Dev Negi

Dev Negi
Negi at 8th Mirchi Music Awards
Background information
Born	(1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 (age 35) Dwarahat, Uttarakhand, India
Genres	Filmi Indi-pop Hip hop Indian Classical R&B
Occupations	Singer Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals Piano
Years active	2013 – present

Dev Negi (born 25 June 1989) is an Indian singer-songwriter and a playback singer based in Mumbai, India. Negi has recorded numerous chartbuster songs for Hindi films, albums, television and TV commercials. The song Biba which is a collaboration of the international DJ Marshmello and music composer Pritam has been sung by Negi along with Shirley Setia & Pradeep Sran. His song Badri Ki Dulhania was one of the most viewed Indian songs on YouTube in 2017.^[1][2][3]

Early life

Negi hails from a hilly town Dwarahat of Almora, Uttarakhand. He has done his schooling from a local state run intermediate school. During his childhood, he used to perform in school and local cultural events and he spent his maximum time in listening to Mohammed Rafi & Kishore Kumar's songs. According to Negi, he has learnt most of the music through listening and he too mentioned Rafi saab as an institution to him. After his schooling, he moved to Jalandhar, Punjab for higher education. Negi holds a bachelor's degree in music from Apeejay College of Fine Arts and he has learned Hindustani classical music from his guru Shri Vinod Verma ji. He trained his voice there in Jalandhar and by the end of 2010 he shifted to Mumbai.^[4][5][6][7]

Career

Negi made his debut with the song "Aaja Ab Jee Le Zara" from the film Ankur Arora Murder Case in 2013. He sang "Hai Yehi Zindagi" (film version) for Sajid Nadiawala's Kick and the title track of Ungli in 2014. In 2015, he got noticed when his two film songs released consecutively, "Ho Gaya Hai Pyaar" from Tanu Weds Manu Returns and "Coffee Peetey Peetey" from Gabbar Is Back. These songs brought him fame but "Badri Ki Dulhania" in 2017 came out as a major milestone in his career. After that he recorded a list of major chartbusters including "Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12" from Judwaa 2, "Sweety Tera Drama" from Bareilly Ki Barfi, "Butterfly" from the film Jab Harry Met Sejal, "Sweatheart" from Kedarnath and many others. His song Naach Meri Jaan for the Salman Khan starrer Tubelight has the Kumaoni lyrics written by him. It was for the first time when Kumaoni language has been used in a mainstream Hindi film song. Negi has done rapping in the song "Rang Laal" from Force 2 along with John Abraham which perfectly depicts the emotions of every Indian, post the Uri terror attack and India's retaliatory surgical strike. Apart from the films, he has sung several title tracks for television including Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali, Ek Boond Ishq, Beintehaa and Nisha Aur Uske Cousins. Besides, he has recorded songs for Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali films. From then to now, he has shown his versatility by singing in different genres.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Personal life

Negi was born in Dwarahat on 25 June 1989. His father is an ex-army man and a former boxer and his mother is a homemaker. Negi is the youngest among his siblings. Being born and brought up in a Kumaoni – Rajput family, he has no ancestral roots to the music. However, he feels the music is always there in the beauty of hills and that has always been a big inspiration to him. In an interview, he mentioned that the feel is the most important factor in singing, particularly in playback and that feel is there in his singing due to the hills.^[13][14][15]

