28/01/2018
Arijit Singh made his Bollywood debut with Mithoon -composition, "Phir Mohabbat" from Murder 2 , which was recorded in 2009 though released in 2011. [1] The following year, he worked with Pritam for four of his films. He rendered four version of the song "Raabta " in Agent Vinod . [2] He also lent his voice for Chirantan Bhatt in
1920: Evil Returns [3] and for Vishal–Shekhar in Shanghai , where the song "Duaa " from the latter fetched him
Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Male Playback Singer award and was nominated in the same category for "Phir Le Aya Dil " from Barfi! . [4]
Singh rose to widespread prominence with the release of the song " Tum Hi Ho " from Aashiqui 2 (2013). The song fetched him several awards and nominations including his first Filmfare Awards. [5] He worked with Jeet Gannguli for the rest of his tracks in
the album. [6] He further allied with Pritam, singing three tracks for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani . [7] The duo collaborated with Shahid Kapoor , performing "Main Rang Sharbaton Ka " and " Dhokha Dhadi ". [8][9] Moreover, he dubbed for Shah Rukh Khan in the song "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" which was composed by Vishal–Shekhar. Apart from rendering the duet version of "Har Kisi Ko ",[10] the year marks his first collaboration with
Sharib – Toshi and Sanjay Leela Bhansali by singing the song " Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse " for the former and the
semi-classical number , " Laal Ishq " for the latter.[11][12]
In 2014, Singh worked with Sajid–Wajid for the first time, performing two tracks of Main Tera Hero and the song "Raat Bhar ". [13][14] He rendered three re-mixed songs; Amit Trivedi's "Hungama Ho Gaya", [15] Sharib–Toshi's "Samjhawan" [16] and Arko Pravo Mukherjee's "Aaj Phir". [17] The year marks his first collaboration with
Vishal Bhardwaj, Tony Kakkar, Palash Muchhal , A. R. Rahman and Sachin–Jigar . During the year, he sang "Humdard", "Manwa Laage ", " Sun Le Zara ", " Sajde ", two songs of Zid and three tracks of Holiday , to name a few.
