Tulsi Kumar

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| name = Tulsi Kumar

| image = Tulsi Kumar in Screen Awards 2019 (5) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Kumar at the Screen Awards in 2019

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| birth_name = Tulsi Kumar Dua

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| nationality = Indian

| organisation = T-Series Kids Hut (YouTube channel)

| occupation = {{hlist|Playback singer|radio jockey|musician|actress}}

| years_active = 2005-present

| spouse = {{marriage|Hitesh Ralhan|2015}}

| father = Gulshan Kumar

| mother = Sudesh Kumari

| relatives = {{ubl|Bhushan Kumar (brother)| Khushalii Kumar (sister)|Krishan Kumar (uncle)|Divya Khosla Kumar (sister-in-law)}}

| family = Kumar family

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| background = solo_singer duet singer

| instruments = Vocals

| genre = {{ublist|Pop|R&B|Folk}}

| label = T-Series

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Tulsi Kumar Dua popularly known as Tulsi Kumar, is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman Gulshan Kumar, the former owner of T Series who also worked as a singer, and his wife Sudesh Kumari. She is also the sister of film producer Bhushan Kumar and actress Khushali Kumar.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/02/09/stories/2006020900970200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914032156/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/02/09/stories/2006020900970200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2006|work=The Hindu|title=In father's footsteps|access-date=31 March 2009}} She also owns Kids Hut, a YouTube channel owned by record label T-Series, featuring children's content including nursery rhymes and stories.{{Cite news|title=T-Series launches a new YouTube channel for kids|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/edutainment-is-the-new-way-of-learning/|last=Shah|first=Karan|date=2014-10-17|access-date=2021-10-23|work=Indian Express}}

Personal life

Kumar was born as Tulsi Kumar Dua in a Punjabi Hindu family to, businessman and founder of T-Series, Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/ideas/lohri-reloaded-292|title=Lohri reloaded|date=13 January 2016|website=The Asian Age}} Divya Khosla Kumar is Tulsi's sister-in-law, the wife of her brother Bhushan Kumar (current director of T-Series).

In 2015, she married businessperson Hitesh Ralhan in Nepal.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Bollywood-singer-Tulsi-Kumars-sangeet-ceremony/articleshow/46312105.cms Bollywood singer Tulsi Kumar's sangeet ceremony – Times of India]. The Times of India. (20 February 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2015. The couple has a son, born in 2017.{{cite web|title=Famous Bollywood Singer Becomes Mother, Shares First Pic And Name of the Baby |url=https://in.style.yahoo.com/famous-bollywood-singer-becomes-mother-shares-first-pic-071857909.html|publisher=Yahoo Lifestyle |date=26 December 2017 |access-date=8 August 2019}}

Career

In 2009, her debut album, Love Ho Jaaye, was released. Along with the album, Kumar made a music video for the title track. She also sang "Mujhe Teri" from the movie Paathshaala, "Love Mera Hit" from the film Billu with Neeraj Shridhar, and "Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.

She sang the song "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" in 2015, through which her sister Khushali made her screen debut. It is a recreated version of the original song from the 1991 film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin.

Kumar sang "Soch Na Sake", "Sanam Re", "Nachange Sari Raat", "Ishq Di Latt", "Salamat", "Dekh Lena", "Wajah Tum Ho", "Dil Ke Pass", and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga" in 2016 she also worked with Guru Randhawa in "Enni Soni" in 2019.{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-watch-gulshan-kumar-s-daughter-khushali-makes-screen-debut-with-revived-mainu-ishq-da-lagya-rog-2134641|title=Watch: Gulshan Kumar's daughter Khushali makes screen debut with revived 'Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog'|work=DNA India|access-date=14 October 2015}}

In 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, she released several songs where she collaborated with Darshan Raval on "Tere Naal", Millind Gaba on "Naam". Her blockbuster single "Tanhaai" was released on T-Series official YouTube channel and has gained over 11 crore views on YouTube.

In 2021, Kumar released the single "Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham" sung along with Jubin Nautiyal.{{Cite web|title=Watch New Hindi Trending Song Music Video – 'Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham' Sung By Tulsi Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal Featuring Khushali Kumar, Parth Samthaan {{!}} Hindi Video Songs – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/music/hindi/watch-new-hindi-trending-song-music-video-pehle-pyaar-ka-pehla-gham-sung-by-tulsi-kumar-jubin-nautiyal-featuring-khushali-kumar-parth-samthaan/videoshow/80380581.cms|access-date=21 January 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}} The music video features Parth Samthaan and her sister Khushali. In February 2021, she released a new song "Main Jis Din Bhula Doon" along with Nautiyal which featured Himansh Kohli and Sneha Namanandi.

