Kuhoo Gupta
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Academic career
She holds an M.Tech Degree in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Bombay and a B.E Degree in Information Technology from Institute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV, IndoreInstitute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV
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. She has worked in the Software Industry
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for 5 years by now.
Music career
Kuhoo Gupta started training in Hindustani Classical MusicHindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
at an age of 11 from Smt. Shobha Bhatt of Jabalpur, MP
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, and started giving stage performances at the age of 15. She also received significant music training from Smt. Aruna Paranjape in her school in Jabalpur. She self trained herself in light music by keenly listening to old and new Hindi Film (Bollywood
Bollywood
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) music and imbibing the intricacies of the same. Later she went on to take classical lessons for a while from Smt. Sudha Patwardhan in Pune
Pune
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. She has also participated in Zee
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SaReGaMaPa in 2003 and 2004.
She has an ability to interpret fresh compositions which helps her create her own identity as a singer. She sings Semi-classical Hindustani Music, Film songs, Independent Music, Devotional songs. Her mother tongue being Hindi, she has sung in various languages including Hindi
Hindi
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, Tamil
Tamil language
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, Oriya
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, English
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, Sanskrit
Sanskrit
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, Marathi
Marathi language
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, Bengali
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.
She began her singing career in 2002 with some Regional Devotional Albums in MP. Then after a break for studies, she returned back in 2009 with an album titled "KavyaNaad" released by HindYugm which had various poems of legendary poets of Hindi literature composed as songs. Then she came up with a solo album of her original songs titled "Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya" in 2010 which had songs in Hindi, Tamil and Sanskrit. Her next album released in early 2011 titled "Mann Jaane - An Odyssey of Love" which got very good reviews specially for the title song sung by her.
She has won the first ever digital music awards from ArtistAloud.com
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(Hungama Digital Media
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Group) in the category "Best Genre - Light Music
Light music
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" for her song "Tujhe Dekha To Aisaa Lagaa Ke". She performed in a unique webcert called "She is a Winner" celebrating Women's Day
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in 2011 along side artists like Hema Sardesai
Hema Sardesai
Hema Sardesai also known as simply Hema, is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi songs.During her career, Sardesai has sung playback songs for over 60 Bollywood films, has released several successful Indipop albums, and has performed numerous live stage shows in almost all the states...
, Sunali Rathod, Sunita Rao, Shibani Kashyap
Shibani Kashyap
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and many more. Her original and cover songs are played on various radio stations in India
India
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, US & Australia
Australia
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. She has contributed vocals to the Anthem for Team India for ICC World Cup 2011 titled "Jeet ka Junoon" which was featured on TV & radio and got viral on the internet.
Her music and her musical journey has been covered by many blogs like "Of Indian Origin", "Lifestyle Blog India, MovieMazaa, vaTvriksha, 2indya.com, Music Business News, ArtistAloud etc and newspapers like Times of India, Hindustan Times, Mumbai Mirror, Pune Mirror, Free Press Journal etc.
