Divya Kumar (singer)
{{Short description|Indian playback singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
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| image = Divya Kumar Singer.jpg
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| caption = Divya Kumar
| birth_name = Divya Kumar
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| birth_place = India
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2011–present
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Divya Kumar is an Indian playback singer who has lent his voice in a number of Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu and other language films.{{Cite web |date=4 March 2016 |title=90s music should not be recreated: singer Divya Kumar |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/90s-music-should-not-be-recreated-singer-divya-kumar/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-would-love-to-not-get-typecast-Divya-Kumar/articleshow/22514714.cms|title=I would love to not get typecast: Divya Kumar|website=The Times of India|date=13 September 2013 }}{{Cite web |title=Divya Kumar: My biggest dream is to sing for Shahrukh Khan & A.R. Rahman |url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/divya-kumar-my-biggest-dream-is-to-sing-for-shahrukh-khan-ar-rahman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009160501/https://www.glamsham.com/en/divya-kumar-my-biggest-dream-is-to-sing-for-shahrukh-khan-ar-rahman |archive-date=9 October 2019 |access-date= |website=Glamsham|date=17 June 2014 }}
Early life
Divya Kumar comes from a musical family. His grandfather, Pandit Shivram, was a composer for many regional films in India, and for V. Shantaram's films. His father, Bhagwan Shivram, is a musician and has recorded with RD Burman, Jatin–Lalit and Himesh Reshamiya.His Bollywood break was with Gujraj Singh on the film Tutiya Dil. Since then, he has gone on to sing some popular songs like "Shubhaarambh" for the film Kai Po Che, "Chanchal Man Ati Random" for the film Shuddh Desi Romance, and was featured on "Daingad Daingad" from the film Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania.
He also sang in the Farhan Akhtar starrer movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, singing "Maston Ka Jhund" (music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy).
In 2013, he sang in Finding Fanny and Ghanchakkar, and was a part of MTV India's prestigious 'MTV Unplugged' , which dedicated an entire episode to his hits.
He has also appeared on MTV's other prestigious musical show "MTV Unplugged". He sang in a serial called Satrangi Sasural as a playback singer and the theme music composed by Sachin–Jigar. In 2017 he sung a title song for three international award-winning Rajasthani film Taawdo The Sunlight.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/preeti-jhangianis-first-rajasthani-film-taawdo-wins-a-big-at-riff/articleshow/56668369.cms | title=Preeti Jhangiani wins best actor award for 'Taawdo' at RIFF | date=29 January 2017 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=8 June 2019 }}
Discography
=Hindi=
{{pending films key}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Hindi film credits | ||||
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Song Name ! scope="col" | Composer ! scope="col" | Co-singer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|2012 | Tutiya Dil | "Alakh Niranjan" | Gulraj Singh | |
| Ishaqzaade | "Aafton Ke Parindey" | rowspan="3"|Amit Trivedi | Suraj Jagan | |
