Raftaar

For other uses, see Raftaar (disambiguation).

Raftaar
Raftaar on the sets of Dance India Dance in 2019
Born	Kalathil Kuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair (1988-11-16) 16 November 1988 (age 36) Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Occupations	Rapper Singer Music Producer Lyricist Music Composer Dancer Actor TV Personality
Years active	2008–present
Spouses	Komal Vohra ​ ​ (m. 2016;div. 2022)​ Manraj Jawanda ​ (m. 2025)​
Musical career
Genres	R&B Pop Urban Hip-Hop Desi hip hop Bollywood
Labels	Sony Music India Kalamkaar Zee Music Company Mass Appeal India
Formerly of	Mafia Mundeer
Past members	Yo Yo Honey Singh Badshah Ikka Lil Golu Alfaaz J Star Money Aujla Leo Grewal Ninja

Dilin Nair ^[a] (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, music producer, composer, dancer, actor and TV personality associated with Hindi, Punjabi and Haryanvi music. He is among the first rappers in India to break into the mainstream music industry. ^[3]

Early and personal life

Kalathil Kuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair ^[a] was born on 16 November 1988 to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Raftaar married Komal Vohra, the sister of Indian television actors Karan Vohra and Kunal Vohra, in December 2016. ^{[7] [8]} They filed for a divorce in 2020 and have been living separately. The legal proceedings were delayed due to COVID-pandemic and were finalised on 6 October 2022. ^{[9] [10]}

On 31 January 2025, Raftaar married fashion stylist, actress and model Manraj Jawanda in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in traditional Malayali and Sikh wedding ceremonies. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Career

2008-2012: Early career, Mafia Mundeer and Dance India Dance

Raftaar initially began his music career by making tracks with his childhood friends and fellow rappers Ikka and Lil Golu. After a while of making tracks and uploading them online, Yo Yo Honey Singh heard a track on Orkut which was uploaded by The Black Wall Street Desi's, the group which featured the three. Singh reached out to the three youngsters and invited them to his studio in Okhla, Delhi. According to Ikka on his track "Interview", Singh worked with the three youngsters while also giving them stage names; "Young Amli" for Ikka, "Raftaar" for Dilin who went by the name OniMaxxx/Max and "Lil Golu" for Sahil who had the nickname Golu. Some of his collaborations with Singh include "Kamli Kamli" featuring Rimz J and "Sharabia". ^[14] Raftaar also started his career as a dancer, as Max and participated in a reality TV show Dance India Dance in 2011, in 'DID Double' along with a friend named Manik. ^[15]

In the meantime, Raftaar split from Mafia Mundeer due to credit-related problems, most notably for the track "Dope Shope" from Singh's album, International Villager . ^[16] He also appeared in the music video for a few seconds and alleged that his scenes were also cut. ^[17]

2012-2017: The Titans, Swag Mera Desi and mainstream break-out

After the split, he then formed a group 'The Titans' with Badshah and Sachit Takkar (Sachh). They produced many songs together in the Punjabi music industry and Bollywood together. ^[18]

Raftaar became widely known and recognised after releasing his song "Swag Mera Desi" in 2013 with Manj Musik. The line "Ab yeh karke dikhao" (transl. Now try to do this) from the song was interpreted as a subliminal directed towards Yo Yo Honey Singh, ^[19] who used the phrase in his song "Party With The Bhoothnath" which led to a dispute between the two rappers in media. ^[20] "Swag Mera Desi" won Best Urban Song at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards in 2014. ^[21]

The next year, he skyrocketed to mainstream popularity with the songs, "All Black", with Sukhe and Jaani, ^[22] , as well as the song "Toh Dishoom" from the 2016 film Dishoom . ^[23]

2017-2020: KALAMKAAR, debut album and collaborations

In 2017, Raftaar debuted in the Bengali music industry through the film One which featured singer Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar. ^[24] In the same year, he founded the record label KALAMKAAR, alongside Ankit Khanna, signing a variety of acts, such as KR$NA, Rashmeet Kaur, Deep Kalsi, Karma, Yunan and Harjas Harjaayi. ^[25] He also produced and rapped a song for the Chaamp soundtrack. ^[26] He released his debut album, Zero To Infinity, the following year in May. ^[27]

