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Herrendition of six jazz tracks in the soundtrack album of Amit Trivedi's Bombay Velvet (2015) received positive review from music critics. The following year, she received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Sau Aasmaan" from Baar Baar Dekho (2016). In that year, Mohan appeared as a coach in the 1st season of The Voice India Kids and the second season of The Voice India. Besides her career in music, she has also been involved in various charities and social causes.

Neeti Mohan was born 18 November 1979[1][2] in Delhi.[3] Her father, Brij Mohan Sharma, is a government officer and her mother, Kusum, is a homemaker.[4] Neeti Mohan is the eldest of four sisters; Shakti Mohan, Mukti Mohan and Kriti Mohan.[5] Mohan began learning music at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.[6] During the time, she was involved in dramatics and dancing; considering singing as a "serious hobby".[5]

During her school days, Mohan was part of the school band, and participated in Delhi Republic Day parade for five years in a row.[5] Convinced by her father, Mohan participated in many extra-curricular activities during her school; singing, dancing, performing in the band and theatre.[7] She was adjudged best cadet in the National Cadet Corps of India and represented India as Youth Exchange Programme cadet.[7] Later, she learnt music formally at the Bhatkhande Music Institute and continued training in Mumbai with Rajashree Pathak, for five years.[8][5] Apart from training in singing, Mohan studied dancing with her two sisters.[5] She trained in Bharata Natyam and Kathak under the supervision of Ashley Lobo.[5] Besides training kids to dance, Mohan worked as an instructor there.[5] Mohan graduated in philosophy from Miranda House, University of Delhi.[6][9]

In a candid interview with TV host Amin Dhillon that has gone viral with over 400K views, Mohan shared the untold story on how A. R. Rahman discovered her. Mohan's sister Shakti was performing as a dancer at a A. R. Rahman show for New Year's Eve in 2006. Shakti had called Mohan right before the show and Mohan had wished to speak to Rahman but didn't get a chance. Instead she told her sister that one day she would be performing with Rahman and six months later, Mohan was singing with him. Mohan had previously met Rahman's manager when she was part of the group Aasma and in 2007, Mohan bumped into him again when he was coming out of the cinema. It was at this chance meeting Mohan learned Rahman and his team were auditioning new voices for his US tour. She recorded a vocal audition, singing "Maya Maya" from the film Guru among other songs. After 3 weeks, Mohan got a call from Rahman's manager informing her that Rahman liked her voice and she was picked for the tour.[15]

Regarding Mohan's voice type, The Indian Express wrote that she has a "high-pitched", "raw" vocal structure.[76] According to Amitabh Bhattacharya, Mohan's voice has the "right kind of jazz sensibilities with a certain Hindustaniyat".[77] Mohan mentioned that her classical training taught her how to approach a song in "different octaves". She explored more about texture of voice and harmony through her time at Aasma.[5] Complimenting her Jazz vocals in Bombay Velvet, The Indian Express stated "If "Ka Kha Gha" shows Mohan's range, "Dhadam Dhadam" gets melancholy a voice".[43] During her career, she performed various genres of songs, though she loves "singing melodies the most".[78] In an interview, Mohan expressed her keen to explore bhajans.[55]

Mohan has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar.[79] She considered Mangeshkar as her "greatest teacher for playback",[5] while she credited A. R. Rahman for making her sustain her standard; "He is a task master but he gets the best out of you. His standards are very high, be it a recording or live performance".[53] Mohan has also been influenced by many artists outside the country. She considered herself as a fan of John Mayer for his inspiring style of writing lyrics.[21] Mohan credits the 1971 released song "Imagine" by John Lennon for inspiring on achieving her dreams with the "right kind of dedication".[80]

Besides her career in music, Mohan has also contributed to various charities. In October 2014, she performed at the "Hum Hain Umeed E Kashmir" concert in Ballia, in an appeal for donation to support rehabilitation of those who suffered during the Kashmir flood.[81] The same month, Mohan took part in the musical concert held in New Delhi for raising funds for the flood affected people of Assam.[82] In June 2016, she performed at Smile Foundation's charity gala dinner, to support the cause of empowerment of underprivileged children and youth.[83] In January 2017, she collaborated with United Nations on a project aimed at empowering women, ending human trafficking and promoting gender equality.[84] Her single "Udne De" was selected for the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund Project titled "Music to Inspire-Artists united against Human Trafficking".[85]

Sujatha Mohan (31 March 1963) is an Indian playback singer. Best known for her work in Tamil, Malayalam Telugu and more languages she has, so far, recorded nearly 20000+ songs.[citation needed] She has also recorded songs in other Indian languages including Kannada, Badaga and Hindi and Marathi song films.

