Anupama Raag
{{short description|Bollywood music director and singer}}
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Anupama Raag is a Bollywood music director and singer, born in Lucknow and educated at Bhatkhande Music Institute.
Biography
= Education =
Annupama Raag was trained in classical music at Ustad Gulshan Bharti of Lucknow gharana, and Yogendra Bhat of Gwalior gharana, under the traditional guru-shishya parampara.
= Early career =
She made her Bollywood debut in 2011 with the number "Shalu ke thumke", in the movie Bin Bulaye Barati. The song was composed by Anand Raj. In the same year she sang "Nazar Se Nazar Mile" together with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, in Mile Na Mile Ham. She has sung with Mika Singh in the movie Zila Ghaziabad and with Madhuri Dixit in Gulab Gang.
= Later career =
Raag has produced music for films and albums. She works for Salman Khan productions and Yash Raj Films, and has also composed music for Lucknow Development Authority and the Uttar Pradesh Pride Song for Uttar Pradesh Government. She has also composed jingles for TV Commercials for various brands.
Her album with Mika Singh was called Laal Dupatta. On 21 January 2017, the song "Saware" with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released.
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Awards and titles
She received the "Yash Bharati" Award by Uttar Pradesh government for 2016–2017.{{cite web|url=https://m.patrika.com/news/lucknow/list-of-winners-of-yash-bharti-award-2016-1427235|title=नसीरुद्दीन शाह, अनुपमा राग, मनोज मुंतशिर समेत 54 को यश भारती सम्मान, देखें पूरी लिस्ट|website=patrika.com|accessdate=10 March 2018|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202745/https://m.patrika.com/news/lucknow/list-of-winners-of-yash-bharti-award-2016-1427235/|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
= Singer =
| class="wikitable"
!Song !Film Title !Music Director !Year |
| Rangi Saari Gulabi
|Gulaab Gang |Soumik Sen |2014 |
| Shalu Ke Thumke
|Bin Bulaye Baraati |Anand Raj Anand |2011 |
| Nazar Se Nazar
|Miley Naa Miley Hum |Sajid-Wajid |2011 |
| Ghaziabad Ki Rani (Baap Ka Maal)
|Zila Ghaziabad |Amjad Nadeem |2013 |
= Music Director =
| class="wikitable"
!Album !Singer !Year |
| Daas Dev
|rowspan="2"|2018 |
| I Love My U.P
|Anupama Raag, Shashi Suman |
| Naina Re
|Anupama Raag |rowspan="3"|2017 |
| Saware
|Anupama Raag, Rahet Fateh Ali Khan |
| Banjarey
|Anupama Raag, Rahet Fateh Ali Khan |
| Laal Dupatta
|Anupama Raag, Mika Singh |2016 |
References
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Category:Indian women classical singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Women musicians from Uttar Pradesh