Rani Hazarika is a Bollywood playback singer and musician who has recorded more than 1000 songs in multiple languages including Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Oriya, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Kashmiri.
Wiki/Biography
Rani Hazarika was born on Sunday, October 8, 1984 in Guwahati, Assam (age 38 years 2022). Her zodiac sign is Libra. Rani attended Ambari High School in Guwahati. She did her BA in Music (Voice) from Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Lucknow. When Rani Hazarika was 6 years old, she began studying Indian classical music and began performing professionally on stage. She learned the basics of music from her father, Late Rose Hazarika. By the time she reached Class VIII, she became very popular in Assam for her voice. She studied music professionally under the tutelage of Santhosh Pandit and Jaspinder Narula (Bollywood playback singer). After receiving professional training, she began recording songs. She has also worked as a playback singer in many Assamese films and albums.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: light brown
Eye color: light brown
Body measurements (approximately): 34-30-34
family
Rani Hazarika was born into a family of Muslim Assamese musicians in Guwahati, Assam.
Parents and siblings
Her father, Late Rose Hazarika, was an artist in the song and drama department of Information Radio. Her mother’s name is Marina Hazarika. Rani Hazarika is the youngest of four sisters. The names of her two sisters are Sahnaz Ara Begum and Sabnam Begum. Rani said in an interview that she has always considered her parents as her role models.
Rani Hazarika’s photos of her parents before her father passed away
husband and children
Rani Hazarika is married to Jaan Nissar Lone, a Bollywood music director and producer. Jaan Nissar Lone is a Kashmiri and was born in Baramulla, J&K. They both have a son named Raah Nissar Lone.
Rani Hazarika family photos
Profession
Movie
song
Hindi
Rani Hazarika made her Bollywood debut in the film Jab we met (2007) and acted in the film Kareena Kapoor’s The heroine voices. She then went on to dub for many popular Hindi songs, including “Kammo” in the film “Department” (2012) and “Sarkar” in the film “Udanchhoo” (2018). Rani Hazarika is popular for singing the Hindi song “Nas Nas Mein” in the 2015 multi-starrer film “Welcome Back”. Other singers include Meet Bros and Shabab Sabri. Rani Hazarika has acted in over 25 films and was the dubbing singer for the Hindi song “Mera Yaar Thanedaar” in the film “18.11: A Code of Secrecy” (2014) and in the film Jeena isi ka hai as the dubbing singer of “Kaagaz si Hai Zindagi” in naam (2017), “UP Ka Barsola” in the movie “9 O’Clock” (2017).
punjabi
In 2009, Rani lent her voice to a folk song in the Punjabi film EK – The Power of One, starring Bobby Deol.
telugu
Rani also sang in a Telugu film titled Yeh Kaisa Karz (Boss) in 2006.
tamil
In 2022, Rani Hazarika got an opportunity to dub a song in the Tamil film Victim.
reality tv competition
At the age of 23, Rani Hazarika auditioned for the third season of Indian Idol. She sang the Hindi song “Kaisi Paheli Zindgani” and it reached the top 30 list.
Rani Hazarika during the auditions for Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007
Despite already being involved in the Indian music industry, Rani participated in the Indian reality singing TV show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” in 2010 and made it to the top 8 finals. Rani appeared as one of the finalists in the popular Indian Amul Star Voices. Apart from these competitions, Rani has also participated in many television music reality shows including Singing Superstar (2010), Rock The Dhun Voice of Mumbai and Bollywood Club on Zoom TV.
AR Music Studio – Rani Hazarika’s music label
In 2014, Rani Hazarika and her husband Jaan Nissar Lone founded AR Music Studios, Jammu and Kashmir’s first international music label in Mumbai, with a catalog of over 3,000 mainstream songs. Most of the music videos produced by AR Music Studio are shot in Kashmir.
Kashmiri songs
In 2022, AR Music Studio produced Kashmiri songs like Harmukh Bartal, Tamanna- Dua, Durey’r. All the songs produced by AR Music Studio are sung by Rani herself and her husband Jaan Nissar Lone. Other Kashmiri songs they have produced are “Teri Yaad” (2021), “Bandeya” (2020), “Rouvmut Dildar” (2020), “Ya Nabi Salam Alayka” (2020), “Fariyaad” (2019), “Maenzi” Raath” (2018), “Jugni-Folk Song” (2017), “Peer Myanio” (2016). Rani’s song “Salam E Wazwane” (2019) was highly acclaimed by the Kashmiri audience.
