Navin Kundra


Navin Kundra is a British singer/songwriter, who writes, composes and performs songs in Hindi, Punjabi and English.
Navin has achieved six number one singles in the Asian Charts, and won the 2013 'Entertainer of the Year' Award in the Houses of Parliament. In 2011, he became an ambassador for the British Asian Trust, and used his music to break a Guinness World Record raising £10,000 for the Trust. In 2012, Navin was appointed ambassador of the diabetes charity, Silver Star. Since becoming one of their ambassadors, Navin has helped the charity raise in excess of £10,000 by performing at fundraising events across the UK. Navin has delivered talks at youth conferences across the UK. In October 2013, Navin became the first British Asian singer to be invited to St James's Palace to perform for TRH Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall along with other guests. In November 2015, Navin was a headline performer at Wembley Stadium in London, for the visit of the PM of India, Shri Narendra Modi

Career

His first break came on his 19th birthday when he represented the UK in a World Series of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa filmed in Dubai. This gave him the opportunity to showcase his talent to figures in the Indian music industry, as well as presenting his singing to a worldwide television audience.
He performed live at Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Navin has released eleven music videos – 'Bandagi', 'Tear It Up', 'Dangerous', 'Jind', 'Pa Na Na', 'Zinda Hoon' with dancers from the Eastern Illusion Dance Troupe, the following were co-written and produced by Mushtaq – 'Love Thing', 'Mehbooba', 'Jee Le', 'Shudaayi' and 'Hamesha'.
Navin has also collaborated with Rishi Rich and Jay Sean on a track called "Fade Away" which he has chosen to use it as a tribute to Michael Jackson.
He became an ambassador for the British Asian Trust on 7 July 2011.
In 2012, Navin was appointed ambassador of diabetes charity, Silver Star.
Navin was awarded as an ambassador for Sewa Day at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Palace of Westminster, London, 26 March 2014.

Performances

Performed with percussionist and producer Pandit Dinesh, and virtuoso piano player Kishon Khan.
Food For Life Charity Event – London – 10 October 2009
Star Act at British Asian Sports Awards - London, 2010
Performance at a Silver Star event – 22 February 2010
Worked with Canadian director Jazz Virk and artist Prita Chhabra on Virk's project Dance on 28 May 2011.
Star Act and Guest Judge on the Asian dance show, 'Boogie Woogie', New York, 2011
Guinness World Records for largest Bollywood Dance at Manchester Mega Mela at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield to his song Mehbooba on 23 July 2011.
In Concert with Raghav at Nawaab in Manchester, on 16 March 2012
Headline Act & Co-Presenter at Miss India UK Worldwide Beauty Pageant, London, 2012
In Concert with Atif Aslam, Bollywood playback singer at LockDown 2012 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester – 27 April 2012
An Exclusive Evening with Shahrukh Khan at the CSN International Exhibition & Conference Centre In Birmingham 26 January 2013
Headline Act for 'Save Wild Tigers' Gala Event - London, 21 March 2013
Asian Express' 100 Years of Bollywood With Jackie Shroff in Bradford, 3 May 2013
Reception for Silver Star initiative for diabetes 6th anniversary – 12 September 2013
Performed for TRH Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall – St James's Palace – 24 October 2013
Performance in The House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Palace of Westminster, London – 20 March 2014
Acoustic version of Amazing Grace in the River Room within the House of Lords, in support of the Lily Foundation; a charity which works to combat human trafficking and child abuse in India – 15 July 2014.
Navin was a headline performer at Wembley Stadium on 13 November 2015, on the occasion of Community Reception for Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
Navin performed for a second time for the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Brussels to address the European Union on 30 March 2016.

Projects

Navin wrote the lyrics for Avina Shah's debut song "Tere Bina", released in October 2010. It is a charity song to raise awareness of domestic violence and is supported by the Southall Black Sisters. The song was inspired by the real-life story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, played by Aishwarya Rai in the film Provoked.
Navin reworks his song 'Mehbooba', adding English lyrics, and performing it as a duet with Rekha Sawhney for a Bollywood proposal on BBC One Doctors
Navin in Bollywood
Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala chose Navin to be the playback singer for Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar in Kambakth Ishq, released on 29 May 2009.
Navin in Hollywood
Navin's sixth No. 1 Punjabi Track Shudaayi features in director Raghav Murali's film – The Spectacular Jihad of Taz Rahim, released on 29 May 2015

Discography

The Collection released on 19 September 2015. This eighteen track album includes Navin's six No. 1 hit tracks and three Hindi mix covers.