Sujatha's career began as a child singer with the film Tourist Bungalow (1975) which had musical score by M. K. Arjunan.[1] In Tamil, she started her career through the film Kavikkuyil (1977) which was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. There after, she recorded many hundreds of songs for composers such as Vidyasagar, A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Koti, Deva, Hamsalekha and others.

Born on 25 June 1924, at Baghdad where his father Rai Bahadur Chunilal Kohli was working as an Accountant General with the Iraqi Police forces, Madan Mohan spent the early years of his life in the Middle East.[4] After 1932, his family returned to their home town of Chakwal, then in Jhelum district of Punjab, British India.[5] He was left in the care of a grandparent while his father went to Bombay to seek business opportunities. He attended local school in Lahore for the next few years. During his stay at Lahore, he learnt the basics of classical music from one Kartar Singh for a very short period, however he never received any formal training in music.[6] Some time later, his family moved to Mumbai where he completed his Senior Cambridge from St. Mary's School in Byculla Mumbai. In Mumbai, at the age of 11 years, he started performing in children's programmes broadcast by All India Radio. At age 17, he attended the Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun where he completed the last years of his schooling.[3][7]

He joined the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the year 1943. He served there for two years until end of World War II, when he left the Army and returned to Mumbai to pursue his musical interests. In 1946, he joined the All India Radio, Lucknow as Programme Assistant, where he came in contact with various artists such as Ustad Faiyaz Khan, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Begum Akhtar, and Talat Mahmood. During these days he would also compose music for programmes to be broadcast on All India Radio. In 1947, he was transferred to All India Radio, Delhi where he worked for a short period. He was very fond of singing, and so in 1947 he got his first chance to record two ghazals penned by Behzad Lucknawi, Aane Laga Hai Koi Nazar Jalwa Gar Mujhe and Is Raaz Ko Duniya Jaanti Hai. Soon after, in 1948 he recorded two more private ghazals penned by Deewan Sharar, Wo Aaye To Mahfil Mein Ithlaate Huye Aaye and Duniya Mujhe Kahti Hai Ke Main Tujhko Bhoolaa Doon. In 1948, he got his first opportunity to sing a film duet Pinjare Mein Bulbul Bole and Mera Chhotasa Dil Dole with Lata Mangeshkar under composer Ghulam Haider (composer) for the film Shaheed, though these songs were never released or used in the film. Between 1946 and 1948, he assisted music composers S.D. Burman for Do Bhai, and Shyam Sundar in Actress.[8]

In 1957 he came out with a film named Dekh Kabira Roya in which the legendary singer Manna Dey gave his voice to the melodious Kaun Aaya Mere Man Ke Dwaare and unforgettable numbers like Tum Bin Jeevan Kaisa Jeevan in the film Bawarchi. In addition to that, he had Lata sing Tu Pyaar Kare Ya Thukraaye and Meri Veena Tum Bin Roye numbers, and he used Talat Mahmood for the song Hum Se Aaya Na Gaya in the same movie. Once in an interview Manna Dey recalled that Madan Mohan asked him to take special care when singing Kaun Aaya Mere Man Ke Dwaare.

A film scored by Madan was Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat (1964), starring Balraj Sahni and Dharmendra and based on the Sino-Indian War of 1962. In it, he used Rafi, who sang numbers like Kar chale hum fida, Main Yeh Soch Kar. Lata was used for the song Zara Si Aahat Hoti Hai and the unscreened " Khelo na mere dilse". And the same film saw Rafi, Talat, Manna Dey, and Bhupendra singing Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bhulaya Hoga. Bhupendra appeared on the screen as well for the first time, much before he established himself as a playback singer. This song is also the only song in which four top-rated male playback singers have put voices together in a song. In 1966, he again paired with Lata Mangeshkar for Mera Saaya.

Madan Mohan's son Sanjeev Kohli recreated 11 of his late father's unused compositions for the soundtrack of the 2004 Yash Chopra film Veer-Zaara. Later on, Kohli brought out an album "Tere Baghair" which contains some of Madan Mohan's songs.

Lata Mangeshkar christened him "Ghazal ka Shehzadaa", or the Prince of Ghazals. Even Lata herself stated in a live concert in the late 1990s that she found Madan Mohan's compositions difficult to master. Most of the top film actors of the day (who were also studio heads) had fallen into a groove with their preferred composers (e.g., Raj Kapoor had Shankar Jaikishan, Dev Anand had the Burmans, Dilip Kumar had Naushad, etc.) Hence, he often had difficulty finding assignments. His 1964 Filmfare Award nomination for Best Music Director for Woh Kaun Thi. In a tightly contested race, both Madan and Shankar Jaikishan (Sangam) lost to relative newcomer Laxmikant Pyarelal, who scored Dosti.

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