| Raftaar | |||||
| Birthname: | Kalathil Kuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair | ||||
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1988 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Trivandrum, Kerala, India | ||||
| Years Active: | 2008–present | ||||
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Kalathil Kuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair[1] (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, actor, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi, Punjabi and Haryanvi music.
He started his career as a dancer. He began his career in rap in 2008 with Lil Golu and Ikka, recording songs and uploading them on social sites. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of the Mafia Mundeer group. Raftaar later split from the group due to credit-related problems. He then formed a group 'The Titans' with Badshah and Sachit Takkar (Sachh). They produced many songs together in the Punjabi Music Industry and Bollywood.[2] He was supported by Ankit Khanna, who introduced him to the Punjabi music band RDB, who then signed him onto their label, Three Records. Soon after the split between the RDB members, Raftaar joined Manjeet Ral (now known as Manj Musik). He started his solo career in 2016 after getting signed to Zee Music Company.
He won the Best Urban Single award for "Swag Mera Desi" with Manj Musik at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards. In 2019, he started judging the reality shows MTV Hustle, Dance India Dance and Roadies.
Raftaar was born on 16 November 1988 to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala.[3] [4] [5] Raftaar married Komal Vohra, the sister of Indian television actors Karan Vohra and Kunal Vohra, in December 2016.[6] [7] They filed for a divorce in 2020 and have been living separately. The legal proceedings were delayed due to COVID-pandemic and were finalised on 6 October 2022.[8] [9]
Raftaar became known after releasing his song "Swag Mera Desi" in 2013 with Manj Musik. The line "Ab yeh karke dikhao" from the song was a diss to Yo Yo Honey Singh.[10] "Ab yeh karke dikhao" had already been used in Yo Yo Honey Singh's song "Party With The Bhoothnath" which led to a dispute between the two rappers in media.[11] "Swag Mera Desi" won Best Urban Song at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards in 2014.[12]
In 2017, Raftaar debuted in the Bengali music industry through the film One which featured singer Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar.[13] He also produced and rapped a song for the Chaamp soundtrack.[14] Raftaar has collaborated with Varun Dhawan for the second edition of Breezer Vivid Shuffle.[15]
| 2018 | Zero to Infinity | Baby Marvake Maanegi | Raftaar | Blackout |
| Saare Karo Dab | Raftaar, Sonu Kakkar & Muhfaad | Raftaar | ||
| Gaddi | Raftaar & Deep Kalsi | Deep Kalsi | ||
| Gall Goriye | Raftaar & Maninder Buttar | Raftaar | ||
| Jean Teri | Raftaar, Jaz Dhami & Deep Kalsi | Deep Kalsi | ||
| Lonely | Raftaar,Mehabin | Raftaar | ||
| Mundeya Di Mautt | Raftaar & Yunan | Raftaar | ||
| Woh Chori | Raftaar & Jyotica Tangri | Raftaar | ||
| 2020 | Mr. Nair | Me And My Pen | Raftaar ft. Shah Rule | Raftaar & Shah Rule |
| Dilli Waali Baatcheet | Raftaar | Raftaar | ||
| Main Wahi Hoon | Raftaar ft. Karma | Raftaar | ||
| Damn | Raftaar ft. KR$NA | Raftaar | ||
| Sick | Raftaar ft. Yunan | Mehabin& Raftaar | ||
| Drama | Raftaar | Tom Enzy & Raftaar | ||
| Beshaq | Raftaar ft. Yunan | AAKASH, Yunan & Raftaar | ||
| Feeling You | Raftaar ft. Deep Kalsi | AAKASH & Raftaar | ||
| Haan | Raftaar ft. Harjas Harjaayi & Rashmeet Kaur | Saurabh Lokhande & Raftaar | ||
| Move | Raftaar | Saurabh Lokhande | ||
