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Kavita Seth

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Kavita Seth
Background information
Born (1970-09-14) 14 September 1970 (age 54)
Bareilly, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, India
GenresSufi, playback singing
Occupation(s)Playback singer, singer of ghazals, Sufi music
InstrumentVocals
Websitewww.kavitaseth.com

Kavita Seth (born 14 September 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and leads a Sufi musical group, Karwaan Group.[1][2] She is currently based in Mumbai, India.

She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer twice: in 2010 for her classical Sufi rendition of "Iktara" of the film Wake Up Sid (2009)[3] and in 2023 for "Rangisari" of the film Jugjugg Jeeyo (2022). She also won the Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback for the former, which was one of the biggest chartbusters in 2009.[4][5]

Early life

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She was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh[4] in a middle class family of a bank officer.

Career

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Seth at the Jagjit Singh's anniversary

Kavita specialises in Sufi-style singing although she also sings geet, ghazal and folk songs. Over the years she has performed at live shows at London, Birmingham, Scotland, Berlin, Oslo and Stockholm and places across India. It was at one of her performance at Muzaffar Ali's International Sufi Festival concert, in Delhi that director Satish Kaushik heard her and offered a song "Zindagi ko Maula", in his film, the Amisha Patel starrer, Vaada (2005), marking her debut as a playback singer.[1][6] Subsequently, she moved to Mumbai, as this was followed by, "Mujhe Mat Roko" in Anurag Basu's Gangster (2006), for which she received praise.[7]

Besides singing she also composes music. She has composed three songs in N. Chandra's film "Yeh Mera India" (2009).[8] She has also released private albums, including, Woh Ek Lamha, Dil-e-Nadan both Sufi ghazal albums, followed by Sufi music albums, Sufiana (2008) and Hazrat. Her 2008 album Sufiana, composed of couplets of Sufi poet-mystic, Rumi was released at the 800-year-old Khaman Pir Ka Dargah in Lucknow.[9][10]

In 2020, Kavita composed the soundtrack of the BBC TV series A Suitable Boy, while also giving vocals to the songs of Tabu's character in the show.[11]

In 2023, Kavita contributed to the album of the movie Gulmohar - starring Sharmila Tagore.

Filmography

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Playback singer

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Film Year Song name Note
Vaada 2005 "Maula"
Gangster 2006 "Mujhe Mat Roko"
Wake Up Sid 2009 "Iktara" Won- Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Yeh Mera India[12] "Aap Roothe Rahe" Also Music Director
"Dil Mandir"
"More Naina"
Admission Open[13] 2010
Isi Life Mein!... "Banno Anne"
Raajneeti "Mora Piya (Trance Mix)"
I Am 2011 "Baangur"
Trishna "Raunakein"
"Lagan lagi"
"Khari Khari"
Cocktail 2012 "Tumhi Ho Bandhu" Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Nominated- Mirchi Music Award for Female Vocalist of The Year[14]

Cigarette Ki Tarah "Mujhko Khud Se" Also Music Director
Bombay Talkies 2013 "Murabba (Duet)"
Neerja 2016 "Jeete Hain Chal"
Santheyalli Nintha Kabira "Navu premada huccharu"
Waiting "Zara Zara"
Begum Jaan 2017 "Prem Mai Tohre"
Maatr "Maa Aise Hi"
A Suitable Boy 2020 "Lutf Woh Ishq Mein" Web Series
Also music director along with Alex Heffes and Anoushka Shankar
"Mehfil Barkhaast Hui"
"Na-Rawa Kahiye"
"Muddat Hui Hai"
"Dil-E-Nadaan"
"Love Has Run Its Course"
"Maan in Turmoil"
Jugjugg Jeeyo 2022 "Rangisari" Also Music Director along with Kanishk Seth
Won- Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Double XL "Ki Jaana"
Mr. & Mrs. Mahi 2024 "Ranjhaana"

Music director

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Film Year Notes
Yeh Mera India 2009
My Friend Pinto 2011 Along with Shamir Tandon
Cigarette ki Tarah 2012
A Suitable Boy 2020 Web Series
Also music director along with Alex Heffes and Anoushka Shankar
Jugjugg Jeeyo 2022 Along with Kanishk Seth

Personal life

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She has two sons, Kavish Seth and Kanishk Seth, both of whom perform with her.[15] Her husband K.K.Seth died of pancreatitis on 15 December 2011, aged 48.[16]

Albums

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  • Sufiana (2007)
  • Kabirana Sufiana (2010)
  • Bulleh Shah (2010)
  • Khuda Wohi Hai (2011)
  • Ek Din (2012)
  • Trance With Khusrow (2014)
  • Lagan Laagi Re (2021)

References

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  1. ^ a b Udasi, Harshikaa (1 April 2010). "Sufi and soul". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Kavita Seth performs at Sufi concert Archived 21 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Screen, 30 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan claim top honours". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Music and Lyrics". Indian Express. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Song Sung True". Indian Express. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
  6. ^ "VISHESH Break". Screen. 24 March 2006.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ When new female singers announced their arrival in 2006: 8. Kavita Seth[dead link‍] Bollywood Hungama, 3 January 2007.
  8. ^ ‘Hard work always pays!’ Screen, 4 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Recreating Rumi's poetry". DNA. 3 November 2009.
  10. ^ Mission Sufi[dead link‍] Screen, 4 January 2008.
  11. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Kavita Seth is still on cloud nine after composing music for Mira Nair's web series A Suitable Boy". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  12. ^ Kavita Seth Filmography Archived 15 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Bollywood Hungama
  13. ^ Music Review of Admissions Open
  14. ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Juhi at a musical do!". The Times of India. 25 March 2010.
  16. ^ "Singer Kavita Seth's husband dies". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.
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