By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
18th August:- Daler Mehndi is India’s
coveted Pop Icon, the country’s celebrated Live Performer and a prolific
songwriter, composer, musician, environmentalist and philanthropist.
Born into a family of
Gurbani singers, Daler Mehandi began performing on stage with his father at the
age of 4. Endowed with a distinctive, perfect pitched voice and a pugnacious
spirit, he ran away from home to seek training in the classical Indian vocal
tradition from the Late Ustad Rahat Ali Khan of Patiala Gharana of Gorakhpur,
UP.
In a country hooked onto
film music, his 1995 breakthrough album Bolo To Ra Ra went double- platinum and
created a new genre that came to be labeled Indipop. His
fourth consecutive chart toping albumTunak Tunak Tun is probably
the greatest grosser in non- film music in India to this day. India’s first
green technology video become an Internet phenomena and the song that became an
anthem worldwide and also got adopted by the World of War craft community.
Non drinker, deeply
spiritual, always dressed in signature long flowing robes, bejeweled, turban
and jewelry, his snappy fashion and eye- catching outfits have earned him Elle magazine’s “Most Stylish
Person in Music”award.
His extensive body of
work and the stage have earned him many titles like the “Messiah of Masti,”
“Sardar of Swing”, He is all that He is Bigger than the Beatles.”
Daler Mehndi is currently
one of the highest paid play back singers of the motion picture industry of
India. With 52 million views in the Telugu version of the super duper
successful Film Baahubali , 28 million in Tamil and 20 million in Hindi,
Daler Mehndi etched his named as a voice to reckon with. Not only has he vowed
his Punjabi fans, but also fans across languages, cultures, faiths, countries.
The motivational singer has inspired the nation with his Sher Ki Dahaad in
Dangal and moved every soul with his par excellence performance in Mirzya which
he calls, the song of his soul. With Kudiyan Shehr Diyan
for the Deol brothers to be released in September, another Kannada song, and
the title track for Saif ALI's Chef in the pipeline and back to back concert
performances, Daler Mehndi is enjoying entertaining his fans.
The award winning
recording artist is a noted environmentalist, promoting and advocating taking
care of mother nature by setting an example by planting 12,00,000 trees in New
Delhi , he is humanitarian and philanthropist running a 24 hour free kitchen
for the homeless.
He has to his credit
an invention of an instrument which he has named Swar Mandir a combination of
Rabaab Tanpura and Swar Mandal, which was released with the blessings of the
Late Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar ji in the capital in 2012.
He continually re-inventes himself and his
art at breakneck speed and illogical disjointedness. It seem as though
time was always at a premium. He deconstructs that which makes him singular,
and then a new element arises to confound and entice the masses who think they
have just figured out his latest incarnation. His USP is his Originality.
Daler Mehndi is regarded
for the intellectual depth of his work both by the critics and the Music
industry. MTV refers to him as the Artist whose art straddles the classes and
the masses.
He has pioneered with
technology over the years. Introduced the green screen technology in India in
1998 with Tunak Tunak, then introduced HD cameras in music videos in 2003 and
this August he has taken a notch higher by being the first Asian to produce a
VR (Virtual Reality) music video for Samsung USA.