| Bottal Wargi | Raftaar ft. Jordan Sandhu | Deep Kalsi | ||
| Naachne Ka Shaunq | Raftaar ft. Brodha V | Tom Enzy | ||
| Superman | Raftaar ft. Manj Musik | INSTINE, Raftaar & Manj Musik | ||
| Popular | Raftaar | AAKASH & Raftaar | ||
| Down | Raftaar ft. KR$NA | Lavito Beats, Tom Enzy & Raftaar | ||
| Proud | Raftaar | Tom Enzy & Raftaar |
| 2020-21 | BAR'ISH EP | Microphone Check | Raftaar | SCARY'P |
| Tu Phir Se Aana | Raftaar ft. Salim Merchant & Karma | Raftaar, Salim Merchant & Saurabh Lokhande | ||
| Black Sheep | Raftaar | Boger | ||
| Goat Dekho | Raftaar | Allrounda Beats | ||
| 2022 | HARD DRIVE Vol. 1 | ICE | Raftaar | DXOR |
| F16 | Raftaar ft. Sikander Kahlon | Harm Sandhu | ||
| GANGNUM | Raftaar ft. Deep Kalsi | Raftaar | ||
| NO CHINA | Raftaar ft. KR$NA | Raftaar & Frisk | ||
| 36 | Raftaar ft. Karma | Track PROS | ||
| RAASHAH | Raftaar ft. Badshah | YoungWilly | ||
| JASHAN-E-HIP-HOP | Raftaar ft. Faris Shafi | Umair | ||
| 2023 | PRAA | ABBU | Raftaar & Prabh Deep | Tonybasu |
| BADNAAM | Lambo Drive | |||
| HELLO | Anywaywell | |||
| TRAP PRAA | Umair |
| Year | Track | Artist(s) | Producer(s) | Note(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bottle | Deep Money ft. Raftaar | Music Director: The Titans | From the album Born Star by Deep Money | ||
| Majnu | ||||||
| Tere Pichchhe | ||||||
| Sugar | ||||||
| 2013 | You Don't Know Me | Raftaar | Raftaar | From WTF Mixtape: Vol 1 | ||
| Thappad | Samples Send It Up by Kanye West | |||||
| 2014 | Swag Mera Desi | Raftaar & Manj Musik | Manj Musik | Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word | ||
| Happy Single | B.I.G Dhillon & Raftaar | Raftaar | ||||
| Sniper | Sukh-E & Raftaar | Sukh-E | ||||
| FU (For You) | Raftaar | 8 Mile (Bootleg) | From WTF Mixtape: Vol 1 | |||
| BBM | Nindy Kaur & Raftaar | Three Records RDB (Rhythm Dhol Bass) | ||||
| Gal Mitro | ||||||
| 2015 | All Black | Sukh-E | Mehabin | Raftaar | Sukh-E and Raftaar | |
| Desi Hip Hop | Manj Musik, Raxstar, Roach Killa, Humble The Poet, Badshah, BIG Dhillon, Sarb Smooth & Raftaar | Manj Musik | Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word | |||
| Stand Up | Manj Musik, Big Dhillon & Raftaar | Manj Musik, O2 & SRK | ||||
| Mombatiye | Zohaib Amjad, Raftaar & Manj Musik | Manj Musik | ||||
| Allah Veh | Manj Musik, Raftaar & Jashan Singh | Manj Musik & Sunny Brown | ||||
| Billo Hai | Sahara, Manj Musik & Raftaar | Manj Musik | ||||
| 2016 | Nazar Battu Anthem | Nazar Battu, Abhi Payla & Raftaar | D Chandu[18] | |||
| Chandigarh Rehn Waaliye | Jenny Johal, Raftaar & Bunty Bains | Desi Crew | ||||
| TVF's CUTE Vol. 1 | Raftaar | Raftaar | Promotional track for Vodafone | |||
| Lak Hilaade | Manj Musik, Amy Jackson & Raftaar | Manj Musik, O2 & SRK | ||||
| Do Hazaar Solo | Raftaar | Raftaar | Introduction track for the album Zero To Infinity | |||
| Saroor | Resham Singh Anmol & Raftaar | Desi Crew | ||||
| Instagram Love | Raftaar ft. Kappie | Raftaar | Promotional track for Vodafone | |||
| 2017 | Mera Highway Star | Tulsi Kumar & Raftaar | Sanjay Rajee | |||
| Can't Stop The Party | Noopsta, Raftaar & Humble The Poet | Manj Musik | ||||
| Baby Marvake Maanegi | Raftaar | Blackout | ||||
| Tere Wargi Nai Ae | Raftaar | |||||
| Emiway Bantai ft. Raftaar | PSYIK | ||||
| 2018 | Sheikh Chilli | Raftaar | Raftaar & Instine | Diss track aimed at Emiway Bantai | ||
| Awein Hai | Raftaar | Frisk | ||||
| Ready For My Vyah (Shaadi Anthem) | Deep Kalsi, Akriti Kakar & Raftaar | Deep Kalsi | ||||
| 2019 | Khainch Le Quashh | Raftaar & Shivi | Arkane | |||
| 2020 | Aage Chal | Raftaar | Saurabh Lokhande | |||
| Thoda | Rahul Sathu & Raftaar | Rahul Sathu | ||||
