Raju Singh

Rajinder Singh Panesar, aka Raju Singh, was born on 3 April 1969 in Mumbai, India. Son of Gursharan Kaur Panesar and Charanjit Singh Panesar; his father hails from Amritsar and Mother from Ferozepur, Punjab. Singh's family lived in Juhu, Mumbai. He attended St. Xavier's High school, Vile Parle and completed college from Mithibai college in 1986. Singh did his first album an Instrumental Tracks Power Of Music with his friend Aadesh Shrivastav in the year 1987 under the label of Venus. == Career ==

As a musician, Singh started playing for Uttam Singh who introduced him as a guitarist for the song Mere Pyar Ki Umar for the movie Waaris, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Manmohan. Initially he started off as a guitarist with R D Burman and was a part of his last movie 1942: A Love Story then slowly progressed on to become an arranger, music director, composer and scorer for Bollywood movies later composing and directing for television and advertising. One of the famous hits is Soniyo from Raaz: The Mystery Continues, Gungunati Hain from Satta. == Discography ==

As a composer Soundtracks Albums Film scores As a singer Others Films As composer for background score Web Series/Short Film Jingles Advertisement • Ashok Masala • Honda • Hindutwa Newspaper • T-Series Washing Powder • Praful Sarees • Protection Toothpaste • Baba Zarda • Shakti Company • Rani Oil • Wheel • Red Label Tea • Tata Tetley Tea • Bharat Petroleum • Prestige Whisky • Afro Asian Games (2003) • IIFA Awards • Hello Chips • T-Series Concorde Fans • Surya Namak • Lizole Detergent • Essel Premium Basmati Rice • Ok Saboon • Spirit Sanitary Packs • Free Of Mind • Add Gel • Snuggy • Doodh Doodh • Coke – Hritik • Xenon • Cell One • Veera (2002) • Chaini Chaini • Mehek Smiling Doll • Excotica Channel Anthem • EL TV • ZEE TV • Sony TV • Channel 9 • B4U • SET Max • GURJARI • LASHKARA • Sony Mix • SAB == Personal life ==

Singh is married to Sherley Singh with two children. His father Charanjit Singh Panesar was a musician who often played as a guitarist with R D Burman and his dad S D Burman. In 1982, armed with Roland gear, Singh set out to update the entrancing drone and whirling scales of classical Indian music with his record Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat. After nearly three decades of near-complete obscurity, the album resurfaced when Bombay Connection label impresario Edo Bouman snapped it up while travelling in India. After which he has been given the title 'the father of Acid House’ for the album. His mother Gursharan Kaur Panesar a housewife was a painter and an artist. == Awards and nominations ==

Singh and Aadesh Shrivastava received their first award together, The Gold Disc Award in the year 1988 for his album "golden star". 2009, he was awarded Mirchi Music Award – Best background score for the movie ‘Raaz: The Mystery Continues’. He won The Indian Telly Awards for Best title music & background score for Sahib Biwi Ghulam & Amber Dhara in 2005 and 2008 respectively. Recently he has achieved the 2015 PTC Punjabi Film Awards for the best background score for the movie "Punjab 1984" and The 2016 Golden Petal Award for background score – fiction Ashoka. ==References==