Kavita Seth
| Kavita Seth | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Born |
14 September 1970 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh |
| Genres | Sufi, playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer, singer of ghazals, Sufi music |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Website |
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Kavita Seth (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians[1][2]
She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition "Gunja Sa Koi Iktara" for the film Wake Up Sid (2009),[3] she also won the Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for the same song, which was one of the biggest chartbusters in 2009.[4][5]
Early life
Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh,[4] where she was brought up and did her schooling as well as her graduation.
After her marriage she moved to Delhi, where she started performing for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. Meanwhile, she also did her post graduation in Music, Sangeet Alankar from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi and received MA degree in Hindi literature from the University of Delhi.
She received her musical training in Hindustani classical music under N.D.Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Vinod from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and Iqbal Ahmad Khan.
Career
She first started performing at the Khan-kahe Niyazia Dargah, in Bareilly, which soon lead singing in public shows and musical concerts.
Kavita specialises in Sufi-style singing though she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows at London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. It was at one of her performance at Muzaffar Ali's International Sufi Festival concert, in Delhi that director Satish Kaushik heard her and offered a song "Zindagi ko Maula", in his film, the Amisha Patel starrer, Vaada (2005), marking her debut as a playback singer.[1][6] Subsequently she moved to Mumbai, as this was followed by, "Mujhe Mat Roko" in Anurag Basu's Gangster (2006), for which she received rave reviews.[7]
Besides singing she also composes music. She has composed three songs in N. Chandra's film "Yeh Mera India" (2009).[8] She has also released private albums, including, Woh Ek Lamha, Dil-e-Nadan both Sufi ghazal albums, followed by Sufi music albums, Sufiana (2008) and Hazrat. Her 2008 album Sufiana, composed of couplets of Sufi poet-mystic, Rumi was released at the 800-year-old Khaman Pir Ka Dargah in Lucknow.[9][10]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wake Up Sid | Filmfare Awards
Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara" |
Won |
| Star Screen Award
Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara" Best New Talent in Music |
Won | ||
| International Indian Film Academy Awards
Best Female Playback Singer – "Iktara" |
Won | ||
| Stardust Award
New Musical Sensation (Female) – "Iktara" |
Won | ||
| Global Indian Music Award
Best Playback Singer (Female) – "Iktara" Popular Singer of the Year Song of the Year – "Iktara" |
Won | ||
| GR8 FLO Women Award
Women Achiever Award |
Won | ||
| 2012 | Cocktail | Big Entertainment Awards 2012
"Tumhi Ho Bandhu" |
Won |
Filmography
Playback singer
| Film | Year | Song name |
|---|---|---|
| Vaada | 2005 | Maula |
| Gangster | 2006 | Mujhe Mat Roko |
| Wake Up Sid | 2009 | Iktara |
| Yeh Mera India[11] | 'Aap roothe rahe' 'Dil Mandir' 'More Naina' | |
| Admission Open[12] | 2010 | |
| Raajneeti | Mora Piya (Trance Mix) | |
| I Am | Baangur | |
| Trishna | 2011 | 'Raunakein' 'Lagan lagi' 'Khari Khari' |
| Cocktail | 2012 | Tumhi ho bandhu |
| Bombay Talkies | Murabba (Duet) | |
| Neerja | 2016 | Jeete Hain Chal |
| Santheyalli Nintha Kabira | Navu premada huccharu | |
| Waiting (2015 film) | Zara Zara |
Music director
| Film | Year |
|---|---|
| Yeh Mera India | 2009 |
| My Friend Pinto | 2011 |
| Cigarette ki Tarah | 2012 |
Personal life
She has two sons, Kavish and Kanishk, both of whom perform with her.[13] Her husband K.K.Seth died of pancreatitis on 15 December 2011. He was 48.[14]
Albums
- "Trance With Khusrow"(2014)
- Ek Din (2012)
- Khuda Wohi Hai (2011)
- Bullehshah (2010)
- Kabirana Sufiana (2010)
- "Sufiana"(2007)
- "Trance With Khusrow"(2014)
References
- 1 2 Udasi, Harshikaa (1 April 2010). "Sufi and soul". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Kavita Seth performs at Sufi concert Screen, 30 January 2009.
- ↑ "Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan claim top honours". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 28 February 2010.
- 1 2 "Music and Lyrics". Indian Express. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ↑ "Song Sung True". Indian Express. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "VISHESH Break". Screen. 24 March 2006.
- ↑ When new female singers announced their arrival in 2006: 8. Kavita Seth Bollywood Hungama, 3 January 2007.
- ↑ ‘Hard work always pays!’ Screen, 4 September 2009. Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Recreating Rumi's poetry". DNA. 3 November 2009.
- ↑ Mission Sufi Screen, 4 January 2008.
- ↑ Kavita Seth Filmography Bollywood Hungama
- ↑ Music Review of Admissions Open
- ↑ "Juhi at a musical do!". The Times of India. 25 March 2010.
- ↑ http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20110190329&keyword=music&subcatg=MUSICINDIA&nid=158688. Missing or empty
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External links
- Kavita Seth at the Internet Movie Database
- Sufi Singer Kavita Seth Discography
- Sufi and the voice
- Sufi Singer Kavita Seth Website