Jaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 playback singer

Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...

, who shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes

Remo Fernandes

Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes, more popularly known as Remo Fernandes is a pop/rock/Indian fusion artist and playback singer from the state of Goa, India. His musical work is a fusion of many different cultures and styles he's been exposed to as a child in Goa and in his later travels...

 from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award

Filmfare Best Female Playback Award

The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....

. Her other notable films are Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Bollywood film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff as the main characters. Mission Kashmir follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family gets killed by...

, Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein , is a 2000 Indian Bollywood film directed by Aditya Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles, along with six young debutantes. Aishwarya Rai appeared in flashbacks as Khan's lover. The movie was filmed at Oxford, England and Longleat...

, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani is a Bollywood film released by Dreamz Unlimited on 21 January 2000...

and Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

. She also a singer of Sufi music

Sufi music

Sufi music is the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets, like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.Qawwali is the most well known form of Sufi music, common in India and Pakistan...

, and as well as Gurbani and other Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

 religious music

Sikh music

See also KirtanSikh music began in the 16th century as the musical expression of mystical poetry conceived by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak. Following him, all the Sikh gurus sang in the then-prevalent classical and folk music styles, accompanied by stringed and percussion instruments...

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In 2008, she won the title of India's Best Live Performer in the NDTV Imagine

NDTV Imagine

Imagine TV is a Hindi general entertainment channel, owned by Turner Broadcasting System based in Mumbai.- History :The channel was established by NDTV Group under the stewardship of former STAR India CEO Sameer Nair. The channel, was launched in India on January 21, 2008 as NDTV Imagine...

 singing reality series, Dhoom Macha De (2008).

Career

Jaspinder’s career in singing began early. Her father Kesar Singh Narula was a music composer of the 1950s. Initially Jaspindar Narula kept away from film singing and specialized in singing bhajans and Sufiana compositions. She moved to Mumbai a few years later at the advice of noted music director Kalyanji who heard her at the private gathering in Delhi and asked his son and music director, Viju Shah, to give her break in films like Master, Aar Ya Paar and Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998).

She excels in singing folk and devotional songs. She has lent her voice to record numerous music albums for a large number of successful Bollywood films like Dulhe Raja

Dulhe Raja

Dulhe Raja is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Govinda., Raveena Tandon, Kadar Khan, Johnny Lever, Prem Chopra and Asrani.-Plot:Poor Raja opens a fast food restaurant right opposite a five star hotel run by its owner Singhania, earning his wrath. The wealthy hotel owner uses all his influence to...

, Virasat

Virasat

-Film:* Virasat , a Bollywood movie released in 1997, starring: Anil Kapoor, Tabu, & Pooja Batra in the main lead* Virasat , a Pakistani Urdu language movie-Television:...

, Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir

Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Bollywood film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff as the main characters. Mission Kashmir follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family gets killed by...

, Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein

Mohabbatein , is a 2000 Indian Bollywood film directed by Aditya Chopra. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles, along with six young debutantes. Aishwarya Rai appeared in flashbacks as Khan's lover. The movie was filmed at Oxford, England and Longleat...

and Bunty aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli

Bunty Aur Babli , released in 2005, is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Shaad Ali and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Abhishek Bachchan. It was the first film to feature both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan, and featured guest appearances by Aishwarya Rai and Tania...

to name a few.

Personal life

She lives in Mumbai and is married to a Canada-based Indian businessman. She completed her Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in Hindustani classical music

Hindustani classical music

Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...

 from Delhi University in 2008.

Awards

• Filmfare Award
  • 1999: Best Female Playback
    Filmfare Best Female Playback Award
    The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song....
    
    : "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
    Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
    Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Kajol and Ajay Devgan. The film is a remake of the 1995 Hollywood film French Kiss, starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.- Synopsis :...
    
    
• Star Screen Award
  • 1999: Best Female Playback: "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha" from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
    Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha
    Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Kajol and Ajay Devgan. The film is a remake of the 1995 Hollywood film French Kiss, starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.- Synopsis :...
    
    

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