Baba Sehgal

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Baba Sehgal
Baba Sehgal at a photoshoot promoting his album Mumbai City
Baba Sehgal at a photoshoot promoting his album Mumbai City
Background information
Birth nameHarjeet Singh Sehgal
Born1964/1965 (age 56–57)[1]
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
GenresIndipop, Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu
Occupation(s)Singer, rapper, actor, comedian
Years active1990–present
Websitebabasehgal1.com

Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper.[2][3] He is considered to be the world's first Hindi rap megastar.[4][5][6] He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media. He was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2006.

Life and career[]

Early career[]

Born and brought up in Lucknow, Baba Sehgal graduated with a B.Tech from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital.[7] His entertainment career began in the 1990s, when he emerged as part of the Indipop scene,[8] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[9] Since then he has been a popular figure on the rap scene,[10] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (which sampled Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby", which in turn sampled Queen's "Under Pressure")[11] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.[12]

Music[]

Sehgal's first album was Dilruba (1990),[2] followed by Alibaba (1991).[13] Then came his biggest hit album Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[14] which sold 5 million cassettes, making it the first successful Indian rap album.[15]

His next albums were Main Bhi Madonna (1993), Baba Bachao na (1993),[16] Dr.Dhingra (1994), Miss 420 (1994) movie soundtrack, Double Gadbad (1994) movie soundtrack, Indian Romyo (1995), Tora Tora (1995), Loomba Loomba (1996), na aariya hai na jaroya hai (1997), America mein indian dhaba (1997), d.j. mix blue (1997), dhak dhak dil in culcutta (1997), A Reason to Smile (1997), meri jaan hindustan (1998), jugni mast kalandar (1998), abb mein vengaboy (1999), pinga pinga (2001), Pump up your Style (2003), Welcome to Mumbai (2005), Babe di gaddi (2009), Woh beete din and The Magic of Dandiya, among others. He writes the majority of the music for his albums himself.[citation needed] He was the music director of the movie Dance Party (1995), featuring the popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama..".[17] He was the first Indian artist to have a music video broadcast on MTV Asia,[18] which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time. He was also the presenter of the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[19] He has also worked as a stage performer.[20]

He was in New York from 2001 to 2005.[21] When he came home to Mumbai, he released his album Welcome to Mumbai,[22] which was his 22nd album.

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film Bhoot Unkle (2006) and Nalaik (2005).[23] He also anchored the TV show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom.[24] His Song Trump Ka Mania supporting the then Republican nominee Donald Trump was a hit.[3][25][26][27] Now, he makes and releases his singles on his YouTube channel "Baba Sehgal Entertainment". Some of them are Aloo ka Parantha, Going to the Gym, Swacchh Bharat. His song "Mumbai City" is a dark hip hop rap song on Mumbai.[citation needed]

Acting[]

In 1998, Sehgal made his acting debut in the Bollywood film Miss 420 alongside Sheeba Akashdeep . He also gave his voice in the film's soundtrack(Pallav, O Pallav), which was released in 1994, four years before the film's theatrical release. In 1999 he played two characters in the film Double Gadbad. He also composed and sang all the songs for the film's soundtrack.[citation needed] In 2009, he had a part in the SAB TV comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar. In 2011 he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhani on Star One. Sehgal also made his Telugu film debut in Rudhramadevi, with Anushka Shetty in the lead. It was directed by National award winner Gunasekhar. Baba Sehgal was signed to play a major negative role in another Telugu film titled Overdose.[28] In 2016, he played a cameo as himself in Bank Chor. In the same year, he made his debut in Tamil cinema playing the role of a corrupt cop in Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada.[citation needed]

He was a contestant on Bigg Boss 1 in 2006.

