- Daler Singh Mehndi was born in Patna, Bihar on August 18, 1967. Bought up in a family of musicians, he has been practicing the various iterations of Indian classical music such as Ragas and Shabads from the holy book of the Sikhs 'Guru Granth Sahib Ji.'
Highly influenced from the Patiala Gharana style of music, Daler ran away from home at the age of 11 to be trained by the renowned Late Ustad Raahat Ali Khan and gave his first stage performance at the age of 13 where his parents found him onstage amidst his fans who were showering flowers and currency notes upon him.
Ever since then Daler Singh Mehndi has been a renowned performer, entertainer and a Industry renowned musician. He has given several hits to the music industry including the world famous Internet phenomenon Tunak Tunak Tun (1998) which is a rage on YouTube and Bolo Ta Ra Ra (1995)
In The year 1997, Daler Mehndi ventured into playback singing and made his first appearance on the large screen with the Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan in his comeback movie Mrityudaata (1997). He has made cameo appearances in many Bollywood movies as well lent his voice for songs such as Arjun Pandit (1999) and Khauff (2000).
- IMDb mini biography by: RT
- SpouseTaranpreet Mehndi(? - present) (4 children)
- Wears a bejeweled Turban at every performance
- Wears Self Designed Maharaja styled robes for every performance and music video
- Is known to wear heavy amounts of jewelry
- Wife Taranpreet Mehndi is also a singer and architect. Taranpreet Mehndi is also the CEO of Daler Mehndi's maiden record label DRecords. She is also a singer and actress and also known as Nikki Mehndi.
- Daler Mehndi's real name is Daler Singh. He was named Daler by his parents who saw a movie and got inspired from a dacoit named Daku Daler Singh.
- Daler Mehndi's real name is Daler Singh. The surname Mehndi comes from renowned singer Pervez Mehndi. Since Daler was a huge fan of his work and used to cover his songs, his brother decided to give him the name 'Daler Mehndi'.
- Brother of singer Harjeet Mehndi.
- Brother of singer Mika Singh and Music director Shamsher Mehndi.
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