Rani Hazarika appears on the cover of the song “Salam E Wazwane” (2019) sung by her
Hindi
Rani Gazarika has performed a cover song of “Tu Meri Zindagi Hai”, which was originally sung by Kumar Sanu in 2021.
Rani Hazarika also lent her voice to the song “Naina Huve Bawre” in 2017.
Rani Hazarika on the cover of her song ‘Naina huve bawre’
2022, Malanga -Sab Se Unchi Yaar Faqeeri Hindi Songs
Rani Hazarika (left) appears on the official poster of the Hindi song “Malanga -Sab Se Unchi Yaar Faqeeri”
On March 29, 2021, Rani Hazarika released a romantic song “Rang Rasiya” based on Holi with singer Jaan Nissar Lone.
Holi song “Rang Rasiya” by Rani Hazarika and Jaan Nissaar Lone (2021)
In 2018, she sang the Hindi songs “Tu Hai Kahan” and Dil Toot gya.
Assamese
The song “Duchko Japau Jetiya” is an Assamese song sung by Rani Hazarika.
Cover of Rani Hazarika’s Assamese song “Duchko Japau Jetiya”
punjabi
In 2022, Rani Hazarika sang a Punjabi song titled “Meri Zindagi”.
Music Director
Rani Hazarika also worked as the music director and singer in the Hindi short film “Token” released in 2019.
Awards
- Dada Saheb Phalke Excellence Award (2018) Best Versatile Singer
Rani Hazarika wins Dada Saheb Phalke Award after being crowned ‘All-round Singer’ in 2018
- Dada Saheb Phalke Film Yatra Awards Excellence Award (2019)
Dada Saheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 winner Rani Hazarika holding the trophy
- Won the prestigious Kundanlal Saigal National Award at J&K International Film Festival, Pune
Rani Hazarika was honored with the first Late Kundan Lal Award in 2022 by former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Shushil Kumar Shinde KL) Saigal Award
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav wins Best Singer Award 2016 for movie ‘Welcome Back’
In Graphics; Rani Hazarika wins Chhatrapati Shivaji Gaurav Award 2016 for ‘Best Singer’
- Kaljai Leera 2018 Soulmate Awards Best Female Singer
Rani Hazarika wins Bollywood Kaljar The Soulmate Award 2018
- Indian Idol Film Awards 2017 Memorable Voice of the Year
Rani Hazarika shares winning photos on social media after winning TIFFA Award 2017
Favorites
Facts/Trivia
- Rani Hazarika is fondly known as Rani Didi and Rani Bhabhi in Kashmir and Assam.
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Rani has been performing on stage since she was three and a half years old.
- In 2006, when Rani Hazarika was a young bidding singer, her father Rose Hazarika offered her a chance to try her luck in Mumbai. According to Rani, her father motivated her to excel in music in Mumbai and if she couldn’t, she could always return to her hometown (Guwahati) where she was already famous. After moving to Mumbai in 2006, Rani couldn’t find a job for three months. She recorded demo audio and promoted it within the company.
- Rani Hazarika said in an interview,
At 3 a.m., I set out from home to audition for Indian Idol (Season 3). I was confident that I would be the first in line, but to my shock, there were already 500-600 people in line. Everyone queued till 3-4pm and Rani stood there, hungry and only carrying a bottle of water.
- At 11:30 pm, Rani received a call from a lyricist named Kumar Ji, asking her to appear in the studio. Without knowing the title of the movie at all, she recorded the song “Nas Nas Mein” in 20-25 minutes. She had already sung a song for the same movie (Welcome Back) which for some reason was removed.
- Rani Hazarika said in an interview that she belongs to the Hazarika dynasty of Assam.
- Rani Hazarika said that she considers Usha Uthup and Jaspinder Narula as her idols.
- Rani’s first live stage performances included the songs “Udi baba” and “Hari Om Hari”, after which she started getting opportunities to perform in music. Rani Hazarika has performed live at various private events and shows.
Rani Hazarika performs live with Sniti Mishra and Jaan Nissar Lone at Sheri Kashmir International Convention Center, Srinagar on January 16, 2021
- Rani has appeared on the cover of Assam magazine.
Rani Hazarika appears in Assam local magazine
- Rani Hazarika has participated in and hosted several serial title songs.
- Rani Hazarika has won around 20 awards (as of 2022), including the Kabul International Khursheed Television Award (2012), Darshnik Mumbai News Media Award (2017), 4th Mumbai Global Achievers Award (2018).
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