Runa Rizvi

Runa Rizvi
Genres Hindustani classical music
Instruments singing

Runa Rizvi is an Indian classical and Bollywood playback singer.[1] She sings Sufi songs, folk, Bollywood movies etc.

Early life

Runa Rizvi was born in Bombay to Indian singers Rajkumar Rizvi and Indrani Rizvi.[2] She graduated from Mithibai College, Mumbai.

She belongs to the Kalavant gharana and has been trained in classical, semi-classical and light classical music and can sings Hindi film songs, ghazals, thumri, Folk, Punjabi and Sufi Music as well as Western and Pop music.

Runa Rizvi will get married with percussionist Sivamani on 10 November 2014.[3]

Career

She had sung for the Rajshri film Uff kya jaadu mohabbat hai along with Kunal Ganjawala . She sang a song, jaane tu, for movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.[4] In 2011, Runa had rendered playback for the film Provoked starring Aishwarya Rai.

She is also working with Prem Joshua and band for their new album Luminous Secrets.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/small-talk/397976/
  2. ↑ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050110/chd.htm
  3. ↑ Marriage with Sivamani
  4. ↑ http://www.dhingana.com/news/rashid-and-runa-to-rock-the-bol/1387
  5. ↑ http://www.premjoshua.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=108

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