Guru Randhawa
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music.He is famous for using a lot of Sexiness in his songs. He is known for songs like "Lahore", "Patola", "High Rated Gabru", "Daaru Wargi", "Raat Kamal Hai", "Suit",
"Ban Ja Rani", Made In India, "Ishare Tere", "Tere Te", "Fashion", "Downtown" and "Slowly Slowly". Guru Randhawa's debut single was "Same girl" in collaboration with Arjun.
Early life
Guru Randhawa was born in Nurpur, Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district. He passed his matric at St.Francis Convent School. He started by doing small shows in Gurdaspur and then began performing in Delhi, at small parties and functions. While staying in Delhi, Randhawa completed his MBA. He was named "Guru" by the rapper Bohemia who would shorten his full name while on stage.Career
2012–2014: Beginnings
Randhawa stated his music journey in December 2012 with a song named "Same Girl" with Arjun who was the first person to take Randhawa in his own video. However, the song was not so successful for both the artists.In the beginning of 2013, Randhawa released his first single named "Chhad Gayi" on YouTube with the label of Speed Records. His elder brother, Ramneek helped him financially to release this song. Later in 2013, Guru launched his first album Page One and released three songs from the album. "Dardan Nu", "I Like You" and "Southall" were the respective songs.
Randhawa launched many songs but none of them became much popular to take Guru on heights. 2014 was also not special for him. He released the remaining songs from the Page One album but did not got success.The songs were "Khali Bottlan", "My Jugni", "Maa", "Na Na Na Na Na", "Pyaar Wale Test", "Modern Thumka", and "Billo On Fire".
2015–2016: Popular in cultures
, who was a well-wisher of Guru, requested T-Series to launch the young artist on their channel. Then they collaborated together in the song "Patola".This song is regarded as the turning point in Guru's life as it was one of the most remarkable songs by Randhawa and gathered more than 140 Million views across YouTube. Patola also got the award for best Punjabi Duo. Further he sang with Ikka Singh in the songs "Outfit" and "Khat". Both the songs were loved by the fans of both the artists.In 2016, Randhawa gave four blockbuster songs.He released "Yaar Mod Do" with Millind Gaba again on the label T-Series in January. The motive of the project was to show true friendship and it did and collected nearly 196 million YouTube views. In the month of April, Randhawa dropped the super hit song "Tu Meri Rani" on his own YouTube channel. This song also featured the rapper, Haji Springer. One of his most popular songs, "Suit" was released in 2016. It was Guru's second collaboration with Arjun. It became a blockbuster and currently holds 413 million views on YouTube.In September, He collaborated with Rajat Nagpal and released a song named Fashion on T-Series. The song gave a great response that time and holds nearly 190 Million views on YouTube currently.
2017–present
Now, Guru Randhawa had became familiar to T-Series. 2017 was literally the best year for Randhawa's career. He released a emotional track named "Taare" in January. The track performed average on YouTube but this song's video was trolled to be a copy of Zayn Malik's song "It's You". Randhawa made his bollywood singing debut in the Indian movie Hindi Medium. His foot tapping track "Suit" was recreated in the film as "Suit Suit".He sang in the 2017 Indian Premier League opening ceremony.Later in 2017, his two tracks appeared in bollywood movies. His old track "Tu Meri Rani" was recreated in the Hindi film Tumhari Sulu and an original track named "Lagdi Hai Thaai" was also released in the movie Simran in collaboration with Jonita Gandhi.
His two most-viewed songs, "High Rated Gabru" and "Lahore", have over 910 and 851million views on T-Series' official YouTube channel respectively. His first international collaboration is "Slowly Slowly" featuring Pitbull, released on 19 April 2019. The song's music video received 38million views on YouTube within 24 hours, becoming one of the world's all-time most-viewed music videos in 24 hours.
In 2019, Randhawa turned producer with Punjabi language film Tara Mira starring Ranjit Bawa and Nazia Hussan, directed by Rajiev Dhingra.