In tha same year in September, Raftaar appeared on a podcast with Raaj Jones, where he questioned if fellow rapper Emiway Bantai was generating enough revenue from hip-hop. The statement was taken out of context and resulted in Emiway dropping "Samajh Mein Aaya Kya", targeting Raftaar and refuting his claims that Emiway wasn’t earning much yet, and further added that he eventually would build an empire of his own. Raftaar responded with his own track, "Sheikh Chilli", where he called out Emiway for taking the statement out of context and dissected his false claims. Emiway responded again with "Giraftaar", which prompted Raftaar to respond with the song "Anime Hentai". ^[28] This paved the way for a wave of commercialisation in the genre, as many Indian rappers claimed to have benefitted from the publicity from a credit standpoint. It also gave rise to many other publicised beefs taking place. ^[29]

Raftaar collaborated with Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan for the second edition of Breezer Vivid Shuffle in 2019, ^[30] and in the same year, he started judging the reality shows MTV Hustle , Dance India Dance and MTV Roadies . The next year, he released his second album, Mr. Nair, through Zee Music Company, featuring his labelmates KR$NA, Rashmeet Kaur, Deep Kalsi, Karma, Yunan, and Harjas Harjaayi among others. ^[31]

2020-present: Further collaborations and HARD DRIVE Vol.1 & Vol.2

Over the next few years, Raftaar, continued to collaborate with various upcoming Desi hip-hop artists like Shah Rule, MC Stan, Seedhe Maut, King, on singles and also, on a collaborative EP with Prabh Deep, titled PRAA, in addition to releasing his own projects, most notably the HARD DRIVE Vol. 1, and its sequel, in 2022 and 2024, respectively. ^{[32] [33]}

He was seen as a guest judge on 2 episodes of India's Got Latent in 2024 and returned to judge the fourth season of MTV Hustle, after being absent from the previous two seasons. ^[34] In 2025, he participated in the reality show The Traitors as a contestant, until he was eliminated in the sixth episode. ^[35]

Discography

Albums

• Zero To Infinity (2018) ^[36]
• Mr. Nair (2020) ^[31]

Year	Album	Track	Artist(s)	Producer(s)
2018	Zero to Infinity	Baby Marvake Maanegi	Raftaar	Blackout
		Saare Karo Dab	Raftaar, Sonu Kakkar & Muhfaad	Raftaar
		Gaddi	Raftaar & Deep Kalsi	Deep Kalsi
		Gall Goriye	Raftaar & Maninder Buttar	Raftaar
		Jean Teri	Raftaar, Jaz Dhami & Deep Kalsi	Deep Kalsi
		Lonely	Raftaar, Mehabin	Raftaar
		Mundeya Di Mautt	Raftaar & Yunan	Raftaar
		Woh Chori	Raftaar & Jyotica Tangri	Raftaar
2020	Mr. Nair	Me And My Pen	Raftaar ft. Shah Rule	Raftaar & Shah Rule
		Dilli Waali Baatcheet	Raftaar	Raftaar
		Main Wahi Hoon	Raftaar ft. Karma	Raftaar
		Damn	Raftaar ft. KR$NA	Raftaar
		Sick	Raftaar ft. Yunan	Mehabin & Raftaar
		Drama	Raftaar	Tom Enzy & Raftaar
		Beshaq	Raftaar ft. Yunan	AAKASH, Yunan & Raftaar
		Feeling You	Raftaar ft. Deep Kalsi	AAKASH & Raftaar
		Haan	Raftaar ft. Harjas Harjaayi & Rashmeet Kaur	Saurabh Lokhande & Raftaar
		Move	Raftaar	Saurabh Lokhande
		Bottal Wargi	Raftaar ft. Jordan Sandhu	Deep Kalsi
		Naachne Ka Shaunq	Raftaar ft. Brodha V	Tom Enzy
		Superman	Raftaar ft. Manj Musik	INSTINE, Raftaar & Manj Musik
		Popular	Raftaar	AAKASH & Raftaar
		Down	Raftaar ft. KR$NA	Lavito Beats, Tom Enzy & Raftaar
		Proud	Raftaar	Tom Enzy & Raftaar

EPs and Mixtapes

• WTF Mixtape: Vol. 1 (2013-14) (unreleased)
• BAR'ISH EP (2020–21) (unreleased)
• HARD DRIVE Vol.1(EP) (2022) ^[37]
• PRAA(EP) (2023) ^[38]
• HARD DRIVE Vol.2(EP) (2024) ^[39]