She was seen hosting season 2 of Indie Hai Hum in February 2021.

Later on, she released her blockbuster romantic hit Is Qadar sung along with Darshan Raval and the music video features them both.

On 30 June 2021, Kumar and Nautiyal's Amazon Prime Mixtape season 3 was out. The songs in the mixtape were "Tera Chehra" and "Jaan Meri'.

On 5 October 2021, Raval and Kumar's "Tera Naam" (marketed under the #Shaadi WalaSong) was released. This is the third collaboration of this duo. The song hit 9 million views and was trending on #2 on YouTube Global Charts within 24 hours of release.

Accolades

Kumar has won several accolades including the International Indian Film Academy award for Best Female Playback Singer and the Mirchi Music Award – Listener's Choice Song of the Year in 2017 for the song "Soch Na Sake" from the film Airlift,{{Cite web|title=IIFA Awards 2017: List Of Winners|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/18th-iifa-awards-2017-list-of-winners-1725332|access-date=2021-06-24|website=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web|title=MMA Mirchi Music Awards|url=https://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2016/Winners/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards}} and Mirchi Music Awards – Best Album in 2020 for the soundtrack to Kabir Singh.{{Cite web|title=MMA Mirchi Music Awards|url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2020/nominations-hindi-2020/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards}} She has also been nominated for the IIFA Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 and 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-28|title=IIFA 2019 nominations: Andhadhun grabs maximum nods, Raazi and Padmaavat follow|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/iifa-2019-nominations-andhadhun-tops-the-chart-raazi-and-padmaavat-follow-5944184/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}

Discography

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| Denotes films that have not yet been released

