should add to your playlist now". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Yaar Gariban Da (Album) All Songs Download Nooran Sisters - Raag.fm". RAAG. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "Jyoti Nooran Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Jyoti Nooran". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "GIMA » Winners for 2015". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "And the AWARD goes to…". Indian Express. Mumbai. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b c "Sultana Nooran Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Sultana Nooran". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  13. ^ a b c Chowdhury, Alpana (2 December 2017). "No stopping this magnificent duo..." Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  14. ^ Chaudhary, Neha (15 September 2019). "Tung Tung Baje: Nooran Sisters get Jaipur's audiences singing along". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Highway to Fame". India Express. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Menezes, Laurel (5 May 2022). "Everything You Need To Know About The Nooran Sisters, The Singers Of The Hit Song "Patakha Guddi"". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e Pandey, Anup (16 April 2017). "Soul sisters". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Sultana & Jyoti Nooran- Best Playback Singer Female 2018 Nominee | Filmfare Awards". filmfare.com. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Nice to see my name, says singer Chinmayi Sripada on 'Tere Bina' being part of 'Ms Marvel'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  20. ^ Aug 6, TNN /; 2014; Ist, 03:53. "'Patakha Guddi' singer Jyoti Nooran moves high court for protection from family | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2022. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Nooran sister's parents accept her marriage". Hindustan Times. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  22. ^ Joy, Jagmeeta Thind (17 February 2018). "Sufi music soothes the soul, say Nooran sisters in Chandigarh". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Kis Morh Te: Beautiful melody from 'Qismat 2' to release tomorrow". Times of India. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  24. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  25. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  26. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  27. ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". Retrieved 25 September 2017.

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