Hardavinder Singh Sandhu (born 6 September 1986) is an Indian singer, actor and former cricketer who works in Punjabi and Hindi films.[1][2] His first song was Tequilla Shot, and he gained popularity with Soch (2013) and Joker (2014), which were written by Jaani and music composed by B Praak. Sandhu made his acting debut in Yaaran Da Katchup (2014).[3][4][5] His song "Soch" was remade for the 2016 Bollywood film Airlift.[6] His song "Naah" was remade for the film Bala as "Naah Goriye" with singer Swasti Mehul.[7] He is a notable alumnus of The British Co-Ed High school, Patiala.
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| Birth name | Hardavinder Singh Sandhu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1986[1] Patiala, Punjab, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2021, he made his Hindi film debut with Kabir Khan's sports-drama 83 which is based on 1983 Cricket World Cup. He has since starred in spy action drama Code Name: Tiranga (2022).
Early life and career
editSandhu played cricket for over a decade as a fast bowler, but suffered a severe elbow injury, forcing him to give up the game in 2007.[8] He shifted his focus from sports to singing, took vocal training for eighteen months and performed his first album "This is Harrdy Sandhu" in 2011 composed by V. Grooves.[8] He released the video of song "Tequilla Shot" from album but the song and album didn't perform so well. He was disappointed and decided to leave singing if his next single track did not perform well. He met lyricist Jaani and Music Director B Praak to make the song named "Soch" which was released in 2013.
He is married to Zenith Sandhu who also featured in the song "Backbone".
He made his debut as an actor with Punjabi movie "Yaaran Da Katchup" in 2014. The movie proved to be average. But he kept giving hits as a singer with tracks such as "Joker", "Backbone", "Horn Blow", "Yaar Ni Milya" with Jaani and B Praak, which proved to be big hits.
Later in 2017 he released track "Naah" featuring Nora Fatehi, with lyrics by Jaani and music by B Praak. In 2018 after huge success of Naah, he released "Kya Baat Ay" with the same team, which also proved to be a huge hit. Both songs have since crossed 500+ million views on YouTube individually.
In later years, he released some other tracks such as "Superstar", "Dance Like", "Jee Karda", "Titliaan Warga", which were also hits. He also sang some tracks in Bollywood films such as "Chandigarh" from Good Newwz and "Naah Goriye" from Bala.
He made his Bollywood debut as an actor with sports drama film 83, which is based on India's victorious campaign at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He played the role of former Team India fast bowler Madan Lal, who was an important part of the 1983 world cup winning team.[9][10] In November 2021, he released new single "Bijlee Bijlee", written and composed by Jaani and music by B Praak released by Jaani's music label Desi Melodies. The song along with its hook dance step became viral on Instagram reels with more than 1.4 million reels.[11] In August 2022, Puma signed Harrdy Sandhu as their newest brand ambassador.[12]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Year | Album | Music Director | Lyricist | Label | Notes |
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| 2012 | This Is Harrdy Sandhu | Mr. V Grooves | Various | Sony Music India | Debut album |
| 2023 | Pleasures | Arvindr Khaira | Raj Ranjodh | Harrdy Sandhu and Universal Music | Music video of "Psycho" from album "Pleasures is first music video of india shot on virtual production |
Single
edit| Year | Song | Music Director | Lyricist | Label | Notes |
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| 2012 | Tequilla Shot | Mr. V Grooves | Manu Goraya | Sony Music India | From Album "This Is Harrdy Sandhu " |
| Pehli Goli | Saini | ||||
| Aashqui Te Loan | Vikram Rehal | ||||
| 2013 | Kudi Tu Pataka | JSL Singh | Baljinder Singh Mahant | JRS | with Ammy Virk, Babbal Rai, A kay, Ranjit Bawa, Prabh Gill |
| Soch | B Praak | Jaani | JRS, T-Series | with Himanshi Khurana | |
| 2014 | Joker | ||||
| 2015 | Saah | Pav Dharia | Koki Deep | Speed Records | |
| Without You (Soch) | Vaibhav Saxena, B Praak | Vaibhav Saxena, Jaani | T-Series | An official re-creation of Soch, commissioned by T-Series | |
| Naa Ji Naa | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | ||
| 2016 | Hornn Blow | T-Series, JRS | |||
| 2017 | Backbone | Sony Music India | |||
| Naah | Sony Music India | With Nora Fatehi | |||
| Yaar Ni Milyaa | White Hill Music | ||||
| 2018 | Kya Baat Hai | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | Featuring Carolina Moural |
| 2019 | Yaar Superstar | Meet Sehra | Babbu | Sony Music India | |
| She Dance Like | B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | With Lauren Gottlieb | |
| 2020 | Jee Karr Daa | Akull | Mellow D | With Amyra Dastur | |
| Titliaan[13] | Avvy Sra | Jaani | Desi Melodies | Featured in the video with Sargun Mehta of song sung by Afsana Khan | |
| 2021 | Titliaan Warga [14] | With Sargun Mehta, alongside Jaani with his Shayri Flavour, After the Massive Hit success of song Titliaan this song was the sequel to it | |||
