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Hans Raj Hans
  • Place of Birth:
    Shafipur, Jalandhar, India
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    Black
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Sikhism
  • Education:
    Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

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    Trivia

    Hans Raj Hans
    • On the 2 October 1997, Hans Raj Hans was the first punjabi singer, ever to perform live to a audience at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
    • Hans is famous for his long golden curly hair and his classical variations in singing.
    • Hans received the fourth highest civilian award of India Padma Shri Award for arts.
    • Hans was awarded Punjab State Singer Award by Punjab Govt.
    • During Hans's student days at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar he won top University singing award continuously for three years in Punjabi folk Singing.
    • Hans was a devotee of Ustad Puran Shahkoti Sahib, from whom he had learned to sing since his teenager years. Ustad Puran Shahkoti Sahib is a sufi singer and it was because of him Hans learned to sing in Sufiana style. His guru gave him the surname 'Hans' probably due to his fair impressive look and his sweet singing voice like a 'Hans'.
    • Hans Raj Hans was born with singing talent. Though he was influenced by a street singer named Sitara Singh, who used to come near his house every day and sing Punjabi devotional songs. He would listen to him everyday.
    • On the 16 May 2009 he unsuccessfully contested from Jalandar constituency in Indian Punjab on Shiromani Akali Dal ticket.
    • He sings Punjabi Folk and Sufi music but has also sung in movies and released his own Indipop albums. He has worked alongside other renowned artists such as the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, as seen in the movie Kachche Dhaage.
    • He was born into a peasant family.

    Biography

    Hans Raj Hans
    Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009

    hans raj hansHans Raj Hans is an accomplished Punjabi Folk and Sufi music singer. His grand and seamless voice has all the attributes that reflect the folk based singing style of Punjab. Today Hans Raj Hans has been accounted as a Legend. Hans Raj Hans was born at Shafipur, a small village near Jalandhar (Punjab) to a humble Sikh farm worker family. His introduction to the genre of music took place as he drew inspiration from street musicians and from the holy shrines, which had a spiritual legacy. Hans Raj Hans got his real influence when Ustad Puran Shah Koti saw the talent of this young boy. He was then singing in his native village.

    Later on Ustad Puran Shah Koti took him under his strict supervision. Hans explicated into a skilled singer who has a great diversity under the expert tutelage of Ustad Puran. As time goes on this talented pupil of the traditional Punjabi Sufiana music Hans Raj Hans exhibited his excellence in folk based Bhangra melodies. Hans joined D.A.V. College in Jalandhar, Punjab after passing high school. Apart from singing, Hans has also featured as a protagonist in a Punjabi feature film Mehandi Shagna Di and also made a guest appearance in the film Baisakhi.

    The legendary Pakistani sufi singer Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was also impressed by his vocal range. Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has also invited Hans Raj Hans to sing a song on original composition of his for the movie Kacche Dhage. The duet song "Ishke Dee Gali Vichon Koi Koi Langhda" gained huge popularity on the Bollywood and Indi pop scene. In the year 1997, Hans Raj Hans bagged the honor of being the first Punjabi singer, who was formally invited to perform in Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Hans is always attempted to preserve the quality of music apart from performing. He is constructing a studio-cum-archive for the music of Punjab on his farmland.

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