Roopkumar Rathod

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Roop Kumar Rathod
GenresPlayback singer, Ghazal[1]
Spouse(s)Sunali Rathod

Roopkumar Rathod is an Indian music director and

,
Kannada
films.

Personal life

Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod,

Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together they have a daughter named Reewa.[3]

Roopkumar was introduced to music during his early years. His began playing the tabla and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s.[citation needed] He first began playback singing in 1992 with the film Angaar.

Discography

Rathod has appeared as a vocalist on albums from 1999. He has sung songs in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali and Bhojpuri films.[4][5]

The song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the movie Border, became one of the major breakthroughs of Rathod's career.[6] He received his only Filmfare Award nomination to date at the 43rd Filmfare Awards.[citation needed] In addition, he sang the song "Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" for the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.[5]

Apart from playback singing for films, Roopkumar has long played live concerts across the world with his wife Sunali, performing a mix of

Sufi, light classical music, and film songs.[5]

Roopkumar has also performed with the artists

fusion album Beat of Love in December 2001 and the jazz album Broken Rhythms, in October 2004.[8]

In August 2005, the comedy serial Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai featured Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod in one of their episodes that showcased a friendly musical contest.[9]

Roopkumar, along with wife Sonali, won the title of 'Ustaad Jodi' on 'Mission Ustaad',[5] a musical television reality show aired in February 2008, that aimed to create awareness about social causes. Donations were received by the United Nations Charities.[8]

In 2011 he released a sufi album along with his wife Sunali Rathod called ''Kalma''.[10]

Filmography

As playback singer

References

  1. ^ a b "Roop Kumar Rathod". www.bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "रूप कुमार राठोड's biography and latest film release news". hindi.filmibeat.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Vinod Rathod nixes remix funda". Hindustan Times. 15 January 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Roop Kumar Rathod Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^
    ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Anu Malik reveals Javed Akhtar asked for his autograph after he composed Border's Sandese Aate Hai song". Firstpost. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Percussionist Trilok Gurtu talks music". DNA India. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b shail (5 August 2020). "SHRI ROOPKUMAR RATHOD". All About Music. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Genres of music". The Hindu. 1 July 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003.
  10. ^ "Sufi Album- Kalmaa". Archived from the original on 18 November 2011.

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