=Films=

style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"\|Year(s) ! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"\|Film/Album(s) ! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"\|Song(s) ! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"\|Music Director(s) ! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"\|Co-singer(s)
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rowspan=13\|2006 \| rowspan="2"\|Chup Chup Ke	"Mausam Hai Bada Qatil"	rowspan="2"\|Himesh Reshammiya	Sonu Nigam
"Shabe Firaaq"	Himesh Reshammiya
rowspan="3"\|Humko Deewana Kar Gaye	"Humko Deewana Kar Gaye"	rowspan="2"\| Anu Malik	Sonu Nigam
\| "Humko Deewana Kar Gaye – Sad II"	Solo
"Tum Sansoon Main"	rowspan=8\| Himesh Reshammiya	rowspan=8\| Himesh Reshammiya
\| Aksar	"Mohabbat Ke"
\| Tom, Dick, and Harry	"Tere Sang Ishq"
\| Phir Hera Pheri	rowspan="2"\|"Dil Naiyyo Maane Re"
\| Ahista Ahista
rowspan="2"\|Dil Diya Hai	"Afsana"
\| "Mile Ho Tum"
\| Rocky: The Rebel	"Teri Yaad Bichake Sota Hoon"
\| Zindaggi Rocks	"Meri Dhoop Hai Tu"	Anu Malik	Javed Ali
rowspan="10"\|2007	Aggar	"Aggar"	Mithoon	Hamsa
rowspan="4"\|Darling	"Akele Tanha"	rowspan=9\| Pritam	Solo
"Saathiya"	Adnan Sami
"Hasaye Bhi"	Shaan
"Tadap Tadap"	Himesh Reshammiya
Raqeeb	"Tum Ho"	Zubeen Garg
rowspan="2"\|Nehlle Pe Dehlla	"Parvar Digara"	KK
"Dil Naaiyo Mane Re"	Himesh Reshammiya
rowspan="2"\|Bhool Bhulaiyaa	"Let's Rock Soniye"	Shaan
"Sakiya Re Sakiya"	Solo
rowspan="2"\|2008	rowspan="2"\|Karzzzz	"Tere Bin Chain Na Aave"	rowspan="2" colspan=2\|Himesh Reshammiya
"Soniye Je Tere"
rowspan="5"\|2009	Billu	"Love Mera Hit Hit"	Pritam	Neeraj Shridhar
Jai Veeru	"Sufi"	Bappi Lahiri	Saim Bhatt
rowspan="3"\|8 X 10 Tasveer	"Hafiz Khuda"	rowspan=3\| Salim–Sulaiman	rowspan="2"\| Mohit Chauhan
"Kuch Is Tarah"
"Aaja Maahi"	Neeraj Shridhar
rowspan="10"\|2010	Dulha Mil Gaya	"Shiri Farhad"	Pritam	Neeraj Shridhar
rowspan="2"\|Chance Pe Dance	"Rishta Hai Mera"	Adnan Sami	Shaan
"Pe... Pe... Pepein...." (Duet)	Pritam	Neeraj Shridhar, Master Saleem, Hard Kaur
Paathshala	"Mujhe Teri"	Hanif Sheikh	Hanif Sheikh, Akansha Lama
rowspan="2"\|Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai	"Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein"	rowspan=3\|Pritam	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
"Pee Loon" (Female)	Solo
Aashayein	"Dilkash Dildaar Duniya"	Shaan
Kajraare		Himesh Reshammiya
Action Replayy	"Luk Chup Jaana"	Pritam	KK
A Flat	"Dil Kashi"	Bappi Lahiri	Sonu Nigam, Raja Hasan, Aditi Singh Sharma
rowspan="3"\|2011	rowspan="2"\|Ready	"Humko Pyar Hua"	rowspan=2\|Pritam	KK, Pritam
"Meri Ada Bhi (Ishq Ne Mere)"	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Yaara o Dildaara	"Balle Balle Shawa Shawa"	Nitin Kumar Gupta/Jaidev Kumar
rowspan="4"\|2012	Bittoo Boss	"Kick Lag Gayi"	colspan=2\|Raghav Sachar
Dangerous Ishq	"Tu Hi Rab Tu Hi Dua"	Himesh Reshammiya	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Dabangg 2	"Saanson Ne "	Sajid–Wajid	Sonu Nigam
Dil Tainu Karda Ae Pyar	"Thodi Der Pehlan "	Javinder Kumar	Arvinder Kumar
rowspan="8"\|2013	rowspan="2"\|Aashiqui 2	"Hum Mar Jayenge"	rowspan=2\|Jeet Gannguli	Arijit Singh
"Piya Aaye Na"	KK
Nautanki Saala	"Mera Mann Kehne Laga" (Female)	Falak Shabir	Solo
Zilla Ghaziabad	"Tu Hai Rab Mera"	Amjad Nadeem	Mohit Chauhan
Dubai	"Mere Yaara"		Arijit Singh
Canada Nights	"Sab Vaade"		KK
rowspan="2"\|I Love New Year	"Aao Na"	rowspan=2\|Pritam	Sonu Nigam
"Halki Halki"	Shaan
rowspan="7"\|2014	Yaariyan	"Mujhe Ishq Se"	Mithoon	Gajendra Verma
Bindaas	"Tomake Chere Ami"	colspan=2\|Habib Wahid
rowspan="3"\|You Are My Shining Star	"Tera Mera Pyar Sanam" (Reprise)		Neeraj Shridhar
"Judaiyaan" (Reprise)		Taimur Shahid
"Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna" (Female)
Singham Returns	"Kuch Toh Hua Hai"	colspan=2\| Ankit Tiwari
Creature 3D	"Naam-E-Wafa"	Mithoon	\|Farhan Saeed
rowspan="6"\|2015	Roy	"Tu Hai Ki Nahi" (Unplugged)	Ankit Tiwari	Solo
rowspan="2"\|Ek Paheli Leela	"Tere Bin Nahi Laage" (Female Version)	Uzair Jaswal (Recreated by Amaal Mallik)	Aishwarya Majmudar, Alamgir Khan