| Naiyyo | Akasa Singh and Raftaar | Stego & Vinay Vyas | ||||
| Saath Ya Khilaaf | KR$NA ft. Raftaar | Tay On The Track | ||||
| Mask On | Raftaar ft. Karma, Rashmeet Kaur & Yunan | GMP Sound Raftaar& Mehabin | ||||
| Angaar | Ikka ft. Raftaar | Sez on the Beat | From the album I by Ikka | |||
| Tu Phir Se Aana | Raftaar ft. Salim Merchant & Karma | Raftaar | ||||
| Click Pow Get Down | Raftaar | Promotional track for Epic Games | ||||
| 2021 | Saza-E-Maut | KR$NA ft. Raftaar | Rill Beats & Young Grape Beatz | From the album Still Here by KR$NA | ||
| Ghana Kasoota | Raftaar & Rashmeet Kaur ft. Surbhi Jyoti | Avvy Sra | ||||
| Barbaad | Raftaar and Afsana Khan | Salim–Sulaiman | From Bhoomi 2021 | |||
| Say My Name | Smokey the Ghost ft. Raftaar & Sikander Kahlon | Kdllac | From the album The Human Nation by Smokey the Ghost | |||
| 2022 | RATATA | Raftaar | Artem grigoryan | Promotional track for PUBG: New State Mobile | ||
| How to Hate | MC STAN ft. Raftaar | MC STAN | From the album Insaan by MC STAN | |||
| Nahi Hai Woh | Shah Rule ft. MC Altaf & Raftaar | Stunnah Beatz | ||||
| IMAGE | Deep Kalsi ft. Raftaar | Deep Kalsi | Mehabin | From the EP WINNERSCIRCLE by Deep Kalsi | ||
| Kaali Car | Raftaar & Asees Kaur | MixSingh | Mehabin | |||
| Shringaar[19] | Vayu, Aastha Gill & Akasa Singh ft. Raftaar | Vaibhav Pani | ||||
| Top Off | Ikka ft. Raftaar & Mehabin | Byg Byrd | From the album Nishu by Ikka | |||
| Speed Se Badho | Raftaar | Raftaar | ||||
| Never Back Down | Raftaar | Kofeina | ||||
| 2023 | Tajurba | Prabh Deep ft. Raftaar | Lambo Drive | From the album Bhram (Deluxe) by Prabh Deep | ||
| Phone Mila Ke | Raftaar & Akasa Singh | Mehabin & Saurabh Lokhande | ||||
| Bigg Boss OTT 2 - Official Anthem | Raftaar | JioCinema, Endemol Shine India | Promotional track for Bigg Boss OTT 2 | |||
| KSHMR, Raftaar - Legacy | Raftaar | KSHMR | From the album "KARAM" | |||
| No Mercy | Raftaar X KR$NA X Karma X Mehabin | Deep Kalsi | From the album "TUNNEL VISION" | |||
| 2024 | ||||||
| Like a Snake | Badshah ft. Raftaar x Aastha Gill | Hiten | From the album Ek Tha Raja by Badshah | |||
| Morni | Raftaar X Sukh-E ft Bhumika Sharma | Avvy Sra | Video featuring morrocan model Soundous moufakir |
| Year | Film / Series | Track | Co-singer(s) | Composer(s) | Lyricist(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bullet Raja | Tamanchey Pe Disco | Nindy Kaur, Manj Musik, RDB | RDB, Manj Musik | Raftaar | Hindi film |
| 2014 | Heropanti | Whistle Baja | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | Manj Musik, Laxmikant Pyarelal | ||
| The Puppy Song | Manj Musik | Manj Musik | ||||
| Fugly | Dhup Chik | Badshah, Aastha Gill | Raftaar | |||
| Dr. Cabbie | Dal Makhni | Manj Musik | Manj Musik | Manj Musik, Raftaar | ||
| 2015 | Gabbar is Back | Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega | Manj Musik, Raftaar, Big Dhillon | |||
| Singh Is Bliing | Singh and Kaur | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar, Big Dhillon | |||
| 2016 | Baaghi | Let's Talk About Love | Neha Kakkar | Raftaar, Shabbir Khan | ||
| A Flying Jatt | A Flying Jatt Title Track | Mansheel Gujral, Tanishkaa | Sachin–Jigar | Vayu, Raftaar | ||
| Dishoom | Toh Dishoom | Shahid Mallya | Pritam | Mayur Puri | ||
| Dangal | Dhaakad | Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||||
| Beiimaan Love | Mar Gaye | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | Manj Musik | Raftaar | ||
| Tum Bin II | Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahin | Hardy Sandhu, Neha Kakkar | Gourov-Roshin | Kumaar | ||
| 2017 | One | One Title Track | Vishal Dadlani | Prosen | Bengali film | |
| Chaamp | Dekho Dekho Chaamp | Raftaar | ||||
