Harrdy Sandhu Explained
| Harrdy Sandhu |
| Birth Name: | Hardavinder Singh Sandhu |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1986[1] |
| Birth Place: | Patiala, Punjab, India |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Batting: | Right-handed | | Bowling: | Right-arm fast medium | | Role: | Bowler | | Club1: | Punjab | | Year1: | 2005 | | Columns: | 1 | | Column1: | First class | | Matches1: | 3 | | Runs1: | 11 | | Bat Avg1: | 5.50 | | 100S/50S1: | 0/0 | | Top Score1: | 6 | | Deliveries1: | 558 | | Wickets1: | 12 | | Bowl Avg1: | 26.00 | | Fivefor1: | 0 | | Tenfor1: | 0 | | Best Bowling1: | 6/134 | | Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 | | Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/hardavinder-sandhu-228944/bowling-batting-stats ESPNcricinfo |
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Hardavinder Singh Sandhu (born 6 September 1986) is an Indian singer, actor and former cricketer who works in Punjabi and Hindi films.[2] His first song was Tequilla Shot, and he gained popularity with Soch (2013) and Joker (2014), which were written by Jaani and music composed by B Praak. Sandhu made his acting debut in Yaaran Da Katchup (2014).[3] [4] [5] His song "Soch" was remade for the 2016 Bollywood film Airlift.[6] His song "Naah" was remade for the film Bala as "Naah Goriye" with singer Swasti Mehul.[7] He is a notable alumnus of The British Co-Ed High school, Patiala.
In 2021, he made his Hindi film debut with Kabir Khan's sports-drama 83 which is based on 1983 Cricket World Cup. He has since starred in spy action drama (2022).
Early life and career
Sandhu played cricket for over a decade as a fast bowler, but suffered a severe elbow injury, forcing him to give up the game in 2007. He shifted his focus from sports to singing, took vocal training for eighteen months and performed his first album "This is Harrdy Sandhu" in 2011 composed by V. Grooves.[8] He released the video of song "Tequilla Shot" from album but the song and album didn't perform so well. He was disappointed and decided to leave singing if his next single track did not perform well. He met lyricist Jaani and Music Director B Praak to make the song named "Soch" which was released in 2013.
He is married to Zenith Sandhu who also featured in the song "Backbone".
He made his debut as an actor with Punjabi movie "Yaaran Da Katchup" in 2014. The movie proved to be average. But he kept giving hits as a singer with tracks such as "Joker", "Backbone", "Horn Blow", "Yaar Ni Milya" with Jaani and B Praak, which proved to be big hits.
Later in 2017 he released track "Naah" featuring Nora Fatehi, with lyrics by Jaani and music by B Praak. In 2018 after huge success of Naah, he released "Kya Baat Ay" with the same team, which also proved to be a huge hit. Both songs have since crossed 500+ million views on YouTube individually.
In later years, he released some other tracks such as "Superstar", "Dance Like", "Jee Karda", "Titliaan Warga", which were also hits. He also sang some tracks in Bollywood films such as "Chandigarh" from Good Newwz and "Naah Goriye" from Bala.
He made his Bollywood debut as an actor with sports drama film 83, which is based on India's victorious campaign at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He played the role of former Team India fast bowler Madan Lal, who was an important part of the 1983 world cup winning team.[9] [10] In November 2021, he released new single "Bijlee Bijlee", written and composed by Jaani and music by B Praak released by Jaani's music label Desi Melodies. The song along with its hook dance step became viral on Instagram reels with more than 1.4 million reels.[11] In August 2022, Puma signed Harrdy Sandhu as their newest brand ambassador.[12]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Music Director | Lyricist | Label | Notes |
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| 2012 | This Is Harrdy Sandhu | Mr. V Grooves | Various | Sony Music India | Debut album |
| 2023 | Pleasures | Arvindr Khaira | Raj Ranjodh | Harrdy Sandhu and Universal Music | Music video of "Psycho" from album "Pleasures is first music video of india shot on virtual production | |
Single
| Year | Song | Music Director | Lyricist | Label | Notes |
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| 2012 | Tequilla Shot | Mr. V Grooves | Manu Goraya | | From Album "This Is Harrdy Sandhu " |
| Pehli Goli | Saini |
| Aashqui Te Loan | Vikram Rehal |
