Jaspinder Narula

Jaspinder Narula (born 14 November 1970) is a Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer. She is also a Sufi music singer.

She shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. The other notable films she has sung in include Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Bunty Aur Babli. She is also a singer of Sufi music, as well as Gurbani and other Sikh religious music.

In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live Performer in the NDTV Imagine singing reality series, Dhoom Macha De (2008).

Career
Jaspinder's career in singing began early. Her father Kesar Singh Narula was a music composer of the 1950s. Initially Jaspindar Narula kept away from film singing and specialised in singing bhajans and Sufiana compositions. She moved to Mumbai a few years later at the advice of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gathering in Delhi and asked his son and music director, Viju Shah, to give her break in films like Master, Aar Ya Paar and Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998).

She excels in singing folk and devotional songs. She has lent her voice to record numerous music albums for a large number of successful Bollywood films like Dulhe Raja, Virasat, Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein and Bunty aur Babli to name a few.

Personal life
She lives in Mumbai, and is married to a Canada-based Indian businessman. Narula did her schooling from Guru Harkishan Public School, India Gate, New Delhi and completed her B.A Hons in Music from Indraprastha College for Women, where she was admitted as a special case because she did not have Music as a subject in class 12th which was pre-requisite for admission in the course. She finished PhD in Hindustani classical music from Delhi University in 2008.

She joined Aam Aadmi Party in February 2014.

Discography

Awards
Filmfare Award
 1999: Best Female Playback: "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

Star Screen Award
 1999: Best Female Playback: "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha

References

 Jaspinder Narula Filmography Bollywood Hungama

External links
 
 Tare Hai Barati Chandni Hai Barat | Kumar Sanu, Jaspinder Narula | Virasat 1997 Songs | Anil Kapoor
 Tare Hain Barati with lyrics | तारे हैं बाराती की बोल | Kumar Sanu | Jaspinder Narula

Category:Indian female classical singers
Category:Indian female film singers
Category:Indian Sikhs
Category:Filmfare Awards winners
Category:Bollywood playback singers
Category:Punjabi people
Category:Punjabi-language singers
Category:Performers of Sikh music
Category:Performers of Sufi music
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century Indian women singers
Category:21st-century Indian women singers
Category:20th-century Indian singers
Category:21st-century Indian singers
Category:1970 births