Raftaar
Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988),[1][2] better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi and Punjabi music.
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 Raftaar (left) with rapper Badshah | |
| Born | Dilin Nair 16 November 1988[1][2] |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Spouse(s) | Komal Vohra (m. 2016) |
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| Associated acts | Badshah, KR$NA, Ikka, Manj Musik, Karma, Salim–Sulaiman, Rashmeet Kaur, Yunan, Harjas Harjaayi, Shah Rule Yo Yo Honey Singh |
He started his career as a dancer. He began his career in rap in 2008 with Lil Golu and Young Amli (now known as Ikka), recording songs and uploading them on social sites. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of the Mafia Mundeer group. Raftaar later split from the group due to credit-related problems. He was supported by Ankit Khanna, who introduced him to the Punjabi music band RDB, who then signed him onto their label, Three Records. Soon after the split between the RDB members, Raftaar joined Manjeet Ral (now known as Manj Musik). He started his solo career in 2016 after getting signed to Zee Music Company.
He won the Best Urban Single award for "Swag Mera Desi" with Manj Musik at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards. In 2019, he started judging the reality shows MTV Hustle, Dance India Dance and Roadies. He is the co-founder of Desi Hip Hop label named Kalamkaar.
Life and career
Raftaar was born to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala.[1] He married Komal Vohra, the sister of Indian television actors Karan Vohra and Kunal Vohra, in December 2016.[3]
He began his rapping career in 2008 with Lil Golu and Young Amli (now known as Ikka), recording songs and uploading them on social media platforms. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of the group Mafia Mundeer. Raftaar then split from the group. Raftaar released his debut mixtape WTF - Witness The Future in 2013. He debuted in Bollywood in 2013 with the song "Tamanche Pe Disco" starring Sonakshi Sinha and Saif Ali Khan which became a major hit song of its time.
Raftaar became known after releasing his song "Swag Mera Desi" in 2013 with Manj Musik. The line "Ab yeh karke dikhao" (transl. Now try and do this) from the song was a diss to Yo Yo Honey Singh.[4] "Ab yeh karke dikhao" had already been used in Yo Yo Honey Singh's song "Party With The Bhoothnath" which led to a dispute between the two rappers in media.[5] "Swag Mera Desi" won Best Urban Song at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards in 2014.[6]
In 2017, Raftaar debuted in the Bengali music industry through the film One which featured singer Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar.[7] He also produced and rapped a song for the Chaamp soundtrack.[8] Raftaar has collaborated with Varun Dhawan for the second edition of Breezer Vivid Shuffle.[9]
Raftaar is a gang leader of the reality show MTV Roadies. Also, he is one of the judges of MTV Hustle and Dance India Dance.
Discography
Albums
| Songs | Artists | Written By | Produced By |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Me & My Pen" | Raftaar Ft. Shah Rule | Raftaar & Shah Rule | Raftaar & Shah Rule |
| "Dilli Waali Baatcheet" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Raftaar |
| "Main Wahi Hoon" | Raftaar Ft. Karma | Raftaar & Karma | Raftaar |
| "Damn" | Raftaar Ft. KR$NA | Raftaar & KR$NA | Raftaar |
| "Sick" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Tom Enzy & Raftaar |
| "Drama" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Tom Enzy & Raftaar |