Year	EP	Track	Artist(s)	Producer(s)
2020-21	BAR'ISH EP	Microphone Check	Raftaar	SCARY'P
		Tu Phir Se Aana	Raftaar ft. Salim Merchant & Karma	Raftaar, Salim Merchant & Saurabh Lokhande
		Black Sheep	Raftaar	Boger
		Goat Dekho	Raftaar	Allrounda Beats
2022	HARD DRIVE Vol. 1	ICE	Raftaar	DXOR
		F16	Raftaar ft. Sikander Kahlon	Harm Sandhu
		GANGNUM	Raftaar ft. Deep Kalsi	Raftaar
		NO CHINA	Raftaar ft. KR$NA	Raftaar & Frisk
		36	Raftaar ft. Karma	Track PROS
		RAASHAH	Raftaar ft. Badshah	YoungWilly
		JASHAN-E-HIP-HOP	Raftaar ft. Faris Shafi	Umair
2023	PRAA	ABBU	Raftaar & Prabh Deep	Tonybasu
		BADNAAM		Lambo Drive
		HELLO		Anywaywell
		TRAP PRAA		Umair
2024	HARD DRIVE Vol. 2	MERA PARICHAY	Raftaar ft. Sikander Kahlon	MUSAGOTMOTION, Instine
		DEHSHAT HO	Raftaar ft. Yashraj	Lonely Boy, LODONI, Phenom
		RAP-TA	Raftaar	Phenom
		REAL SHIT	Raftaar	Sez on the Baet
		MUNDE HOOD DE	Raftaar ft. Karma	Raftaar
		BAAWE	Raftaar ft. Badshah	Hiten
		ADVICE	Raftaar ft. Deep Kalsi	DRJ Sohail
		BANJO BOUNCE	Raftaar ft. EPR Iyer	DreddAf
		ME AND MY BROSKI	Raftaar ft. Ikka	Sez on the Beat

