Kevha tari pahate roop kumar rathod biography
Roopkumar Rathod
Indian musician
Musical artist
Roopkumar Rathod is an Indian music director and playback singer and Indian pop singer.[1] He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films.
Personal life
Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod,[2] a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, music composer Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod.
Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together they have a daughter named Reewa.[3]
Roopkumar was introduced to music during his early years.
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Discography
Rathod has appeared as a vocalist on albums from He has sung songs in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali and Bhojpuri films.[4][5]
The song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the movie Border, became one of the major breakthroughs of Rathod's career.[6] He received his only Filmfare Award nomination to date at the 43rd Filmfare Awards.[citation needed] In addition, he sang the song "Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" for the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[5] and 'Maula mere Maula' for the movie Anwar.
Apart from playback singing for films, Roopkumar has long played live concerts across the world with his wife Sunali, performing a mix of ghazal, Sufi, light classical music, and film songs.[5]
Roopkumar has also performed with the artists Trilok Gurtu, Ranjit Barot and Abhijit Pohankar in fusion concerts.[7] He and Gurtu released the fusion album Beat of Love in December and the jazz album Broken Rhythms, in October [8]
In August , the comedy serial Sarabhai vs.
Sarabhai featured Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod in one of their episodes that showcased a friendly musical contest.[9]
Roopkumar, along with wife Sonali, won the title of 'Ustaad Jodi' on 'Mission Ustaad',[5] a musical television reality show aired in February , that aimed to create awareness about social causes.
Donations were received by the United Nations Charities.[8]
In he released a sufi album along with his wife Sunali Rathod called "Kalma".[10]
Awards
Lokmat Sur Jyotsna National Music Award for his contribution to Indian music[11]
He was awarded the "Icon" award at the LokmatSur Jyotsna National Music Awards.[12][13]