Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Baba Sehgal

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Baba Sehgal
Birth name Harjit Singh Sehgal
Born Chandigarh, India
Genres Indipop
Occupations Singer, Actor

Baba Sehgal, a Sikh Rajput, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper to jump on the Indipop bandwagon, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India. Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice), 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke.

Career

He has released 22 albums till now, though they haven't all met with the same level of commercial success. He released Dilruba (1990), Alibaba (1991), Thanda Thanda Pani (1992), Main bhi Madonna (1993), Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..". He has the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).
He also acted in a few films such as Miss 420 in 1998 and Double Gadbad in 1999. Before this he hosted the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime. He has also worked as a stage performer and a model.
He was in New York from 2001 to 2005 and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai', which was his 22nd and latest music album.
He also directed the music for the Bollywood film 'Bhoot Uncle'.
He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom. In 2009 he was one of the performers on the NDTV Imagine show Dhoom Macha De.
He is currently playing a role in the SAB TV comedy seriesJugni Chali Jalandhar.
Apparently his song Thanda Thanda Pani is a copy of Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.
He is the first Indian artist to air his music video "Dil dhadke" on MTV.

Renewed as a Playback Singer

Baba Sehgal sung many songs for Tollywood. Some of the instant hits include Rikshavodu, Jalsa, Aarya 2, Adhurs, and Don Seenu. He was mostly hired by music director Devi Sri Prasad for his commendable voice. It was Devi Sri Prasad who made a superstar in Telugu and Tamil film industries.

Albums

Dilruba
Alibaba
Thanda Thanda Pani
Double Gadbad
Mai Bhi Madonna
Dr Dhingra
Welcome To Mumbai
Pinga Pinga

Baba Sehgal Movies as Actor

Nalaik (2006)
Double Gadbad (1999)
Miss 420 (1998)
Hakuna Matata (Hindi Version) as a Singer with Anaida
Yaaron Ka Yaar (1996)
Bhoot Uncle (2010)as music director
13 B (2008)
My Friend Ganesha 3 (2010)

TV Serials

Superhit Muqabla... Anchor
CID
Yeh Dil Chahe More
Jugni Chali Jalandhar... virendra
Santa Banta Unlimited on ZoomTv
Maniben.com... cameo

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