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| show name | Johny Aala Re |
|---|---|
| format | Comedy |
| picture format | 480i (SDTV), |
| runtime | approx. 24 minutes |
| creator | Zee TV |
| director | ?? |
| starring | Johnny Lever |
| opentheme | "Johny Aala Re" |
| country | India |
| network | Zee TV |
| first aired | June 5, 2006 |
| last aired | December 2006 |
| num episodes | ??? |
| website | http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid66 }} |
Johny Aala Re is a Hindi comedy show on Zee TV hosted and produced by famous Indian comedian, Johnny Lever.
Category:Indian television comedy series Category:Zee TV television series Category:2006 television series debuts Category:2006 television series endings
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| background | solo_singer |
|---|---|
| name | Sunidhi Chauhan |
| birth name | Nidhi Chauhan |
| born | August 14, 1983 New Delhi, India |
| origin | Indian |
| instrument | Vocalist |
| genre | playback singing, Indipop |
| occupation | Singer |
| years active | 1996–present |
| spouse | Bobby Khan (2002-2003) |
| website | }} |
Chauhan began to sing at the age of four and was discovered by a local TV anchor. She won recognition through a televised singing contest, ''Meri Awaz Suno'', which she won, and made her entrance into playback singing with the Hindi film ''Shastra''.
Her breakthrough was Ram Gopal Varma's film ''Mast'', in which she sang the hit song, "Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi." She has been nominated for fourteen Filmfare Awards, winning it on three occasions. She has won two Star Screen Awards, two IIFA Awards and one Zee Cine Award.
Recognition first met her in 1996, through the music show ''Meri Aawaz Suno'' — the first such televised contest in India — which was broadcast through the Indian national television channel, Doordarshan. She won the competition and bagged the top prize of recording an album, ''Aira Ghaira Nathu Khaira'', with HMV.
Unluckily for Chauhan, ''Aira Ghaira Nathu Khaira'' was promoted as a children's album and failed to get the recognition it deserved. In 2002, Chauhan herself observed this in an interview:
"My first song and the contest did not help me much. Nothing happened for a while. But by then, I had made up my mind that I will pursue singing as a career."
Chauhan stepped into the world of playback singing with the 1996 Bollywood film, ''Shastra'', after Aadesh Srivastava asked her to lend her voice to the song "Larki Deewaani Dekho, Ladka Deewaana." She followed it with work in films like ''Gang'', ''Veergati'', ''Dahek'', ''Bade Dilwala'', ''Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat'' and ''Samar''. By the age of nineteen, Chauhan had already lent her voice to over 350 songs.
"Whatever I am today, I owe to ''Mast''. I met Sandeep Chowta through Sonu Nigam, and fifteen days later, ''Mast'' was in my lap. I was only sixteen then."
In February 2007, as part of its marketing campaign and launch of Windows Vista in India, Microsoft hired Sunidhi Chauhan to sing the "Windows Vista Song" titled "Wow is Now". This song features English and Hindi lyrics proclaiming the many 'glamorous' features of the Windows Vista operating system.
Chauhan sung for the Hindi-dubbed version of Disney's movie, ''High School Musical'' — songs which were sung by Vanessa Anne Hudgens in the English version. Moreover, she was the singer of the English language song "Reach Out" at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, Qatar.
2008 was a highly successful year for the young singer, as she went on to deliver a huge number of superhit songs like "Chhaliya" (''Tashan''), "Rock Mahi," "Lucky Boy," "Desi Girl" (''Dostana''), "Dance Pe Chance" (''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi''), and "Race Saanson Ki" (''Race''), and which resulted in her winning the "Kelvinator GR8! FLO Women Award 2009" for her contribution to music.
In April 2010, Chauhan joined Anu Malik and Salim Merchant as a judge on the fifth season of the immensely popular singing talent show, Indian Idol 5.
She has also collaborated with Enrique Iglesias, on a song titled as "Heartbeat (India Mix)" which was included on Iglesias' album ''Euphoria'' (Special Indian Edition).
Lyricists she has worked with include Jaideep Sahni, Irshad Kamil, Gulzar, Sameer, Prasoon Joshi, Swanand Kirkire, the late Anand Bakshi and Javed Akhtar; music directors include Bappi Lahiri, A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraja, Yuvan, Himesh Reshammiya, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pritam Chakraborty, Rajesh Roshan, Nadeem-Shravan, Anand-Milind, Vishal-Shekhar, M. M. Keeravani and others.
Chauhan is one of the few female singers of the present generation who have lent their voice for nearly every leading actress in the Indian entertainment industry, including Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Konkona Sen Sharma and more. She has also sung for actresses of yesteryear cinema, such as Rekha. She was the main singer who lent her voice for the comebacks of two leading Bollywood actresses: Kajol, in the movie ''Fanaa'', and Madhuri Dixit, in ''Aaja Nachle''.
In 2007, while discussing Chauhan's popular song "Beedi Jailaile," actress Bipasha Basu (on whom the song was picturised) said, "Sunidhi is a goddess. Her singing is so powerful. She added another dimension to my dancing."
Indian singer, Lata Mangeshkar has called Chauhan "one of the finest young singers." Ironically, Chauhan's item numbers have been said to mark the end of the "squeaky Lata era", a period when Mangeshkar's style of soft voice and classical music were preferred over racy or fast pop songs.
She was a guest RJ for India's Radio City 91.1 FM's new morning show, ''Musical-e-Azam'' where, over her week-long stint, she interviewed the likes of Kunal Ganjawala, Daler Mehendi, Sukhwindar, Adnan Sami and Gulzar.
She completed her schooling from Greenway Modern School, Dilshad Garden.
Chauhan, who believes herself to be "the most versatile singer today," attributes her success to her parents and Indian singer Sonu Nigam. She has cited ''Sadma'' (1983) as her favourite film; gymnastics and cricket as her favourite sports; and Akshaye Khanna and Madhuri Dixit as her favourite actors. Chauhan also loves western music and cites Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson as her inspirations. She has noted that one of her ambitions is to achieve global fame like they did. She is known for her admiration of international divas Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.
After entering the film industry, Chauhan upgraded her wardrobe and lost twelve kilos by jogging and working out. In an early interview, she revealed a "secret dream" of seeing herself as a Bollywood actress, saying, "I have many acting offers too, but I don't want to rush it. Frankly, I would like to do just one or two films to fulfill that secret dream of seeing myself as an actress. But my life is singing and my aim is to keep singing better."
In 2002, at the age of 18, Chauhan eloped with director and choreographer Bobby Khan, after working on the music video for "Pehla Nasha." It was reported that the couple married in a secretly arranged ceremony, attended only by very close friends and vigilantly watched over by security.
Chauhan was initially happy with the marriage. In an interview, she said:
"My in-laws don't make me feel I am 'married'. I don't feel I have stepped into a new house. I am so comfortable. And Bobby is a darling. I am very, very happy."
On the downside, the marriage caused a rift between the young singer and her parents, who considered the union unsuitable and consequently disowned her. However, Chauhan and Khan separated a year later, bringing about a reconciliation between the estranged parents and daughter. Chauhan, who lived with mentor, actor and TV anchor, Annu Kapoor and his wife Arunita during the separation, filed for divorce the same year, citing that she had realized she and Khan "wanted different things from life."
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