Jasleen Kaur Royal[1] is an Indian singer,[2] songwriter and composer who sings in Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati as well as in English. She has received many awards and nominations including a Filmfare Award.[3][4] In 2022, she became the first female music director in history to win the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the film Shershaah (2021) and shared the award with the four other composers who were involved in the film.
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.jpg) Jasleen Royal performing in Rajasthan | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jasleen Kaur Royal |
| Born | 8 July 1991 Ludhiana, Punjab, India |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
She won an award for the Best Indie Song at the MTV Video Music Awards India 2013. She received this award for her debut song "Panchi Ho Jaava", composed and sung by Jasleen which is based on a poem by the Punjabi-language poet, Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
She won an award for the "Best Indie Artist" at "Free The Music" an initiative by Songdew,[5] especially for Indie musicians. She was nominated alongside established and renowned singers like Kailash Kher, Rabbi Shergill and a Delhi-based band Indus Creed.
She entered Bollywood in September 2014 with Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan starrer film Khoobsurat with a song titled "Preet" which was composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and penned by Amitabh Verma.
Early life and background
editKaur was born on 8 July 1991 in Ludhiana, Punjab, to a Punjabi Sikh family. She completed her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana and later moved to New Delhi for further studies. She completed her B. Com Honors from Hindu College, New Delhi.
With no formal training in music, majorly self-taught, Jasleen first gained popularity when she qualified as one of the semi-finalists in the first season of India's Got Talent in 2009 at the age of 18. She stood out because of her ability to play multiple instruments at the same time. She was amicably called as the 'one woman band' by the then judges Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher and Shekhar Kapur for she can collectively play the guitar, mouth organ, flute and a tambourine while singing. She can also play the keyboard, which also happens to be the first instrument she ever played. She currently[when?] resides in Mumbai and is working on multiple Bollywood projects.
Discography
editNon-film songs
edit| Year | Song Title | Album/Series | Notes |
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| 2013 | Panchi Hojavan | MTV | Composer and singer |
| Maye Ni | Single featuring Swanand Kirkire | ||
| Din Shagna Da | Single | ||
| 2014 | Door Ghar Mera hai | Kitkat | |
| 2020 | Nit Nit | Single | |
| Sang Rahiyo | |||
| Jaana | Mismatched | *Composer, singer and lyricist *Co-singer Soundarya Jayachandran | |
| 2023 | Heeriye | Single featuring Dulquer Salmaan | *Composer and singer *Co-singer Arijit Singh |
Film songs
edit| Year | Song | Film | Music | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Notes |
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| 2014 | Preet | Khoobsurat | Sneha Khanwalkar | Jasleen Royal | Amitabh Verma | |
| 2015 | Badla Badla | Badlapur | Sachin-Jigar | Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan, Jasleen Royal | Priya Saraiya, Dinesh Vijan | |
| 2016 | Kho Gaye Hum Kahan | Baar Baar Dekho | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal, Prateek Kuhad | Prateek Kuhad | |
| Nachde Ne Saare | Harshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | ||||
| Raatein | Shivaay | Jasleen Royal | ||||
| Raatein (Reprise) | ||||||
| Love You Zindagi | Dear Zindagi | Amit Trivedi | Jasleen Royal, Amit Trivedi | Kausar Munir | ||
| Chotta Hoon Main | Dear Dad | Ujjwal Kashyap | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | ||
| 2017 | Kidre Jawa | Haramkhor | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer | |
| What's Up | Phillauri | Mika Singh, Jasleen Royal | ||||
| Din Shagna Da Remake | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | ||||
| Peh Gaya Khalara | Fukrey Returns | Divya Kumar, Akasa Singh, Akansha Bhaduri, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |||
| Amar Drawing Khata (Reprise) | Chhaya O Chhobi | Indraadip Dasgupta | Jasleen Royal | Kaushik Ganguly | Bengali film | |
| Har Mod Par Umeed Hai | Ribbon | Sagar Desai | Puneet Sharma | |||
| 2018 | Oye Hichki | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Harshdeep Kaur | Jaideep Sahni | Solo Composer |
| Soul of Hichki | ||||||
| Madamji Go Easy | Benny Dayal and various others | Raj Shekhar, David Klyton | ||||
| Khol De Par | Arijit Singh | Raj Shekhar | ||||
| Teri Dastaan | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | ||||
| Phir Kya Hai Gham | Shilpa Rao | Aditya Sharma, Neeraj Rajawat | ||||
| Naina's Theme | Instrumental | |||||
| Laaj Sharam | Veere Di Wedding | White Noise | Divya Kumar, Enbee | White Noise | ||
| Man Melo | Sharato Lagu | Parth Bharat Thakkar | Jasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | Gujarati film | ||
| Man Melo (Reprise Sad) | ||||||
| Man Melo (Theme) | ||||||
| 2019 | Jahan Tu Chala | Gully Boy | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| Deh Shiva (Female) | Kesari | Guru Gobind Singh Ji | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director | |||
| 2020 | Bird Song | Ghoomketu | Pushpendra Nath Mishra | Zee5 film | ||
| 2021 | Ranjha | Shershaah | B Praak, Jasleen Royal, Romy | Anvita Dutt | Amazon Prime Video film Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director | |
| Ranjha (Reprise) | ||||||
| Khoya Paya (Female version) | Dhamaka | Vishal Khurana | Jasleen Royal | Puneet Sharma | Netflix film | |
| Udd Chaliyan | Velle | Jasleen Royal | Shahid Mallya, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | ||
| 2022 | Mitra Re | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh | Solo Composer | ||
| Mitra Re (Reprise) | ||||||
| Mitra Re (Arijit Singh Version) | Arijit Singh | |||||
| The Fall Song | Jasleen Royal | |||||
| The Fall Song (English Version) | ||||||
| 2024 | Jaavi Na | Ishq Vishk Rebound | Rochak Kohli | Darshan Raval | Kumaar | |
Special appearances
editJasleen has performed on NDTV Our Girls, Our Pride along with Swanand Kirkire hosted by Priyanka Chopra. She had also appeared and performed at L'Oréal Paris Miss Femina (India) Awards, 2014. Jasleen has also participated in a debate on NDTV India on 'How money is not the bigger factor while choosing an employment'.
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Song | Film | Title | Result | Shared with | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Mirchi Music Awards | "Raatein" | Shivaay (film) | Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | Nominated | [6] | |
| 2019 | Filmfare Awards | "Deh Shiva (Female)" | Kesari | Best Music Director | Nominated | Along with Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gumroh | |
| 2022 | Filmfare Awards | - | Shershaah | Best Music Director | Won |
References
edit- ^ "This city girl is Bollywood's current favourite". The Times of India. TNN. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Who Is Jasleen Royal? Meet The Singer Whose Rangeela Collab With Composer Yashraj Mukhate Is Going Viral". Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ The Hindu Net Desk (25 June 2020). "Jasleen Royal and Radhika Madan reinterpret Lata Mangeshkar's song". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Jasleen Kaur Royal prefers negative criticism over positive feedback". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Songdew - Free The Music
- ^ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.