Ritu Pathak

Ritu Pathak
Birth name Ritu Pathak
Born 4 September 1987[1]
(Age 28)[2]
Gopalganj,Madhya Pradesh
Genres
Occupation(s) Playback singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010–present
Website www.ritupathak.com

Ritu Pathak is a Bollywood playback singer. She participated in 2nd season of Indian Idol lnd so participated in another Indian TV music talent show,Fame X, where she was one of the finalists.[1]

Early Life

She is from a small village in Gopalganj,Madhya Pradesh.[1] Her father, being a singer himself, would play at orchestras and small gatherings in the evenings. He used to encourage her to sing and even take her to reality singing shows.[3] She got her basic vocal music lessons in Nagpur[4]and Hindustani Classical Vocal training from Sangit Mahabharti.[5]

Career

The judge of Fame X, Sonia Rao who encouraged her to come and try her luck.[6] While keenly pursuing various music directors and composers,she first got to meet Anand Raj Anand and began singing scratches for presentations. After 2 years,she got an appointment to meet Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and rendered 2 songs to prove her ability. Impressed by her voice,they called her to sing Papa Jag Jaayega,her first playback break,from the film Housefull (2010 film). After that,Pritam Chakraborty got her Razia Gundo Mein Phans Gayi from Thank You (2011 film) and other songs from Hello Darling & Action Replayy.[7] Then Anand Raj Anand gave her one of her biggest songs,Jalebi Bai from Double Dhamaal. This song gave her enough recognition and she rose to fame. She has also worked with Sajid–Wajid in many songs.She captured everyone's attention as she sang Radha Nachegi in Tevar,composed by Sajid–Wajid.[8][4]She thinks that her voice is apt for Sonakshi Sinha as she rendered many songs picturised on her,Gandi Baat from R. Rajkumar being one of them.[9][10] Then she crooned Lip to Lip from Katti Batti,DJ Bajega To Pappu Nachega in Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon and later Cinema Dekhe Mamma from Singh Is Bliing.Having worked with so many composers,she wishes to sing for the maestro A. R. Rahman one day.[11][12]

Apart from singing,she has also hosted a show titled ‘Retrospective Special’ on DD1 which features interesting trivia about movies from the golden era.[11]She has performed in live stage shows in more than 1000 events in Delhi,Mumbai,Bengaluru,Raipur,Udaipur and various other cities.She has performed internationally in Poland,Muscat,Rangoon,Kathmandu and Malaysia.[1]She toured to Australia & Fiji Island with Johnny Lever,Priyanka Chopra & Abhijeet Sawant. She did a solo show in Israel.With Johnny Lever,she has done over 15 shows all over China.[5]

