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Shirley Setia | |
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Born | Daman, India |
Nationality | New Zealand |
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Musical career | |
Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
Genres | Pop |
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Years active | 2012–present |
YouTube information | |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Subscribers | 3.84 million [1] |
Total views | 385.81 million [1] |
Last updated: 6 April 2024 [2] |
Shirley Setia is a New Zealand singer and actress known for her work in the Indian film and music industries. [3] [4] [5]
Born in Daman, India in the former union territory of Daman and Diu, she immigrated with her family to Auckland and came to attention as a YouTube musician uploading covers of Bollywood songs as a student at the University of Auckland. Setia was subsequently featured in Forbes magazine, where she was referred to as "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation".
Setia made her acting debut with the 2020 Hindi film Maska, which was released on Netflix. She made her big screen debut with Nikamma in 2022 and also starred in the Telugu film Krishna Vrinda Vihari , which was released on 23 September 2022.
Setia was born in Daman, India and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. [6] A graduate student from the University of Auckland and marketing and publicity intern at Auckland Council, Setia took part in a contest conducted by T-Series. [7] Her YouTube entry was recorded in her bedroom while she was wearing pyjamas, [7] which earned her the nickname "Pyjama popstar" by the New Zealand Herald . [4] Setia was eventually declared the winner. [7] [8]
After working in a weekly radio show and taking part in local competitions in Auckland, Setia performed in her first concerts in Mumbai and Hyderabad in India in 2016. [9] Forbes magazine's Rob Cain wrote a feature on her and her future goals, in which he stated that "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi". [9] She was also acknowledged as India's YouTube sensation by the Hindustan Times [10] and as one of New Zealand's biggest international artists by TVNZ. [11]
As of September 2023 [update] , she has 3.86 million subscribers on YouTube with 381 million views. [12] She was invited by YouTube as a 'YouTube Creator' to perform live in YouTube FanFest held in Mumbai in 2016 and 2017. [13]
Setia made her acting debut with the 2020 film Maska which was released on Netflix. Her next film was Nikamma released in June 2022, a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Middle Class Abbayi . [14] [15] [16] She made her Telugu film debut with Krishna Vrinda Vihari which released in September 2022. [17]
Year | Film/Album | Song | Music director | Co-singer |
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2014 | Non-album single | "Thode Se Hum" | Shirley Setia and Abhas Joshi | Abhas Joshi |
2015 | 4 Steps Forward | "Naye Love Ki Subah" | Parichay | Parichay and Gunsmith |
2016 | Non-album single | "Koi Shor" | Ravi Singhal | Ravi Singhal |
Passengers | "Aadat" | Sukumar Dutta | Raftaar and Jubin Nautiyal | |
2017 | A Gentleman | "Disco Disco" | Sachin–Jigar | Benny Dayal |
Best of Luck Laalu | "Luv u Luv u" | Kirtidan Gadhvi | ||
T-Series Mixtape | "Tu Jo Mila-Raabta" | Abhijit Vaghani | Jubin Nautiyal | |
Non-album single | "Tu Mil Gaya" | Haroon-Gavin | ||
2018 | "Jab Koi Baat" (Recreated) | DJ Chetas | Atif Aslam | |
"Koi Vi Nahi" | Rajat Nagpal | Gurnazar Chattha | ||
5 Weddings | "Na Chah Ke Bhi" | Vishal Mishra | ||
Non-album single | "Naiyo Jaana" | Ravi Singhal | ||
2019 | Aladdin | "A Whole New World" | Kurt Hugo Schneider | |
T-Series Electrofolk | "Bhumro" | Aditya Dev | Aditya Dev and Parry G | |
Non-album single | "Biba" | Marshmello and Pritam | Pardeep Singh Sran and Dev Negi | |
T-Series Mixtape Season-2 | "Ik Vaari Aa/Naadan Parindey/Tum Ho Toh" | Bhushan Kumar and Ahmed Khan | Abhijit V and Jubin Nautiyal | |
2020 | Maska | "I Wanna Hang With You" | Mikey McClealy | IP Singh |
Non-album single | "Dil Ko Tumse Pyaar Hua" (Recreated) | Abhijit Vaghani | ||
"Naa Tum Jaano Na Hum" (Recreated) | ||||
" Chura Liya Hain Tumne Jo Dil Ko" (Recreated) | ||||
2021 | "Tere Naal Rehniya" | Gaurav Dev and Kartik Dev | Gurnazar Chattha | |
2022 | Nikamma | "Tere Bin Kya (Reprise)" | Gourov Dasgupta | Mame Khan |
2023 | Chhatriwali | "Main Teri Hi Rahoon" | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Ref. |
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2020 | Maska | Persis Mistry | Hindi | [18] |
2022 | Nikamma | Natasha "Nikki" Singh | [19] | |
Krishna Vrinda Vihari | Vrinda Mishra | Telugu | [20] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Lockdown | Herself | Cameo appearance | [21] [22] [23] |
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