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

YearFilmSongCo-singerComposerWriterNoteRef
2017Hindi MediumSuit SuitArjunGuru Randhawa, Arjun, Rajat NagpalArjun, Guru RandhawaHindi film
2017'Simran'Lagadi Hai ThaayJonita GandhiSachin-JigarVayuHindi film
2017Tumhari SuluBan Ja RaniSoloGuru Randhawa, Rajat NagpalGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018Sonu Ke Titu Ki SweetyKaun NachdiNeeti MohanGuru Randhawa, Rajat NagpalGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018Dil JuungleeNachle NaNeeti MohanGuru Randhawa, Rajat NagpalGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018BlackmailPatolaSoloGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018NawabzaadeHigh Rated GabruSoloGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018NawabzaadeHigh Rated Gabru Aditi Singh SharmaGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaHindi film
2018Mar Gaye Oye LokoAaja Ni AajaSoloGuru Randhawa, Kuwar VirkGuru RandhawaPunjabi film
2018Badhaai HoMorni BankeNeha KakkarTanishk BagchiMellow DHindi film
2019Why Cheat IndiaDaaru WargiSoloGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaHindi film
2019Arjun PatialaMain Deewana TeraSoloSachin-JigarGuru RandhawaHindi film
2019Arjun PatialaCrazy Habibi Vs Decent MundaBenny DayalSachin-JigarGuru RandhawaHindi film
2019Arjun PatialaDil TodeyaDiljit DosanjhSachin-Jigar, Guru RandhawaGuru RandhawaHindi film
2019SaahoEnni SoniGuru Randhawa, Tulsi KumarGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaMultilingual film
2019SaahoEkaantha TharamiShakthisree Gopalan, HaricharanGuru RandhawaVinayak SasikumarMalayalam Dubbed version
2019SaahoMazhaiyum TheeyamShakthisree Gopalan, HaricharanGuru RandhawaMadhan KarkyTamil version
2019SaahoYe Chota NuvvunnaHaricharan, Tulsi KumarGuru RandhawaKrishna KanthTelugu version; Multilingual
2019Ujda Chaman"Outfit"SoloPreet HundalGuru RandhawaHindi film
2019Tara Mira"Ik Gera"SoloGuru RandhawaGuru RandhawaPromotional song for Punjabi film
2020Street Dancer 3D""Tulsi KumarGuru Randhawa &Sachin JigarGuru RandhawaHindi film
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Recreated songs

Additional- Punjabi MC's song Morni Banke was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi in the voice of Guru and Neha Kakkar in the 2019 film Badhaai Ho.