| 2013 | Kudi Tu Pataka | JSL Singh | Baljinder Singh Mahant | JRS | with Ammy Virk, Babbal Rai, A kay, Ranjit Bawa, Prabh Gill |
| Soch | | Jaani | JRS, T-Series | |
| 2014 | Joker | | | | |
| 2015 | Saah | Pav Dharia | Koki Deep | Speed Records | |
| Without You (Soch) | Vaibhav Saxena, B Praak | Vaibhav Saxena, Jaani | T-Series | An official re-creation of Soch, commissioned by T-Series |
| Naa Ji Naa | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | |
| 2016 | Hornn Blow | T-Series, JRS | |
| 2017 | Backbone | Sony Music India | |
| Naah | Sony Music India | With Nora Fatehi |
| Yaar Ni Milyaa | White Hill Music | |
| 2018 | Kya Baat Hai | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | Featuring Carolina Moural |
| 2019 | Yaar Superstar | Meet Sehra | Babbu | Sony Music India |
| She Dance Like | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | With Lauren Gottlieb |
| 2020 | Jee Karr Daa | Akull | Mellow D | With Amyra Dastur |
| Titliaan[13] | Avvy Sra | Jaani | Desi Melodies | |
| 2021 | Titliaan Warga [14] | With Sargun Mehta, alongside Jaani with his Shayri Flavour, After the Massive Hit success of song Titliaan this song was the sequel to it |
| Bijlee Bijlee[15] | B Praak | Featuring Palak Tiwari |
| 2022 | Kudiyan Lahore Diyan[16] | Featuring Aisha Sharma | |
Film
| Year | Song | Film | Composer(s) | Co-Singer(s) | Lyrics | Label |
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| 2016 | "Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahi" | Tum Bin II | Ankit Tiwari | Neha Kakkar, Raftaar | Manoj Muntashir | T-Series |
| 2018 | "Little Little" | | D Soldierz | Solo | D Soldierz | Saregama |
| "Tu Jaane Na" | Ishqaa | Money Aujla, | Solo | Maninder Kailey | Times Music |
| 2019 | "Naah Goriye" | Bala | | Swasti Mehul, Sonam Bajwa, Ayushmann Khurrana | Jaani | Sony Music India |
| "Speaker Phaat Jaye" | Total Dhamaal | Gourov-Roshin | Abuzer Akhtar, Jonita Gandhi, Aditi Singh Sharma | Kumaar | Saregama |
| "Chandigarh Mein" | Good Newwz | Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah | Badshah, Lisa Mishra, Asees Kaur | Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah | Zee Music Company |
| 2022 | "Ki Kariye" | | Jaidev Kumar | Sakhsi Holkar | Kumaar | T-Series |
| "Kya Baat Ay 2.0" | Govinda Naam Mera | Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak | Nikhita Gandhi | Jaani | Sony Music India | |
Filmography
| - | Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2014 | Yaaran | Harrdy Gill | | |
| 2017 | Mera Mahi NRI | Sherry | |
| 2019 | Bala | Himself | Hindi | Special appearance in the song "Naah Goriye" |
| 2021 | 83 | | |
| 2022 | | Dr. Mirza Ali | | |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | ref |
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| 2014 | PTC Punjabi Music Awards | Most Romantic Ballad of the Year | Soch | | [17] |
| Most Popular Song of the Year | |
| Best Music Video | |
| 2015 | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Debut (Male) | Yaaran Da Katchup | | [18] |
| Punjabi Music Awards | Most Popular Song of the Year | Joker | | [19] |
| Most Romantic Ballad of the Year | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Hardavinder Sandhu . 27 June 2019 . . 16 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716070910/http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/228944.html . live .
- News: Goyal . Samarth . 15 April 2016 . I was upset when Arijit sang my song in Airlift: Hardy Sandhu . . 20 February 2021 . Punjabi singer Hardevinder Singh Sandhu aka Hardy Sandhu says he was upset....
- News: 15 July 2014 . 'YDK'- Treat for Hindi and Punjabi audience . Hindustan Times . dead . 22 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201213300/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/ydk-treat-for-hindi-and-punjabi-audience/article1-1240525.aspx . 1 December 2014.
- News: 2 March 2014 . Vivicam Entertainment celebrates success of YDK Main leads Varun Sharma & Hardy Sandhu . City Air News . 4 May 2022 . 28 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220328162748/https://cityairnews.com/content/vivicam-entertainment-celebrates-success-ydk-main-leads-varun-sharma-hardy-sandhu . live .
- Web site: Movie Review: 'Yaaran Da Katchup' is a family laughter riot . https://web.archive.org/web/20140720152134/http://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/88229/movie-review-yaaran-da-katchup-is-a-family-laughter-riot/ . dead . 20 July 2014 . santabanta.com .
