Sukhwinder Singh to perform for TOI's 175 year celebration

From Chaiyya Chaiyya to the Oscar winning Jai Ho, singer Sukhwinder Singh has a diverse repertoire of songs in his professional kitty. Now, this versatile singer is all set to capture hearts of people in Chandigarh on January 18, as part of celebrations of TOI's 175 years.This gala evening will he hosted at Leisure Valley, Sector 10, 7 pm onwards.Sukhwinder, who originally hails from Amritsar in Punjab, has travelled a long way since his professional genesis, and started his journey singing on stage at the age of 8 years. READ: Rekha rocks Jaipur’s 175 years of TOI celebrations In the film industry, Sukhwinder started out as a music arranger in Lakshmikant-Pyarelal troupe. However, his genius mind soon beckoned him to travel the world, UK, US and Europe to broaden his musical horizons and acquire more global music influences.It was on his return that Sukhwinder turned into a hit Bollywood singer, won recognition with Chaiyya Chaiyya from the film Dil Se, music for which was composed by AR Rahman. ALSO READ: Shreya Ghoshal at the celebrations of 175 years of The Times of India in Ahmedabad Though Sukhwinder went on to deliver several successful songs back to back thereafter, his association with AR Rahman always proved lucky. And it was Rahman who roped in Sukhwinder for the song Jai Ho in the Danny Boyle directed Slumdog Millionaire, that won an Oscar in the Best Original Song category. On screen, Sukhwinder's voice is most frequently and most suitably, used for Shah Rukh Khan's songs. Some of his hit songs on SRK include, Chaiyya Chaiyya (from film, Dil Se), Dard-e-disco (Om Shanti Om), Chak De India (Chak De! India) Haule Haule (Rab Ne Bana De Jodi), Marjaani (Billu). Of course, Sukhwinder's versatile voice has also been adapted for other superstars like Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt etc. In recent history, however, Sukhwinder's most memorable song, especially for people of this city that is home to legendary Milkha Singh, (though notwithstanding the film's tremendous national success), remains Slow Motion Angreza from the film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.