Discography of albums
Album Name | Language | Release Year | Label |
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KaavyaNaad | Hindi | 2010 | HindYugm |
Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit | 2010 | ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
Mann Jaane - An Odyssey of Love | Hindi | 2011 | Sonore Unison |
Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul | Hindi | 2011 | Sonore Unison |
Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Sonore Unison |
Beat of Indian Youth | Multilingual | 2011-12 (In Progress) | Musical Mist & KR Music |
Discography of original compositions
Song | Album/Single | Language | Release Year | Composer | Lyricist | Co-Singer(s) | Label |
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Bairiya | Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Hindi | 2010 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | NA | ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
Tujhe Dekha To Aisaa Lagaa Ke | Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Hindi | 2010 | Venkatesh Sankaran | Venkatesh Sankaran | NA | ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
Tum Mile To Meri | Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Hindi | 2010 | Srinivas Panda | Vishwa Deepak | Pradip Somasundaram Pradip Somasundaran Pradip Somasundaran , also known as Pradeep Somasundaram, is an Indian playback singer.-Academic career:He holds an M.Sc Degree in Electronics from the Andhra University Visakhapatnam and an M.Phil Degree in Electronics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappally and is currently working as... |
ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
En Anbe | Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Tamil | 2010 | Kitcha Swamy | Kitcha Swamy | NA | ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
Meditation Piece - Puriya Dhanashri | Kuhoo Kuhoo Bole Koyaliya | Sanskrit | 2010 | Kuhoo Gupta | Traditional Mantras | NA | ArtistAloud.com ArtistAloud.com *ArtistAloud.com : Hungama Digital Media announced the launch of www.artistaloud.com, a digital distribution platform for unreleased music created by artistes. The Website which features songs spanning over six genres, becomes a platform for one to spot music of Independent artists.With... |
Ruaan Ruaan - Cry of the Soul | Single | Hindi | 2011 | Nitin Dubey | Anoop Saxena | NA | Self |
Zeenat | Single | Hindi | 2010 | Satish Vammi | Vishwa Deepak | NA | Self |
Beshak | Single | Hindi | 2010 | Satish Vammi | Vishwa Deepak | NA | Self |
Choolena | Single | Hindi | 2011 | Murali Sankar Venkatraman | Sajeev Sarathie | Swati Kanitkar | Self |
Go Green | Single | English,Hindi | 2010 | Balamurali | Balamurali, Sajeev Sarathie | Juniana Lanning | Self |
Jeet Ka Junoon | Single | English, Hindi | 2011 | Eshwar Ravishankar | Sajeev Sarathie | Deepesh Krishnamurthy, Tara Balakrishnan | Self |
Pabanara | Single | Oriya | 2010 | Srinivas Panda | Saurav Pattanaik | NA | Self |
Kya Haseen Ittefaq | Single | Hindi | 2010 | Nitin Dubey | Nitin Dubey | Unnikrishnan KB | Self |
Prabhuji | Single | Hindi | 2010 | Srinivas Panda | Sajeev Sarathie | NA | Self |
Mann Jaane | Mann Jaane - An Odyssey of Love, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | Rishi S | Sonore Unison |
Mann Jaane (Unplugged) | Mann Jaane - An Odyssey of Love, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | Rishi S | Sonore Unison |
Supari | Mann Jaane - An Odyssey of Love, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | NA | Sonore Unison |
Roshnii | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Kuhoo Gupta | Rishi S | Sonore Unison |
Do Baatein (Solo) | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Rishi S | NA | Sonore Unison |
Do Baatein (Duet) | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Rishi S | Sriram Emani | Sonore Unison |
Kaisi Ratiyaan - Reflections of the Soul | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Kuhoo Gupta | NA | Sonore Unison |
Kaisi Ratiyaan - Reflections of the Soul (Mehfil Mix) | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Kuhoo Gupta | NA | Sonore Unison |
Ankhiyan Mein | Do Baatein - Conversations with the Soul, Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | NA | Sonore Unison |
Rap Incense | Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | Rishi S | Sonore Unison |
Punyaat Thandi Vazli Kaa - Lavani | Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi, Marathi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | Sriram Emani, Rishi S | Sonore Unison |
Ikka Dukka | Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2011 | Rishi S | Vishwa Deepak | Sriram Emani | Sonore Unison |
Kabira | Kuhoo Gupta - The Vocal Vigour | Hindi | 2010 | Rishi S | Traditional (Kabir) | NA | Sonore Unison |
Jo Tum Aa Jaate Ek Baar | KaavyaNaad | Hindi | 2010 | Srinivas Panda | Traditional (Mahadevi Varma) | NA | HindYugm |
Beat of Indian Youth - Theme Song | Beat of Indian Youth | Hindi | 2011 | Krishna Raaj | Sajeev Sarathie | Unnikrishnan KB, Pratibha Parthasarathy | Musical Mist & KR Music |