| Bijlee Bijlee[15] | B Praak | Featuring Palak Tiwari[15] | |||
| 2022 | Kudiyan Lahore Diyan[16] | Featuring Aisha Sharma |
Film
edit| Year | Song | Film | Composer(s) | Co-Singer(s) | Lyrics | Label |
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| 2016 | "Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahi" | Tum Bin II | Ankit Tiwari | Neha Kakkar, Raftaar | Manoj Muntashir | T-Series |
| 2018 | "Little Little" | Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se | D Soldierz | Solo | D Soldierz | Saregama |
| "Tu Jaane Na" | Ishqaa | Money Aujla, | Solo | Maninder Kailey | Times Music | |
| 2019 | "Naah Goriye" | Bala | Jaani, B Praak | Swasti Mehul, Sonam Bajwa, Ayushmann Khurrana | Jaani | Sony Music India |
| "Speaker Phaat Jaye" | Total Dhamaal | Gourov-Roshin | Abuzer Akhtar, Jonita Gandhi, Aditi Singh Sharma | Kumaar | Saregama | |
| "Chandigarh Mein" | Good Newwz | Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah | Badshah, Lisa Mishra, Asees Kaur | Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah | Zee Music Company | |
| 2022 | "Ki Kariye" | Code Name: Tiranga | Jaidev Kumar | Sakhsi Holkar | Kumaar | T-Series |
| "Kya Baat Ay 2.0" | Govinda Naam Mera | Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak | Nikhita Gandhi | Jaani | Sony Music India |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2014 | Yaaran Da Katchup | Harrdy Gill | Punjabi | |
| 2017 | Mera Mahi NRI | Sherry | ||
| 2019 | Bala | Himself | Hindi | Special appearance in the song "Naah Goriye" |
| 2021 | 83 | Madan Lal | ||
| 2022 | Code Name: Tiranga | Dr. Mirza Ali |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | ref |
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| 2014 | PTC Punjabi Music Awards | Most Romantic Ballad of the Year | Soch | Won | [17] |
| Most Popular Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Music Video | Won | ||||
| 2015 | PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Debut (Male) | Yaaran Da Katchup | Nominated | [18] |
| Punjabi Music Awards | Most Popular Song of the Year | Joker | Nominated | [19] | |
| Most Romantic Ballad of the Year | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Hardavinder Sandhu". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Goyal, Samarth (15 April 2016). "I was upset when Arijit sang my song in Airlift: Hardy Sandhu". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
Punjabi singer Hardevinder Singh Sandhu aka Hardy Sandhu says he was upset...
- ^ "'YDK'- Treat for Hindi and Punjabi audience". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Vivicam Entertainment celebrates success of YDK Main leads Varun Sharma & Hardy Sandhu". City Air News. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Movie Review: 'Yaaran Da Katchup' is a family laughter riot". santabanta.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
- ^ Khuranaa, Amann (12 January 2017). "B Praak: Our 'Soch' could have done better than Airlift's 'Soch na sake'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "'Bala' song 'Naah Goriye': Ayushmann Khurrana flaunts his sexy side with Punjabi superstar Sonam Bajwa". The Times of India. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b "From sports to singing, his spirit is undying". The New Indian Express. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Pathak, Vedanshi (18 February 2019). "Saqib Saleem and Harrdy Sandhu join the cast of Ranveer Singh's '83". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Parineeti Chopra and Harrdy Sandhu quietly begin shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta's action thriller in Turkey". Bollywood Hungama. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Mishra, Shubhi (26 February 2022). "US girl's violin cover of Harrdy Sandhu's Bijlee Bijlee is winning the Internet. Viral video". India Today. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ mint, Live. "Puma onboards Harrdy Sandhu as brand ambassador". Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Sargun Mehta Stars in Music Video For Titliaan With Harrdy Sandhu, Shares Glimpse on Social Media". News18. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Harrdy Sandhu ft. Jaani's 'Titliaan Warga' is out". The Times of India. 6 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b Raghuvansh, Aakanksha (30 October 2021). "Palak Tiwari And Harrdy Sandhu Set The Stage On Fire In Bijlee Bijlee". NDTV. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Kudiyan Lahore Diyan: Harrdy Sandhu's new song will definitely tempt you to hit the dance floor". The Times of India. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "PTC Punjabi Music Awards 2014 Winners | DESIblitz". DESIblitz. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015 Nominations". The Times of India. 12 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "PTC Punjabi Music Awards 2015: Nominations list". The Times of India. 11 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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