Rekha Bhardwaj is an Indian playback singer. She is the wife of famous Director-Producer-Music Composer Vishal Bharadwaj. She is known in the industry for her distinctive style of singing. She is also very good musician. She is the recipient of 58th National Film Awards

58th National Film Awards

The 58th National Film Awards is presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2010.-Feature Films:Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format but released on a film format or video/digital but certified by the Central...

 for the Best Female Playback singer for the film Ishqiya

Ishqiya

Ishqiya is a 2010 Indian film starring Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Salman Shahid in the lead roles. The film is directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut and is produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bharadwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.Upon release, the...

in 2011.

Career

Rekha Bhardwaj released her first album in 2004 titled 'Ishqa Ishqa' which won critical acclaim. Her songs in Omkara, especially Namak, which were written by Gulzar

Gulzar (lyricist)

Sampooran Singh Kalra , known popularly by his pen name Gulzar , is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindi-Urdu and has also written in Punjabi and several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in...

 and composed by Vishal, won her accolades. She credits both of them with her success. She considers Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...

 her idol.

The song 'Raat ki Jogan' from the album, Ishqa Ishqa was conceived in 1994, almost 10 years before it released, when Vishal Bhardwaj had started composing Baba Bulleh Shah

Bulleh Shah

Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.-Early life:Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan. His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque...

's poetry for Rekha's album. She used to go with Vishal for music sittings with Gulzar

Gulzar (lyricist)

Sampooran Singh Kalra , known popularly by his pen name Gulzar , is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindi-Urdu and has also written in Punjabi and several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in...

 for his movie Maachis where one day Gulzar said he would write the words for Rekha's album.

Selected discography

• 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)

Song: "Darling", "Yeshu", "Doosri Darling"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Raavan
  Raavan
  Raavan is a 2010 Hindi film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles...
  
  (2010)

Song: "Ranjha Ranjha"

Music: A R Rahman

• Sadiyaan
  Sadiyaan
  Sadiyaan is a Bollywood film released in 2010 which stars Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rekha. The story is about a family during the partition of India. The film was directed by Raj Kanwar and it has been distributed by the B4U and known as a B4U MoviesProduction. It was released on Friday, 2...
  
  (2010)

Song: "Waqt Ne Jo"

Music: Adnan Sami

Adnan Sami

Adnan Sami is a British-born Pakistani-Indian- Canadian singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India...

• Veer
  Veer (film)
  Veer is a 2010 Hindi film directed by Anil Sharma, and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff and Zarine Khan. The film, written by Salman Khan, set during the 1825 Pindari movement of Rajasthan, when India was ruled by the British.Veer was released on 22 January 2010...
  
   (2010)

Song: "Kanha (Tuhmri)"

Music: Sajid-Wajid

• Ishqiya
  Ishqiya
  Ishqiya is a 2010 Indian film starring Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Salman Shahid in the lead roles. The film is directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut and is produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bharadwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.Upon release, the...
  
  (2010)

Song(s): "Ab Mujhe Koyi", "Badi Dheere Jali"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Radio
  Radio
  Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
  
  (2009)

Song: "Piya Jaise Ladoo"

Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...

• Kaminey
  Kaminey
  Kaminey is a 2009 Bollywood caper thriller film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj featuring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, and Amol Gupte in his debut film appearance...
  
  (2009)

Song: "Raat Ke Dhai Bhaje"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Gulaal
  Gulaal
  Gulaal is a 2009 Indian film directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Abhimanyu Singh, Deepak Dobriyal, Ayesha Mohan, Jesse Randhawa, Piyush Mishra and Aditya Srivastava. The film explores themes such as pursuit of power, quest for legitimacy, perceived...
  
  (2009)

Song(s): "Ranaji", "Beedo"

Music: Piyush Mishra

Piyush Mishra

Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, scriptwriter.-Early life and education:He spent his early life in Gwalior, where he received his education...

• Delhi-6
  Delhi-6
  Delhi-6 is a 2009 Hindi-language film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Om Puri, Waheeda Rahman, Rishi Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Deepak Dobriyal and Divya Dutta. The film is reportedly based on Mehra's growing up years in Chandni Chowk area of Old...
  
  (2009)

Song(s): "Ghenda Phool", "Aarthi Tumhari"

Music: A R Rahman

• Haal-E-Dil
  Haal-e-dil
  Haal – E – dil, shortened as HED, , directed by Anil Devgan, is a 2008 romance film starring Adhyayan Suman and Amita Patak. Story wise, it was the debut of actor, Adhyayan Suman, who is the son of retro-actor Shekhar Suman. The film deals with issues of the “love within” the human psyche and how...
  
  (2008)

Song: "Haal-E-Dil"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• No Smoking
  No Smoking (2007 film)
  No Smoking's soundtrack was released in September 2007. Lyrics by Gulzar.- External links :* * * * * *...
  
  (2008)

Song: "Phoonk De"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Superstar
  Superstar
  A superstar is a widely acclaimed celebrity.Superstar or superstars may also refer to:-People:* Warhol Superstar, associates of Andy Warhol* WWE Superstar, the term used to refer to entertainers from the WWE...
  
  (2008)

Song: "Aankhon Se Khwaab"

Music: Shammir Tandon

• Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
  Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
  Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - Journey Of A Woman is a 2007 Bollywood film directed by Pradeep Sarkar and starring Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor and Anupam Kher with special appearances by Abhishek Bachchan and Hema Malini...
  
