Kailash Kher

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Kailash Kher

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kailash Kher is an Indian folk and Indian classical music base playback singer and music composer, he sang songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musician Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Kher received the Padma Shri award in 2017 from the Indian government. He has also received two Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer: one for the Bollywood movie Fanaa (2006) and one for the Telugu film Mirchi (2013), along with several other nominations. With his powerful voice and his unique style of music, Kher has established himself as one of the most popular playback singers of India

Acting credits

Mangal Pandey - The Rising poster
6.0

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

2005

Corporate poster
6.4

Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.

Corporate

2006

A Prayer for Rain poster
6.3

Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.

A Prayer for Rain

2014

Bal Ganesh poster
6.0

The film is about the childhood of Lord Ganesh. The film covers a) Lord Ganesh's birth and b) The story behind Lord Ganesh's voracious appetite which recalls the incident of Lord Kubera inviting Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi for a feast and the consequential events

Bal Ganesh

2007

Soundtrack poster
6.6

Loud music, substance and alcohol abuse wreck the life and career of a talented music DJ, but Gauri helps him overcome his difficulties.

Soundtrack

2011

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai: Part II poster
7.3

Revolves around a hapless copywriter torn between his crazy police officer fiancee and his new best friend, a hit man who inadvertently involves him underworld.

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai: Part II

2003