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- ↑ "Swaroop Khan: Remix can't threaten folk music". Outlook Magazine . 27 April 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ↑ "Rajkumar Hirani ropes in Rajasthani singer Swaroop Khan for 'PK'". DNA . 30 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ↑ "PK: Rajkumar Hirani ropes in Rajasthani singer Swaroop Khan". Times of India . 31 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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