Swaroop Khan | |
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Born | 7 August 1991 Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India |
Origin | Indian |
Genres | Folk & Lori |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2008 - Present |
Website | http://swaroopkhan.in |
Swaroop Khan is an Indian playback folk singer from Rajasthan [1] He is known for his popular songs "Tharki Chokro" in PK and Ghoomar in Padmaavat . [2] He had contested in the Indian Idol Season 5. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Year | Film | Song | Co-Singer(s) |
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2010 | The Film Emotional Atyachar | "Emotional Atyachar" (Title Track) | |
2014 | PK | "Tharki Chokro" | |
Hawaa Hawaai | "Hawaa Hawaai" | ||
Filmistaan | "Udaari" | ||
2016 | Dhanak | "Mehandi" | |
2018 | Mukkabaaz | "Bahut Hua Samman" | |
Padmaavat | "Ghoomar" | Shreya Ghoshal | |
2019 | Pehlwaan D | "Jai Ho Pehlwaan" | |
Motichoor Chaknachoor | "Crazy Lagdi" | ||
Kanpuriye | |||
Avane Srimannarayana (Hindi Dub) | |||
2020 | Pareeksha | ||
Choked | |||
Sab Kushal Mangal | |||
2022 | 777 Charlie (Hindi Dub) | ||
2023 | Bholaa | "Pan Dukaniya" | Kanika Kapoor |
2024 | Ae Watan Mere Watan | "Dua-E-Azadi" | Javed Ali |
Year | Film | Song | Co-Singer(s) |
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2016 | Mungaru Male 2 | "Onte Songu" | Armaan Malik, Shreya Ghoshal |
2024 | Somu Sound Engineer | "Soma Soma" |
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