Singles and collaborations

Year	Track	Artist(s)	Producer(s)	Note(s)
2009	Sharaabia	Preet Harpal, Raftaar, Yo Yo Honey Singh	Honey Singh	From the album The Lock Up by Preet Harpal
	Gadbad	Raftaar, Ikka, Lil Golu, Yo Yo Honey Singh		Mafia Mundeer Records
2010	Kamli Kamli	Rimz J ft. Raftaar, Yo Yo Honey Singh		From the album The Rising Queen by Rimz J
	Sadko Pe Khaali Peeli Firta Mai	Raftaar, Yo Yo Honey Singh		Mafia Mundeer Records
2012	Bottle	Deep Money ft. Raftaar	Music Director: The Titans	From the album Born Star by Deep Money
	Majnu
	Tere Pichchhe
	Sugar
2013	You Don't Know Me	Raftaar	Raftaar	From WTF Mixtape: Vol 1
	Thappad		Samples Send It Up by Kanye West
2014	Swag Mera Desi	Raftaar & Manj Musik	Manj Musik	Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word
	Happy Single	B.I.G Dhillon & Raftaar	Raftaar
	Sniper	Sukh-E & Raftaar	Sukh-E
	FU (For You)	Raftaar	Samples 8 Mile (Bootleg) by Eminem	From WTF Mixtape: Vol 1
	BBM	Nindy Kaur & Raftaar	Three Records RDB (Rhythm Dhol Bass)
	Gal Mitro
2015	All Black	Mehabin and Raftaar	Sukh-E and Raftaar
	Desi Hip Hop	Manj Musik, Raxstar, Roach Killa, Humble The Poet, Badshah, BIG Dhillon, Sarb Smooth & Raftaar	Manj Musik	Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word
	Stand Up	Manj Musik, Big Dhillon & Raftaar	Manj Musik, O2 & SRK
	Mombatiye	Zohaib Amjad, Raftaar & Manj Musik	Manj Musik
	Allah Veh	Manj Musik, Raftaar & Jashan Singh	Manj Musik & Sunny Brown
	Billo Hai	Sahara, Manj Musik & Raftaar	Manj Musik
2016	Nazar Battu Anthem	Nazar Battu, Abhi Payla & Raftaar	D Chandu [40]
	Chandigarh Rehn Waaliye	Jenny Johal, Raftaar & Bunty Bains	Desi Crew
	TVF's CUTE Vol. 1	Raftaar	Raftaar	Promotional track for Vodafone
	Lak Hilaade	Manj Musik, Amy Jackson & Raftaar	Manj Musik, O2 & SRK
	Do Hazaar Solo	Raftaar	Raftaar	Introduction track for the album Zero To Infinity
	Saroor	Resham Singh Anmol & Raftaar	Desi Crew
	Instagram Love	Raftaar ft. Kappie	Raftaar	Promotional track for Vodafone
2017	Mera Highway Star	Tulsi Kumar & Raftaar	Sanjay Rajee
	Can't Stop The Party	Noopsta, Raftaar & Humble The Poet	Manj Musik
	Baby Marvake Maanegi	Raftaar	Blackout
	Tere Wargi Nai Ae		Raftaar
	#SADAK	Emiway Bantai ft. Raftaar	PSYIK
	Shuffle Track 2.0 (Live Life in Color)	Raftaar ft. Fejo		Promotional track for Breezer Vivid Shuffle
2018	Sheikh Chilli	Raftaar	Raftaar & Instine	Diss track aimed at Emiway Bantai
	Awein Hai	Raftaar	Frisk
	Ready For My Vyah (Shaadi Anthem)	Deep Kalsi, Akriti Kakar & Raftaar	Deep Kalsi
2019	Khainch Le Quashh	Raftaar & Shivi	Arkane
2020	Aage Chal	Raftaar	Saurabh Lokhande
	Thoda	Rahul Sathu & Raftaar	Rahul Sathu
	Naiyyo	Akasa Singh and Raftaar	Stego & Vinay Vyas
	Saath Ya Khilaaf	KR$NA ft. Raftaar	Tay On The Track
	Mask On	Raftaar ft. Karma, Rashmeet Kaur & Yunan	GMP Sound Raftaar& Mehabin
	Angaar	Ikka ft. Raftaar	Sez on the Beat	From the album I by Ikka
	Tu Phir Se Aana	Raftaar ft. Salim Merchant & Karma	Raftaar
	Click Pow Get Down	Raftaar		Promotional track for Epic Games
2021	Saza-E-Maut	KR$NA ft. Raftaar	Rill Beats & Young Grape Beatz	From the album Still Here by KR$NA
	Ghana Kasoota	Raftaar & Rashmeet Kaur ft. Surbhi Jyoti	Avvy Sra	Mehabin
	Barbaad	Raftaar and Afsana Khan	Salim–Sulaiman	From Bhoomi 2021
	Say My Name	Smokey the Ghost ft. Raftaar & Sikander Kahlon	Kdllac	From the album The Human Nation by Smokey the Ghost
2022	RATATA	Raftaar	Artem grigoryan	Promotional track for PUBG: New State Mobile
	Load Hai	Raftaar ft. Yunan	Hiten	Sony Music Company
	How to Hate	MC STΔN ft. Raftaar	MC STΔN	From the album Insaan by MC STΔN
	Nahi Hai Woh	Shah Rule ft. MC Altaf & Raftaar	Stunnah Beatz
	IMAGE	Deep Kalsi ft. Raftaar	Mehabin	From the EP WINNERSCIRCLE by Deep Kalsi
	Kaali Car	Raftaar & Asees Kaur	Mehabin
	Shringaar [41]	Vayu, Aastha Gill & Akasa Singh ft. Raftaar	Vaibhav Pani
	Top Off	Ikka ft. Raftaar & Mehabin	Byg Byrd	From the album Nishu by Ikka
	Speed Se Badho	Raftaar	Raftaar
	Never Back Down	Raftaar	Kofeina
2023	Tajurba	Prabh Deep ft. Raftaar	Lambo Drive	From the album Bhram (Deluxe) by Prabh Deep
	Teray Naam	Hasan Raheem ft. Raftaar	Shahrukh	From the EP it's Love
	Phone Mila Ke	Raftaar & Akasa Singh	Mehabin & Saurabh Lokhande
	Bigg Boss OTT 2 - Official Anthem	Raftaar	JioCinema, Endemol Shine India	Promotional track for Bigg Boss OTT 2
	Legacy	Raftaar	KSHMR	From the album "KARAM"
	No Mercy	Raftaar X KR$NA X Karma X Mehabin	Deep Kalsi	From the album "TUNNEL VISION"
	Woh Ratt	Raftaar ft. KR$NA	lejJA	Released on Raftaar's birthday
2024	Like a Snake	Badshah ft. Raftaar x Aastha Gill	Hiten	From the album Ek Tha Raja by Badshah
	Morni	Raftaar X Sukh-E ft Bhumika Sharma	Mehabin	Video featuring Moroccan model Soundous Moufakir
	WARCRY	King, Raftaar	Riz Shain	From the album "MONOPOLY MOVES" by King
	Karta Kya Hai	Karma X Raftaar	Bharg	From the EP "How Much a Rhyme Costs" by Karma
	MTV Hustle Season 4- Official Anthem	Raftaar, Ikka	Aditya Pushkarna
	Gourmet Shit!	Raftaar, Seedhe Maut	Calm	From the EP "Kshama" by Seedhe Maut
2025	Farebi	Raftaar, Chaar Diwaari	Chaar Diwaari
	Buss Down	KRSNA, Raftaar	Sana, M61	From the mixtape "Yours Truly" by KR$NA

