Guru Randhawa born 30 August 1991is a singer and songwriter from Gurdaspur, Punjab, India. Randhawa is known for the tracks “High Rated Gabru”, “Suit”, “Yaar Mod Do”, “Patola” and “Fashion”..
He sang in the IPL opening ceremony He recently made his Bollywood singing debut with Hindi Medium.
Album
- Page One (2013)
Singles
- Nach Le Na (Dil Juungle).
- High Rated Gabru/Ban Ja Rani(T-Series Mixtape) ft. Neha Kakkar
- “Lahore” (2017)
- “Ambarsariya-Suit Suit”
- “High Rated Gabru”
- “Suit” (2017)
- “Ak 47”
- “Patola” Feat.Bohemia
- “Fashion” (2016)
- “Yaar Mod Do” with Millind Gaba (2016)
- “Khat” Feat.Ikka Singh
- “Outfit”
- “Tu Meri Rani” Feat Haji Springer (2016)
- “Taare” (2017)
- “I Like You”
- “Southall”
Movie Songs
- Hindi Medium – Suit Suit(2017)
- Simran – Lagdi Hai Thaai (2017)
- Tumhari Sulu – Ban Ja Rani (2017)
Family
Guru Randhawa was born on 30 August 1991 at Noorpur in District Gurdaspur, Punjab, to a Sikh family. Guru had always aspired to become a singer and used to participate in school singing competitions.
He considers his elder brother Ramneek Randhawa, the most significant person behind his success.
He came from his native place Gurdaspur to Delhi in 2009.
Guru’s family still lives in Gurdaspur. “Wherever you go, your memories from the place you grew up in always remain special. Our home in Gurdaspur is close to Pakistan. The people are really nice there.” he said.
He started learning the basics of music by watching TV and listening to famous singers. He kept on practising music, but his first preference was to complete his education.
Education
He is not just a Punjabi singer whose songs are about fashion and luxury cars – Guru Randhawa, the high-rated gabru, as he calls himself, is an MBA degree holder. He did his MBA from IIPM.
The college gave him opportunities and I went to Singapore and America on education trips. He has got a Master’s degree in Business Administration. But his first love was always singing and has been practising music for over fifteen years. So, he decided to pursue his passion as a profession.
He may have become a known name in Bollywood with his songs like ‘Suit Suit Karda’ and ‘Ban Ja Tu Meri Rani’, but from within, Guru says he’s still a boy who won’t hurt anyone’s.
Physical Appearance
Guru Randhawa is a Punjabi Jatt with height 5′ 8″ feet. He is a fitness lover and has maintained his fitness by gymming. He has 38 inches chest, 13 inches biceps and 30 inches waist.
Royalties From Music
As a musician, Guru Randhawa isn’t very optimistic when it comes to earnings from music royalties. The 26-year-old feels that a musician hardly makes any money through royalties, and that only established musicians can benefit from the legal practice.
Guru Randhawa: A musician hardly makes any money through royalties, unless you’ve composed 200 songs
Singer Guru Randhawa, who has recorded for Bollywood films such as Hindi Medium and Tumhari Sulu, feels that an upcoming musician does not make money from music royalties.
“Earlier, people used to download songs on their CDs and USB drives. Nowadays, everything is on the phone and people listen to songs anywhere; so, music royalties are anyway not that significant. There is a PRS (Performing Right Society) filing process, whereby the royalties directly merge into your account, but it’s not much,” says the singer-songwriter, adding, “It is all about marketing. If you have 100 or 200 songs, then royalties matter. If you have just 10 or 15 songs, then you can ignore it.”
Live Shows
Randhawa feels that live shows, become more important for a musician from a revenue model perspective. “Live shows are important to engage with the audience and remain visible. However, it is equally important from the point of view of money, and these days artists like doing more shows.
Randhawa has given many stage performances in India and abroad. He became famous for his single track Patola (2015) with Bohemia.
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