Rahul Vaidya (Marathi:
राहुल वैद्य) (born September 23, 1987, in Nagpur, India) is an Indian singer.
Contents
- 1 Life before fame
- 2 Career
- 3 Aajaa Mahi Vay
- 4 Music Ka Maha Muqqabla
- 5 Jo Jeeta Wahi Super Star
- 6 Discography
- 7 Albums
- 8 External links
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Life before fame
The son of an
engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Vaidya grew up in
Mumbai, where he studied music under Suresh Wadkar
and entered various child talent competitions. While he was a Second
Year Junior College student in Mithibai College, he participated in
Indian Idol.
He also participated in "aao jhoomein gaayein" in his boyhood. A very
talented singer who has been a part of many shows since his childhood.
Career
He finished third on the first season of
Indian Idol.Although
he was hotly tipped to win, Rahul faced his defeat in the penultimate
round, on February 18, 2005. Eight months later, he released his debut
album
Tera Intezar. Sajid-Wajid composed the music for his debut
album. He also sang a duet, "Hello Madam, I am your Adam", with fellow
Indian Idol runner-up
Prajakta Shukre,
and "God Promise Dil Dola" with Shreya Ghoshal in the Bollywood film
Shaadi No. 1. He has also sang the title song of drama "Ek Ladki Anjaani
Si" which airs on Sony Entertainment Television. Other than that Rahul
has performed in live shows and concerts in the United States,
Bangladesh and The Maldives.
Rahul was the male anchor of the
popular show "Jhoom India" on Sahara and was a playback for several
films, such as Shaadi No. 1, Jigyaasa, Hot Money, and Krazzy 4.Rahul won the title of Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, a reality singing show on Star Plus.Rahul would be back in the show to cheer the top 4 contestants in Grand Finale.
Rahul has performed for the famous sankalp group,mumbai in 2010 for navratri replacing
Falguni pathak.
In 2013 Vaidya sung "Be Intehaan"(Unplugged Version) from Race 2
which became his first major hit crossing over 1million views in
youtube after this success the directors of the film makes him sing the
song on-screen like Atif Aslam.
Aajaa Mahi Vay
Rahul has hosted two television shows
Jhoom India on Sahara One & Aaja mahi ve on Star Plus.
Music Ka Maha Muqqabla
In the year 2010, Rahul was declared the winner of another reality show
Music ka Maha Mukabala where he shared the stage with maestro Shankar Mahadevan. Rahul Vaidya is a successful contestant of the singing show
Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus on the Team Shankar's Rockstars
and his team has won the Music Ka Maha Muqqabla contest, beating
Shaan's Strikers in the Finale. He tried to propose Shreya Ghoshal on
national television. He was also dating
Prajakta Shukre the same time.
Due to this reason, he was dumped by both of them.
Jo Jeeta Wahi Super Star
In the year 2008, Star Plus launched their singing reality show
Jo Jeeta Wahi Super Star, which had the winners & runners up of different reality show competing,
Rahul got declared as the winner and was crowned as the first Singing Superstar of India.
Discography
Singles
- Hello Madam(Shaadi No. 1)
- God Promise Dil(Shaadi No. 1)
- Kabool Kar Le(Jaan-E-Mann)
- Ek Rupaiya(Krazy 4)
- Be Intehaan (Unplugged version) (Race 2)
- "It's All About Tonight"(Ishkq In Paris)
Albums
“Tera intezar” was his first successful album. He has two new albums coming out titled Mere Maula and Mere Sun. He
has sung for a song kero mama in the album 'Burn d dance floor'.
External links
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