Sunidhi Chauhan, Kunal Ganjawala to perform in Dhaka

Dhaka, Oct 11 (IANS) Indian popular playback singers Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala will perform for the first time in Bangladesh at a concert titled "Live Music Dhamaka by Sunidhi and Kunal" next Friday.

The event is being organised by Event Incorporate.

Sunidhi Chauhan has attained popularity in Bollywood for her hit and critically acclaimed playback songs such as "Dhoom machale" ("Dhoom"), "Sajna ve sajna" ("Chameli"), "Kaisi paheli zindagaani" ("Parineeta"), "Sajnaji vari vari" ("Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd"), "Beedi jalaile" ("Omkara"), "Le chale" ("My Brother Nikhil") and more.

Sunidhi had no formal training before she entered into various national singing competitions. Lata Mangeshkar offered to train her when she bagged an award on the national telecast of "Meri Aawaz Suno".

Kunal is known for the songs "Bheega hont" ("Murder"), "Dil na diya" ("Krrish"), "Dupatta tera nau rang da" ("Partner"), "Masha-Allah" ("Saawariya") and "Salaam namaste" ("Salaam Namaste"). Besides Bollywood, Kunal is also a name to be reckoned with as a playback singer in the Kannada film industry.

Dhaka has been attracting artistes from India, more from West Bengal because of the affinity of culture and language, with events organised by private entrepreneurs.

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