Babbal Rai

Babbal Rai
Birth name	Simranjeet Singh Rai
Born	Samrala, Punjab, India
Occupation(s)	Singer, song writer
Years active	2008–present

Babbal Rai is an Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and film actor. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Music career

Babbal Rai made his debut with the album "sau putt the first chapter" which brought him into the limelight in the music industry. His album, which was brought by the label Point Zero in March 2010, the album however was not a huge hit as Rai was unable to come to India and promote his album. ^[5] Meanwhile, he worked and collected money for making music and videos. In 2012 he released his single track "Sohni". ^[6] It is reported that Rai feels that his claim to fame is to sing what he feels from his heart. ^[5]

In 2014 Babbal released ^[7] his second album Girlfriend ^[8] under the label Speed Records.

Film career

He started his film career by special guest appearance in the Punjabi Film ^[9] in Singh vs Kaur in 2013 starring Gippy Grewal and Surveen Chawla. ^[10] In 2014 he featured in his debut film Mr & Mrs 420 along with Jassi Gill, Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, and Jaswinder Bhalla and appeared in a dual-role cameo, a first in Punjabi film industry. ^{[11] [12]}

Discography

Year	Album	Music Director	Record Label
2010	Saau Putt[The First Chapter]	Anu-Manu	Point Zero
2014	Girlfriend	Mofolactic, Pav Dharia, Desi Routz, Beat Minister	Speed Records
2017	Professional Sardar	Pav Dharia, Beat Minister, Sukh-E (Muzical Doctorz), JSL Singh & Deep Jandu	Speed Records

Singles

Year	Song	Music Director	Lyrics	Album	Record Label
2010	Nikki Jahi Jind	Anu Manu	Babbal Rai	Sau Putt - The First Chapter	Point Zero
	Chandigarh
	Inkaar
2012	Sohni	Pav Dharia	Babbal Rai	Desi Grrari	Speed Records
2013	Rangeelay	Jaidev Kumar	Kumaar	Rangeelay	Eros Now
	Taur	Pav Dharia	Veet Baljit	Do Ghutt	Speed Records
	Tera Naam	Pav Dharia	Babbal Rai	Red	Speed Records
	Kudi tu Pataka	JSL Singh	Baljit Singn Mahant	-	For 9x Tashan
2014	Girlfriend	Pav Dharia	Babbal Rai	Girlfriend	Speed Records
	Tere Layi	Desi Routz
	Yaarian	Beat Minister
	Akh Teri	Mofolactic
	Jattan Da Munda	Pav Dharia	Abbi Fatehgaria
2015	Youngster Returns (With Jassie Gill)	Jatinder Shah	Happy Raikoti		Speed Records
	One Dream	Preet Hundal	Preet Hundal		Speed Records
2016	Deor Bharjayii	Desi Routz	Narinder Baath	--	Speed Records
	Yaar Jatt De (with Jassie Gill)	Desi Routz	Narinder Baath	Jump 2 Bhangraa	Speed Records
	Na Kar Gayi	DJ Flow	Matt Sheron Wala		Speed Records
	Khoo Te Tindan	Deep Jandu		-	BNW Records
2017	Jhumke ( With Jassie Gill, Nimrat Khaira)	Jay K	Veet Baljit	Sargi	Lokdhun Punjabi
	Gaddiyan	Jay K	Veet Baljit	Sargi	Lokhdun Punjabi
	Dream Boy	Pav Dharia	Maninder Kailey		Speed Records
	Rondi Tere Layi	Preet Hundal	Preet Hundal		Speed Records
2018	Uche Uche Kadd	Desi Routz	Ranbir Singh		Speed Records
	Main Tera Akshay	B Praak	Jaani		Humble Music
2019	21va	Preet Hundal	Matt Sheron Wala		T-Series
	Litt Lyf	Byg Byrd	Sidhu Moosewala		T-Series
	Bhangra Thok K	Desi Routz	Ranbir Singh		Saga Hits
2020	Ae Kaash	Desi Routz	Maninder Kailey		T-Series
	Jaggo For Motherland	Avvy Sra	Babbal Rai		Babbal Rai
	Pinda De Born	Desi Crew	Narinder Baath		T-Series
2021	Aahi Gallan Teriyan	Avvy Sra	Daljit Chitti		T-Series

Filmography

Year	Film	Character Name	Co-Starring
2013	Singh vs Kaur	–	Gippy Grewal, Surveen Chawla, Binnu Dhillon, Japji Khaira, B.N. Sharma, Diljit Kaur, Rana Jung Bahadur, Avtar Gill, Sardar Sohi, Karamjit Anmol, Jelly, Rohit Khurana
2014	Mr & Mrs 420	Pinki/Babbu	Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon, Jassi Gill, Jaswinder Bhalla
2014	Oh My Pyo Ji	JJ	Binnu Dhillon, Bhanushree Mehra, Jaswinder Bhalla
2015	Dildariyaan	Sumair	Jassi Gill, Sagrika Ghatke, Binnu Dhillon
2017	Sargi	Kaim (Karamveer Singh)	Jassi Gill, Rubina Bajwa, Karamjit Anmol
2018	Ambran Da Chann	Kaadir	Binnu Dhillon, Sonam Bajwa, Sardar Sohi, Babbal Rai (special appearance)

References

1. "Punjabi actor Babbal Rai says that it was his father who saw the spark in him". filmfare.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
2. "Watch New Punjabi Song Music Video 'Tera Naam' Sung By Babbal Rai | Punjabi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
3. "Exclusive! Babbal Rai on first day of shooting: It was fun but a little awkward too - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
4. "Exclusive! Babbal Rai: It was my father who saw the talent in me - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
5. ""Whatever I felt, I sang. That's what made me famous." – Babbal Rai | UBER PUNJABI". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
6. "Viral fame". hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
7. PunjabNews. "Singer Babbal Rai arrives on Harley Davidson to launch his new album 'Girlfriend'". yespunjab.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
8. Babbal Rai is out with his new album 'Girlfriend' - Interview. YouTube. 10 February 2014.
9. Babbal Rai - Interview. YouTube. 21 October 2013.
10. Singh vs Kaur#Cast
11. Mr & Mrs 420
12. ""It's not that only one movie has been put on hold, films worldwide have been put on halt", says Babbal Rai on 'Maa' not being released today". The Times of India . 8 May 2020.