Navin Kundra - UK's Indian Singer, Songwriter & Composer

Navin Kishore Kundra is one of UK's fastest rising Indian singer/songwriters today. His amazing versatility allows him to write and perform songs not only in Hindi, but in Punjabi and English too. Besides singing popular Bollywood film songs, he has
 co-written and composed several songs of his own for his upcoming debut album, which includes a mixture of different influences and genres of music.

His musical career began with winning the BBC Asian Network's Unsung 2005 competition, which was one of his proudest moments. He performed live at the prestigious Birmingham Symphony Hall along with some of the biggest artists in Asian music including Gurdaas Maan, Jazzy B, Stereo Nation and the Rishi Rich Project.

After his performance of Feel by Robbie Williams, the judges, which included Rishi Rich, Nyrone, Adil Ray, Shin, and Mona Singh, declared Navin the winner of the competition. He also won the audiences favourite award, as he was voted for by thousands of BBC Asian Network listeners.

2006 proved to be a very good year for Navin. Sabras Radio's September 19th Drivetime Show with Raj Baddhan featured him in an exclusive interview and a mind-blowing acapella rendition of his winning song on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. On October 6th, his debut song, Tukde, Tukde was named the winner of Top Dog on Club Asia. The presenter Veena V was ecstatic that it won 70% of the votes (many from the US) the highest since the inception of the competition. Besides a full interview, Veena also had Navin sing several songs live and unplugged on air, one of which you can listen to on her myspace site. Also, Tukde, Tukde was voted #1 for several weeks in a row over some very popular Bollywood songs on Sunrise Radio, where you can still vote for it. To do so, please visit: http://www.sunriseradio.com/entertainment/networkchartshow.asp

Other interviews for 2007 are already lined up for both Akash Radio and Panjab Radio. 'Eastern Eye', a popular Asian paper in the UK will be showcasing Navin as well.

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Check out Navin's Live and Unplugged Sessions (Three Parts) on BritAsia TV - http://www.icravebollywood.com/2009/02/20/navin-live-and-unplugged-on-britasia-tv

Posted on 02/24/2009 at 9:02:43 PM

Nice to see you too Vishal. are you related to Navin?

Posted on 02/24/2009 at 9:02:13 PM

nice to see u

Posted on 06/27/2008 at 1:06:46 AM

Thanks Saikat! Navin's a great guy and very talented for sure.

Posted on 03/19/2008 at 2:03:42 PM

very great article on that star. Thanks for your info.

Posted on 03/08/2008 at 4:03:58 AM

Thank you to both Jodie and Sugandha for stopping by and leaving your comments. Glad you liked it.

Posted on 11/21/2007 at 8:11:00 PM

Hi Simran, Gone through the interview.Very interesting. He sings well no doubt but your writing brought him to Uk people.

Posted on 11/01/2007 at 4:11:00 AM

Very interesting! I've never heard of him, but he is attractive! Thanks for sharing! = )

Posted on 10/31/2007 at 3:10:00 PM

Sorry Anon, Navin hasn't given out the English translations to his songs yet. As soon as he does, I'll be sure to post a link to them.

Posted on 09/08/2007 at 11:09:00 AM

Navin has updated his site with live videos from his performance in West Kensington, UK. The two videos that he has added so far are of 'Sun Zara' and 'Meri Makhna'. You can find them at his Navin Online site at - http://www.myspace.com/navinonline ENJOY!

Posted on 05/25/2007 at 5:05:00 AM

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