Film music

Year	Film / Series	Track	Co-singer(s)	Composer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Note(s)
2013	Bullet Raja	Tamanchey Pe Disco	Nindy Kaur, Manj Musik, RDB	RDB, Manj Musik	Raftaar	Hindi film
2014	Heropanti	Whistle Baja	Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur	Manj Musik, Laxmikant Pyarelal
		The Puppy Song	Manj Musik	Manj Musik
	Fugly	Dhup Chik	Badshah, Aastha Gill	Raftaar
	Dr. Cabbie	Dal Makhni	Manj Musik	Manj Musik	Manj Musik, Raftaar
2015	Gabbar Is Back	Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega			Manj Musik, Raftaar, Big Dhillon
	Singh Is Bliing	Singh and Kaur	Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur		Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar, Big Dhillon
2016	Baaghi	Let's Talk About Love	Neha Kakkar		Raftaar, Shabbir Khan
	A Flying Jatt	A Flying Jatt Title Track	Mansheel Gujral, Tanishkaa	Sachin–Jigar	Vayu, Raftaar
	Dishoom	Toh Dishoom	Shahid Mallya	Pritam	Mayur Puri
	Dangal	Dhaakad			Amitabh Bhattacharya
	Beiimaan Love	Mar Gaye	Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur	Manj Musik	Raftaar
	Tum Bin II	Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahin	Hardy Sandhu, Neha Kakkar	Gourov-Roshin	Kumaar
2017	One	One Title Track	Vishal Dadlani	Arindam Chatterjee	Prosen	Bengali film
	Chaamp	Dekho Dekho Chaamp		Raftaar
	Kaabil	Haseeno Ka Deewana (Remake)	Payal Dev	Gourov-Roshin, Rajesh Roshan	Kumaar, Anjaan	Hindi film
	Commando 2	Hare Krishna Hare Ram (Remake)	Armaan Malik, Ritika	Gourov-Roshin, Pritam	Kumaar
	Jolly LLB 2	Go Pagal	Nindy Kaur	Manj Musik	Manj Musik, Raftaar
	Raabta	Sadda Move	Diljit Dosanjh, Pradeep Singh Sran	Pritam	Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil
	Behen Hogi Teri	Jaanu (Remake)	Juggy D, Shivi	Rishi Rich, R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi, Raftaar
	A Gentleman	Bandook Meri Laila	Ash King, Sachin–Jigar, Sidharth Malhotra	Sachin–Jigar	Vayu
	The Final Exit	Dum Maro Dum Maro	Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai	Amjad-Nadeem	Amjad-Nadeem, Raftaar
	Lucknow Central	Teen Kabootar	Mohit Chauhan, Divya Kumar	Arjunna Harjaie	Kumaar, Raftaar
	Fukrey Returns	Mehbooba (Remake)	Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai, Mohammed Rafi	Prem-Hardeep	Kumaar
		Tu Mera Bhai Nahi Hai	Gandharv Sachdev	Sumeet-Bellary	Satya Khare, Raftaar
	Tiger Zinda Hai	Zinda Hai	Sukhwinder Singh	Vishal–Shekhar, Julius Packiam	Irshad Kamil
2018	Manto	Mantoiyat	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Raftaar	Raftaar, Saadat Hasan Manto
	Andhadhun	Andhadhun Title Track		Raftaar, Girish Nakod
	Bhaiaji Superhit	Naam Hai Bhaiaji	Amit Mishra	Sanjeev–Darshan, Neerraj Pathak	Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Neerraj Pathak
		Om Namah Shivay	Sukhwinder Singh, Raghav Sachar, Akanksha Sharma	Raghav Sachar	Shabbir Ahmed
2019	Setters	Kartootein	Salim–Sulaiman, Sukhwinder SIngh
2020	Darbar	Thalaiva In Charge	Yogi B	Anirudh Ravichander	Raftaar, Yogi B, Senthuzhan, Syan
	Love Aaj Kal	Parmeshwara		Pritam	Irshad Kamil
2021	99 Songs	Nayi Nayi	Shashwat Singh	A. R. Rahman	Navneet Virk, Raftaar
	Pagglait	Pagglait	Amrita Singh, Arijit Singh	Arijit Singh	Neelesh Misra
	Sherni	Main Sherni	Akasa Singh	Utkarsh Ghatekar	Raghav
2022	The Great Indian Murder	Raskala		Umang Doshi	Shloke Lal, Ashwath Bobo
	Janhit Mein Jaari	Janhit Mein Jaari Title Track	Nakash Aziz	Prini Sidhant Madhav	Raaj Shaandilyaa
	Vikram (D)	Badle Badle (Rap Extended Version)	Kamal Haasan	Anirudh Ravichander	Anirudh Ravichander, Raqueeb Alam
2023	Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan	Yentamma	Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev	Payal Dev	Shabbir Ahmed
	12th Fail	"Restart" (Rap)		Shantanu Moitra	Swanand Kirkire, Raftaar
		"Restart" (Rap 'N' Folk)	Swanand Kirkire, Shaan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Shantanu Moitra
2024	Shaitaan	"Aisa Main Shaitaan"		Amit Trivedi	Kumaar