Discography

Hindi

Films

Year	Song	Film	Composer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Co-singer(s)
2024	Dahiya	Luv Ki Arrange Marriage	Sandesh Shandilya	Anil Pandey
	Satyanaas	Chandu Champion	Pritam	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Arijit Singh, Nakash Aziz
2023	Ki Farak Painda Hai	The Great Indian Family			Neeti Mohan
	Heart Throb	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
	Bareilly Ki Bazzar	Chatrapathi	Tanishk Bagchi	Mayur Puri	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Window Taley			Shabbir Ahmed	Jyotica Tangri
2022	Hypnotize	Middle Class Love	Himesh Reshammiya	Mayur Puri	Akasa Singh, Aasa Singh
	Mujh Mein Bas Jana	Prem Geet 3	Kalyan Singh	A. M. Turaz	Palak Muchhal
	"Laapata"	Cuttputlli	Aditya Dev	Rashmi Virag	Payal Dev
	Akdi Pakdi	Liger	Lijo George-DJ Chetas, Sunil Kashyap	Mohsin Shaikh	Pawni Pandey
	Kala Sha Kala	Rashtra Kavach Om	Amjad-Nadeem Amir, Enbee	Kumaar	Raahi
	Nikamma Title Track	Nikamma	Javed-Mohsin	Danish Sabri, Sanjay Chhel	Payal Dev, Deane Sequeira, Javed-Mohsin
	Tere Bin Kya		Gourov Dasgupta	Kumaar	Shruti Rane
2021	Kusu Kusu	Satyameva Jayate 2	Tanishk Bagchi	Tanishk Bagchi, Rashmi Virag	Zahrah S Khan
	Bansuri	Hum Do Hamare Do	Sachin-Jigar	Shellee	Asees Kaur, IP Singh
	Danka Baja	Mumbai Saga	Payal Dev	Prashant Ingole
2020	Teri Bhabhi	Coolie No. 1	Javed - Mohsin	Danish Sabri	Neha Kakkar
	Deedar De	Chhalaang	Vishal–Shekhar	Panchhi Jalonvi	Asees Kaur
	LOL	Ginny Weds Sunny	Payal Dev	Kunaal Vermaa	Payal Dev
	Virgin Bhanupriya – Title Track	Virgin Bhanupriya	Saurabh-Vaibhav	Ajay Lohan
	Bhankas	Baaghi 3	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed	Bappi Lahiri, Jonita Gandhi
2019	Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare Returns	Pati Patni Aur Woh	Lijo George-DJ Chetas		Asees Kaur
	Aa Paas Aa	X Ray: The Inner Image	Raaj Aashoo	Alka Khan
	Prassthanam – Title Track	Prassthanam	Farhad Samji
	Fikar Not	Chhichhore	Pritam	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Nakash Aziz, Amit Mishra, Antara Mitra, Sreerama Chandra, Amitabh Bhattacharya
	Zilla Hilela	Jabariya Jodi	Tanishk Bagchi	Tanishk Bagchi, Shabbir Ahmed	Monali Thakur, Raja Hassan
	Dilbar Jaani	India's Most Wanted	Amit Trivedi	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Nikhita Gandhi
	Mumbai Dilli Di Kudiyaan	Student of the Year 2	Vishal–Shekhar	Vayu	Payal Dev
	Theme Song	Total Dhamaal	Gourov-Roshin	Kumaar
	Paisa Yeh Paisa			Kunwar Juneja	Shubro Ganguly, Arpita Chowkrabarty
2018	Aala Re Aala	Simmba	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed	Goldie
	Sweetheart	Kedarnath	Amit Trivedi	Amitabh Bhattacharya
	Sajan Bade Senti	Badhaai Ho	JAM8	Vayu	Harjot Kaur
	Rang Taari	Loveyatri	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hommie Dilliwala	Yo Yo Honey Singh
	Gayee Kaam Se	Laila Majnu	Joi Barua	Irshad Kamil	Amit Sharma, Meenal Jain
	Pyar Le Pyar De	Genius	Himesh Reshammiya	Shabbir Ahmed	Ikka Singh, Iulia Vantur
2017	Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12	Judwaa 2	Anu Malik Sandeep Shirodkar	Dev Kohli	Neha Kakkar
	Sweety Tera Drama	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed, Pravesh Mallick	Pawni Pandey, Shraddha Pandit, Pravesh Mallick
	Butterfly	Jab Harry Met Sejal	Pritam	Irshad Kamil	Sunidhi Chauhan, Aman Trikha, Nooran Sisters
	Naach Meri Jaan	Tubelight		Amitabh Bhattacharya	Kamaal Khan, Nakash Aziz, Tushar Joshi
	Badri Ki Dulhania (Title Track)	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed	Neha Kakkar, Monali Thakur, Ikka
2016	Rang Laal	Force 2	Gourov-Roshin	Kumaar	Aditi Sharma, John Abraham
	Dil Ye Khamakha	Saansein	Vivek Kar
	Tum Mere	One Night Stand
2015	Tujhse Door	Love Exchange	Jaidev Kumar		Javed Bashir, Shipra Goyal, Sanj V
	Automatic				Ishmeet Narula
	Paro	Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2	Hitesh Sonik		Shipra Goyal
	Yadaan Teriyaan (Duet)	Hero	Jassi Katyal
	Ho Gaya Hai Pyar	Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Krsna Solo	Raj Shekhar
	Coffee Peetey Peetey	Gabbar Is Back	Chirantan Bhatt	Kumaar	Paroma Dasgupta
2014	Ungli Pe Nachalein	Ungli	Aslam Keyi		Shipra Goyal
	Hai Yehi Zindagi	Kick	Meet Bros. Anjjan
2013	Delhi Delhi	Zindagi 50 50	Vivek Kar	Dev Negi Vivek Kar
	Teri High High Heels	Mere Dad Ki Maruti	Sachin Gupta	Kumaar
	Red Red Laali
	Maa Da Karz
	Aaja Ab Jee Le Jara	Ankur Arora Murder Case	Chirantan Bhatt	Kausar Munir	Deepali Sathe