Discography

Bollywood

Year Song Film Co-Singer(s)[13][14][15][16][17]
2016 Hor Nach Mastizaade Meet Bros Anjjan
2015 Dimaagh Ka Dahi Hogaya Dimaagh Ka Dahi Kunal Ganjawala
2015 Cinema Dekhe Mamma Singh Is Bliing Shaan, Wajid Ali
2015 DJ Bajega To Pappu Nachega Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon Wajid, Shalmali Kholgade
2015 Lip To Lip Katti Batti Nikhil D'Souza
2015 Hello Hi Aay Haay Sabki Bajegi Band Chin2 Bhosle, Sanjeev Rathod, Sowmya Raoh
2015 Mein Band Botal Sharab Anjaan Parindey
2015 Radha Nachegi Tevar Shabab Sabri, Danish Sabri
2015 De Di Permission Mumbai Can Dance Saala Vinod Rathod
2014 Dil Mange Love More Bhai Ka Maal Hai
2014 Madam Ji Chal Bhaag Geet Sagar,Sadhu Sushil Tiwari
Daba Kar Dum Doggy Bhage Re Chal Bhaag Sadhu Sushil Tiwari
2014 Palang Tod Naina Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Mika Singh
2013 Gandi Baat (Film Version) R. Rajkumar Nakash Aziz
2013 Tu Bhi Mood Mein Grand Masti Sajid-Wajid
2013 Bhang Ke Nashe Four Two Ka One Kailash Kher
2013 O Jaane Jaana Meri Chehra (2013 film) Vardhan
2013 Crazy Sajjan:The Real Friend
2013 Allah Duhai Hai Race 2 Atif Aslam,Pritam,Vishal Dadlani,Anushka Manchanda
2013 Blunder Mumbai Mirror (film)
2012 Bill Gates Ki Poti Le Gaya Saddam
2012 Dhishkiyaon Kismat Love Paisa Dilli Sonu Nigam
2012 Aaja Meri Jaan Maximum (film) Tochi Raina
2012 Chhamiyya Chhamiya Overtime Dhaa Joshi
2012 Madam Main Damma Lai Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai Apeksha Dandekar
2012 Mumbai Shahar Yeh Hai Mumbai Dhama Chaukdi
2012 Kachka Chilam Vidhata-Tere Khel Hain Nirale
Kaga Vidhata-Tere Khel Hain Nirale
2012 Bad Boys Department (film) Earl
2012 Jhoom Jhoom Ta Ja Players (film)
2011 Ishq Da Mausam Ye Stupid Pyar Master Saleem
2011 Jalebi Bai Double Dhamaal Anand Raj Anand
2011 Kismat Bin Bulaye Baraati
2011 Ishaq Tilasmi Jaadu The Lion of Punjab (film) Diljit Dosanjh
Wow Wow The Lion of Punjab (film) Diljit Dosanjh
Karreena Saif Tattoo The Lion of Punjab (film) Anand Raj Anand
2011 Razia Gundo Mein Phans Gayi Thank You (2011 film) Master Saleem
2011 You Are The Reason United Six Neeraj Shridhar
2010 Chhan Ke Mohalla Action Replayy Sunidhi Chauhan
2010 Working Girls Hello Darling Shweta Pandit, Priyadarshini[5]
Tere Dar Pe Aaya Leke Band Baja Hello Darling Richa Sharma, Rana Mazumder
2010 Papa Jaag Jaayega Housefull (2010 film) Neeraj Shridhar, Alyssa Mendonsa

Bengali Songs

Year Song Film Co-Singer(s)
2011 Kalke Tumi Amar Murder Shaan (singer)

Marathi Songs

Year Song Film Co-Singer(s)
2013 God God Golyat Majha Zali Sazaa

Punjabi Songs

Year Song Film Co-Singer(s)
2012 Tattoo Sadi Gali Aaya Karo

Telugu Songs

Year Song Film Co-Singer(s)
2013 Hay Oolala Adda (film) Santhosh, Ramki

Albums

Year Song Album
2014 Kaise Sahen Dard-E-Judaai Gam-E-Ishq Ka Maara Hu[18]
Pal Pal Satati Hai Gam-E-Ishq Ka Maara Hu
Jhoote Tere Wade Gam-E-Ishq Ka Maara Hu
2010 Someone Somewhere-2 Someone Somewhere

Awards and Nominations

Year Category Song and Film Award Result
2012 New Musical Sensation-Female Jalebi Bai (Double Dhamaal) Stardust Awards[19][20] Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "RITU PATHAK". prideyou. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "RITU PATHAK". follo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Singing was my father’s dream: Ritu Pathak". deccanchronicle. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Ritu Pathak on Radha Nachegi: Sonakshi's expressions and moves add to the chutzpah of the song". Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ritu Pathak Live Show". greenleafent. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ritu Pathak’s ‘gandi baat’". freepressjournal. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Shankar keeps his promise to Ritu Pathak". Radio and Music. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Meet Ritu Pathak, the voice behind Sonakshi Sinha’s Radha in ‘Tevar’". indianexpress. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "HAT TRICK WITH SONAKSHI FOR SINGER RITU PATHAK". newstadka. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "No Gandi Baat for singer Ritu Pathak". orissadiary. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Ritu Pathak has her plate full in 2012". Radio and Music. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Melody Matters: Ritu Pathak discusses her musical influences". asianage. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ritu Pathak-Top 100 Tracks". mio.to. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ritu Pathak : Top Songs". itunes. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ritu Pathak Songs". gaana. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Artist Ritu Pathak". myswar. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "ALL HITS RITU PATHAK MP3 FREE DOWNLOAD". Sab songs. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Gam-E-Ishq Ka Maara Hu". itunes. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Stardust Awards 2011 – 2012 Nominations". indicine. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan leads Stardust music nominations". Radio and Music. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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