- News: Khuranaa . Amann . 12 January 2017 . B Praak: Our 'Soch' could have done better than Airlift's 'Soch na sake' . en . The Times of India . 20 February 2021 . 21 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921015229/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/music/b-praak-our-soch-could-have-done-better-than-airlifts-soch-na-sake/articleshow/50495970.cms . live .
- News: 25 October 2019 . 'Bala' song 'Naah Goriye': Ayushmann Khurrana flaunts his sexy side with Punjabi superstar Sonam Bajwa . The Times of India . 13 November 2019 . 10 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191110212605/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/bala-song-naah-goriye-ayushmann-khurrana-flaunts-his-sexy-side-with-punjabi-superstar-sonam-bajwa/articleshow/71754831.cms . live .
- News: 22 May 2016 . From sports to singing, his spirit is undying . The New Indian Express . 10 January 2018 . 9 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809201519/http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/From-sports-to-singing-his-spirit-is-undying/2016/05/22/article3444957.ece . dead .
- Web site: Pathak . Vedanshi . 18 February 2019 . Saqib Saleem and Harrdy Sandhu join the cast of Ranveer Singh's '83 . 23 February 2019 . Filmfare . 2 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090612/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/saqib-saleem-and-harrdy-sandhu-join-the-cast-of-ranveer-singhs-83_-32576.html . live .
- News: 21 April 2021 . Parineeti Chopra and Harrdy Sandhu quietly begin shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta's action thriller in Turkey . Bollywood Hungama . 21 June 2021 . 28 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628042906/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-harrdy-sandhu-quietly-begin-shooting-ribhu-dasguptas-action-thriller-turkey/ . live .
- News: Mishra . Shubhi . 26 February 2022 . US girl's violin cover of Harrdy Sandhu's Bijlee Bijlee is winning the Internet. Viral video . en . India Today . 21 March 2022 . 21 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321145723/https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/us-girl-s-violin-cover-of-harrdy-sandhu-s-bijlee-bijlee-is-winning-the-internet-viral-video-1918261-2022-02-26 . live .
- News: mint . Live . Puma onboards Harrdy Sandhu as brand ambassador . 25 September 2022 . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925105848/https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/puma-on-boards-harrdy-sandhu-as-brand-ambassador-11661156593093.html . live .
- News: 10 November 2020 . Sargun Mehta Stars in Music Video For Titliaan With Harrdy Sandhu, Shares Glimpse on Social Media . en . News18 . 29 December 2020 . 29 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201129210048/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sargun-mehta-stars-in-music-video-for-titliaan-with-harrdy-sandhu-shares-glimpse-on-social-media-3065690.html . live .
- News: 6 January 2021 . Harrdy Sandhu ft. Jaani's 'Titliaan Warga' is out . en . The Times of India . 30 March 2021 . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115173544/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/music/harrdy-sandhu-ft-jaanis-titliaan-warga-is-out/articleshow/80130615.cms . live .
- News: Raghuvansh . Aakanksha . 30 October 2021 . Palak Tiwari And Harrdy Sandhu Set The Stage On Fire In Bijlee Bijlee . NDTV . 23 December 2021 . 9 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209062915/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/palak-tiwari-and-harrdy-sandhu-set-the-stage-on-fire-in-bijlee-bijlee-2593650 . live .
- News: 30 March 2022 . Kudiyan Lahore Diyan: Harrdy Sandhu's new song will definitely tempt you to hit the dance floor . en . The Times of India . 4 May 2022 . 4 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504123537/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/music/kudiyan-lahore-diyan-harry-sandhus-new-song-will-definitely-tempt-you-to-hit-the-dance-floor/articleshow/90541111.cms . live .
- News: 7 April 2014 . PTC Punjabi Music Awards 2014 Winners DESIblitz . DESIblitz . 26 May 2018 . 26 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180526112801/https://www.desiblitz.com/content/ptc-punjabi-music-awards-2014-winners . live .
- News: 12 March 2015 . PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 Nominations . The Times of India . 26 May 2018 . 6 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180606002715/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/movies/PTC-Punjabi-Film-Awards-2015-Nominations/articleshow/46537541.cms . live .
- News: 11 April 2015 . PTC Punjabi Music Awards 2015: Nominations list . The Times of India . live . 26 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911113514/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/music/PTC-Punjabi-Music-Awards-2015-Nominations-list/articleshow/46904042.cms . 11 September 2018.