Television roles

Year	Show	Channel	Role	Note(s)
2011	Dance India Dance Doubles	Zee TV	Contestant
2015	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded	Colors TV	Contestant	9th place
2018	Lockdown	ZEE5		[42] [43]
	Roadies Xtreme	MTV	Gang Leader
	Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!	&TV	Himself	Guest
2019	Roadies: Real Heroes	MTV	Gang Leader	Winner
	Dance India Dance: Battle of the Champions	Zee TV	Judge
	MTV Hustle	MTV		Major role in development of the show.
2020	Roadies: Revolution	MTV	Gang Leader	Replaced by Varun Sood as Raftaar had to leave the show midway for release of his album Mr. Nair.
2023	Bajao	JioCinema	Babbar
2024	MTV Hustle: Hip Hop Don't Stop	MTV, JioCinema	Judge	Was seen on the panel in Season 1 and Season 4
2024	India's Got Latent	YouTube	Guest Judge	Was seen in Episode 1 and a later unreleased episode
2025	The Traitors	Prime Video	Contestant	13th place

References

Explanatory notes

1. Although in a video Raftaar agrees that his name is Kalathil Kuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair, ^[1] his business filings list his name as Dilin Nair. ^[2] The Wikipedia introduction uses only the legal name.

Citations

1. "Raftaar - The Malayali Swag". YouTube. Radio City India. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023. from 0:25 to 0:35
2. "Dilin Nair - Director information".
3. Sur, Prateek (4 December 2021). "Shaheen Bagh, CAA, Farmers' Protest: Hip-Hop Is The Voice Of Dissent In India". Outlook India. Retrieved 5 May 2025. Dilin Nair, aka Raftaar, one of India's first rappers to break into the mainstream music industry dominated by Bollywood songs, formed the country's first hip-hop group, 'Mafia Mundeer,' along with two other rappers who would go on to become big stars: Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah.
4. "Happy Birthday Raftaar: ਰਫਤਾਰ ਅੱਜ ਮਨਾ ਰਹੇ 34ਵਾਂ ਜਨਮਦਿਨ, ਰੈਪਰ ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ ਨੇ ਇੰਝ ਕੀਤਾ Wish". News18 Punjab (in Punjabi). 16 November 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
5. Tagat, Anurag (18 November 2022). "Raftaar's Birthday Surprise Drop 'Hard Drive Vol. 1' Knocks It Out of the Park". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
6. Ghosh, Sankhayan (1 November 2015). "Style south, Operation north: Rap star Raftaar on his Malayali roots, popularity in Punjab". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
7. Sonali, Kriti (3 December 2016). "Raftaar marries his 'soul mate' Komal Vohra, shares all wedding updates. See pics, video". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
8. "Rapper Raftaar is taken, to marry girlfriend Komal Vohra on December 1". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
9. "Roadies fame Raftaar and wife Komal Vohra headed for a divorce after 6 years of marriage". The Times of India. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
10. "Rapper Raftaar and His Wife Komal Vohra Part Ways After 6 Years of Their Marriage". News18. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
11. "Rapper Raftaar marries stylist Manraj Jawanda. First pics out". India Today. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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External links

• Raftaar at IMDb