GayaksSingers of Hindi and Bengali music
2000s to Today · 2000 –

Richa Sharma

ऋचा शर्मा
Born29 August 1974, FaridabadSinging years1996 – present
Billo Rani, Mahi Ve, Sajdaa, Maahi — the Punjabi Sufi voice, and a devotional singer with a vast following.

Richa Sharma sang devotional music in Faridabad and Delhi, came to Mumbai in 1996, and became a film voice with Billo Rani (Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal), Mahi Ve (Kaante), Sajdaa (My Name Is Khan, with Rahat and Shankar Mahadevan), Maahi (Raaz 2) and Jag Soona Soona Laage (Om Shanti Om). Her bhajans and Sufi albums — especially her Mata ki chowki and shabad recordings — are as widely heard as her film songs.

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Landmark songs

Billo Rani
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal · 2007
Pritam; with Anand Raj Anand.
T-Series
Maahi
Raaz: The Mystery Continues · 2009
Sharib-Toshi; with Toshi Sabri.
T-Series
Jag Soona Soona Laage
Om Shanti Om · 2007
Vishal-Shekhar; with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
T-Series

Life

She was born in Faridabad in 1974, sang bhajans and jagratas as a child, and trained in classical music; Sanjay Dutt heard her and encouraged her, and Anu Malik gave her a first song in Sapnay (1997). Anand Raj Anand's Mahi Ve (2002), Pritam's Billo Rani (2007) and Jag Soona Soona Laage (Vishal-Shekhar, 2007) made her known; she has sung for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pritam, Vishal Bhardwaj and A.R. Rahman, and devotes much of her time to devotional concerts.

The voice

A deep, husky, forceful Punjabi voice with a Sufi singer's open throat and a devotional singer's conviction.

Composers

  • Pritam
  • Anand Raj Anand
  • Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
  • Vishal-Shekhar
  • Anu Malik
  • Raju Singh

Sang for

  • Bipasha Basu
  • Katrina Kaif
  • Kangana Ranaut
  • Deepika Padukone

Sang with

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1980s

Love In The Rain
Insaaf Ki Awaaz · 1986
Shemaroo

2000s

Dupatte Ka Pallu
Tarkieb · 2000
Goldmines

year not stated

Billo Rani
T-Series
Maahi Ve
Bollywood Classics
Ni Main Samajh Gayi
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Ranglee
Zee Music

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