Suneeta Rao

Suneeta Rao is an Indian pop singer, playback singer, dancer and stage actress, popular for her songs sung in the 1980s and 1990s. Her most famous song is Paree Hoon Main from the album Dhuan (1991).

Early life and career

Rao was born in Germany. She completed her schooling in Mumbai and higher studies at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. During and after college, she acted in many plays such as Evita and musicals such as They’re Playing Our Song and Greased Lightning.

Singing and stage career

Rao began her profession with the melody Suneeta Senorita in 1989. She became famous with the melody “Paree Hoon primary”. She delivered a Hindi pop collection entitled Dhuan in 1991 with HMV, which sold more than 75,000 duplicates, with music by Lesle Lewis. The melody and video of “Paree” from the collection made Suneeta Rao an easily recognized name, driving the press to warmly crown her the “Paree of the Masses”.

Her sole relationship with A. R. Rahman was “Adi Paru Mangatha”, from the 1994 Tamil film May Madham. She delivered a Hindi pop collection entitled Talaash in 1999 with HMV, with music by Ranjit Barot. Two recordings that hit the screen were for the melodies “Dehka” and “Kesariya”, two folksy playful tracks that restored Rao at the highest rated spot. She then, at that point, delivered another single and music video named “Chhoti Baatein” as a component of the Magnasound collection A Reason To Smile on the event of 50 years of Indian Independence. She likewise highlighted in a gathering tune in the collection called “Wajah Muskurane Ki”.

Other than going platinum, every one of the above collections were at the highest point of the Hindi music diagrams. Her collection Ab Ke Baras has lilting, erotic, euphoric music that mixes customary society music with current creation values. Her vocation incorporates melodies from films like Ghulam-e-Mustafa, Dulhan Hum le Jayenge and Kahin pyar na ho jaye. Suneeta Rao additionally has shows in Pakistan and Africa in the offing, as well as a few different undertakings for TV, theater and movies.

She performed for NDTV in 2008. Rao composed and recorded a hymn melody for an Earth-wide temperature boost. This was for a mission started by the ICAI and GYAAN called “Planet alert”. The tune sent off the mission in a radiothon that was circulated from 5 June 2009 on BIG 92.7 FM! The melody was delivered by Dhruv Ghanekar, and sung by Rao.

Rao sent off her new collection Waqt on 15 July 2008 at the Hard Rock Cafe. These Raag-based contemporary tunes were formed by Rao, with music organized by Nexus, DJ Gaurav Issar and Dudul Saikia. The CDs were accessible in stores under the Crescendo Music mark. The main video was of the tune “Sun Zara”, a melody for the Girl Child, upheld by the UNFPA, to resolve the issue of sex-determination. The video was coordinated by Rachel Reuben, shot by Jason West, and stars Suneeta Rao and driving entertainer Suchitra Pillai. Suneeta Rao gave 12 exhibitions in the NDTV Imagine unscripted TV drama Dhoom Macha De and got the second place grant for the “Dhoom last plug”. In 2005, she acted in an Off-Broadway play in New York called Sidd.

Personal life

Rao is married to Jason West, a cinematographer based in Mumbai. She is actively involved and is the spokesperson of an initiative called Laadli, organized by an NGO called Population First, started by her uncle, Bobby Sista, whose main agenda is “Saving the Girl Child”, population control and other social movements in India.

Discography

• Senorita (1989)
• Dhuan (1991)
• Ekk Pal Hai Zindagi (1995) (Title Song Of TV Serial “Swabhimaan”)
• Talaash (1996)
• Choti Choti Batein – Single (1997)
• Ab Ke Baras (2000)
• Mujhe Pyar Ho Gaya – Single (2001)
• Waqt (2008)
• Vaada Karo – Single (2018)
• Dekha Tujhe To Dil Remake (2020)

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