Daler Mehndi

Daler Singh Mehndi was born in Patna, Bihar on August 18, 1967. Bought up in a family of musicians, he has been practicing the various iterations of Indian classical music such as Ragas and Shabads from the holy book of the Sikhs 'Guru Granth Sahib Ji.' Highly influenced from the Patiala Gharana style of music, Daler ran away from home at the age of 11 to be trained by the renowned Late Ustad Raahat Ali Khan and gave his first stage performance at the age of 13 where his parents found him onstage amidst his fans who were showering flowers and currency notes upon him. Ever since then Daler Singh Mehndi has been a renowned performer, entertainer and a Industry renowned musician. He has given several hits to the music industry including the world famous Internet phenomenon Tunak Tunak Tun (1998) which is a rage on YouTube and Bolo Ta Ra Ra (1995) In The year 1997, Daler Mehndi ventured into playback singing and made his first appearance on the large screen with the Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan in his comeback movie Mrityudaata (1997). He has made cameo appearances in many Bollywood movies as well lent his voice for songs such as Arjun Pandit (1999) and Khauff (2000).