| rowspan="4"|2013 | Kai Po Che | "Shubhaarambh" | Shruti Pathak | |
| Ghanchakkar | "Allah Meherbaan" | |||
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | "Maston Ka Jhund" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | ||
| Shuddh Desi Romance | "Chancal Man Ati Random" | rowspan="4"|Sachin–Jigar | ||
| rowspan="7"|2014 | Finding Fanny | "Shake your Bootiya" | ||
| Happy Ending | "G Phaad Ke" | Shefali Alvares | ||
| Happy Ending | "Paaji Tussi Such a Pussy Cat" | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Jigar Saraiya | ||
| Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | "Daingad Daingad" | Udit Narayan, Akriti Kakkar, Pratibha Baghel, Deepali Sathe, Niharkia Sinha | ||
| |Main Tera Hero | "Shanivaar Raati" | Sajid–Wajid | Arijit Singh, Shalmali Kholgade | |
| Shaadi Ke Side Effects | "Harry's Not a Brahmachari" | Pritam | Jazzy B, Ishq Bector | |
| Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami | "Tod De Kataar" | Ram Sampath | Labh Janjua, Ram Sampath | |
| rowspan="19"|2015 | rowspan="2"|Badlapur | "Jee Karda" | rowspan="2"|Sachin–Jigar | |
| "Jee Karda (Rock Version)" | ||||
| Dolly Ki Doli | "Dolly Ki Doli - Title Track" | Sajid-Wajid | ||
| Runh | "Runh fitata fite na" | Sangeet-Siddharth | ||
| Manjhi - The Mountain Man | "Dum Kham" | Hitesh Sonik | ||
| Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 | "Moorakh" | Shaarib-Toshi | ||
| Dil Dhadakne Do | "Phir Bhi Yeh Zindagi" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, Alyssa Mendonsa | |
| rowspan="4"|ABCD 2 | "Sunn Saathiya" | rowspan="5"|Sachin–Jigar | Priya Saraiya | |
| "Vande Mataram" | Daler Mehndi, Tanishka Sanghvi, Badshah | |||
| "Chunar" | Arijit Singh | |||
| "Hey Ghanraya" | ||||
| Hero | "Jab We Met" | Rahul Pandey, Shalmali Kholgade, Jigar Saraiya | ||
| Guddu Rangeela | "Guddu Rangeela (Title Track)" | colspan="2"|Amit Trivedi | ||
| Baahubali (Dubbed version) | "Manohari" | M. M. Keeravani | Neeti Mohan | |
| Monsoon | "Sohni Kudi" | Biswajit Bhatacharjee | ||
| Shaandaar | "Raita Phail Gaya" | Amit Trivedi | ||
| rowspan=2|Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon | "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai (Version 1)"
|rowspan=2|Amjad-Nadeem | Kanika Kapoor | ||
| "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai (Version 2)" | Sukriti Kakkar | |||
| Meeruthiya Gangsters | "Babaji Ka Ghanta" | |||
| rowspan="7"|2016 | Housefull 3 | "Pyar Ki Maa Ki" | Sharib-Toshi | Sharib-Toshi, Nakash Aziz, Anmol Malik, Earl Edgar |
| Airlift | "Mera Nachan Nu" | Amaal Mallik | Brijesh Shandilya, Amaal Mallik | |
| Te3n | "Rootha" | Clinton Cerejo | Benny Dayal, Bianca Gomes | |
| Freaky Ali | " Din Mein Karengey Jagrata" | Sajid-Wajid | Swati Sharma, Wajid Khan | |
| Jai Gangaajal | "Binu Baadar" | Salim-Sulaiman | ||
| rowspan=2|A Flying Jatt
|"Bhangda Pa" |rowspan=2|Sachin-Jigar |Vishal Dadlani, Asees Kaur | ||||
| "Khair Mangda" | ||||
| rowspan="8"|2017 | Who is the first wife of my father | "Eso Jiya Main" | | | |
| rowspan=2|Simaran | " Majaa Ni Life"
|rowspan=3|Sachin-Jigar |rowspan=2|Shalmali Kholgade | |||
| "Single Rehne De" | ||||
| Bhoomi | "Will You Marry Me" | |||
| Fukrey Returns | "Peh Gaya Khalara" | Jasleen Royal | Akasa Singh, Jasleen Royal, Akanksha Bhandari | |
| Flat 211 | "Ek Din Chalegi Saali" | Prakash Prabhakar | ||
| Dil Jo Na Keh Saka | "Band Vyah Da Baje" | Shail-Pritesh | Pratibha Singh Baghel | |
| Lucknow Central | "Kavan Kavan" | Arjunna Harjai, Sukhwinder Singh | ||
| rowspan="16" |2018 | Veere Di Wedding | "Laaj Sharam" | White Noise | Jasleen Royal, Embee |
