Suneeta Rao is an Indian playback singer, pop singer and stage actress. She is famous for singing the song “Paree Hoon Main” from the Hindi music album “Dhuan” (1991).
Wiki/Biography
Suneeta Rao aka Sunita Rao was born in Germany on Wednesday, April 5, 1967 (age 56 years; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Aries. As a child, she began receiving Carnatic vocal training from Indian singer PV Shankar. She has also been trained in several dance forms including Bharatanatyam and Jazz Ballet.
Sunita Rao childhood photos
In 1983, she studied at Bombay International School in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. While studying in college, Sunita started acting in stage plays.
Suneeta Rao performing on stage as a teenager
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Dr. DK Rao. Her mother, Komala Sista Rao, is an Indian classical singer and writer. She has three siblings; one brother and two sisters. Her sister Kalpana Rao owns a band called Just Two. Her sister Aarti Rao is a singer. Her brother Narasimha Rao is a guitarist and former visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Sunita Rao and her mother
Arati Rao, sister of Suneeta Rao
Kalpana Rao, sister of Suneeta Rao
Narasimha Rao, brother of Suneeta Rao
husband and children
On October 9, 2008, she married her long-time cinematographer boyfriend Jason West.
Sunita Rao and her husband
The couple has a daughter named Maya.
Sunita Rao and her daughter
Profession
stage play
She has performed professionally in various musical stage productions including “Evita,” “They’re Playing Our Song” and “Grease Lightning.”
music album
She started her singing career in 1989 with the Hindi music album “Senorita”. Some of the songs in the music album include “Chhoo Lein Aasman”, “Kaun Jane”, “Ye Sama” and “Mazaa”.
Suneeta’s “Senorita” music album
She came into limelight with her 1991 Hindi music album ‘Dhuan’, in which she sang the song ‘Paree Hoon Main’. After the song’s success, many media outlets began calling her “Public Pari.”
Stills from the song Paree Hoon Main
In 1999, she released another Hindi music album “Talaash”. Some of the popular songs from the album include “Kesariyaa”, “Deewangi” and “Sheeshe Me”.
tarash music album
Later, she released some Hindi singles such as “Choti Choti Batein” (1997), “Mujhe Pyar Ho Gaya” (2001) and “Vaada Karo” (2018).
Vada Kahlo song poster
TV drama
In 1995, she lent her voice to the title song “Ekk Pal Hai Zindagi” of the Hindi television series “Swabhimaan”.
Play singing
hindi movies
She made her Bollywood debut as a playback singer in 1989 with the song “One By One Koi Bhi Aaye” from the film “Kahan Hai Kanoon”.
Kahan Haikanon(1989)
She has lent her voice to many songs in Hindi films such as Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993), Ek Tha Raja (1996), Laawaris (1999), Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000), and “Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye” (2000). Suneeta has sung in several Hindi songs such as “Catch Me If You Can” in Sapoot (1996), “Kuchh Hamare Pas Hain” in Laawaris (1999) and “O Re” in Aśoka Kanchi” (2001).
tamil movies
She made her Telugu film debut as a voice singer in the film “May Madham” in 1994, in which she lent her voice to the song “Adi Paru Mangatha”.
Stills from the song Adi Paru Mangatha
She collaborated with Indian music director AR Rahman in the film. She has also sung several Telugu songs such as “Bang Bang” in “Bava Nachadu” (2001) and “Adithadi Appatha” in “Samurai” (2002).
Other work
Sunita has also worked as a model. She has voiced roles in many TV commercials including “Wheel”, “Thums Up”, and “Rich Cafe”. Suneeta has performed live at various stage events at national and international levels.
Suneeta Rao performed at the event
Facts/Trivia
- While in school, she participated in singing competitions. From an early age, she wanted to be a singer and performer.
- When she was 16 years old, she was spotted by Indian actor Sanjeev Kohli while performing a musical on stage. Speaking about the incident in an interview, Sunita said,
I was on stage performing “Grease” when I was 16 years old. Sanjeev Kohli spotted me on stage and he came up to me and said, “I want to make an Indian pop album”. At first, I wasn’t interested in Indian pop music and I thought, ‘No, I can’t sing in Hindi, I was in British theater and a performer in, you know, nose-in-the-air stuff. (laugh). But a year and a half later, I woke up. I said, in order to reach the masses, I have to sing in Hindi. “
- After the success of the Hindi song “Paree Hoon Main”, her fans started calling her Suneeta Paree Rao.
- She has a long association with an NGO called Population First. She has been working for ‘Laadli’, an initiative to save the girl child. In June 2014, she participated in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to raise funds for Laadli events.
- In her free time, she enjoys reading and drawing.
- In 2017, she revealed to the media that her song “Paree Hoon Main” was used in a TV commercial for Shah Rukh Khan without her consent. She further stated that her songs were misused and wrongly portrayed in advertisements. In an interview, she said of the incident,
When a well-known brand, a well-known agency and a smart superstar come together to create an ad, it can at best be described as biased, small-minded and insensitive, knowing full well there are a million susceptible people out there Influencers blindly believe and readily accept what is presented to them on their screens, and one wonders if the “influencers” actually care about the influence they have or if this is just a purely greedy business that only cares about making money without considering their social impact . action”.
Later, her song “Paree Hoon Main” was in the news again as some media outlets claimed that the song conveyed a message of child abuse. Sunita, however, denied all such claims and said the song is about female beauty and not child abuse.
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Source: HIS Education