Kavita Seth

Sufi Singer Kavita Seth Born (1970-09-14) September 14, 1970 (age 42), Bareily, Uttar Pradesh Nationality Indian Occupation Playback singer, singer of ghazals, Sufi music Website 1 Kavita Seth (born 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and has formed her musical group, Karwaan Group, a band of Sufi musicians She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition "Gunja Sa Koi Iktara" for the film Wake Up Sid (2009), she also won the Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for the same song, which was one of the biggest chartbusters in 2009. Early life edit: Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, where she was brought up and did her schooling as well as her graduation. After her marriage she moved to Delhi, where she started performing for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan. Meanwhile she also did her post graduation in Music, Sangeet Alankar from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi and received M.A. degree in Hindi literature from the University of Delhi. She received her musical training in Hindustani classical music under N.D.Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Vinod from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan, Khalifa of Dilli Gharanawww.dilligharana.com Career edit: She first started performing at the Khan-kahe Niyazia Dargah, in Bareilly, which soon lead singing in public shows and musical concerts. Kavita specializes in Sufi-style singing though she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows at London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. It was at one of her performance at Muzaffar Ali's International Sufi Festival concert, in Delhi that director Satish Kaushik heard her and offered a song "Zindagi ko Maula", in his film, the Amisha Patel starrer, Vaada (2005), marking her debut as a playback singer. Subsequently she moved to Mumbai, as this was followed by, "Mujhe Mat Roko" in Anurag Basu's Gangster (2006), for which she received rave reviews. Besides singing she also composes music. She has composed three songs in N. Chandra's film "Yeh Mera India" (2009). She has also released private albums, including, Woh Ek Lamha, Dil-e-Nadan both Sufi ghazal albums, followed by Sufi music albums, Sufiana (2008) and Hazrat. Her 2008 album Sufiana, composed of couplets of Sufi poet-mystic, Rumi was released at the 800-year-old Khaman Pir Ka Dargah in Lucknow. Awards and nominations edit: Year Recipient Award Result 2010 Wake Up Sid Filmfare Awards Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" Won Star Screen Award Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" Best New Talent In Music Won International Indian Film Academy Awards Best Female Playback Singer - "Iktara" Won Stardust Award New Musical Sensation (Female) - "Iktara" Won Global Indian Music Award Best Playback Singer (Female) - "Iktara" Popular Singer Of The Year Song Of The Year - "Iktara" Won GR8 FLO Women Award Women Achiever Award Won 2012 Cocktail Big Entertainment Awards 2012 "Tumhi Ho Bandhu" Won Filmography edit: Playback singer edit: Film Year Vaada 2005 Gangster 2006 Wake Up Sid 2009 Yeh Mera India Admissions Open 2010 Raajneeti Raajneeti I Am Trishna 2012 Cocktail Bombay Talkies 2013 Music director edit: Film Year Yeh Mera India 2009 My Friend Pinto 2011 Cigarette ki Tarah 2012 Personal life edit: She has two sons, Kavish and Kanishk, both of whom perform with her. Her husband K.K.Seth died of pancreatitis on 15 December 2011. He was 48.

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