Baba Sehgal Biography and Career
Rapper Harjeet Singh “Baba” Sehgal is from India. He was popularly hailed as the first rapper from India. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, albums and family of Baba Sehgal so read the article till the end.
He works in media across a number of different languages and is involved in numerous other facets of the entertainment industry. In 2006, he participated in the reality competition Bigg Boss.
Career
His career in entertainment began in the 1990s when he became known as a member of the Indipop movement and issued an album that had regular playing on MTV India.
Since then, he has been well-known in the rap industry with songs like “Thanda Thanda Paani” (which sampled Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” which itself copied Queen’s “Under Pressure”), “Manjula,” and “Dil Dhadke.”
Dilruba (1990), Sehgal’s debut album, was followed by Alibaba (1991). The first commercially successful Indian rap album was Thanda Thanda Pani (1992), which went on to become his biggest popular album and sell 5 million cassettes.
His next albums were Main Bhi Madonna (1993), Baba Bachao na (1993), Dr.Dhingra (1994), Miss 420 (1994) movie soundtrack, Double Gadbad (1994) movie soundtrack, Indian Romyo (1995), Tora Tora (1995), Loomba Loomba (1996), na aariya hai na jaroya hai (1997), America mein indian dhaba (1997), d.j. mix blue (1997), dhak dhak dil in culcutta (1997), A Reason to Smile (1997), meri jaan hindustan (1998), etc.
Short biography of Baba Sehgal
Baba Sehgal, who was born and raised in Lucknow, received his B.Tech. from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, Nainital.
Baba is currently single and had a divorce from her ex-wife Anju. It is rumored that he is in an affair with Ashima Kalra, however, there is no verifiable source for that.
He was the music director of the 1995 film Dance Party, which featured the hit song “Orange kurta peela pajama,” “kapurthala se aaya hoon,” and “tere liye laaya hoon.”
He was the first artist from India to have a song video shown on MTV Asia, which at the time was based in Hong Kong.
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Random biography facts about Baba Sehgal
He currently creates and uploads his tracks to his “Baba Sehgal Entertainment” YouTube account. Aloo ka Parantha, Working Out, and Swacchh Bharat are a few among them.
His song Trump Ka Mania, which backed Donald Trump when he was the Republican contender, became popular.
Alongside Sheeba Akashdeep, Sehgal made his acting debut in the 1998 Bollywood flick Miss 420.
He had two roles in the 1999 television movie Double Gadbad.
He appeared in the 2009 season of the comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar on SAB TV. He had an appearance in Rang Badalti Odhani, a Star One drama serial, in 2011.
He participated in Bigg Boss 1’s inaugural season in 2006.
We hope this biography article of Baba Sehgal will be helpful for you to understand his journey and works.
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