Filmography[]

As actor[]

As playback singer[]

Telugu cinema[]

Bollywood[]

Kannada cinema[]

Tamil cinema[]

Year Film Song name Composer Co-singer(s)
2009 Villu "Jalsa Jalsa" & (Remix) Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad
2010 Singam "Kadhal Vandhale" Devi Sri Prasad Priyadharshini
2011 Osthe "Osthe Maamey" S. Thaman Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen
2012 Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal "Sokku Podi" G. V. Prakash Kumar Shruti Haasan
Saguni "Vella Bambaram" G. V. Prakash Kumar Priya Himesh
2013 Alex Pandian "Bad Boy" Devi Sri Prasad Priya Himesh
2013 Singam II "Singam Dance" Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad

Bengali cinema[]

Year Film Song name Composer Co-singer(s)
2013 Khiladi (2013 Film) "Heartbeat" Shree Pritam Saberi Bhattacharya

Television/Web series[]

Year Title Role Channel/Platform Notes
1992-1994 Superhit Muqabla Anchor DD Metro
1996 Khare
2006-2007 Bigg Boss 1 Contestant Sony TV
2009-2010 Jugni Chali Jalandhar Balwinder SAB TV
2011 Rang Badalti Odhani Bhai STAR One [31]
2019 Bhoot Purva Yamraj ZEE5 original web series [32][33]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Nair, Vinod (14 June 2003). "Arre Baba, he's back!". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Anurag Verma (15 July 2016). "12 Baba Sehgal Life Lessons To Keep You Thanda Thanda All Day". HuffPost. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ William Dalrymple (2004). The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters. Penguin Books India. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-14-303109-3. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (28 November 1992). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 44–. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman. Indian and Eastern Engineer Limited. 1996. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ^ @OnlyBabaSehgal (17 November 2015). "this is for all CURIOUS ppl>> I did my B.Tech from G B Pant University, Pantnagar, Nainital & not from BITS, pilani tks." (Tweet). Retrieved 17 October 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "A sip of Indi-pop". The Indian Express. 18 November 1998. Retrieved 6 October 2008.[dead link]
  9. ^ Abbas, M. Ackbar; John Nguyet Erni; Wimal Dissanayake (2005). Internationalizing Cultural Studies (link to Google snippet). Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-23623-8. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  10. ^ Hunt, Ken (2003). Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine; John Bush (eds.). All Music Guide to Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-87930-759-2.
  11. ^ Garber, Marjorie; Paul B. Franklin; Rebecca L. Walkowitz (1996). Field Work. Routledge. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-415-91454-3.
  12. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 1 March 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  13. ^ Cultures of the Commonwealth. Université de Cergy-Pontoise. 1998. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  14. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  15. ^ "Pop no more". Hindustan Times. 2 October 2010.
  16. ^ Robertson, Roland; Kathleen E. White (2003). Globalization. Taylor & Francis. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-415-30222-7. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  17. ^ "Dance Party". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  18. ^ Sharma, Amitabh (26 December 1994). "India's Turning 'Asian Kool' Into Very Hot Sounds Pop music: Record chiefs bet the next global hits will be rap monologues tinged with a Punjabi folk genre known as bhangra". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  19. ^ "Baba Sehgal is back". The Hindu. 21 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  20. ^ TNN (1 November 2005). "Straight Answers". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  21. ^ "Baba Sehgal comes back in a new player movement". The Hindu. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  22. ^ "Welcome To Mumbai – Baba Saigal". IndiaGlitz. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  23. ^ Deladia, Priyanka (15 April 2006). "Straight Answers". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  24. ^ Mulchandani, Amrita (19 May 2008). "Baba and I are like husband and wife". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  25. ^ "From Mumbai to Kenya, Baba Sehgal raps Trump Ka Mania". Ashna Kumar. India Today. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Baba Sehgal impressed by Donald Trump". The Times of India. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  27. ^ Samarth Goyal (10 November 2016). "I am really impressed with Donald Trump: Baba Sehgal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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  29. ^ Lohana, Avinash (8 August 2018). "Helicopter Eela: Kajol jams with Anu Malik, Ila Arun, Shaan and Baba Sehgal". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  30. ^ IANS (30 May 2017). "Baba Sehgal Has An Interesting Take On His Bank Chor Experience". News18 India. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  31. ^ Bushra Khan (14 March 2011). "Baba Sehgal to do an Anil Kapoor?". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  32. ^ Suthar, Author: Manisha (3 April 2019). "Baba Sehgal roped in for ZEE5's Bhoot Purva". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  33. ^ Bureau, Adgully. "ZEE5 Premieres Horror-Comedy 'Bhoot Purva'". www.adgully.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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