| Bhavesh Joshi | "Chavanprash" | Amit Trivedi | Pragati Joshi, Arohi Mhatre | |
| 3 Dev | "Ban Dance Mein Kutta" | Sajid–Wajid | Uvie & Shivi | |
| rowspan="2"|Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran | "Thare Vaaste" | rowspan="4"|Sachin–Jigar | ||
| "Kasumbi" | ||||
| Gold | "Jaaga Hindustan" | |||
| Stree | "Kamariya" | Aastha Gill | ||
| Fanney Khan | "Halka Halka" | Amit Trivedi | Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| Paltan | "Paltan Title Track" | rowspan="2"|Anu Malik
|Irfan, Adarsh, Khuda Baksh | ||
| Sui Dhaaga | "Sab Badiya Hain" | |||
| When Obama Loved Osama
|"Muft Ki Mila Bas" |Kashi Richard | ||||
| Loveyatri | "Loveyatri Title Track" | JAM8 | Harjot Kaur, Ana Rehman | |
| Kaashi in Search of Ganga | "Bum Bum Bole Kaashi" | Vipin Patwa | Daler Mehndi, Swati Sharma | |
| Zero | "Issaqbaazi" | Ajay–Atul | Sukhwinder Singh | |
| Halkaa | "Halkaa Ho Ja Re" | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Ankita Kundu | |
| Udanchhoo | "Money Money" | Atharva Joshi | ||
| rowspan=6|2019 | "Gehra Halka" | Jeet Gannguli | ||
| Super 30 | "Basanti No Dance" | Ajay–Atul | Prem Areni, Janardhan Dhatrak & Chaitally Parmar | |
| Dabangg 3 | "Hud Hud" | Sajid-Wajid | Shabab Sabri, Sajid Khan | |
| One Day: Justice Delivered | "Tooh Hila Lo" | Joy-Anjaan | Farhad, Tia Bajpai | |
| Ujda Chaman | "Chand Nikla" | Gourov-Roshin | ||
| Bala | "Tequila"
|rowspan=4|Sachin–Jigar | Jigar Saraiya | ||
| rowspan=6|2020
|rowspan=2|Street Dancer 3D | "Gann Deva" | Sachin–Jigar | ||
| "Mile Sur" | Navraj Hans, Shalmali Kholgade, Vayu Shrivastav, IP Singh | |||
| Angrezi Medium | "Laadki" | |||
| Panga
|"Panga - Title Track" |Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | ||||
| Khaali Peeli | "Shana Dil"
| | |||
| Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari
|"Dauda Dauda" | ||||
| rowspan=6|2021
|"Panghat" |Asees Kaur, Sachin–Jigar and Rap by Mellow D | ||||
| Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai?
|"Wallpaper Maiyya Ka" | | ||||
| Sardar Ka Grandson
|"Bandeya" | | ||||
| Mera Fauji Calling
|"Hum Apne Watan Pe Mar Gaye" | Sajjad Ali Chandwani | | ||||
| Toofaan
|"Star Hai Tu" | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | Himani Kapoor, Siddharth Mahadevan | ||||
| Velle
|"Raakh Ka Dariya" | | ||||
| rowspan="5" |2022
|"Beauty Pe Sity" |Sagar Bhatia |Shivani Bhatt | ||||
| HIT: The First Case
|"Kahani Baki Hai" | | ||||
| Jaadugar
|"Game Ka Prem" |Nilotpal Bora |Nilotpal Bora | ||||
| Bhediya
|"Thumkeshwari" |rowspan=2|Sachin-Jigar |Ash King, Rashmeet Kaur | ||||
| Dasvi
|"Macha Macha Re" |Mika Singh, MellowD | ||||
| rowspan=2|2023
|"Maine Pee Rakhi Hain" | ||||
| Fukrey 3
|"Atrangi Kissa" |Sumeet Bellary |Gandharv Sachdev | ||||
| rowspan="8" |2024
|"Dua-E-Khair" | | ||||
| Kaam Chalu Hai
|"Ram Naam Satya Hai (Unplugged)" | | ||||
| Ae Watan Mere Watan
|"Julia" |Shashi-Suman |Shashi | ||||
| Dukaan
|"Train Song" |Ananya Wadkar, Prajakta Shukre, Meenal Jain, Apurva Nisshad | ||||
| Kakuda
|"Bhasma" |colspan=2|Gulraj Singh | ||||
| rowspan=2|Stree 2
|"Aaj Ki Raat" |rowspan=2|Sachin-Jigar | ||||
| "Aayi Nahi" | ||||
| Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video
|"Sajna Ve Sajna" |rowspan=2|White Noise Collectives | ||||
| rowspan=2|2025
|"Nasha" |Jasmine Sandlas, Sachet Tandon, Sumontho Mukherjee | ||||
| Ground Zero
|"Fateh" | |
=Telugu=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Telugu film credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Composer(s) ! scope="col" | Co-Singer(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note(s) |
