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Baba Sehgal

 
Artist: Baba Sehgal
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  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: World
  • Representative Albums: "Thanda Thanda Pani & Other Hits", "Mai Bhi Madonna & Other Hits

Biography

In India, one performer dominates the rap scene: the Lucknow-born Baba Sehgal. Baba Sehgal's rap is far removed from the sting and grit of Public Enemy, Ice-T, or, to take an example of rap transplanted into another language, French wit MC Solaar. Sehgal's safe, inoffensive pop/rap employs a cutesy-pie image with cheeky Hindi lyrics about hobnobbing with Madonna on the telephone. Interjections of a Hinglish nature (a relative of Japlish, the seemingly dyslexic or random plucking of English words in adverts or on bomber jackets or baseball caps in Japan), like "Five star hotel," "James Bond," "Madonna is a very good friend of mine," abound. Superstardom is his self-professed goal. Despite the transparency of his aims, his is a rare instance of non-filmi success in India. ~ Ken Hunt, All Music Guide
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Baba Sehgal

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Birth name Harjit Singh Sehgal
Born Chandigarh, India
Genres Indipop
Occupations Singer, Actor

Baba Sehgal is an Indian rapper and actor, brought in Lucknow, was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper[1] to jump on the Indipop bandwagon,[2] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[3] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene[4] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),[5] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.[6]

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Career

He has released 22 albums till now,[7] though they haven't all met with the same level of commercial success. He released Dilruba (1990),[8] Alibaba (1991),[9] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[10] Main bhi Madonna (1993)[11], Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama.."[12]. He has the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia[13] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).

He made a one time acting appearance as the main lead (hero) of the Bollywood film Miss 420.[14] Before this he hosted the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[15] He has also worked as a stage performer[16] and a model.

He was in New York from 2001 to 2005[17] and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',[18] which was his 22nd and latest music album.

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film 'Bhoot Uncle'.[19]

He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom TV channel.[20]. In 2009 he was one of the performers on the NDTV Imagine show Dhoom Macha De.

He is currently playing a role in the SAB TV comedy series called Jugni Chali Jalandhar.[citation needed]

Albums

  • Dilruba
  • Alibaba
  • Thanda Thanda Pani
  • Double Gadbad
  • Mai Bhi Madonna
  • Dr Dhingra
  • Welcome To Mumbai
  • Pinga Pinga

Baba Sehgal Movies as Actor

  • Nalaik (2006)
  • Double Gadbad (1999)
  • Miss 420 (1998)
  • Yaaron Ka Yaar (1996)

Tv Serials

  • Superhit Muqabla
  • Jugni Chali Jalandhar

References

  1. ^ "Baba's back with a bang". The Times of India. 13 July 2007. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Babas_back_with_a_bang_/articleshow/2198541.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  2. ^ "A sip of Indi-pop". The Indian Express. 18 November 1998. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981118/32252254.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  3. ^ Abbas, M. Ackbar; John Nguyet Erni, Wimal Dissanayake (2005) (link to Google snippet). Internationalizing Cultural Studies. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631236238. http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?um=1&num=100&q=%22Baba%20Sehgal%22%20%2B%22mtv%22&sa=N&tab=ps. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  4. ^ Hunt, Ken (2003). Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush (eds.). ed. All Music Guide to Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. pp. 427. ISBN 9780879307592. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wr1lmklsD8QC&pg=PT438&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U2NL2dtJakpPas5Jbtbvl8IMuRb9w. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  5. ^ Garber, Marjorie; Paul B. Franklin, Rebecca L. Walkowitz (1996). Field Work. Routledge. pp. 58. ISBN 9780415914543. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H2zAcuKobu4C&pg=PA58&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3IjJAdHdrHdJ59pQSTh4nbE8R-sw. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  6. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 1 March 2008. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/01/stories/2008030151510400.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  7. ^ "Baba Sehgal". WatchIndia. http://www.watchindia.tv/seo.aspx?talent=188. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  8. ^ "Arre Baba, he's back!". The Times of India. 14 June 2003. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/22423.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  9. ^ Cultures of the Commonwealth. Université de Cergy-Pontoise. 1998. pp. 11. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkBnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&pgis=1. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  10. ^ "Baba unplugged". The Hindu. 5 March 2008. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  11. ^ Robertson, Roland; Kathleen E. White (2003). Globalization. Taylor & Francis. pp. 234. ISBN 9780415302227. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrwysvL0jssC&pg=PA234&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22madonna%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3RuLxwOcq80kqOCRtRwUhac-dUMA. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  12. ^ "Dance Party". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/6020/index.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  13. ^ "India's Turning `Asian Kool' Into Very Hot Sounds Pop music: Record chiefs bet the next global hits will be rap monologues tinged with a Punjabi folk genre known as bhangra.". Los Angeles Times. 26 December 1994. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59632961.html?dids=59632961:59632961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+26%2C+1994&author=AMITABH+SHARMA&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=India%27s+Turning+%60Asian+Kool%27+Into+Very+Hot+Sounds+Pop+music%3A+Record+chiefs+bet+the+next+global+hits+will+be+rap+monologues+tinged+with+a+Punjabi+folk+genre+known+as+bhangra.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  14. ^ "Trailer". Indian Express. 23 January 1998. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350734.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  15. ^ "Baba Sehgal is back". The Hindu. 21 May 2005. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/21/stories/2005052101320400.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  16. ^ "Straight Answers". The Times of India. 1 November 2005. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1281831.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  17. ^ "Baba Sehgal comes back in a new avatar". The Hindu. 26 August 2005. http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082604800200.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  18. ^ "Welcome To Mumbai - Baba Saigal". IndiaGlitz. 8 January 2007. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  19. ^ "Straight Answers". The Times of India. 15 April 2006. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1491490.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
  20. ^ "'Baba and I are like husband and wife'". The Times of India. 19 May 2008. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TV_Buzz/Baba_and_I_are_like_husband_and_wife/articleshow/3050453.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

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