Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Royal
Jasleen Royal performing in Rajasthan
Background information
Born	Jasleen Kaur Royal (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 34) Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Occupations	Singer songwriter actor
Instruments	Vocals guitar harmonica
Years active	2013–present

Jasleen Kaur Royal ^[1] is an Indian singer, ^[2] songwriter and composer who sings in Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati.^{[ citation needed ]} She has received many awards and nominations including a Filmfare Award. ^{[3] [4]} In 2022, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the film Shershaah (2021) and shared the award with the four other composers who were involved in the film.

She won an award for the Best Indie Song at the MTV Video Music Awards India 2013. She received this award for her debut song "Panchi Ho Jaava", composed and sung by Jasleen which is based on a poem by the Punjabi-language poet, Shiv Kumar Batalvi.

She won an award for the "Best Indie Artist" at "Free The Music" an initiative by Songdew, ^[5] especially for Indie musicians. She was nominated alongside established and renowned singers like Kailash Kher, Rabbi Shergill and a Delhi-based band Indus Creed.

She entered Bollywood in September 2014 with Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan starrer film Khoobsurat with a song titled "Preet" which was composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and written by Amitabh Verma.

Early life and background

Kaur was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, to a Punjabi Sikh family. She completed her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana and later moved to New Delhi for further studies.^{[ citation needed ]} She completed her B. Com Honors from Hindu College, New Delhi.^{[ citation needed ]}

She currently^{[ when? ]} resides in Mumbai and is working on multiple Bollywood projects.

Discography

Singles

Year	Song title	Album/Series	Notes
2013	Panchi Hojavan	MTV	Composer and singer
	Maye Ni	Single featuring Swanand Kirkire
	Din Shagna Da	Single
2014	Door Ghar Mera hai	Kitkat
2020	Nit Nit	Single
	Sang Rahiyo
	Jaana	Mismatched	*Composer, singer and lyricist *Co-singer Soundarya Jayachandran
2023	Heeriye	Single featuring Dulquer Salmaan	*Composer and singer *Co-singer Arijit Singh
2024	Sahiba	Featuring Vijay Devarakonda [6]	*Composer and singer *Co-singer Stebin Ben

Soundtracks

Year	Song	Film	Music	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Notes
2014	Preet	Khoobsurat	Sneha Khanwalkar	Jasleen Royal	Amitabh Verma
2015	Badla Badla	Badlapur	Sachin-Jigar	Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan, Jasleen Royal	Priya Saraiya, Dinesh Vijan
2016	Kho Gaye Hum Kahan	Baar Baar Dekho	Jasleen Royal	Jasleen Royal, Prateek Kuhad	Prateek Kuhad
	Nachde Ne Saare			Harshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasleen Royal	Aditya Sharma
	Raatein	Shivaay		Jasleen Royal
	Raatein (Reprise)
	Love You Zindagi	Dear Zindagi	Amit Trivedi	Jasleen Royal, Amit Trivedi	Kausar Munir
	Chotta Hoon Main	Dear Dad	Ujjwal Kashyap	Jasleen Royal	Neeraj Rajawat
2017	Kidre Jawa	Haramkhor	Jasleen Royal		Aditya Sharma	Solo Composer
	What's Up	Phillauri		Mika Singh, Jasleen Royal
	Din Shagna Da Remake			Jasleen Royal	Neeraj Rajawat
	Peh Gaya Khalara	Fukrey Returns		Divya Kumar, Akasa Singh, Akansha Bhaduri, Jasleen Royal	Aditya Sharma
	Amar Drawing Khata (Reprise)	Chhaya O Chhobi	Indraadip Dasgupta	Jasleen Royal	Kaushik Ganguly	Bengali film
	Har Mod Par Umeed Hai	Ribbon	Sagar Desai		Puneet Sharma
2018	Oye Hichki	Hichki	Jasleen Royal	Harshdeep Kaur	Jaideep Sahni	Solo Composer
	Soul of Hichki
	Madamji Go Easy			Benny Dayal and various others	Raj Shekhar, David Klyton
	Khol De Par			Arijit Singh	Raj Shekhar
	Teri Dastaan			Jasleen Royal	Neeraj Rajawat
	Phir Kya Hai Gham			Shilpa Rao	Aditya Sharma, Neeraj Rajawat
	Naina's Theme			Instrumental
	Laaj Sharam	Veere Di Wedding	White Noise	Divya Kumar, Enbee	White Noise
	Man Melo	Sharato Lagu	Parth Bharat Thakkar	Jasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar		Gujarati film
	Man Melo (Reprise Sad)
	Man Melo (Theme)
2019	Jahan Tu Chala	Gully Boy	Jasleen Royal	Jasleen Royal	Aditya Sharma	Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
	Deh Shiva (Female)	Kesari			Guru Gobind Singh Ji	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
2020	Bird Song	Ghoomketu			Pushpendra Nath Mishra	Zee5 film
2021	Ranjha	Shershaah		B Praak, Jasleen Royal, Romy	Anvita Dutt	Amazon Prime Video film Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
	Ranjha (Reprise)
	Khoya Paya (Female version)	Dhamaka	Vishal Khurana	Jasleen Royal	Puneet Sharma	Netflix film
	Udd Chaliyan	Velle	Jasleen Royal	Shahid Mallya, Jasleen Royal	Aditya Sharma
2022	Mitra Re	Runway 34		Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh		Solo Composer
	Mitra Re (Reprise)
	Mitra Re (Arijit Singh Version)			Arijit Singh
	The Fall Song			Jasleen Royal
	The Fall Song (English Version)
2024	Jaavi Na	Ishq Vishk Rebound	Rochak Kohli	Darshan Raval	Kumaar

Special appearances

Jasleen has performed alongside Coldplay for their Music of the Spheres World Tour in India. ^[7] Jasleen has performed on NDTV Our Girls, Our Pride along with Swanand Kirkire hosted by Priyanka Chopra. She had also appeared and performed at L'Oréal Paris Miss Femina (India) Awards, 2014. Jasleen has also participated in a debate on NDTV India on 'How money is not the bigger factor while choosing an employment'.

Awards

Year	Award	Song	Film	Title	Result	Shared with	Ref.
2016	Mirchi Music Awards	"Raatein"	Shivaay (film)	Upcoming Music Composer of The Year	Nominated		[8]
2019	Filmfare Awards	"Deh Shiva (Female)"	Kesari	Best Music Director	Nominated	Along with Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gumroh
2022	Filmfare Awards	-	Shershaah	Best Music Director	Won

References

1. "This city girl is Bollywood's current favourite". The Times of India. TNN. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
2. "Who Is Jasleen Royal? Meet The Singer Whose Rangeela Collab With Composer Yashraj Mukhate Is Going Viral" . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
3. The Hindu Net Desk (25 June 2020). "Jasleen Royal and Radhika Madan reinterpret Lata Mangeshkar's song". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
4. "Jasleen Kaur Royal prefers negative criticism over positive feedback". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
5. Songdew - Free The Music
6. India Today (15 November 2024). "Sahiba: Vijay Deverakonda, Radhikka Madan's music video is about timeless love". Archived from the original on 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
7. "'Dreams do come true': Jasleen Royal announces her participation in Coldplay India Tour as special guest performer". ANI.
8. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 March 2018.