Neha Bhasin

Neha Bhasin
Neha Bhasin
	Bhasin in 2019
Born	18 November 1982; New Delhi, India
Occupation	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2005–present
Spouse(s)	Sameer Uddin
Awards	Full list

Neha Bhasin (born 18 November 1982) is an Indian singer and songwriter. Known for her musical contribution as a vocalist in Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu film industry and Independent music in the genre of Indian pop and Punjabi folk music. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards besides many other awards, accolades and multiple nominations.

Early life

Neha Bhasin was born in Delhi to Ashok Bhasin and Rekha Bhasin. She went to Frank Anthony Public School and won her first singing competition singing Mariah Carey's song Hero at the age of 9. Since childhood she aspired to become a popstar.[1] She joined Shiamak Davar's dance academy to learn various dance forms. She also took vocal classical training from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.[2][3]

Neha became an over night sensation at age 18 when she was selected by Coke V popstars, a nation wide Talent search conducted by Channel V to be a part of the 5 girl pop group ' Viva '.

Personal life

Neha Bhasin married Sameer Uddin, a music composer, in a western wedding in Tuscany, Italy on October 23, 2016.[4]

Career

Bhasin was attending Lady Sri Ram College when she auditioned for Coke [V] Popstars in 2002 and won the competition to form India's first all girls Viva (band) along with four other girls.

After the band broke up in 2004 Neha went on to sing for Bollywood films and Tamil film music Industry.

Her first breakthrough in Bollywood was the song 'kuch khass hai' in 2007 which also got Neha her first Filmfare nomination in 2008. Neha's debut Tamil song 'Pesugiren Pesugiren' composed by Yuvan shankar raja won Neha the Star vijay award for best playback singer in 2008.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Song and Film	Result
2007	Vijay TV Awards[5]	Best Playback Singer – Female	Pesugiren Pesugiren (Satham Podathey) – Tamil	Won
2008	Filmfare Awards[6]	Best Playback Singer – Female	Kuch Khaas Hai (Fashion)	Nominated
2009	Music Mirchi Awards South Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Atu Nuvve (Current) – Telugu	Nominated
2011	Stardust Awards[7]	Musical Sensation of the Year	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Won
2011	Screen Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Nominated
2011	Apsara Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Nominated
2011	Zee Cine Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Nominated
2011	People's Choice Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Nominated
2011	Filmfare Awards South	Best Playback Singer – Female	Poraney Poraney (VAAGAI SOODA VA) – Tamil	Nominated
2011	Filmfare Awards South	Best Playback Singer – Female	Hello Hello (Dhada) – Telugu	Nominated
2011	Music Mirchi Awards South	Best Playback Singer – Female	Hello Hello (Dhada) – Telugu	Nominated
2011	Mirchi Music Awards[8]	Female Vocalist of The Year	Dhunki (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan)	Nominated
2014	Gama Tollywood Music Awards[9]	Best Playback Singer – Female	Aww Tuzo Mogh Kortha (1 Nenokkadine) – Telugu	Won
2014	SIIMA Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Aww Tuzo Mogh Kortha (1 Nenokkadine) – Telugu	Won
2016	Stardust Awards[10]	Best Playback Singer – Female	Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan) – Hindi	Won
2016	Mirchi Music Awards[11]	Female Vocalist of The Year	Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan) – Hindi	Nominated
2017	Filmfare Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan) – Hindi	Won
2017	ZeeCine Awards	Best Playback Singer – Female	Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan) – Hindi	Won
2017	Femina Women Awards	Femina Women Jury Award in the Music and Performing Arts	Jag Ghoomeya (Sultan) – Hindi	Won
2018	Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu	Swing Zara (Jai Lava Kusa) – Telugu	Nominated
2018	Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Punjabi	Paani Ravi Da (Lahoriye) – Punjabi	Won

International collaborations

Neha collaborated with Malaysian Hip Hop star Emcee Jesz for the song "THANIYE". The song has over 300,000 views on YouTube alone. It was also nominated for "Best Collaboration" at the RADIO RAGA AWARDS in Malaysia (2008–09).[12]

TV and film

Bhasin made her acting debut starring in the film Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi, a Kay Sera Sera production. She starred alongside Kay Kay Menon and Ranvir Shorey in the movie which released in 2012.[13]
Neha hosted Sa Re Ga Ma Hungama on Zee Music in 2008 (backstage hosting)[14][15]
Neha played the role of Anchor and Judge on musical reality show Sitaaron Ko Choona Hai that aired on Real TV.[16]
Neha was a wildcard entry on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Season 5.[17]