| "Beshaq" | Raftaar Ft. Yunan | Raftaar | AAKASH, Yunan & Raftaar |
| "Feeling You" | Raftaar Ft. Deep Kalsi | Raftaar & Deep Kalsi | AAKASH & Raftaar |
| "Haan" | Raftaar Ft. Harjaas Harjaayi & Rashmeet Kaur | Raftaar & Harjaas Harjaayi | Saurabh Lokhande & Raftaar |
| "Move" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Saurabh Lokhande |
| "Bottal Wargi" | Raftaar Ft. Jordan Sandhu | Raftaar & Bunty Bains | Deep Kalsi |
| "Naachne Ka Shaunq" | Raftaar Ft. Brodha V | Raftaar & Brodha V | Tom Enzy |
| "Superman" | Raftaar Ft. Manj Musik | Raftaar & Abeer Arora | INSTINE, Raftaar & Manj Musik |
| "Popular" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Raftaar |
| "Down" | Raftaar Ft. KR$NA | Raftaar & KR$NA | Lavito Beats, Tom Enzy & Raftaar |
| "Proud" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Tom Enzy & Raftaar |
- MTV Spoken Word 2 (2021)
EP
| Track | Artist | Produced by | Directed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Microphone Check" | Raftaar | SCARY'P | Director Grim |
| "Tu Phir Se Aana" | Raftaar ft. Salim Merchant & Karma | Raftaar, Salim Merchant & Saurabh Lokhande | Aakib Siddique (Black Acid Production) |
| "Black Sheep" | Raftaar | Boger | Black Acid Production |
| "Goat Dekho" | Raftaar | Allrounda Beats | CREVIXA |
Singles and collaborations
| Year | Track | Artist | Music | Notes | |
| 2012 | "Majnu" | Deep Money Ft. Raftaar | The Titans | ||
| 2013 | "You Don't Know Me" | Raftaar | Raftaar | From WTF Mixtape:Vol 1 | |
| "Thappad" | Send It Up (Kanye West) | From WTF Mixtape:Vol 1 | |||
| 2014 | "Swag Mera Desi" | Raftaar, Manj Musik | Manj Musik | Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word | |
| "Happy Single" | B.I.G Dhillon and Raftaar | Raftaar | |||
| "Sniper" | Sukhe and Raftaar | Sukhe | |||
| "FU (For You)" | Raftaar | 8 Mile (Bootleg) | From WTF Mixtape:Vol 1 | ||
| "BBM" | Nindy Kaur and Raftaar | Three Records RDB (Rhythm Dhol Bass) | |||
| "Gal Mitro" | |||||
| 2015 | "All Black" | Sukhe and Raftaar | Sukhe and Raftaar | ||
| "Desi Hip Hop" | Manj Musik, Raxstar, Roach Killa, Humble The Poet, Badshah, BIG Dhillon, Sarb Smooth & Raftaar | Manj Musik | Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word | ||
| "Stand Up" | Manj Musik, Big Dhillon & Raftaar | Manj Musik, O2 & SRK | |||
| "Mombatiye" | Zohaib Amjad, Raftaar & Manj Musik | Manj Musik | |||
| "Allah Veh" | Manj Musik, Raftaar & Jashan Singh | Manj Musik & Sunny Brown | |||
| "Billo Hai" | Sahara, Manj Musik & Raftaar | Manj Musik | |||
| 2016 | "Nazar Battu Anthem" | Nazar Battu, Abhi Payla & Raftaar | D Chandu[12] | ||
| "Chandigarh Rehn Waaliye" | Jenny Johal, Raftaar & Bunty Bains | Desi Crew | |||
| "TVF's CUTE Vol. 1" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Vodafone Promotional | ||
| "Lak Hilaade" | Manj Musik, Amy Jackson & Raftaar | Manj Musik, O2 & SRK | |||
| "Do Hazaar Solo" | Raftaar | Raftaar | Introductory for Zero To Infinity Album | ||
| "Saroor" | Resham Singh Anmol and Raftaar | Desi Crew | |||
| "Instagram Love" | Raftaar and Kappie | Raftaar | Vodafone Promotional | ||
| 2017 | "Mera Highway Star" | Tulsi Kumar and Raftaar | Sanjay Rajee | ||
| "Can't Stop The Party" | Noopsta, Raftaar & Humble The Poet | Manj Musik | |||
| "Baby Marvake Maanegi" | Raftaar | Blackout | |||
| "Tere Wargi Nai Ae" | Raftaar | ||||
| "#SADAK" Emiway ft. Raftaar | Raftaar and Emiway Bantai | PSYIK | |||
| 2018 | "Sheikh Chilli" | Raftaar | Raftaar & Instine | Diss track on Emiway Bantai | |
| "Awein Hai" | Raftaar | Frisk | |||
| "Ready For My Vyah" | Deep Kalsi, Akriti Kakar and Raftaar | Deep Kalsi | Shaadi Anthem | ||
| 2019 | "Naachne Ka Shaunq" | Raftaar and Brodha V | Raftaar and Brodha V | ||
