Jasleen Royal Explained

Jasleen Royal
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Birth Name:Jasleen Kaur Royal
Birth Date:1991 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Years Active:2013–present

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.

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

Kaur 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 resides in Mumbai and is working on multiple Bollywood projects.

Discography

Non-film songs

Year Song Title Album/Series Notes
2013 Panchi Hojavan MTVComposer and singer
Maye Ni Single featuring Swanand Kirkire
Din Shagna Da Single
2014Door Ghar Mera hai Kitkat
2020Nit NitSingle
Sang Rahiyo
JaanaMismatched
  • Composer, singer and lyricist
    *Co-singer Soundarya Jayachandran
2023Heeriye Single featuring Dulquer Salmaan

Film songs

YearSong Film Music Singer(s) Lyrics Notes
2014Preet Jasleen Royal Amitabh Verma
2015 Badla Badla Sachin-JigarVishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan, Jasleen Royal
2016 Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Baar Baar DekhoJasleen Royal Jasleen Royal, Prateek KuhadPrateek Kuhad
Nachde Ne SaareHarshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasleen Royal Aditya Sharma
Raatein ShivaayJasleen Royal
Raatein (Reprise)
Love You Zindagi Jasleen Royal, Amit Trivedi
Chotta Hoon Main Ujjwal KashyapJasleen Royal Neeraj Rajawat
2017 Kidre Jawa Jasleen Royal Aditya Sharma Solo Composer
What's UpPhillauriMika Singh, Jasleen Royal
Din Shagna Da Remake Jasleen Royal Neeraj Rajawat
Peh Gaya Khalara Divya Kumar, Akasa Singh, Akansha Bhaduri, Jasleen RoyalAditya Sharma
Amar Drawing Khata (Reprise)Indraadip DasguptaJasleen Royal Kaushik Ganguly Bengali film
Har Mod Par Umeed HaiRibbonSagar Desai Puneet Sharma
2018Oye HichkiHichkiJasleen Royal Harshdeep Kaur Jaideep SahniSolo Composer
Soul of Hichki
Madamji Go EasyBenny Dayal and various others Raj Shekhar, David Klyton
Khol De ParArijit SinghRaj Shekhar
Teri DastaanJasleen Royal Neeraj Rajawat
Phir Kya Hai GhamShilpa RaoAditya Sharma, Neeraj Rajawat
Naina's Theme Instrumental
Laaj Sharam White Noise Divya Kumar, EnbeeWhite Noise
Man MeloParth Bharat ThakkarJasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar Gujarati film
Man Melo (Reprise Sad)
Man Melo (Theme)
2019Jahan Tu Chala Gully BoyJasleen RoyalJasleen RoyalAditya SharmaWon - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Deh Shiva (Female) KesariGuru Gobind Singh JiNominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
2020Bird SongGhoomketuPushpendra Nath Mishra Zee5 film
2021RanjhaShershaahB Praak, Jasleen Royal, Romy Anvita DuttAmazon Prime Video film
Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
Ranjha (Reprise)
Khoya Paya (Female version)DhamakaVishal Khurana Jasleen RoyalPuneet Sharma Netflix film
Udd ChaliyanVelleJasleen Royal Shahid Mallya, Jasleen RoyalAditya Sharma
2022Mitra ReRunway 34Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh Solo Composer
Mitra Re (Reprise)
Mitra Re (Arijit Singh Version)Arijit Singh
The Fall SongJasleen Royal
The Fall Song (English Version)
2024Jaavi NaIshq Vishk ReboundRochak KohliDarshan RavalKumaar

Special appearances

Jasleen 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

YearAwardSongFilmTitle ResultShared with Ref.
2016Mirchi Music Awards"Raatein"Shivaay (film)Upcoming Music Composer of The Year[6]
2019Filmfare Awards"Deh Shiva (Female)"KesariBest Music DirectorAlong with Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gumroh
2022Filmfare Awards-ShershaahBest Music Director

References

  1. Web site: Sep 4, 2016 . This city girl is Bollywood's current favourite . 2021-08-03 . The Times of India . en . TNN.
  2. Web site: Who Is Jasleen Royal? Meet The Singer Whose Rangeela Collab With Composer Yashraj Mukhate Is Going Viral. 2021-08-03. en-US.
  3. News: The Hindu Net Desk. 2020-06-25. Jasleen Royal and Radhika Madan reinterpret Lata Mangeshkar's song. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-08-03. 0971-751X.
  4. Web site: 2017-03-18. Jasleen Kaur Royal prefers negative criticism over positive feedback. 2021-08-03. Hindustan Times. en.
  5. https://songdew.com/ Songdew - Free The Music
  6. Web site: MMA Mirchi Music Awards. MMAMirchiMusicAwards. 2018-03-24.