- Baba Sehgal
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Baba Sehgal
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Harjit Singh Sehgal
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Born =Lucknow ,India
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Genre =Indipop
Occupation = Singer
Years_active =Baba Sehgal is an iconic Indian rapper who was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper [cite news |title=Baba's back with a bang |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Babas_back_with_a_bang_/articleshow/2198541.cms |work=
The Times of India |date=13 July 2007 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] to jump on theIndipop bandwagon, [cite news |title=A sip of Indi-pop |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981118/32252254.html |work=The Indian Express |date=18 November 1998 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India. [cite book |title=Internationalizing Cultural Studies |last=Abbas |first=M. Ackbar |coauthors=John Nguyet Erni, Wimal Dissanayake |year=2005 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |isbn=9780631236238 |pages= |url=http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?um=1&num=100&q=%22Baba%20Sehgal%22%20%2B%22mtv%22&sa=N&tab=ps |format=link to Google snippet |accessdate=2008-10-06] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene [cite book |title=All Music Guide to Hip-hop |last=Hunt |first=Ken |editor=Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush (eds.) |year=2003 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=9780879307592 |pages=p. 427 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wr1lmklsD8QC&pg=PT438&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U2NL2dtJakpPas5Jbtbvl8IMuRb9w |accessdate=2008-10-06] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice), [cite book |title=Field Work |last=Garber |first=Marjorie |coauthors=Paul B. Franklin, Rebecca L. Walkowitz |year=1996 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415914543 |pages=p. 58 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H2zAcuKobu4C&pg=PA58&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3IjJAdHdrHdJ59pQSTh4nbE8R-sw |accessdate=2008-10-06] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'. [cite news |title=Baba unplugged |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/01/stories/2008030151510400.htm |work=The Hindu |date=1 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ]Background
He was an engineer prior to jumping into music as a career. [cite news |title=Baba Sehgal is back as movie villain |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/16441.html |work=IndiaGlitz |date=25 August 2005 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] He had the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia [cite news |title=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. |url=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 |work=
Los Angeles Times |date=26 December 1994 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).He has released 22 albums till now, [cite web |title=Baba Sehgal |url=http://www.watchindia.tv/seo.aspx?talent=188 |work=WatchIndia |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] though they haven't all met with the same level of commercial success. He released "Dilruba" (1990), [cite news |title=Arre Baba, he's back! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/22423.cms |work=
The Times of India |date=14 June 2003 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] "Alibaba" (1991), [cite book |title=Cultures of the Commonwealth |last= |first= |year=1998 |publisher=Université de Cergy-Pontoise |isbn= |pages=p. 11 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkBnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22alibaba%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=2008-10-06] "Thanda Thanda Pani" (1992), [cite news |title=Baba unplugged |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/03/05/stories/2008030550540100.htm |work=The Hindu |date=5 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] "Main bhi Madonna" (1993) [cite book |title=Globalization |last=Robertson |first=Roland |coauthors=Kathleen E. White |year=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780415302227 |pages=p. 234 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrwysvL0jssC&pg=PA234&dq=%22Baba+Sehgal%22+%2B%22madonna%22&num=100&sig=ACfU3U3RuLxwOcq80kqOCRtRwUhac-dUMA |accessdate=2008-10-06] and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albms himself. He was the music director of he movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama.." [cite web |title=Dance Party |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/6020/index.html |work=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=2008-10-06]He made a one time acting appearance as the main lead (hero) of the Bollywood film "Miss 420". [cite news |title=Trailer |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980123/02350734.html |work=
Indian Express |date=23 January 1998 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] Before this he hosted the TV show "Superhit Muqabla" which was aired on DD2 at primetime. [cite news |title=Baba Sehgal is back |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/21/stories/2005052101320400.htm |work=The Hindu |date=21 May 2005 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] He has also worked as a stage performer [cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1281831.cms |work=The Times of India |date=1 November 2005 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] and a model.He was in New York from 2001 to 2005 [cite news |title=Baba Sehgal comes back in a new avatar |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082604800200.htm |work=
The Hindu |date=26 August 2005 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai', [cite news |title=Welcome To Mumbai - Baba Saigal |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/albumreview/3109.html |work=IndiaGlitz |date=8 January 2007 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ] which was his 22nd and latest music album.He also directed the music for the
Bollywood film 'Bhoot Uncle'. [cite news |title=Straight Answers |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1491490.cms |work=The Times of India |date=15 April 2006 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ]He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on
Zoom TV channel. [cite news |title='Baba and I are like husband and wife' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TV_Buzz/Baba_and_I_are_like_husband_and_wife/articleshow/3050453.cms |work=The Times of India |date=19 May 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-06 ]References
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