Film songs

Year	Song	Album	Language	Composer	Co-singer(s)
2005	"Bullet – Ek Dhamaka"	Bullet: Ek Dhamaka	Hindi	Somesh Mathur
2006	"Ek Look Ek Look"	Aryan		Anand Raj Anand
2007	"I Wanna Rock Like Mummy Ji"	Mummy Ji		Aadesh Shrivastava
	"Kudiye Pataka"
	"Jashna Di Raat Ha"
	"Pesugiren Pesugiren"	Satham Podathey	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	"Sei Yethaavathu"	Billa	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2008	"Hari Puttar"	Hari Puttar	Hindi	Aadesh Shrivastava
	"Kuchh Khaas	Fashion		Salim-Sulaiman	Mohit Chauhan
	"Kuch Khaas (Remix)"	Fashion		Salim-Sulaiman	Mohit Chauhan
2009	"Om Shanthi Om"	Muthirai	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	"Atu Nuvve Itu Nuvve"	Current	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
	"Yogi Yogi Thaan"	Yogi	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	"Nasha"	Daddy Cool	Hindi	Gaurav Dayal
		Kill Chabbra		Raghav Sachar
	"You and Me"	Pyaar Impossible		Salim-Sulaiman
2011	"Are Dhammare"	Maharaja	Tamil	D. Imman
	"Poraney Poraney"	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Tamil	M. Ghibran
	"Dhunki"	Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Hindi	Sohail Sen
	"Hello Hello"	Dhada	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
	"Niharika"	Oosaravelli	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
	"Dil Ki Hai Tamanna"	Force	Hindi	Harris Jayaraj
2012	"Kaadhal Endhan Kaadhal"	Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal	Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2012	"Tha Tha Thamara"	Nuvva Nena	Telugu	Bheems Ceciroleo
2014	"Aww Tuzo Mogh Korta"	1: Nenokkadine	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
2014	"Asalaam-e-Ishqum"	Gunday	Hindi	Sohail Sen	Bappi Lahiri
2016	"Aakhein Milayenge Darr Se"	Neerja		Vishal Khurana
2016	"Jag Ghoomeya"	Sultan		Vishal-Shekhar
2016	" Apple beauty"	Janatha Garage	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
2017	"Paani Ravi Da"	Lahoriye	Punjabi	Jatinder Shah
	"Swing Zara"	Jai Lava Kusa	Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad
	"Swag Se Swagat"	Tiger Zinda Hai	Hindi	Vishal-Shekhar	Vishal Dadlani
	"Dil Diyan Gallan" (Unplugged)"	Tiger Zinda Hai		Vishal-Shekhar
2018	"Kaala Doreya"	Kaalakaandi		Sameer Uddin
	"Shuru Kar"	Aiyaary		Rochak Kohli	Amit Mishra
	"Heeriye"	Race 3		Meet Bros	Deep Money
	"Swag Saha Nahi Jaaye"	Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi		Sohail Sen	Shahdab Faridi, Shivangi Bhanaya, Sohail Sen
2019	"Chashni" (Female version)	Bharat		Vishal-Shekhar

Television

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 5) as Contestant (2012)
The Kapil Sharma Show as Special Appearance (28 April 2019)

References

Natasha Chopra (12 January 2005). "Vivacious". Ahmedabad Times. p. 21. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
"Neha Bhasin". beatfactorymusic.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
"Neha Bhasin is not really bothered about the 'sad reality' of male singers dominating Bollywood". Hindustan Times. 19 March 2018.
{http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/eha-bhasin-music-composer-sameer-uddin-wedding-photos-italy/1/799982.html}
"Neha Bhasin". oklisten.com.
"54th Filmfare Awards 2008 Nominations". glamsham.com.
"10 years of Max Stardust Awards". mxmindia.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
"Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2011". 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
"Gama Film Music Awards returns to Dubai". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
"Stardust Awards 2016 Winners". www.bollywoodhungama.com.
"MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
"Thaniye".
"Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi Credits". Internet Movie Database.
"Neha Bhasin hosts Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hungama on Zee Music". indiatoday.intoday.in.
"Song sung true". thehindu.com.
"Sitaron Ko Choona Hai". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
"Neha Bhasin Wild Card on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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[1] Natasha Chopra (12 January 2005). "Vivacious". Ahmedabad Times. p. 21. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[2] "Neha Bhasin". beatfactorymusic.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[3] "Neha Bhasin is not really bothered about the 'sad reality' of male singers dominating Bollywood". Hindustan Times. 19 March 2018.

[4] {http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/eha-bhasin-music-composer-sameer-uddin-wedding-photos-italy/1/799982.html}

[5] "Neha Bhasin". oklisten.com.

[6] "54th Filmfare Awards 2008 Nominations". glamsham.com.

[7] "10 years of Max Stardust Awards". mxmindia.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[8] "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2011". 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[9] "Gama Film Music Awards returns to Dubai". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[10] "Stardust Awards 2016 Winners". www.bollywoodhungama.com.

[11] "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

[12] "Thaniye".

[13] "Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi Credits". Internet Movie Database.

[14] "Neha Bhasin hosts Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hungama on Zee Music". indiatoday.intoday.in.

[15] "Song sung true". thehindu.com.

[16] "Sitaron Ko Choona Hai". Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

[17] "Neha Bhasin Wild Card on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
1959–1980	Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960, 1961, 1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964, 1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980)
1981–2000	Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987, 1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1995) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1996) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000)
2001–present	Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurthy and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) Shalmali Kholgade (2013) Monali Thakur (2014) Kanika Kapoor (2015) Shreya Ghoshal (2016) Neha Bhasin (2017) Meghna Mishra (2018) Shreya Ghoshal (2019) Shilpa Rao (2020)