  : Journey of a Woman (2007)

Song: Ehi Thaiyaa Moti

Music: Shantanu Moitra

Shantanu Moitra

Shantanu Moitra is an Indian music director who has composed music for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his score in films Parineeta , Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , "Lage Raho Munnabhai" and 3 Idiots , and private albums, Mann ke Manjeere and Ab ke Saawan sung by Shubha Mudgal.-Early...

• Red Swastik
  Red Swastik
  Red Swastik is a 2007 Bollywood film directed by Vinod Pande..-Plot:Sarika is a single mother who lives in Mumbai with her physically challenged daughter and works as an editor for a magazine. One day she gets a phone call from a female reader who is upset because her submission was not printed....
  
  (2007) (as Rekha Bhardwaj)

Song: "Sadiyon Ke Pyaas"

Music: Shammir Tandon

• Omkara
  Omkara (film)
  Omkara is a 2006 Indian film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles, supported by Vivek Oberoi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Konkona Sen Sharma with a cameo role from Bipasha Basu...
  
  (2006)

Song: "Namak Ishq Ka"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Bachke Rehna Re Baba
  Bachke Rehna Re Baba
  Bachke Rehna Re Baba is a 2005 Bollywood film directed by Govind Menon, starring Rekha, Paresh Rawal, Mallika Sherawat and Satish Shah. The film's plot is inspired by the 2001 American film Heartbreakers.-Synopsis:Rukmini is well into her 40s and still unmarried...
  
  (2005) (as Rekha)

Song: "Dil Churane Wale"

Music: Anu Malik

Anu Malik

Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...

• Maqbool
  Maqbool
  Maqbool , a 2004 Indian film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Pankaj Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tabu and Masumeh Makhija is an adaptation of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare....
  
  (2003) (as Rekha)

Song: "Rone Do", "Chingari"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Makdee
  Makdee
  Makdee , promoted as The Web Of The Witch in English, is a children's film in Hindi directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, starring Shabana Azmi, Makrand Deshpande, Shweta Prasad, and Alaap Mazgaonkar. The film tells the story of a young girl in north India and a alleged witch in a mansion...
  
  (2002) (as Rekha Vishal)

Song: "Chutta Hai"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Abhay
  Abhay
  Abhay means "Fearless" in Sanskrit.* Abhay IFV, an infantry fighting vehicle developed by DRDO* Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery* Abhayagiri Dagaba, an extensive ruins in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka* Abhayamudra, a pose that Hindu gods are often depicted in...
  
   (2001)

Song: "Zingoriaa"

Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...

• Hu Tu Tu
  Hu Tu Tu
  Hu Tu Tu is a 1999 Hindi drama directed by Gulzar. Tabu received a 2000 Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress for this movie.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1999) (music assistant) (as Rekha Vishal)

Song: "Nikla"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Godmother
  Godmother (film)
  Godmother is a Hindi movie directed by Vinay Shukla released in 1999, and ostensibly inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja.-Cast:* Shabana Azmi - Rambhi* Milind Gunaji - Veeram* Nirmal Pandey - Jakhra* Govind Namdeo - Kesubhai...
  
  (1999)

Song: "Goonje Gagan"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Jahan Tum Le Chalo
  Jahan Tum Le Chalo
  Jahan Tum Le Chalo was a 1999 Indian Bollywood film directed by Desh Deepak. The film is a romantic one with music by Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics by Gulzar. This film is the first production of Rishi Films International a venture of Holland based Dr. Anil K. Mehta. The Plot of the film is inspired...
  
  (1999)

Song: "Thak Gayee Hoon"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Chachi 420
  Chachi 420
  Chachi 420 is a 1998 comedy film, made in India and directed by Kamal Haasan who also starred in the film as the main character. Other actors include Amrish Puri, Tabu, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ayesha Jhulka, Nassar and Baby Sana. The Executive Producer is Sab...
  
  (1997)

Song: "Ek Woh Din Bhi"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Maachis
  Maachis
  Maachis is a 1996 Indian Hindi film directed by Gulzar and produced by R. V. Pandit. The title of the film is used as a metaphor that conveys that the youth of any nation are matchsticks that could get ignited due to the deficiencies in the political and policing systems...
  
  (1996) (music assistant) (as Rekha Vishal)

Song: "Bhej Kahaar"

Music: Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, music composer and playback singer.-Early life:Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj, a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and...

• Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi
  Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi
  Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi Kuni Mulgi Deta Ka Mulgi (2012)

Song: "Unn Matalabi"

Music: Abhijit Pohankar

Abhijit Pohankar

Abhijit Pohankar Abhijit Pohankar Abhijit Pohankar (born 29th June 1974 is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He plays classical music on the keyboard.-Early life:Pohankar was born in Mumbai. He was born to Pandit Ajay Pohankar...

Awards

• National Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2011 for "Badi Dheere Jali" from Ishqiya
  Ishqiya
  Ishqiya is a 2010 Indian film starring Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Salman Shahid in the lead roles. The film is directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut and is produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bharadwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.Upon release, the...
  
  
• 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Genda Phool
  Delhi-6 (soundtrack)
  Delhi-6 is the soundtrack album to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2009 bollywood film Delhi-6. A. R. Rahman scored the film, his second collaboration with Mehra after Rang De Basanti and Prasoon Joshi penned the lyrics. The music was released on 14 January 2009 at the Indian Idol 4 competition...
  
  , Delhi 6

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