Ila Arun is a popular Indian actress, TV personality and a Rajasthani folk/folk-pop singer with a unique, husky voice and a penchant for folk-pop fusion. Her daughter is Ishita Arun

Ishita Arun

Ishita Arun is an Indian model, VJ and actress. She was born in 1987 in Bombay . She is the daughter of actress and singer Ila Arun. In 2006, she hosted Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu alongside Shaan and recently participated in NDTV Imagine's glamorous reality show "Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl"..She...

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Early life

She was born and brought up in the state capital of Jaipur. She graduated from Maharani Girls college in Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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As Reality Shows Judge

In the Sony Entertainment Television show Fame Gurukul

Fame Gurukul

Fame Gurukul is an Indian prime-time show on Sony Entertainment Television which premiered on 27 June 2005. The program is produced by the same production house of Indian Idol...

, she was the headmistress of the school where the contestants of the show trained for the reality singing show. She also appeared in NDTV Imagine's reality show Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka as a judge for the folk-singers team Maati ke laal

Playback Singing

Arun has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few in South Indian languages like Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song till date has been Choli Ke Peeche from the film Khalnayak

Khalnayak

Khal Nayak is a 1993 Hindi film produced, written and directed by Subhash Ghai. The story centres around the escape and attempted capture of a terrorist criminal, Ballu, by Inspector Ram and his girlfriend Ganga. Box office India declared the film a "super hit" at the box office...

 for which she won an award.
She has also sung Tamil song Muthu Muthu Mazhai under the composition of A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

 for the soundtrack to the film Mr. Romeo

Mr. Romeo

Mr. Romeo is a Tamil language film directed by noted director, Ravi who directed En Swasa Kaatre. The film had music by A. R. Rahman. The film starred Prabhu Deva in a double role and his love interests are portrayed by top bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Madhoo with Vadivelu in key role.-...

. Her most recent super hit song is also for A. R. Rahman composed internationally acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

. The song she recorded is Ringa Ringa along with Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...

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Singles/Albums

She has produced several successful singles such as "Vote for Ghagra", which sold more than 100,000 copies had some memorable numbers as Morni, Main ho gayi sawa lakh ki, Mera Assi Kali ka Ghagra, Darudi, Bichuda,Main Raatan Jagi etc.. Her fans await her comeback as she left after her album Haule Haule protesting music piracy and remixes and sexual content in songs. She herself accepted that she is all set to return with an album which is ready.. She recently sang the promotional song Halla Bol for the Rajasthan Royals team in the IPL which became an instant hit. She hails from Rajasthan and sings lots of Rajasthani songs in all her albums and movies.

Acting

She has recently delivered an electrifying performance in the 2008 hit Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga, Akbar's wet nurse, who is also like Akbar's mother. She has also acted in critically acclaimed films such as China Gate

China Gate

China Gate may refer to:* China Gate , a Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi* China Gate , a Hollywood film directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Gene Barry and Angie Dickinson...

, Chingari, Well Done Abba

Well Done Abba

Well Done Abba is a 2010 political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sammir Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau It was based on three short stories: Narsaiyyan Ki Bavdi by Jeelani Bano, Phulwa Ka...

and the most recent Welcome to Sajjanpur. She has also been a part of the early Indian TV Industry, acting in the 1980s Bharat ek Khoj.

Her brothers Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey are ad-makers while her sister Rama Pandey is a BBC journalist and a DD newsreader and Tripti Pandey is a cultural activist, a tourism expert, deputy director, Rajasthan Tourism in Rajasthan.

Discography

• Vote for Ghagra
• Main ho gayi Sawa Lakh ki
• Banjaran
• Choli Ke Peeche Vol 2
• Best of Ila
• Khichdi
• Haule Haule
• Nigodi Kaisi Jawani Hai
• Ila Arun Pop Hits
• Chhappan Chhuri
• Mare hiwda ma

As Actress

• 2010 - West Is West
  West Is West (2010 film)
  West Is West is a 2011 British comedy-drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films.The film...
  
  - Basheera Khan
• 2010 - Well Done Abba
  Well Done Abba
  Well Done Abba is a 2010 political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sammir Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau It was based on three short stories: Narsaiyyan Ki Bavdi by Jeelani Bano, Phulwa Ka...
  
  - Salma Ali
• 2008 - Jodhaa Akbar - Maham Anga
• 2008 - Welcome to Sajjanpur - Ramsakhi Pannawali
• 2006 - Chingaari
  Chingaari
  Chingaari is a Bollywood movie released in 2006. The movie was directed by Kalpana Lajmi who previously directed Rudaali and Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence...
  
  - Padmavati
• 2005 - Bose - The Forgotten Hero - Ranu
• 1998 - China Gate - Mrs. Gopinath
• 1996 - Ghatak - Mrs. Malti Sachdev
• 1994 - Droh Kaal - Zeenat
• 1990 - Police Public - Laxmi, deaf servant
• 1985 - Trikal - Cook
• 1983 - Ardh Satya
  Ardh Satya
  Ardh Satya is a 1983 film directed by Govind Nihalani, his second offering after another angst-ridden movie Aakrosh . The screenplay of both movies was by Vijay Tendulkar, the noted Marathi playwright; this one was based on the short story, 'Surya', by D.A...
  
  - Sneha Bajpai
• 1983 - Mandi
  Mandi (film)
  Mandi is a 1983 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal.The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution, and stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil...
  
  - Bordello girl

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