Jyotica Tangri

Tangri is an Indian playback singer. She is best known for her songs "Pallo Latke" from Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017), "Mungda" from Total Dhamaal (2019), and "Surmedaani" from Bajre Da Sitta (2022). She debuted with "Jai Maa" in Behen Hogi Teri (2017). She has sung for films like Half Girlfriend (2017), Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017), and Fukrey Returns (2017). She earned Zee Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2018. She is also known for her strides in the Punjabi music industry like "Kanda Kacheya", "Jinne Saah", and "Saari Raat".

Jyotica Tangri
Tangri in a blue satin dress with golden highlights in her wavy hair, smiling against a beige background in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Jyotica Tangri
Born	Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Origin	India
Genres	Bollywood singing Indian classical
Occupation	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2017-present
Labels	T-Series Zee Music Rhythm Boyz Saregama Music Tips Punjabi

Career

Tangri was a contestant on the Indian reality television show The Voice.^[1] She was unplaced in the contest held in 2015. She was also a finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2016 on Zee TV.

She debuted as a playback singer in Ajay K Pannalal's 2017 romantic comedy film, Behen Hogi Teri through the song, Jai Ma, co-sung by Sahil Solanki.^[2][3] The track was composed by Jaidev Kumar and lyricised by Sonu Saggu. Her second song from the same film, entitled Tenu Na Bol Paavan Main along with Yasser Desai was a critically acclaimed number.^[4][5] Composed by Amjad Nadeem and written by Rohit Sharma, the song was one of the few hit tracks of the album. Next, Tangri sang a special version of Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga from Mohit Suri's Half Girlfriend.^[6] Composed by Mithoon, originally sung by Arijit Singh and Shraddha Kapoor and written by Manoj Muntashir, the song helped Tangri to establish a musical base in the film industry.^{[citation needed]} She also sang the female version of another song from same film entitled Tu Hi Hai, originally sung by Rahul Mishra.

Tangri's first hit song was Kumaar's Pallo Latke from Vinod Bacchan's film Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana starring Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda composed by Zaim-Saim-Raees.^[7] Later in the year, Tangri sang the female version of, Ishq De Fanniyar from Fukrey Returns.^[8] In 2018, Jyotica sang Shubh Din from Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran. Composed by Sachin–Jigar and written by Vayu, the song was a critically acclaimed number.^[9]

In 2020, Tangri sang three songs for the film Virgin Bhanupriya starring Urvashi Rautela, under the music direction of Chirrantan Bhatt, Ramji Gulati and Amjad Nadeem Aamir.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film/(s)	Song	Co-Singer(s)	Composer	Lyrics
2017	Dobaara: See Your Evil	Humdard	Solo	Arko
	Behen Hogi Teri	Jai Maa	Sahil Solanki	Jaidev Kumar	Sonu Saggu
		Tenu Na Bol Pawan	Yasser Desai	Yash Narvekar	Rohit Sharma
	Half Girlfriend	Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahungi	Solo	Mithoon	Manoj Muntashir
		Tu Hi Hai		Rahul Mishra	Laado Suwalka
	Channa Mereya	Jinne Saah	Ninja	Goldboy
	Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana	Pallo Latke	Yasser Desai, Fazilpuria	Zain-Saim-Raees	Kumaar, Rap lyrics: Rossh
Fukrey Returns	Ishq De Faniyar	Solo	Shaarib-Toshi	Kumaar
2018	Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran	Shubh Din	Keerthi Sagathia	Sachin–Jigar	Vayu
	Laila Majnu	O Meri Laila	Atif Aslam	Joi Barua	Irshad Kamil
		Tum (Female Version)	Solo	Niladri Kumar
	Hotel Milan	Badi Happening Lagti Ho	Enbee & Raahi	Enbee
	Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se	Tunu Tunu	Alamgir Khan	Sanjeev Darshan	Kunwar Juneja
	Baazaar	Kem Cho	Ikka	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed, Ikka
	Brij Mohan Amar Rahe	Balma Yeh Karma	Brijesh Shandilya	Tanishk-Vayu	Vayu
2019	Total Dhamaal	Mungda	Shaan, Shubro Ganguly	Gourov-Roshin	Kunwar Janeja
	Rocky	Desi Firangi	Solo	Emraan-Wasim	Jai Atre
	Fastey Fasaatey	Dramebaazi Saari	Solo	Rahul Jain, Sanjeev-Ajay	Sanjeev Chaturvedi
	Family of Thakur'''ganj'''	Fancy Thumke	Mika Singh, Dev Negi, Rap By Parry G	Sajid–Wajid	Danish Sabri
	Jhootha Kahin Ka	Saturday Night	Neeraj Shridhar, Rap by Enbee	Amjad Nadeem & Aamir	Amjad Nadeem, Rap Lyrics by Enbee
	Jabariya Jodi	Khadke Glassy	Yo Yo Honey Singh, Ashok Mastie	Tanishk Bagchi, Ashok Mastie, Ramji Gulati	Tanishk Bagchi, Channi Rakhala
		Glassy 2.0			Kumaar
		Macchardaani	Vishal Mishra		Raj Shekhar
	Housefull 4	Ek Chumma	Sohail Sen, Altamash Faridi	Sohail Sen	Sameer Anjaan
	Dream Girl	Dhagala Lagali Kaala	Mika Singh, Meet Bros	Meet Bros	Kumaar
2020	Jawaani Jaaneman	Gallan Kardi	Jazzy B, Mumzy Stranger	Prem-Hardeep	Preet Harpal, Mumzy Stranger
	Virgin Bhanupriya	Kangna Vilayti	Solo	Ramji Gulati	Kumaar
		Dil Apne Haadon Se		Chirrantan Bhatt	Manoj Yadav
		Beat Pe Thumka		Amjad Nadeem Aamir	Alokik Rahi, Amjad Nadeem
	Taish	Kol Kol		Raghav Sachar	Rohit Sharma
2022	Raksha Bandhan	Done Kar Do	Navraj Hans	Himesh Reshammiya	Irshad Kamil
	Bajre Da Sitta	Bajre Da Sitta Title Track	Noor Chahal	Jaidev Kumar	Jass Grewal
		Surmedani		Avvy Sra	Harmanjit
		Veeni De Vich Wang			Veet Baljit
		Sone Da Chubara			Harmanjit
		Bajre Da Sitta	Saari Raat	Jaidev Kumar	Traditional
	Ae Chann Tera Hamdardi		Harmanjit, Jaidev Kumar
	Surmedani - Unplugged
	Saari Raat - Sad
	Mere Ram Ji
2023	Bad Boy	"Tera Hua"	Arijit Singh	Himesh Reshammiya	Sonia Kapoor
	Chatrapathi	"Window Taley"	Dev Negi	Tanishk Bagchi	Shabbir Ahmed
2025	Deva	"Bhasad Macha"	Mika Singh	Vishal Mishra	Raj Shekhar

