Tulsi Kumar
Tulsi Kumar Dua (born 15 March 1986) is an Indian Playback Singer who works in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman, film producer and the founder of T-Series Gulshan Kumar and Sudesh Kumari. She has two siblings, Khushali Kumar and Bhushan Kumar.[2]. She is married to Hitesh Ralhan since 2015 with whom she has a son named Shivaay Ralhan.
Tulsi Kumar | |
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 Kumar at Umang 2020 | |
| Born | Tulsi Kumar Dua 15 March 1986 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Playback singer Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse(s) | Hitesh Rakhan (m. 2015) |
| Children | Shivaay Ralhan (son) |
| Parent(s) | Gulshan Kumar (father) Sudesh Kumari (mother) |
| Relatives | Bhushan Kumar (brother) Khushali Kumar (sister) Divya Khosla Kumar (sister-in-law) |
Career
Kumar began her singing career with backing tracks for Bollywood movies such as Chup Chup Ke, Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, and Aksar.
In 2009, her debut album, Love ho Jaaye, was released. Along with the album, Kumar made a music video for the title track. Her song "Mujhe Teri" from the movie Paathshaala and "Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbai became hits. She has worked with Guru Randhawa, Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam, Anu Malik, Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, Jeet Ganguly, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Meet Bros, and Sajid-Wajid, among others.
She sang the song "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" in 2015, through which her sister Khushali Kumar made her screen debut. It is a recreated version of the original song from the movie Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin.
Kumar sang "Soch Na Sake", "Sanam Re", "Nachange Sari Raat", "Ishq Di Latt", "Salamat", "Dekh Lena", "Wajah Tum Ho", "Dil Ke Pass", and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga" in 2016 she also duoed with Guru Randhawa in Enni Soni in 2019.[3]
In May 2020, Kumar released a song during lockdown named Tere Naal along with Darshan Raval. Later She came up with a romantic ballad Naam along with Millind Gaba which won many hearts. In October she released another pop rock romantic song Tanhaai which featured Zain Imam which again has won millions of hearts.
In 2021, Tulsi Kumar released her first latest romantic single 'Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham' sung along with Jubin Nautiyal.[4] The music video features Parth Samthaan and her sister Khushali Kumar.
She will be seen hosting Indie Hai Hum S02 from 13 February 2021.
Personal life
Tulsi Kumar was born as Tulsi Kumar Dua on 15 March 1986 in a Punjabi Hindu family to businessman Gulshan Kumar and Sudesh Kumari.[5] She married Hitesh Ralhan on 18 February 2015 in New Delhi.[6] Divya Khosla Kumar is Tulsi's sister-in-law. She is the daughter of the founder of T-Series, giving her immediate access to India's biggest record label. On 24 December 2017, Tulsi gave birth to a son who was named Shivaay Ralhan.[7]
Discography
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Films
| Year(s) | Film/Album(s) | Song(s) | Music Director(s) | Co-singer(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Chup Chup Ke | "Mausam Hai Bada Qatil" | Himesh Reshammiya | Sonu Nigam | |
| "Shabe Firaaq" | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Humko Deewana Kar Gaye | "Humko Deewana Kar Gaye" | Anu Malik | Sonu Nigam | ||
| "Humko Deewana Kar Gaye – Sad II" | Solo | ||||
| "Tum Sansoon Main" | Himesh Reshammiya | Himesh Reshammiya | |||
| Aksar | "Mohabbat Ke" | ||||
| Tom, Dick, and Harry | "Tere Sang Ishq" | ||||
| Phir Hera Pheri | "Dil Naiyyo Maane Re" | Shaan, Kunal Ganjawala | |||
