Raj Mohan | |
Native Name: | राज मोहन |
Birth Name: | Raj Mohan[1] |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1964 |
Birth Place: | Paramaribo, Suriname |
Genre: | Pop, Bhajan, Geet, Ghazal[2] |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1988–present |
Raj Mohan (born 28 August 1964), is a Dutch-Surinamese singer and songwriter, who sings in Sarnámi.[3] In 2011 he released his first pop album with Sarnami-Bhojpuri lyrics together with Hindi songs and poems which he all wrote and composed himself.[4] It is the first time in Surinamese history that Surinam Bhojpuri is utilized in this contemporary form.[5] Raj Mohan invented the Sarnámi-Bhojpuri Geet in the Geet & Ghazal style which was appreciated worldwide with his album ‘Kantráki’ (2005).[6]
Raj is a 5th generation Bihari - Indian in Suriname, his ancestors were taken to Suriname as indentured labourers by the British. He was raised in Utrecht, Netherlands and displayed musical talent at an early age.[7]
At the age of 12, Mohan moved to the Netherlands from Suriname with his parents.