Non-film

Year	Title	Work	Composer(s)	Co-singer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Ref(s)
2022	"Kesariyo Rang"	Non-album single	Lijo George, DJ Chetas	Asees Kaur	Kumaar	[16]
	"Mashooka"		Tanishk Bagchi		Ullumanati, Yash Narvekar	[17]
	Kya Fark Padta Hai	Kya Fark Padta Hai - Single	Pawan Muradpuri		Ayaz Gorakhpuri
2021	Iss Pyar Ko	Moods With Melodies			Himesh Reshammiya
	Iss Tarah Aashiqui Ka	Iss Tarah Aashiqui Ka - Single	Chirantann Bhatt		Manoj Yadav
2020	Raja Ganpati (feat. Asees Kaur, Deedar Kaur)	Raja Ganpati – Single	Tanishk Bagchi	Asees Kaur, Deedar Kaur	Rashmi Virag
	Kahin Ka Na Chorha	Kahin Ka Na Chorha – Single	Bharat Goel		Siddhant Kaushal
2019	Choodiyan (feat. Jackky Bhagnani & Dytto)	Choodiyan — Single	Tanishk Bagchi	Asees Kaur	Shabbir Ahmed
	Zaroori To Nahi	Zaroori To Nahi – Single	Dev Negi		Saba Akbarabadi, Amit Sharma
	BIBA (feat. Marshmello & Pritam)	BIBA – Single	Marshmello & Pritam	Shirley Setia & Pradeep Sran
	Psycho	Psycho – Single	Rajjat Sharma		Dev Negi
2018	Yeh Kya Hua	Broken But Beautiful	Rana Mazumdar	Shreya Ghosal	Amitabh Bhattacharya
	Side Wala Hero	SideHero	Vayu		Vayu
2017	Tujhme Hi Mera Jahaan	Tujhme Hi Mera Jahaan – Single	Aslam Keyi		B K Samant	[18]
	Roke Na Ruke / Mast Magan (with Tulsi Kumar)	T-Series Mixtape				[19]
2016	Pukarta Chala Hoon	The Jam Room
	Din Dhal Jaye
	Jeevan Ke Har Mod Pe			Paroma Das Gupta