| "Main Wahi Hoon" | Raftaar and KARMA | Raftaar | |||
| "Dilli Waali Baatcheet" | Raftaar | ||||
| 2020 | "Aage Chal" | Saurabh Lokhande | Journey on Raftaar Life | ||
| "Me and My Pen" | Raftaar Ft. Shah Rule | Raftaar and Shah Rule | Intro of Mr. Nair | ||
| "Damn" | Raftaar Ft.KR$NA | Raftaar | |||
| "Drama" | Raftaar | ||||
| "Move" | |||||
| "Naiyyo" | Akasa Singh and Raftaar | Stego and Vinay Vyas | |||
| "Angaar" | Ikka, Raftaar | Sez on the Beat | Brothers Reunion Collab featuring in Ikka's first album 'I' | ||
| "Saath Ya Khilaaf" | Kr$na ft. Raftaar | Kalamkaar | |||
| 2021 | "Saza-E-Maut" | Kr$na ft. Raftaar | Rill Beats & Young Grape Beatz | On Kr$na's album Still Here | |
| "Ghana Kasoota" | Raftaar & Rashmeet Kaur | Avvy Sra,Mehabin | |||
| "Barbaad" | Raftaar and Afsana Khan | Salim - Sulaiman | Bhoomi | ||
| "Say My Name" | Somkey The Ghost ft. Raftaar & Sikander Kahlon | Kdllac | From The Human Nation album of Smokey The Ghost | ||
| 2022 | "How to Hate" | MC STΔN ft. Raftaar | MC STΔN | From 'Insaan' album of 'MC STΔN' | |
| 2022 | "Nahi Hai Woh" | Shah Rule ft. MC Altaf & Raftaar | Shah Rule | ||
| 2022 | "Image" | Deep kalsi ft.Raftaar | Deep kalsi |
Films
| Year | Film(s) | Song(s) | Composer(s) | Lyrics(s) | Co-singer(s) | Notes |
| 2013 | Bullet Raja | "Tamanchey Pe Disco" | RDB, Manj Musik | Raftaar | Nindy Kaur, Manj Musik, RDB | Hindi film |
| 2014 | Heropanti | "Whistle Baja" | Manj Musik, Laxmikant Pyarelal | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | ||
| "The Puppy Song" | Manj Musik | Manj Musik | ||||
| Fugly | "Dhup Chik" | Raftaar | Badshah, Aastha Gill | |||
| Dr. Cabbie | "Dal Makhni" | Manj Musik | Manj Musik, Raftaar | Manj Musik | ||
| 2015 | Gabbar is Back | "Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega" | Manj Musik, Raftaar, Big Dhillon | |||
| Singh Is Bliing | "Singh and Kaur" | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar, Big Dhillon | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | |||
| 2016 | Baaghi | "Let's Talk About Love" | Raftaar, Shabbir Khan | Neha Kakkar | ||
| A Flying Jatt | "A Flying Jatt Title Track" | Sachin–Jigar | Vayu, Raftaar | Mansheel Gujral, Tanishkaa | ||
| Dishoom | "Toh Dishoom" | Pritam | Mayur Puri | Shahid Mallya | ||
| Dangal | "Dhaakad" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | ||||
| Beiimaan Love | "Mar Gaye" | Manj Musik | Raftaar | Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur | ||
| Tum Bin II | "Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahin" | Gourov-Roshin | Kumaar | Hardy Sandhu, Neha Kakkar | ||
| 2017 | One | "One (Title Track)" | Arindam Chatterjee | Prosen | Vishal Dadlani | Bengali film |
| Chaamp | "Dekho Dekho Chaamp" | Raftaar | Dev | |||
| Kaabil | "Haseeno Ka Deewana" (Re-make) | Gourov-Roshin, Rajesh Roshan | Kumaar, Anjaan | Payal Dev | Hindi film | |
| Commando 2 | "Hare Krishna Hare Ram" (Remake) | Gourov-Roshin, Pritam | Kumaar | Armaan Malik, Ritika | ||
| Jolly LLB 2 | "Go Pagal" | Manj Musik | Manj Musik, Raftaar | Nindy Kaur | ||
| Raabta | "Sadda Move" | Pritam | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil | Diljit Dosanjh, Pradeep Singh Sran | ||
| Behen Hogi Teri | "Jaanu" (Remake) | Rishi Rich, R.D. Burman | Anand Bakshi, Raftaar | Juggy D, Shivi | ||
| A Gentleman | "Bandook Meri Laila" | Sachin–Jigar | Vayu | Ash King, Sachin–Jigar, Sidharth Malhotra | ||
| The Final Exit | "Dum Maro Dum Maro" | Amjad-Nadeem | Amjad-Nadeem, Raftaar | Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai | ||
| Lucknow Central | "Teen Kabootar" | Arjunna Harjaie | Kumaar, Raftaar | Mohit Chauhan, Divya Kumar | ||
| Fukrey Returns | "Mehbooba" (Remake) | Prem-Hardeep | Kumaar | Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai, Mohammed Rafi | ||
