Indu Sonali
Indian singer
Indu Sonali is an Indian playback singer known for singing primarily in Bhojpuri cinema. She has sung for 300 Bhojpuri films and 50 music video albums and is considered as one of the leading playback singers of the Bhojpuri language. Her music genre is primitive-acoustic folk with some traces of Indian classical music, ambient electronic and new age jazz fusion. Some of her most notable songs are "Lehriya Loot Re Raja" (Partigya), "Kahan Jaibe Raja Najariya" (Kaha Jaiba Raja), "Uthha Deb Lenga" (Damadji) and "Devar ho Daba Na Mor Karihaiya" (Rakhwala).
Early life and career
Indu Sonali was born in Bhagalpur (Bihar). She grew up and was educated in Bihar. She made her debut as the playback singer in the Bhojpuri film Panditji Batai Na Biah Kab Hoi, for which Rajesh Gupta was the music director.
She is an ardent fan of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar.
Sonali is a regular performer at electronic and new age jazz fusion oriented music festivals.
In 2016, Sonali recorded the solo devotional album Swaranjali with music director Damodar Raao which was released under music company Sai Recordds.
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