Sapna Awasthi
Sapna Awasthi sang the female part of Chaiyya Chaiyya in Dil Se (1998), with Sukhwinder Singh, on top of the Ooty train — one of the most seen film songs ever made — and a handful of other folk-flavoured numbers in the late 1990s: UP Wala Thumka, Shadi Karvaho, Banno Teri Akhiyan.
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Life
She comes from Uttar Pradesh and sang folk music before A.R. Rahman cast her voice in Chaiyya Chaiyya; Anu Malik and others used her through the late 1990s and early 2000s — Dulhe Ka Sehra's era, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, Mela — and she has performed folk and Bhojpuri music since.
The voice
A strong, rustic, nasal folk voice with the swing of the Awadhi and Bhojpuri song.
Composers
- A.R. Rahman
- Anu Malik
- Jatin-Lalit
Sang for
- Malaika Arora
- Sonali Bendre
- Rani Mukerji
Sang with
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