In 2020, Guru made his second international collaboration "Surma Surma" with British artist Jay Sean.
In the year 2020, Guru's old track "Lahore" was presented as "Lagdi Lahore Di" in the movie 'Street Dancer 3D' in collaboration with Sachin-Jigar and Tulsi Kumar. Later, he collaborated with Vee Music and international singer and songwriter Jay Sean in the song "Surma Surma". During the Corona pandemic, he released a soothing track named 'Satnam Waheguru' with Vee. He was also featured by Pitbull in a music video named "Mueve La Cintura" with Tito El' Bambino. This was his second collab with Pitbull.Guru Randhawa's popularity rose immensely after his Bollywood Debut in the film Hindi Medium and release of the pop Ballad Lahore in 2018. Rolling stone India stated that,"If you've missed him on the Charts, you've heard him on the radio".
Discography
Singles
Film songs
Year | Film | Song | Co-singer | Composer | Writer | Note | Ref |
2017 | Hindi Medium | Suit Suit | Arjun | Guru Randhawa, Arjun, Rajat Nagpal | Arjun, Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2017 | 'Simran' | Lagadi Hai Thaay | Jonita Gandhi | Sachin-Jigar | Vayu | Hindi film | |
2017 | Tumhari Sulu | Ban Ja Rani | Solo | Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Kaun Nachdi | Neeti Mohan | Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Dil Juunglee | Nachle Na | Neeti Mohan | Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Blackmail | Patola | Solo | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Nawabzaade | High Rated Gabru | Solo | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Nawabzaade | High Rated Gabru | Aditi Singh Sharma | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2018 | Mar Gaye Oye Loko | Aaja Ni Aaja | Solo | Guru Randhawa, Kuwar Virk | Guru Randhawa | Punjabi film | |
2018 | Badhaai Ho | Morni Banke | Neha Kakkar | Tanishk Bagchi | Mellow D | Hindi film | |
2019 | Why Cheat India | Daaru Wargi | Solo | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2019 | Arjun Patiala | Main Deewana Tera | Solo | Sachin-Jigar | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2019 | Arjun Patiala | Crazy Habibi Vs Decent Munda | Benny Dayal | Sachin-Jigar | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2019 | Arjun Patiala | Dil Todeya | Diljit Dosanjh | Sachin-Jigar, Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2019 | Saaho | Enni Soni | Guru Randhawa, Tulsi Kumar | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Multilingual film | |
2019 | Saaho | Ekaantha Tharami | Shakthisree Gopalan, Haricharan | Guru Randhawa | Vinayak Sasikumar | Malayalam Dubbed version | |
2019 | Saaho | Mazhaiyum Theeyam | Shakthisree Gopalan, Haricharan | Guru Randhawa | Madhan Karky | Tamil version | |
2019 | Saaho | Ye Chota Nuvvunna | Haricharan, Tulsi Kumar | Guru Randhawa | Krishna Kanth | Telugu version; Multilingual | |
2019 | Ujda Chaman | "Outfit" | Solo | Preet Hundal | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
2019 | Tara Mira | "Ik Gera" | Solo | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | Promotional song for Punjabi film | |
2020 | Street Dancer 3D | "" | Tulsi Kumar | Guru Randhawa &Sachin Jigar | Guru Randhawa | Hindi film | |
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Recreated songs
- Guru Randhawa's Bollywood debut Suit Suit in the 2017 film Hindi Medium, was a remake of his and Arjun's track.
- His song Tu Meri Rani was recreated by him and Rajat Nagpal for the 2017 film Tumhari Sulu as Ban Ja Rani.
- His song with Bohemia, Patola, was recreated by him as a wedding song in the 2018 film Blackmail.
- His most viewed song High Rated Gabru was recreated by him in the 2018 film Nawabzaade.
- His single Outfit was recreated by him and music producer Aditya Dev in the 2019 film Ujda Chaman.
- His popular track Lahore was recreated by him, in collaboration with Sachin-Jigar in the 2020 film Street Dancer 3D.