| Kaabil | Haseeno Ka Deewana (Remake) | Payal Dev | Gourov-Roshin, Rajesh Roshan | Kumaar, Anjaan | Hindi film | |
| Commando 2 | Hare Krishna Hare Ram (Remake) | Armaan Malik, Ritika | Gourov-Roshin, Pritam | Kumaar | ||
| Jolly LLB 2 | Go Pagal | Nindy Kaur | Manj Musik | Manj Musik, Raftaar | ||
| Raabta | Sadda Move | Diljit Dosanjh, Pradeep Singh Sran | Pritam | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil | ||
| Behen Hogi Teri | Jaanu (Remake) | Juggy D, Shivi | Rishi Rich, R.D. Burman | Anand Bakshi, Raftaar | ||
| A Gentleman | Bandook Meri Laila | Ash King, Sachin–Jigar, Sidharth Malhotra | Sachin–Jigar | Vayu | ||
| The Final Exit | Dum Maro Dum Maro | Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai | Amjad-Nadeem | Amjad-Nadeem, Raftaar | ||
| Lucknow Central | Teen Kabootar | Mohit Chauhan, Divya Kumar | Arjunna Harjaie | Kumaar, Raftaar | ||
| Fukrey Returns | Mehbooba (Remake) | Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai, Mohammed Rafi | Prem-Hardeep | Kumaar | ||
| Tu Mera Bhai Nahi Hai | Gandharv Sachdev | Sumeet-Bellary | Satya Khare, Raftaar | |||
| Tiger Zinda Hai | Zinda Hai | Sukhwinder Singh | Vishal–Shekhar, Julius Packiam | Irshad Kamil | ||
| 2018 | Manto | Mantoiyat | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Raftaar | Raftaar, Saadat Hasan Manto | |
| Andhadhun | Andhadhun Title Track | Raftaar, Girish Nakod | ||||
| Bhaiaji Superhit | Naam Hai Bhaiaji | Amit Mishra | Sanjeev-Darshan, Neerraj Pathak | Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Neerraj Pathak | ||
| Om Namah Shivay | Sukhwinder Singh, Raghav Sachar, Akanksha Sharma | Raghav Sachar | Shabbir Ahmed | |||
| 2019 | Setters | Kartootein | Salim–Sulaiman, Sukhwinder SIngh | |||
| 2020 | Darbar | Thalaiva In Charge | Yogi B | Anirudh Ravichander | Raftaar, Yogi B, Senthuzhan, Syan | |
| Love Aaj Kal | Parmeshwara | Pritam | Irshad Kamil | |||
| 2021 | 99 Songs | Nayi Nayi | Shashwat Singh | A. R. Rahman | Navneet Virk, Raftaar | |
| Pagglait | Pagglait | Amrita Singh, Arijit Singh | Arijit Singh | Neelesh Misra | ||
| Sherni | Main Sherni | Akasa Singh | Utkarsh Ghatekar | Raghav | ||
| 2022 | The Great Indian Murder | Raskala | Umang Doshi | Shloke Lal, Ashwath Bobo | ||
| Janhit Mein Jaari | Janhit Mein Jaari Title Track | Nakash Aziz | Prini Sidhant Madhav | Raaj Shaandilyaa | ||
| Vikram (D) | Badle Badle (Rap Extended Version) | Kamal Haasan | Anirudh Ravichander | Anirudh Ravichander, Raqueeb Alam | ||
| 2023 | Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan | Yentamma | Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev | Payal Dev | Shabbir Ahmed | |
| 12th Fail | "Restart" (Rap) | Shantanu Moitra | Swanand Kirkire, Raftaar | |||
| "Restart" (Rap 'N' Folk) | Swanand Kirkire, Shaan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Shantanu Moitra | |||||
| 2024 | Shaitaan | "Aisa Main Shaitaan" | Amit Trivedi | Kumaar | ||
| Year | Show | Channel | Role | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dance India Dance Doubles | Zee TV | Contestant | ||
| 2015 | Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 | Colors TV | Contestant | 9th place | |
| 2018 | Lockdown | ZEE5 | [20] [21] | ||
| Roadies Xtreme | MTV | Gang Leader | |||
| Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! | & TV | Himself | Guest | ||
| 2019 | Roadies: Real Heroes | MTV | Gang Leader | Winner | |
| Dance India Dance Battle Of The Champions | Zee TV | Judge | |||
| MTV Hustle | MTV | Major role in development of the show. | |||
| 2020 | Roadies: Revolution | MTV | Gang Leader | Replaced by Varun Sood as Raftaar had to leave the show midway for release of his album Mr. Nair. | |
| 2023 | Bajao | JioCinema | Babbar |