Harshdeep Kaur Biography

Harshdeep Kaur is a popular playback singer in India.

Biography

Harshdeep was born in a Sikh family in Delhi and was inspired to learn music from her father, Savinder Singh, who owns a factory of musical instruments. Apart from studying, she started learning music at the tender age of six.

She learnt Indian Classical Music from Shri Tejpal Singh, popularly known as the Singh Brothers, and Western Classical Music from George Pullinkala, Delhi Music Theatre. Later, at the age of twelve, in order to explore the world of music, she joined the Delhi School of Music to learn piano.

Awards And Competitions

Harshdeep is the first female to win two reality show titles.

Sufi Ki Sulatana

Harshdeep won the singing competition 'Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhaane Ka' on NDTV Imagine in September 2008. She competed from the Sufi Ke Sultan genre with Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as her mentor. She was declared the Sufi Ki Sultana by Amitabh Bachchan who was the chief guest in the Grand Finale.

The show was a competition between three genres - Sufi, Folk and Bollywood. Eminent singers from India and Pakistan participated in the show.

Harshdeep's presence on the show was appreciated by miilions of people across the globe. She used to wear a sufi attire, especially while singing sufi songs.

MTV Video GAGA Winner

Harshdeep also won the MTV Video Gaga Contest in 2001.