Baba Sehgal
Birth name     Harjit Singh Sehgal
Born     Chandigarh, India
Genres     Indipop
Occupations     Singer, Actor

Baba Sehgal is an Indian rapper and actor, brought in Lucknow, was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper[1] to jump on the Indipop bandwagon,[2] and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India.[3] Since then he has dominated the Indian rap scene[4] with hits such as 'Thanda Thanda Paani' (a remake of "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice),[5] 'Manjula' and 'Dil Dhadke'.
Career

He has released 22 albums till now,[7] though they haven't all met with the same level of commercial success. He released Dilruba (1990),[8] Alibaba (1991),[9] Thanda Thanda Pani (1992),[10] Main bhi Madonna (1993)[11], Double Gadbad (1999) and many more albums. He almost always writes, composes and sings the songs in his albums himself. He was the music director of the movie 'Dance Party' which had a popular song "kapurthala se aaya hoon, tere liye laaya hoon, Orange kurta peela pajama.."[12]. He has the distinction of being the first Indian music video ever to be shown on MTV Asia[13] (which was broadcasting out of Hong Kong at the time).

He made a one time acting appearance as the main lead (hero) of the Bollywood film Miss 420.[14] Before this he hosted the TV show Superhit Muqabla which was aired on DD2 at primetime.[15] He has also worked as a stage performer[16] and a model.

He was in New York from 2001 to 2005[17] and when he came home to Mumbai, he released his album 'Welcome to Mumbai',[18] which was his 22nd and latest music album.

He also directed the music for the Bollywood film 'Bhoot Uncle'.[19]

He is also anchoring the tv show 'Santa and Banta news unlimited' on Zoom TV channel.[20]. In 2009 he was one of the performers on the NDTV Imagine show Dhoom Macha De.

He is currently playing a role in the SAB TV comedy series called Jugni Chali Jalandhar.[citation needed]
 Albums

    * Dilruba
    * Alibaba
    * Thanda Thanda Pani
    * Double Gadbad
    * Mai Bhi Madonna
    * Dr Dhingra
    * Welcome To Mumbai
    * Pinga Pinga

 Baba Sehgal Movies as Actor

    * Nalaik (2006)
    * Double Gadbad (1999)
    * Miss 420 (1998)
    * Yaaron Ka Yaar (1996)
Tv Serials

    * CID
    * Superhit Muqabla
    * Yeh Dil Chahe More
    * Jugni Chali Jalandhar
    * Santa Banta Unlimited on ZoomTv