| Ahista Ahista | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Dil Diya Hai | "Afsana" | ||||
| "Mile Ho Tum" | |||||
| Rocky: The Rebel | "Teri Yaad Bichake Sota Hoon" | ||||
| Zindaggi Rocks | "Meri Dhoop Hai Tu" | Anu Malik | Javed Ali | ||
| 2007 | Aggar | Aggar | Mithoon | Hamsa | |
| Darling | "Akele Tanha" | Pritam | Solo | ||
| "Saathiya" | Adnan Sami | ||||
| "Hasaye Bhi" | Shaan | ||||
| "Tadap Tadap" | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Raqeeb | "Tum Ho" | Zubeen Garg | |||
| Nehlle Pe Dehlla | "Parvar Digara" | KK | |||
| "Dil Naaiyo Mane Re" | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa | "Let's Rock Soniye" | Shaan | |||
| "Sakiya Re Sakiya" | Solo | ||||
| 2008 | Karzzzz | "Tere Bin Chain Na Aave" | Himesh Reshammiya | ||
| "Soniye Je Tere" | |||||
| 2009 | Billu | "Love Mera Hit Hit" | Pritam | Neeraj Shridhar | |
| Jai Veeru | Sufi | Bappi Lahiri | Saim Bhatt | ||
| 8 X 10 Tasveer | "Hafiz Khuda" | Salim-Sulaiman | Mohit Chauhan | ||
| "Kuch Is Tarah" | |||||
| "Aaja Maahi" | Neeraj Shridhar | ||||
| 2010 | Dulha Mil Gaya | "Shiri Farhad" | Pritam | Neeraj Shridhar | |
| Chance Pe Dance | "Rishta Hai Mera" | Adnan Sami | Shaan | ||
| "Pe... Pe... Pepein...." (Duet) | Pritam | Neeraj Shridhar, Master Saleem, Hard Kaur | |||
| Paathshala | "Mujhe Teri" | Hanif Sheikh | Hanif Sheikh, Akansha Lama | ||
| Once Upon A Time in Mumbai | "Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi mein" | Pritam | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | ||
| "Pee Loon" (Female) | Solo | ||||
| Aashayein | "Dilkash Dildaar Duniya" | Shaan | |||
| Kajraare | Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Aaj Ki Sham Ishq Ke Naam Album | |||||
| Action Replayy | "Luk Chup Jaana" | Pritam | KK | ||
| A Flat | "Dil Kashi" | Bappi Lahiri | Sonu Nigam, Raja Hasan, Aditi Singh Sharma | ||
| 2011 | Ready | "Humko Pyar Hua" | Pritam | KK, Pritam | |
| "Meri Ada Bhi (Ishq Ne Mere)" | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | ||||
| Yaara o Dildaara | "Balle Balle Shawa Shawa" | Nitin Kumar Gupta/Jaidev Kumar | |||
| 2012 | Bittoo Boss | "Kick Lag Gayi" | Raghav Sachar | ||
| Dangerous Ishq | "Tu Hi Rab Tu Hi Dua" | Himesh Reshammiya | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | ||
| Dabangg 2 | "Saanson Ne " | Sajid-Wajid | Sonu Nigam | ||
| Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar | "Thodi Der Pehlan " | ||||
| 2013 | Aashiqui 2 | "Hum Mar Jayenge" | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh | |
| "Piya Aaye Na" | KK | ||||
| Nautanki Saala | "Mera Mann Kehne Laga (Female)" | Falak Shabir | Solo | ||
| Zilla Ghaziabad | "Tu Hai Rab Mera " | Amjad Nadeem | Mohit Chauhan | ||
| Dubai | Mere Yaara | Arijit Singh | |||
| Canada Nights | Sab Vaade | KK | |||
| I Love New Year | "Aao Na" | Pritam | Sonu Nigam | ||
| "Halki Halki" | Shaan | ||||
| 2014 | Yaariyan | "Mujhe Ishq Se" | Mithoon | Gajendra Verma | |
| Bindaas | "Tomake Chere Ami" | Habib Wahid | Bengali Film | ||
| You Are My Shining Star | Tera Mera Pyar Sanam (Reprise) | Neeraj Shridhar | |||
| "Judaiyaan (Reprise)" | Taimur Shahid | ||||
| "Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna (Female)" | |||||
| Singham Returns | "Kuch Toh Hua Hai" | Ankit Tiwari | |||
| Creature 3D | "Naam-E-Wafa" | Mithoon | Farhan Saeed | ||
| 2015 | Roy | "Tu Hai Ki Nahi (Unplugged)" | Ankit Tiwari | Solo | |
| Ek Paheli Leela | "Tere Bin Nahi Laage" (Female Version) | Uzair Jaswal (Recreated by Amaal Mallik) | Aishwarya Majmudar, Alamgir Khan | ||
| "Saiyaan Superstar" | Amaal Mallik | Solo | |||
| All Of Me – Baarish | "All Of Me – Baarish" single | Arjun | |||
| Binary Domain | Mere Khuda | ||||
| Bloodstorm | "Jaage Ab Raat Bhar" | ||||
| All Is Well | "Mere Humsafar" | Mithoon | |||
| Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog | "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" single | Arko | Solo | ||
| 2016 | Game Over | "Tumhein Hum Pyar" | |||
| Mill Gaye Heer Ranjha | "Dil Yeh Mera" | ||||
| "Ishq Ho Jaaye" | Pranav Vatsa | ||||
| Airlift | "Soch Na Sake" | Amaal Mallik | Amaal Mallik, Arijit Singh | ||
| Sanam Re | "Sanam Re (Lounge Mix)" | Mithoon | |||
| Sarbjit | "Salamat" | Amaal Mallik | Arijit Singh | ||
| Isteqamat (Pakistani Movie) | "Radhe Shyam" | Shani Arshad, Neeraj Shridhar | |||
| Junooniyat | "Nachenge Saari Raat" | Meet Bros | Neeraj Shridhar | ||
| "Ishqe Di Lat Tadpave" | Ankit Tiwari | ||||
| Wajah Tum Ho | "Dil Ke Paas" | Kalyanji-Anandji (Recreated by Abhijit Vaghani) | Arijit Singh, Neuman Pinto | ||
| Dil Ke Pass (Reprise) | Armaan Malik | ||||
| Dil Ke Pass (Indian Version) | Arijit Singh | ||||
| "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga" | Meet Bros | Meet Bros, Armaan Malik | |||
| "Wajah Tum Ho" | Mithoon | Mithoon, Altamash Faridi | |||
| "Wajah Tum Ho (Long Version)" | |||||
| Tum Bin II | "Dekh Lena" | Ankit Tiwari | Arijit Singh | ||
| "Dekh Lena (Unplugged)" | Solo | ||||
| Team (Pakistani Movie) | "Tum Ho" | Altamash Faridi, Shiraz Uppal | |||
| 2017 | Mera Highway Star | "Mera Highway Star" single | Sanjay Rajee | Raftaar | |
| Noor | "Gulabi Aankhe 2.0" | Amaal Mallik | Yash Narvekar, Amaal Mallik | ||
| Ik Yaad Purani | A Single | Jashan Singh | |||
| Mubarakan | The Goggle Song | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik, Sonu Nigam | ||
| Baadshaho | "Mere Rashke Qamar" (Version 2) | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tanishk Bagchi | Solo | ||
| 2018 | Raat Kamal Hai | "Raat Kamal Hai" Single | Guru Randhawa | ||
| Satyamev Jayate | "Paaniyon Sa" | Rochak Kohli | Atif Aslam | ||
| "Tere Jaisa" | Arko | ||||
| Meet-Tera Yaar Hoon Main (cover) | "Meet-Tera Yaar Hoon Main" Single | Solo | |||
| Paniyo Sa Chill Mix | "Paniyo Sa Chill Mix" | Sourav Roy, Rochak Kohli | |||
| 2019 | Why Cheat India | Dil Mein Ho Tum | Rochak Kohli | Solo | |
| Luka Chuppi | "Tu Laung Main Elaachi" | Tanishk Bagchi | |||
| Kabir Singh | "Tera Ban Jaunga" | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva | ||
| Tera Ban Jaungi | |||||
| Khandaani Shafakhana | Sheher Ki Ladki | Anand-Milind (Recreated by Tanishk Bagchi) | Badshah | ||
| Dil Jaaniye | Payal Dev | Jubin Nautiyal | |||
| Batla House | O Saki Saki | Vishal-Shekhar (Recreated by Tanishk Bagchi) | Neha Kakkar, B Praak | ||
| Saaho | Enni Soni | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | ||
| Ye Chota Nuvvunna | Haricharan | Telugu Film | |||
| Marjaavaan | "Haiya Ho" | Tanishk Bagchi | Jubin Nautiyal | ||
| "Thodi Jagah (Female)" | |||||
| The Body | "Aaina" | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Neha Kakkar | ||
| Pati Patni Aur Woh | "Aakhiyon Se Goli Maare" | Tanishk Bagchi | Mika Singh | ||
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D | Lagdi Lahore | Sachin-Jigar, Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa | |
| Baaghi 3 | Dus Bahane 2.0 | Vishal-Shekhar | KK, Shaan, Vishal-Shekhar | ||
| Phir Na Milen Kabhi Reprise | Shakti Hasija | ||||
Albums / Singles
| Year | Album(s)/Single(s) | Song | Co-Singer(s) | Music | Lyrics | Note | |
| 2009 | Love Ho Jaye | "Radhe Shyam" | Neeraj Shridhar | Monty Sharma | Sameer | Debut Album | |
| "Jis Dil Ko Ishq Ho Jaye" | |||||||
| "Rabba Maula" | |||||||
| "Mere Khuda" | |||||||
| "Jaage Ab Raat Bhar" | |||||||
| "Tumhe Hum Pyaar Na Karte To" | |||||||
| "Woh Raatein" | |||||||
| "Kudi Punjaaban" | |||||||
| "Aaja Mahi" | Neeraj Shridhar | ||||||
| "Jis Dil Ko Ishq Ho Jaye (Remix)" | |||||||
| "Radhe Shyam (Remix by DJ A-Myth)" | |||||||
| "Raba Maula (Remix)" | |||||||
| "Aaja Mahi (Remix)" | Neeraj Shridhar | ||||||