Other languages

Year	Language	Song	Work	Composer(s)	Co-singer(s)	Lyricist(s)	Notes
2022	Telugu	"Mashooka"	Non-album single	Tanishk Bagchi	Aditya Iyengar	Ramajogayya Sastry	Non-album single[20]
	Tamil	"Mashooka"				Madhan Karky
2021	Bengali	Baare Baare	Baazi	Jeet Gannguli	Nikhita Gandhi	Pratik Kundu
2019		Jurajuri (জুরাজুরি)	Oriplast Originals	Protijyoti Ghosh	Anushree Gupta	Ritam Sen, Sambalpuri Folk Lyrics – Binod Pasayat
		Jamai Badal Title Song	Jamai Badal	Jeet Gannguli	Payal Dev	Priyo Chattopadhyay
2018		Masha Allah	Sultan: The Saviour	Savvy	Akriti Kakkar	Raja Chanda
		Chai Na Kichui	Inspector Notty K	Suddho Roy	Shweta Pandit	Priyo Chatterjee
2017		Hawai Hawai	Jio Pagla	Jeet Gannguli	Monali Thakur	Prasenjit Mallick	[21]
		Chaap Nishna	Shrestha Bangali	Anjjan Bhattacharya	Mamta Sharma Anjjan Bhattacharya	Lipi Katiha	[22]
	Bengali	Jaya Tomari	Chaamp	Jeet Gannguli	Raja Chanda	Raja Chanda	[23]
2015	Marathi	Deva Ganesha	Yudh.. Astitvachi Ladai	Vivek Kar	Adarsh Shinde Pratap	Jaffer Sagar	[24]
		Chal Door Door (Unplugged)
2013	Punjabi	Teri Meri Jodi	Haani	Jaidev Kumar	Shipra Goyal	Kumaar	[25]

References

1. "Dev Negi: My struggle has been different – Times of India". The Times of India. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
2. "Dev Negi doesn't record songs without knowing the actor he's singing for | music". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
3. "Love singing romantic songs most: Dev Negi". Ians Live. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
4. "'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' Singer Dev Negi On Bollywood Business". ETC Bollywood. 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
5. "Dev Negi: I owe my success to Kumaarji". Radio and Music. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
6. "FB Live: Dev Negi Belts Out His 'JHMS' Number 'Butterfly'". The Quint. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
7. "Uttarakhand singer Dev Negi: My style of singing is inspired from Kumaoni music". TOI. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
8. "Dev Negi: You can never say 'no' to anything in Bollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
9. "JHMS singer Dev Negi: I want to sing romantic songs, not just peppy dance numbers". Hindustan Times. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
10. "Singing is tougher than preparing for Indian Administrative Exam says Dev Negi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
11. "John Abraham puts his baritone to good use paying tribute to Indian army". Deccan Chronicle. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
12. "JDev Negi: Expressions in the voice are important; that's what connects a singer to his eventual audience". The Times of India. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
13. "Dev Negi made a bang in bollywood". Hindustan. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
14. "Dev Negi crooned for Emraan Hashmi". Amar Ujala. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
15. "Simmba's Singer Dev Negi to release his new single in January". India Today. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
16. "Shantanu Maheshwari, Avneet Kaur All Set To Make You Dance To The Tune Of 'Kesariyo Rang'". www.outlookindia.com. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
17. Khan, Tahira (26 July 2022). "Rakul Preet Singh's peppy first Pan-India song 'Mashooka' out now". Zee News. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
18. Tujme Hi Mera Jahaan – Single on Apple Music, 21 April 2017, retrieved 20 January 2018
19. T-Series Mixtape by Various Artists on Apple Music, 11 August 2017, retrieved 3 January 2018
20. Khan, Tahira (26 July 2022). "Rakul Preet Singh's peppy first Pan-India song 'Mashooka' out now". Zee News. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
21. Jio Pagla (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Single by Jeet Gannguli on Apple Music, 13 October 2017, retrieved 3 January 2018
22. Shrestha Bangali (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Sanjeev – Darshan on Apple Music, 31 August 2017, retrieved 3 January 2018
23. Chaamp (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Jeet Gannguli on Apple Music, 10 June 2017, retrieved 3 January 2018
24. Yudh – Astitvachi Ladai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Vivek Kar on Apple Music, 8 May 2015, retrieved 3 January 2018
25. Haani (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Jaidev Kumar on Apple Music, 22 August 2013, retrieved 3 January 2018

External links

• Dev Negi at IMDb