| "Tu Mera Bhai Nahi Hai" | Sumeet-Bellary | Satya Khare, Raftaar | Gandharv Sachdev | |||
| Tiger Zinda Hai | "Zinda Hai" | Vishal–Shekhar, Julius Packiam | Irshad Kamil | Sukhwinder Singh | ||
| 2018 | Manto | "Mantoiyat" | Raftaar | Raftaar, Saadat Hasan Manto | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | |
| Andhadhun | "Andhadhun Title Track" | Raftaar, Girish Nakod | ||||
| Bhaiaji Superhit | "Naam Hai Bhaiaji" | Sanjeev-Darshan, Neerraj Pathak | Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Neerraj Pathak | Amit Mishra | ||
| "Om Namah Shivay" | Raghav Sachar | Shabbir Ahmed | Sukhwinder Singh, Raghav Sachar, Akanksha Sharma | |||
| 2020 | Darbar | "Thalaiva In Charge" | Anirudh Ravichander | Raftaar, Yogi B, Senthuzhan, Syan | Yogi B | |
| 99 Songs | "Nayi Nayi" | A. R. Rahman | Navneet Virk,Raftaar | Shashwat Singh | ||
| 2021 | Pagglait | "Pagglait" | Arijit Singh | Amrita Singh, Arijit Singh | ||
| 2022 | The Great Indian Murder | "Raskala" | Umang Doshi | Raftaar, Shloke Lal, Ashwath Bobo | ||
Television
| Year | Shows | Channel | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | DID Doubles | Zee TV | Contestant | 9th place |
| 2015 | Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa | Colors TV | ||
| 2018 | Lockdown | ZEE5 | Recreating a Hindi song | Web reality show[13][14] |
| Roadies Xtreme | MTV | Gang Leader | Reality show | |
| Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! | & TV | Singer | Cameo appearance | |
| 2019-2020 | Roadies: Real Heroes | MTV | Gang Leader | Reality show |
| Dance India Dance Battle Of The Champions | Zee TV | Judge | Dance show | |
| MTV Hustle | MTV | Rap show | ||
| Roadies: Revolution | MTV | Gang Leader | Reality show |
References
- Ghosh, Sankhayan (1 November 2015). "Style south, Operation north: Rap star Raftaar on his Malayali roots, popularity in Punjab". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- @gaana (16 November 2020). "'Sadda Move' sabse alag hai, and we couldn't agree more. Here's wishing the rapper extraordinaire @raftaarmusic a very Happy Birthday! gaa.na/Raftaar #HappyBirthdayRaftaar" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 February 2021 – via Twitter.
- Raftaar is taken to wed on December 1. Hindustan Times.
- "Yo Yo, Raftaar rap up another row". Hindustan Times. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "Yo Yo caught in a fresh controversy with Punjabi rapper Raftaar". intoday.in. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Raftaar to headline Bollyboom". radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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- "Dev, Rukmini and Raftaar go clubbing with t2". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Varun and Raftaar Announce Winners of Breezer Vivid Shuffle S2". The Quint. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- "Rapper Raftaar dedicates Zero to Infinity' world tour to his fans'". The Times of India. IANS. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Raftaar pays homage to his roots with new album Baar'ish Ep". OutlookIndia. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Ankit Pal. "Iss Faadu Song Ko As Ringtone Lagaoge Toh Kisi Ki Nazar Nahi Lagegi". Smile Karo. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- "ZEE5 launches Lockdown with Badshah, Kailash Kher, Raftaar, Jonita Gandhi and many more". Zee News. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- India-West, R. M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "ZEE5's Maiden Offering in the Music Space, 'Lockdown,' Premieres: Watch Trailer". India West. Retrieved 21 December 2018.