Tulsi_Kumar

Tulsi Kumar

Tulsi Kumar

Indian singer


Tulsi Kumar Dua (born 15 March 1986), popularly known as Tulsi Kumar, is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman Gulshan Kumar, the former owner of T Series who also worked as a singer, and his wife Sudesh Kumari. She is also the sister of film producer Bhushan Kumar and actress Khushali Kumar.[1] She also owns Kids Hut, a YouTube channel owned by record label T-Series, featuring children's content including nursery rhymes and stories.[2]

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Personal life

Kumar was born as Tulsi Kumar Dua in a Punjabi Hindu family to businessman and founder of T-Series Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari.[3] Divya Khosla Kumar is Tulsi's sister-in-law.

In 2015, she married businessperson Hitesh Ralhan in Nepal.[4] The couple has a son, born in 2017.[5]

Career

In 2009, her debut album, Love ho Jaaye, was released. Along with the album, Kumar made a music video for the title track. She also sang "Mujhe Teri" from the movie Paathshaala, "Love Mera Hit" from the film Billu with Neeraj Shridhar, and "Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.

She sang the song "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" in 2015, through which her sister Khushali 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 worked with Guru Randhawa in Enni Soni in 2019.[6]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, she released several songs where she collaborated with Darshan Raval on Tere Naal, Millind Gaba on Naam. Her blockbuster single "Tanhaai" was released on T-Series official YouTube channel and has gained over 11 crore views on YouTube.

In 2021, Kumar released the single "Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham" sung along with Jubin Nautiyal.[7] The music video features Parth Samthaan and her sister Khushali. In February 2021, she released a new song "Main Jis Din Bhula Doon" along with Nautiyal which featured Himansh Kohli and Sneha Namanandi.

She was seen hosting season 2 of Indie Hai Hum in February 2021.

Later on, she released her blockbuster romantic hit ''Is Qadar'' sung along with Darshan Raval and the music video features them both.

On 30 June 2021, Kumar and Nautiyal's Amazon Prime Mixtape season 3 was out. The songs in the mixtape were Tera Chehra and Jaan Meri

On 5 October 2021, Darshan Raval and Tulsi Kumar's #ShaadiWalaSong Tera Naam was released. This is the third Collaboration of this duo. The song hit 9 million+ views and was trending on #2 on YouTube Global Charts within 24 hours of release. Fans are giving immense love to this song.

Accolades

Kumar has won several accolades including the International Indian Film Academy award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2017 for the song "Soch Na Sake",[8] Mirchi Music Award – Listener's Choice Song of the Year in 2017 for "Soch Na Sake" from the film Airlift,[9] and Mirchi Music Awards – Best Album in 2020 for the soundtrack to Kabir Singh.[10] She has also been nominated for the IIFA Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 and 2019.[11]

Discography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

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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
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
Tere Naal "Tere Naal" Darshan Raval Darshan Raval Gautam Sharma and Gurpreet Saini
Zara Thehro "Zara Thehro" Armaan Malik Amaal Malik Rashmi Virag
Naam[12] "Naam" Millind Gaba Millind Gaba Jaani
Tanhaai ''Tanhaai'' N/A Sachet–Parampara Sayeed Quadri
T-Series Acoustics "Phir Na Milen Kabhi" (Reprise) Ankit Tiwari Prince Dubey from Malang
2021 Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham ''Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham'' Jubin Nautiyal Manan Bharadwaj Javed Akhtar

[Additional Lyrics: Rashmi Virag]

Main Jis Din Bhulaa Du ''Main Jis Din Bhulaa Du'' Rochak Kohli Manoj Muntashir
Is Qadar ''Is Qadar'' Darshan Raval Sachet–Parampara Sayeed Quadri
Tera Naam "Tera Naam" Manan Bhardwaj
2022 Tumse Pyaar Karke "Tumse Pyaar Karke" Jubin Nautiyal Payal Dev Kunaal Vermaa

Awards

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References

  1. "In father's footsteps". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. Shah, Karan (17 October 2014). "T-Series launches a new YouTube channel for kids". Indian Express. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. "Lohri reloaded". The Asian Age. 13 January 2016.
  4. Bollywood singer Tulsi Kumar's sangeet ceremony – Times of India. The Times of India. (20 February 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "Famous Bollywood Singer Becomes Mother, Shares First Pic And Name of the Baby". Yahoo Lifestyle. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. "IIFA Awards 2017: List Of Winners". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  8. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. "IIFA 2019 nominations: Andhadhun grabs maximum nods, Raazi and Padmaavat follow". The Indian Express. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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