| "Aaj Ki Sham (Lounge Mix)" | |||||||
| 2015 | Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog | "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" | Arko | ||||
| All of Me (Baarish) | "All of Me (Baarish)" | Arjun | Mithoon, Arjun | ||||
| 2016 | Mere Papa | "Mere Papa" | Jeet Gannguli | Manoj Muntashir | |||
| Dil Ke Paas – Indian Version | "Dil Ke Paas – Indian Version" | Arijit Singh | Kalyanji-Anandji (recreated by Abhijit Vaghani) |
Rajendra Krishna | |||
| Dil Ke Paas – Unplugged | "Dil Ke Paas – Unplugged" | Armaan Malik | |||||
| 2017 | Ik Yaad Purani | "Ik Yaad Purani" | Jashan Singh | Shaarib-Toshi | Kumaar | ||
| Mera Highway Star | "Mera Highway Star" | Raftaar | Sanjay Rajee | Raftaar, Khushali Kumar, Mohan Singh | |||
| 2018 | Raat Kamal Hai | "Raat Kamal Hai" | Guru Randhawa | ||||
| 2019 | Nai Jaana | "Nai Jaana" | Sachet Tandon | Tanishk Bagchi | Nirmaan | ||
| 2020 | Masakali 2.0 | "Masakali 2.0" | Tanishk Bagchi (Original by A.R. Rahman) |
Prasoon Joshi (Additional Lyrics by Tanishk Bagchi |
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| Tere Naal | "Tere Naal" | Darshan Raval | Darshan Raval | Gautam Sharma and Gurpreet Saini | |||
| Naam[8] | "Naam" | Millind Gaba | Millind Gaba | Jaani | |||
| Tanhaai | ''Tanhaai'' | N/A | Sachet-Parampara | Sayeed Quadri | |||
| 2021 | Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham | ''Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham'' | Jubin Nautiyal | Manan Bharadwaj | Javed Akhtar
[Additional Lyrics: Rashmi Virag] |
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Awards
| Year | Songs/Album | Awards | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Love Ho Jaaye | GIMA (Global Indian Music Academy Awards) | Best music debut non-film album |
| 2011 | Tum Jo Aaye | GIMA (Global Indian Music Academy Awards) | MTV Hotpick, most requested and played song on MTV |
| Global Indian Film & TV Honor | Upcoming music talent | ||
| 2014 | Aashiqui 2 | Mirchi Music Awards | Best Album of the Year |
| Listeners Choice Album of the Year | |||
| 2015 | Mere Humsafar | IFEFA (International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia) | Best Singer Award |
| Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award | Melodious Voice of the year | ||
| 2016 | Soch Na Sake | Mirchi Top 20 | Gold Disc |
| GIMA (Global Indian Music Academy Awards) | Award for Best Duet | ||
| 2017 | Mirchi Music Award | Listener's choice Song of the Year | |
| IIFA Awards | Playback singer female | ||
| WBR Corp | ICON of the year | ||
| 2018 | International Women's Day Award | Excellence in the field of music |
References
- "Tulsi Kumar got married to Hitesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- "In father's footsteps". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- "Watch: Gulshan Kumar's daughter Khushali makes screen debut with revived 'Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog'". DNA India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- "Watch New Hindi Trending Song Music Video - 'Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham' Sung By Tulsi Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal Featuring Khushali Kumar, Parth Samthaan | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- "Lohri reloaded". The Asian Age. 13 January 2016.
- Bollywood singer Tulsi Kumar's sangeet ceremony – Times of India. The Times of India. (20 February 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- "Famous Bollywood Singer Becomes Mother, Shares First Pic And Name of the Baby". Yahoo Lifestyle. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- "All About Naam - Singer Millind Gaba's First Collaboration With Tulsi Kumar And Jaani". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
