Sunita rao biography


Suneeta Rao is an Indian pop singer, playback singer, dancer and stage actress, popular for her songs sung in the s and s. Suneeta Rao was born in Germany in a Telugu speaking family. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Rao started her career with the song Suneeta Senorita in

Suneeta Rao

Not to be confused with Sunitha Rao.

Musical artist

Suneeta Rao is an Indian pop singer, playback singer, dancer and stage actress, popular for her songs sung in the s and s.[1] Her most famous song is Paree Hoon Main from the album Dhuan ().

Early experience and career

Suneeta Rao was born in Germany in a Telugu speaking family. Her father Dr DK Rao hailed from Krishna district Andhra Pradesh while her mother Komala Sista Rao hailed from West Godavari. She has two siblings Sister Aarti Rao and brother Narsimha Rao.[2] She completed her schooling in Mumbai and higher studies at St.

Xavier's College, Mumbai. During and after college, she acted in many plays such as Evita and musicals such as They're Playing Our Song and Greased Lightning.[citation needed]

Singing and stage career

Rao started her career with the song Suneeta Senorita in [3] She became popular with the song "Paree Hoon main".

She released a Hindi pop album entitled Dhuan in with Gramophone Company India, which sold over 75, copies, with music by Lesle Lewis.

Tennis Player Oct 27 United States. Sunitha Rao born October 27 in was an American former professional tennis player. They were able to walk over in the first round and fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Dinara Safina from Russia during round 2. She has won 8 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career.

The song and video of "Paree" from the album made Suneeta Rao a household name, leading the squeeze to affectionately crown her[citation needed] the "Paree of the Masses".

Her first and only association with A.

R. Rahman was "Adi Paru Mangatha", from the Tamil film May Madham.[citation needed] She released a Hindi pop album entitled Talaash in with Gramophone Company India, with song by Ranjit Barot.[citation needed]

Two videos that hit the screen were for the songs "Dehka Dehka" and "Kesariya", two folksy upbeat tracks that reinstated Rao at the top of the charts.

She then released a brand-new single and music video entitled "Chhoti Chhoti Baatein" as part of the Magnasound album A Reason To Smile on the occasion of 50 years of Indian Independence. She also featured in a group song in the album called "Wajah Muskurane Ki".[citation needed]

Besides going platinum, all the above albums were at the top of the Hindi music charts.

Her album Ab Ke Baras has lilting, sensuous, joyous music that blends traditional folk music with modern movie values.[citation needed]

Her career includes songs from films like Ghulam-e-Mustafa, Dulhan Hum le Jayenge and Kahin pyar na ho jaye.

Dr Sunita Rao - Whittington: Suneeta Rao is an Indian playback singer, pop singer, and stage actor. In the s, she gained immense popularity with her pop songs. She did her training in Carnatic vocal tune under the Indian singer PV Shankar.

Suneeta Rao also has shows in Pakistan and Africa in the offing, as skillfully as several other projects for television, theatre and films.[citation needed]

She performed for NDTV in [citation needed]

Rao wrote and recorded an anthem song for global warming.

This was for a campaign initiated by the ICAI and GYAAN called "Planet alert". The song launched the campaign in a radiothon that was aired from 5 June on Huge FM! The song was produced by Dhruv Ghanekar, and sung by Rao.[citation needed]

Rao launched her new album Waqt on 15 July at the Hard Rock Cafe.

These Raag-based contemporary songs were composed by Rao, with music arranged by Nexus, DJ Gaurav Issar and Dudul Saikia. The CDs were available in stores under the Crescendo Tune label. The first video was of the song "Sun Zara", a song for the Teen Child, supported by the UNFPA, to address the issue of sex-selection.

Sunitha Rao is a former American professional tennis player of Indian Origin. Her parents belong to Karnataka and she was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey where she completed her education and started her professional career. She has participated in WTA Tour several times. Among Indian women players she has an remarkable record of 8 career titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and has also managed to reach 7 finals in singles.

The video was directed by Rachel Reuben, shot by Jason West, and stars Suneeta Rao and leading actress Suchitra Pillai.[citation needed]

Suneeta Rao gave 12 performances in the NDTV Imagine existence show Dhoom Macha De and received the runner up award for the "Dhoom final stopper".

In , she acted in an Off-Broadway play in Recent York called Sidd.[citation needed]

Personal life

Rao is married to Jason West, a cinematographer based in Mumbai.[4] She is actively involved and is the spokesperson of an initiative called Laadli, organized by an NGO called Population First, started by her uncle, Bobby Sista, whose main agenda is "Saving the Girl Child", population control and other social movements in India.

Discography

  • Senorita ()
  • Dhuan ()
  • Ekk Pal Hai Zindagi () (Title Song Of TV Serial "Swabhimaan")
  • Talaash ()
  • Choti Choti Batein - Free ()
  • Ab Ke Baras ()
  • Mujhe Pyar Ho Gaya - Single ()
  • Waqt ()
  • Vaada Karo - Single ()
  • Dekha Tujhe To Dil Remake ()

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