Album(s)

Year	Album/(s)	Song	Co-Singer(s)	Composer	Lyrics
2017	Zee Music Originals	Sanu Nehar Wale Pul Te Bulake	Solo	Amjad Nadeem	Amjad Nadeem
	Popular Festive Song (92.7 Big FM)	Mera Laung Gawacha	Solo	Sandeep Batraa	Manish Shukla
	Hey Girl	Hey Girl	Aditya Narayan	Arian Romal	Viruss
	Bahon Mein Chale Aao	Bahon Mein Chale Aao Cover Version	Solo	Mika Singh, Ravi Pawar, R.D. Burman	Majrooh Sultanpuri
	T-Series	Sundowner	Avi J	Showkidd	Dhruv Yogi
2018	Tere Bina	Tere Bina	Sushant Sharma (Rinkoo)	Sushant-Shankar	Jaani
	Zee Music Originals	Maahi Ve Teri Akhiyaan	Raghav Sachar		Rohit Sharma
		Tere Naal Rehna	Jeet Gannguli		Kumaar
		Mahiya Ve Mahiya	Solo	Jaidev Kumar	Sonu Saggu
		Kuch Nahi		Ajay Jaiswal	Shekhar Astitwa
	Zero to Infinity	Woh Chori		Raftaar
	Gori Ghani	Gori Ghani	Fazilpuria	Rossh
	Sapno Ke Kaise	Sapno Ke Kaise	Solo	Ajay Jaiswal	Shekhar Astitwa
	Viaah	Viaah	Honey Anttal	Music Empire	Honey Anttal
2019	Zee Music Originals	Solo	Paani Tera Rang	Amjad Nadeem Aamir	Pawan Kumar & Amjad Nadeem
	Patola Lagdi		Patola Lagdi	Kaptan Laadi and RDK	Kaptan Laadi and Noddy
	Zee Music Originals		Unglich Ring Daal De	Chirantan Bhatt	Manoj Yadav
	Dancing Doll	Dancing Doll	Rap by CA Rudra	Sandeep Saxena	Jaggi Singh
	Mere Aas Paas ft. Sonal Chauhan	Mere Aas Paas	Yasser Desai	Arghya & Sanjeev Chaturvedi	Sanjeev Chaturvedi
	Zee Music Originals	Hor Pila	Solo	Ramji Gulati	Kumaar
	Firefighters Bula Lo	Firefighters Bula Lo	Olivia Malhotra ft. Arnie B	Arnie B	ISR(Inder Singh Randhawa)
2020	Zee Music Originals	Tu Bhi Royega	Solo	Vivek Kar	Kumaar
2020	Zee Music Company	Fakiri	Solo	Ajay Jaiswal & Arun Dev Yadav	Rashi Maheshwari
2020	Musiway - GFP	Taake Naina	Ankit Tiwari	Abhishek - Amol	Abhishek Talented
2021	JT Music	Amma	Solo	Jyotica Tangri	Sanju
		Rakhrhi	Solo	Jyotica Tangri	Jyotica Tangri
2022	JT Music	Kamli	Solo
2023		Hath Phadeya	Solo	Tanvir Sandhu	Vishal Vivek
	Aart Sense Studios	Kharaab	Arjuna Harjai	Arjuna Harjai	Jyotica Tangri
		Jhoothe
	JT Music	Sundaa Jaa	Solo	Jyotica Tangri	Jyotica Tangri
		Suit	Rehmat	Khan Mallanwala	Khan Mallanwala
		Mere Naanak Ji	Solo	Jyotica Tangri	Arsh Sidhu
	Varinder Brar	Boo Thang	Varinder Brar	Gill Saab	Varinder Brar
2024	JT Music	Pyar Naal Mana li	Solo	Enzo	Diljaan
		Pyar Mainu Hogya	Solo	Traditional	Ranjha Rajan
		Mere Bhole Shankar	Solo	Neelam Bhawana Tangri and Jyotica Tangri	Neelam Bhawana Tangri and Jyotica Tangri
	DRJ Records	Teri Laal Chunariya	Pawan Singh	Javed-Mohsin	Rashmi Virag

Appearances on television

Year	Show(s)	Role	Channel
2013	Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega	Contestant	Sony Entertainment Television
2015	The Voice Season 1	Contestant	&TV
2016	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa	Finalist	Zee TV
2019	Superstar Singer	Mentor/Captain	Sony Entertainment Television

Awards

Year	Award	Song	Film	Result
2018	Zee Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer	"Pallo Latke"	Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana	Won[10]
	Screen Award for Best Female Playback Singer			Nominated[11]