|---|
| 2013
| Baadshah | "Rangoli Rangoli" | | |
| rowspan="5" |2015
| "Preme Santosham" | | |
| Akhil
|"Akkineni Akkineni" | | |
| rowspan="2" |Bajirao Mastani
|"Mahalinga" | rowspan="2" |Sanjay Leela Bhansali | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Dubbed |
| "Gajanana" |
| Kick 2
|"Jenda Pai Kapiraju" | | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| Dictator | "Gam Gam Ganesha" |Deepak, Sai Charan, Nivas | |
| Krishnashtami
|"Lefto Punjabi Dressu" |Dinesh | |
| rowspan="5" |2017
| "Black & White" | | |
| Jai Lava Kusa
| "Raavana" | rowspan="3" |Devi Sri Prasad | | |
| Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
|"Rayyi Rayyi Mantu" | | |
| Middle Class Abbayi
| "Yevandoi Nani Garu" | | |
| Sapthagiri LLB
|"Are Are Ek Dham" | | | |
| rowspan="5" |2018
| rowspan="2" |Padmaavat |"Jhommani Jhommani" | rowspan="2" |Sanjay Leela Bhansali | | rowspan="2" |Dubbed |
| "Gaji Biji"
| |
| Bharat Ane Nenu
| "Vachaadayyo Saami" | | |
| rowspan="2" |Thugs of Hindostan
| "Vashmalle" | rowspan="2" |Ajay–Atul | | rowspan="2" |Dubbed |
| "Majjare Khudha" |
| 2019
| "Hud Hud" | | Dubbed |
| 2020
| "Title Song" | Sri Charan Pakala | | |
= Gujarati =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Gujarati film credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Song Name ! scope="col" | Composer |
|---|
| 2013
|Happy Family Pvt Ltd |"Title Track" |Chhavi Sodhani Joshi, Advait Nemlekar |
| 2014
|"Peecha Raja" | rowspan="3" |Sachin–Jigar |
| 2016
|"Gori Radha Ne Kado Kaan" |
| 2017
|"Chor Bani Thangaat Kare (Title Track)" |
| 2017
|Colorbaaj |"Janam Janam" |Pallav Baruah |
| 2018
|Reva |"Title Track" |Amar Khandha |
| 2018
|"Color Color Which Color?" |Kedar-Bhargav |
| 2019
|"Andharya Raste" |Rajiv Bhatt |
| 2022
|"Holi Aavi Aavi" |
| 2024
|"Harakhta Malakta" |Siddharth Amit Bhavsar |
= Tamil =
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of Tamil film credits | ||||
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Composer ! scope="col" | Co-Singer(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Naiyaandi | Munnadi | Ghibran | Shweta Mohan |
| 2015 | Paayum Puli | Siluku Marame | rowspan=3| D. Imman | Shashaa Tirupati, Sharanya Gopinath |
| 2016 | Wagah | Sollathan Ninaikuran | ||
| 2021 | Laabam | Yaamili Yaamiliya |
= Rajasthani =
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of Rajasthani film credits | |||
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Film ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | Composer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Taawdo The Sunlight | Taawdo Title | Lalit Pandit |
=Marathi=
- Chumbak – Title Track,
- Youngraad – Arz,
- Ziprya – Alibaba,
- Pyaar Wali Love Story – Jahan Jau,
- Govinda – Title Track,
- Hrun – Title Track,
- Katyar Kaljat Ghusali – Yaar Ilahi,
- Baapmanus- Title Track
- Fatteshikast - Woh Maseeha Aa Gaya
- Unaad – Hori Jayee Re
=Kannada=
=Bengali=
- Beparoyaa (2016) – Poran Bondhua,
- Badsha – The Don (2016) – Dhat Teri Ki
- Chengiz (2023) – Widda
=Albums=
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of musical album credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Song Name ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Co-Singer ! scope="col" | Language ! scope="col" | Composer ! scope="col" | Lyricist |
|---|
| 2021
|Vhalo Laage |Duet |Gujarati |Smit Desai |Sandipa Thesiya |
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