Mehdi Hassan Khan was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, Hassan is referred to as the "Shahenshah-e-Ghazal". Known for his "haunting" baritone voice, Hassan is credited with bringing ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. He is unique for his melodic patterns and maintaining integrity of the ragas in an innovative way.
Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar, also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and playback singer.
Aziz Mian Qawwal was a Pakistani traditional qawwal famous for singing ghazals in his own style of qawwali and is considered one of the greatest qawwals in South Asia. He holds the record for singing the longest commercially released qawwali, Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga, which runs slightly over 150 minutes and. Aziz is known by sobriquets — "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali", "Fauji Qawwal"(Military Singer) since his early performances were often in army barracks, and "the Nietzschean qawwal".
Abdul Hayee, popularly known by his pen name (takhallus) Sahir Ludhianvi, was a Pakistani/Indian poet and he left India after the partition. He was a student at Government College, Lahore, however, in 1949 left Pakistan and returned back to India. film song lyricist who wrote primarily in Urdu in addition to Hindi. He is regarded one of the greatest and revolutionary film lyricist and poet of the 20th century India.
Naseem Begum, known professionally as Mala, was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films.
Anwar Hussain, known by the mononym Anwar, is an Indian playback singer.
Manhar Udhas is a Hindi and Gujarati language singer and Bollywood playback singer.
Tarsame Singh Saini, also known as Taz Stereo Nation and previously Johnny Zee, was a British singer, composer and actor of Indian descent. He was the lead singer of the pop band Stereo Nation which was formed in 1996. He was credited with being the pioneer of cross-cultural Asian fusion music.
Chandrani Mukherjee is a former Bollywood playback singer, she is a sister-in-law of Bappi Lahiri from West Bengal and a Filmfare nominee.
Chandrani began her career in Bollywood with the film Aag Aur Toofan in 1975. Thereafter she sang in a couple of films until her swan song in Aaj Kie Aurat (1993). She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award thrice though she never won it.
Jasmin Bhasin is an Indian actress and model who works in Hindi television along with Punjabi films. She made her debut in 2011 Tamil film Vaanam. Bhasin is best known for playing Twinkle Taneja in Tashan-e-Ishq (2015-16) and Teni Bhanushali in Dil Se Dil Tak (2017-18). She also participated in reality shows like Khatron Ke Khiladi 9, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi – Made in India and Bigg Boss 14.
Rakesh Kumar Pal, known mononymously as Kumaar, is an Indian lyricist active in Bollywood cinema. Some of his more successful songs include "Rula Ke Gaya Ishq", "Tu Bhi Royega", "Dil Ki Aadat", "Baby Doll', "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan", "Sooraj Dooba Hain", "Lovely", "Desi Look", "Nachan Farrate", "Main Hoon Hero Tera" and "Jhoome Jo Pathaan". He was nominated for Filmfare Awards for the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain" from the film Roy.
Sunny Bawra and Inder Bawra are an Indian music composer duo active in films and television.
Zee Music Co. (ZMC) is an Indian music company, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It carries its business activities mainly from New Delhi. The company has captured a major chunk of market share in Bollywood music in a short span of time.
Jyotica Tangri is an Indian playback singer. She debuted with "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahungi" in Half Girlfriend, her version was not included in the film, eventually Shraddha Kapoor's version became a hit. She has sung for films like Behen Hogi Teri (2017), Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017) and Fukrey Returns. She earned Zee Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2018. She did her Punjabi debut with song Bajre Da Sitta.
October is the soundtrack album to the 2018 Bollywood film of the same name, directed by Shoojit Sircar. The album is composed by Shantanu Moitra, Anupam Roy and Abhishek Arora and features playback singers such as Armaan Malik, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Monali Thakur. It was released on 28 March 2018 by Zee Music Company and in general, the album received positive response from the critics. The album consists of five tracks whose lyrics are penned by Swanand Kirkire, Tanveer Ghazi and Abhiruchi Chand.
Stebin Ben is an Indian playback singer and performer from Bhopal. He has given voice for films, Shimla Mirchi (2020), Hotel Mumbai (2019), TV series, Class of 2017 and Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan. He also sung singles, Ishq Ka Asar(2023), Rula Ke Gaya Ishq (2019) and Mera Mehboob (2019), released by Hitz Music, Zee Music Company and Sony Music India.
Mohit Pathak is an Indian music director, singer, and lyricist in the Hindi film & television industry. He rose to fame becoming part of a singing reality show The Voice where singer Shaan (singer) was his mentor.
Fahmaan Khan is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Hindi television. He is best known for playing Dr. Veer Pratap Singh Rajawat in Zee TV's Apna Time Bhi Aayega and Aryan Singh Rathore in StarPlus's Imlie. He is the son of actor Yusuf Khan and brother of actor Faraaz Khan.
