Pav Dharia is an Indian-Australian singer-producer who is well-known in the Punjabi music industry, known for songs like “Bewafa”, “Na Ja”, “Zindagi Haseen” and “Bhul Na Javin”. Pav Dharia has gained millions of fans with his music.
Wiki/Biography
Pav Dharia was born on Monday, June 5, 1989 as Pavitar Singh Sandhu (age 34; as of 2023) in Sarwali village, Batala, Punjab, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
Pav Dharia childhood photos
He received his primary education in Batala and then moved to Australia for his higher education. Pav has a degree in engineering. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Weight (approximately): 60kg
Hair color: natural black
Eye color: dark brown
Body Measurements (Approximately): Bust: 40″, Waist: 32″, Biceps: 14″
family and caste
Pav Dharia belongs to a Jat Sikh family in Sarwari village of Batala province in Punjab.
Parents and siblings
Pav Dharia’s father Devinder Singh Dharia is a Punjabi folk singer and mother Sukhwinder Kaur is a family member housewife. Pav Dharia was the only son of his parents.
Pav Dharia and his father Davinder Dharia at wedding celebrations
Childhood photos of Pav Dharia with her mother
Pav Daria’s parents
Pav Dharia (far right) and his father (far left) attend a citizenship ceremony in Australia
wife
Pav Dharia married his long-time girlfriend Baljeet Kaur in 2018. She is a diplomat for a company of laboratory technicians.
Pav Daria and his wife
Relationships/Affairs
Before getting married, Pav Daria dated his wife for a long time.
religion
Pav Dharia follows Sikhism.
Profession
singer
Pav Dharia started his career with the song “Bewafa” which was released in 2012. Vocals, music and video were all done by Pav Dharia himself.
Stills from Pav Dharia’s debut song “Bewafa”
In 2017, Pav Dharia released “Na Ja” which topped the charts and was declared a hit. In addition to singing, he also wrote the lyrics to the song. The song has nearly 550 million views on YouTube.
Pav Dharia’s super hit song “Na Ja”
In 2020, Pav Dharia released ‘Zindagi Haseen’, another successful song in his career. The song is loved across the world for its romantic and soothing style. In the same year, Pav made his Bollywood debut with the song “Funk” in the Hindi neo-noir action thriller “Taish”.
music video director
Pav Dharia has directed many videos of songs such as his own song “Na Ja”, Tegi Pannu’s “Deevana”, Khan Saab’s “Rim Jhim” and Garry Sandhu’s “Pabb Hauli”.
Song Directed by Pav Dharia
Awards and nominations
- Pav Dharia won the PTC Award for Best NRI Music Producer in 2014.
- Pav Dharia is nominated for the PTC Award for Best Non-Resident Punjabi Music Director for the album ‘Red’, which features Punjabi singers Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai and Prabh Gill.
- Pav Dharia was nominated for the PTC Award for Best Music Video Director for Jassi Gill’s song “Pyar Mera”.
- Pav Dharia is nominated for the PTC Album of the Year Award.
- Pav Dharia was nominated for Best Music Director at the BRIT Asian Television Music Awards in 2017.
Favorites
- Singer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Devinder Dharia, Shaukat Ali
Facts/Trivia
- Pav Dharia moved to Sydney, Australia in 1998 when he was only 10 years old.
- Pav Dharia first met his father when he was seven years old.
- Pav Dharia’s father moved to New Zealand in 1989 as a result of Operation Blue Star in Punjab. He subsequently moved to Australia.
- Pav Dharia’s father was a student of legendary Punjabi singer Lal Chand Yamla Jatt.
- The surname ‘Dharia’ was given to Pav’s father by Yamla Jatt as he was from Nandari.
- When Pav first went to Ludhiana, Punjab, to meet Lal Chand Yamra Jat, he accidentally smoked Yamra Jat’s cigarette. He was only five years old at that time.
- Pav Dharia was bullied in Australian school for wearing a turban as a Sikh.
- He makes music albums and teaches himself. Pav also conceptualized and produced the music video for his father’s song “Meri Jhanjar”.
- Pav Dharia’s song “Bewafa” is based on the true story of his girlfriend cheating on him with his friend.
- Pav Dharia is mainly influenced by Imran Khan (Dutch-Pakistani singer), Kam Frantic (music artist), The Weeknd (Canadian singer) and Roger Deakins (cinematographer).
Pav Dharia and Imran Khan (right)
- Pav Dharia’s dream collaboration is Imran Khan.
- Pav Dharia composed Khan Saab’s song “Rim Jhim” in the car while traveling from Jalandhar to Amritsar. The song was a huge hit.
Pav Dharia and Khan Saab (right) while filming the song “Rim Jhim”
- Pav Dharia’s favorite song is “Teri Yaadan”.
- Pav Dharia says that if he had not become a singer, he would have become a psychologist.
- He is a trained pilot and holds a private pilot’s license.
- Pav Dharia considers Punjabi music director Dr. Zeus to be his biggest inspiration in music production.
- Pav Dharia sang the Indian national anthem during the fourth Test match between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2019.
- Pav Dharia loves dogs and often shares photos with his pets on social media.
Pav Dharia and his pet dog
- Pav Dharia enjoys playing and recording guitar.
Pav Dharia plays guitar in his studio
- Pav Dharia enjoys hiking and paragliding during his holiday travels.
Pav Dharia paragliding during vacation
- Pav Dharia is very close to his grandmother, whose photos he often shares on social media.
Pav Dharia and his grandmother
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