"Saiyaan Superstar"	Amaal Mallik	Solo
Binary Domain	"Mere Khuda"
Bloodstorm	"Jaage Ab Raat Bhar"
All Is Well	"Mere Humsafar (Remake)"	colspan=2\|Mithoon
rowspan="18"\|2016	Game Over	"Tumhein Hum Pyar"
rowspan="2"\|Mill Gaye Heer Ranjha	"Dil Yeh Mera"
"Ishq Ho Jaaye"		Pranav Vatsa
Airlift	"Soch Na Sake (Remake)"	Amaal Mallik	Amaal Mallik, Arijit Singh
Sanam Re	"Sanam Re (Lounge Mix)"	colspan=2\|Mithoon
Sarbjit	"Salamat"	Amaal Mallik	Arijit Singh
Isteqamat (Pakistani Movie)	"Radhe Shyam"		Shani Arshad, Neeraj Shridhar
rowspan="2"\|Junooniyat	"Nachenge Saari Raat (Remake)"	Meet Bros	Neeraj Shridhar
"Ishqe Di Lat Tadpave"	colspan=2\| Ankit Tiwari
rowspan="6" \|Wajah Tum Ho \|"Dil Ke Paas (Remake)" \| rowspan="3" \|Kalyanji-Anandji (Recreated by Abhijit Vaghani) \|Arijit Singh, Neuman Pinto
"Dil Ke Pass" (Reprise) \|Armaan Malik
"Dil Ke Pass" (Indian Version) \|Arijit Singh
"Dil Mein Chupa Lunga (Remake)" \|Meet Bros \|Meet Bros, Armaan Malik
"Wajah Tum Ho" \| rowspan="2" \|Mithoon \| rowspan="2" \|Mithoon, Altamash Faridi
"Wajah Tum Ho" (Long Version)
rowspan="2" \|Tum Bin II \|"Dekh Lena" \| rowspan="2" \|Ankit Tiwari \|Arijit Singh
"Dekh Lena" (Unplugged) \|Solo
Team (Pakistani Movie) \|"Tum Ho" \| \|Altamash Faridi, Shiraz Uppal
rowspan="5"\|2017	Mera Highway Star	"Mera Highway Star" (Single)	Sanjay Rajee	Raftaar
Noor	"Gulabi Aankhe 2.0 (Remake)"	Amaal Mallik	Yash Narvekar, Amaal Mallik
Ik Yaad Purani	"A Single"	Jashan Singh
Mubarakan	"The Goggle Song"	Amaal Mallik	Armaan Malik, Sonu Nigam
Baadshaho	"Mere Rashke Qamar (Remake) - Version 2"	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tanishk Bagchi	Solo
rowspan=5\|2018	Raat Kamal Hai	"Raat Kamal Hai" (Single)	colspan="2" \| Guru Randhawa
rowspan="2"\|Satyamev Jayate	"Paaniyon Sa"	Rochak Kohli	Atif Aslam
"Tere Jaisa"	colspan=2\|Arko
Meet-Tera Yaar Hoon Main (cover)	"Meet-Tera Yaar Hoon Main" Single		Solo
Paniyo Sa Chill Mix	"Paniyo Sa Chill Mix"	Sourav Roy, Rochak Kohli
rowspan=13\|2019 \|Why Cheat India	"Dil Mein Ho Tum (Remake)"	Rochak Kohli	rowspan=2\|Solo
Luka Chuppi	"Tu Laung Main Elaachi (Remake)"	Tanishk Bagchi
rowspan=2\|Kabir Singh	"Tera Ban Jaunga"	rowspan=2\|Akhil Sachdeva	Akhil Sachdeva
\|"Tera Ban Jaungi"
rowspan="2"\|Khandaani Shafakhana	"Sheher Ki Ladki (Remake)"	Anand–Milind (Recreated by Tanishk Bagchi)	Badshah
"Dil Jaaniye"	Payal Dev	Jubin Nautiyal
Batla House	"O Saki Saki (Remake)"	Vishal–Shekhar (Recreated by Tanishk Bagchi)	Neha Kakkar, B Praak
rowspan="2"\|Saaho	"Enni Soni"	rowspan="2" \| Guru Randhawa	Guru Randhawa
"Ye Chota Nuvvunna"	Haricharan
rowspan=2\|Marjaavaan	"Haiya Ho (Remake)"	rowspan=2\|Tanishk Bagchi	Jubin Nautiyal
"Thodi Jagah (Female)"
The Body	"Aaina"	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Neha Kakkar
Pati Patni Aur Woh	"Aakhiyon Se Goli Maare (Remake)"	Tanishk Bagchi	Mika Singh
rowspan=2\|2020 \|Street Dancer 3D	"Lagdi Lahore (Remake)"	Sachin–Jigar, Guru Randhawa	Guru Randhawa
Baaghi 3	"Dus Bahane 2.0 (Remake)"	Vishal–Shekhar	KK, Shaan, Vishal–Shekhar
2021 \|Koi Jaane Na \|Koi Jaane Na (Title Track) \|Amaal Malik \|Armaan Malik, Amaal Malik
rowspan=4\|2022 \|rowspan=2\|Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 \|"Hum Nashe Mein Toh Nahin" \|rowspan=2\|Pritam \|Arijit Singh
"Hum Nashe Mein Toh Nahin - Lofi Revibed" \|
Dhokha: Round D Corner \|"Mahi Mera Dil" \| Tanishk Bagchi \|Arijit Singh
Nazar Andaaz \|"Sukoon"(Female Version) \| Vishal Mishra \|
rowspan=4\|2023 \|rowspan=2\|Satyaprem Ki Katha \|"Aaj Ke Baad" \|colspan=2\|Manan Bhardwaj
"Pasoori Nu" \|Rochak Kohli, Ali Sethi \|Arijit Singh
rowspan=2\|Starfish \|"Kya Humne Socha Tha" \|OAFF \|OAFF, Nikhil D'Souza
"Yaad Ban Gaye" \|colspan=2\|Manan Bhardwaj
rowspan=3\|2024 \|Srikanth \|"Tu Mil Gaya" \|rowspan=2\|Tanishk Bagchi \|Jubin Nautiyal
rowspan=2\|Ghudchadi \|"Dil Vasda" \|Raghav Chaitanya
"Punjabi Munde" \|Sukhbir, DJ Chetas-Lijo George \|Yash Narvekar, Sukhbir, Priyani Vani Pandit

