Raageshwari

Raageshwari
Background information
Birth name Raageshwari Loomba
Genres pop, Sufi, spiritual
Occupation(s) actress, model, television personality, VJ, yoga practitioner
Years active 1993–present
Labels BMG, HMV, Music Today, SAREGAMA
Website raageshwari.com

Raageshwari Loomba is an Indian pop singer, actress, model, television anchor, former MTV and Channel V VJ, a yoga practitioner and motivational speaker.

Biography

Raageshwari attended the Auxilium Convent High School.[1]

As a teenager, Raageshwari signed her first film as an actor, Zid (released in 1994).

Raageshwari signed a deal with Coca-Cola to do a series of concerts all over India.[2]

In 2000, Raageshwari and her father collaborated on another album, Y2K Saal Do Hazaar. Raageshwari was suffering from malaria, while shooting for the video "Ikki chikki chikita." The album was released with a concert on the eve of the year 2000. Just a week after the concert, Raageshwari was diagnosed with Bell's palsy,[3] which left her with a paralysed left side of the face and a slur in her voice. Over the next year, she rehabilitated herself with help of physiotherapy, electrical stimulation and yoga. She did television shows such as Ek do teen and Baar baar dekho on MTV, Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun on Sony, Quest for BBC and One on One With Raageshwari on TEN Sports.

Filmography

Hindi films

Raageshwari has acted in following Hindi-language films:

Television

Raageshwari has hosted following shows on television:

Television

As Contestant
Year Show Place Channel
2011
Bigg Boss
15th place
Evicted Day 21
Colors

Theatre

Raageshwari debuted as a lead in the musical comedy The Graduate alongside Zeenat Aman.

Discography

Playback singing in Hindi film:

Albums

Duniya

Duniya is a pop album released in March 1997. Tracks include:

Sach Ka Saath

Sach Ka Saath is a Patriotic Folk Music album by National Award winning Music director/Singer 'Trilok Singh Loomba'. The album released in January 1998. The album featured 'Raageshwari' as a guest singer for the track 'Sach Ka Saath' The other tracks include:

Pyaar Ka Rang

Pyaar Ke Rang is a pop album released in July 1998. Tracks include:

Y2K: Saal Do Hazaar

Y2K: Saal Do Hazaar is a pop album released in December 1999. Tracks include:

Sagari Rayn

Sagari Rayn is a world music album released in December 2006. Tracks include:

Lifting the Veil – Ismaili Ginans

References

  1. ↑ "18 till i die with Raageshwari Loomba". DNA. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  2. ↑ Surabhi Khosla (31 March 2000). "Life is a song". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  3. ↑ Reema Gehi (12 May 2007). "A magical bond". LifeStyle. Hindustan Times, Mumbai. Retrieved 17 August 2007.

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