=Albums / Singles=

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| Year

| Album(s)/Single(s)

| Song

| Co-Singer(s)

| Music

| Lyrics

| Note

rowspan="14"|2009

|rowspan="14"|Love Ho Jaye

| "Radhe Shyam"

| Neeraj Shridhar

|rowspan="14"|Monty Sharma

|rowspan="14"|Sameer

|rowspan="14"|Debut Album

"Jis Dil Ko Ishq Ho Jaye"

| rowspan="7"|

"Rabba Maula"

"Mere Khuda"

"Jaage Ab Raat Bhar"

"Tumhe Hum Pyaar Na Karte To"

"Woh Raatein"

"Kudi Punjaaban"

"Aaja Mahi"

| Neeraj Shridhar

"Jis Dil Ko Ishq Ho Jaye (Remix)"

| rowspan="3"|

"Radhe Shyam (Remix by DJ A-Myth)"

"Raba Maula (Remix)"

"Aaja Mahi (Remix)"

| Neeraj Shridhar

"Aaj Ki Sham (Lounge Mix)"

rowspan="2"|2015

|Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog

| "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog"

|colspan="2"|Arko

All of Me (Baarish)

| "All of Me (Baarish)"

| Arjun

|colspan="2"|Mithoon, Arjun

2016

|Mere Papa

| "Mere Papa"

|Jeet Gannguli

|Manoj Muntashir

rowspan="2"|2017

|Ik Yaad Purani

| "Ik Yaad Purani"

| Jashan Singh

|Shaarib-Toshi

|Kumaar

Mera Highway Star

| "Mera Highway Star"

| Raftaar

|Sanjay Rajee

|Raftaar, Khushali Kumar, Mohan Singh

2018

|Raat Kamal Hai

| "Raat Kamal Hai"

| colspan="3"|Guru Randhawa

2019

|Nai Jaana

| "Nai Jaana"

| rowspan="2" | Sachet Tandon

|Tanishk Bagchi

|Nirmaan

rowspan="6" | 2020

|Masakali 2.0

| "Masakali 2.0"

|Tanishk Bagchi
(Original by A.R. Rahman)

| Prasoon Joshi
(Additional Lyrics by Tanishk Bagchi

Tere Naal

|"Tere Naal"

|Darshan Raval

|Gautam Sharma and Gurpreet Saini

Zara Thehro

|"Zara Thehro"

|Armaan Malik

|Amaal Malik

|Rashmi Virag

Naam{{Cite web|title=All About Naam – Singer Millind Gaba's First Collaboration With Tulsi Kumar And Jaani|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/all-about-naam-singer-millind-gabas-first-collaboration-with-tulsi-kumar-and-jaani-2268264|access-date=1 September 2020|website=NDTV.com}}

|"Naam"

|Millind Gaba

|Jaani

Tanhaai

|Tanhaai

|N/A

|Sachet–Parampara

|Sayeed Quadri

T-Series Acoustics

|"Phir Na Milen Kabhi" (Reprise)

|Ankit Tiwari

|Prince Dubey