# Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Kaur Royal is an Indian singer, songwriter and composer who sings in Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati as well as in English. She has received many awards and nominations including a Filmfare Award. In 2022, she became the first female music director in history to win the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for the film Shershaah (2021) and shared the award with the four other composers who were involved in the film.
She won an award for the Best Indie Song at the MTV Video Music Awards India 2013. She received this award for her debut song "Panchi Ho Jaava", composed and sung by Jasleen which is based on a poem by the Punjabi-language poet, Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
She won an award for the "Best Indie Artist" at "Free The Music" an initiative by Songdew, especially for Indie musicians. She was nominated alongside established and renowned singers like Kailash Kher, Rabbi Shergill and a Delhi-based band Indus Creed.
She entered Bollywood in September 2014 with Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan starrer film Khoobsurat with a song titled "Preet" which was composed by Sneha Khanwalkar and written by Amitabh Verma.

## Early life and background

Kaur was born on 8 July 1991 in Ludhiana, Punjab, to a Punjabi Sikh family. She completed her schooling from Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana and later moved to New Delhi for further studies. She completed her B. Com Honors from Hindu College, New Delhi.
With no formal training in music, majorly self-taught, Jasleen first gained popularity when she qualified as one of the semi-finalists in the first season of India's Got Talent in 2009 at the age of 18. She stood out because of her ability to play multiple instruments at the same time. She was amicably called as the 'one woman band' by the then judges Sonali Bendre, Kirron Kher and Shekhar Kapur for she can collectively play the guitar, mouth organ, flute and a tambourine while singing. She can also play the keyboard, which also happens to be the first instrument she ever played. She currently resides in Mumbai and is working on multiple Bollywood projects.

## Discography
### Singles

| Year | Song Title | Album/Series | Notes |
| 2013 | Panchi Hojavan | MTV | Composer and singer |
| 2013 | Maye Ni | Single featuring Swanand Kirkire | Composer and singer |
| 2013 | Din Shagna Da | Single | Composer and singer |
| 2014 | Door Ghar Mera hai | Kitkat | Composer and singer |
| 2020 | Nit Nit | Single | Composer and singer |
| 2020 | Sang Rahiyo | Single | Composer and singer |
| 2020 | Jaana | Mismatched | *Composer, singer and lyricist *Co-singer Soundarya Jayachandran |
| 2023 | Heeriye | Single featuring Dulquer Salmaan | *Composer and singer *Co-singer Arijit Singh |
| 2024 | Sahiba | Featuring Vijay Devarakonda | *Composer and singer *Co-singer Stebin Ben |

### Soundtracks

| Year | Song | Film | Music | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 2014 | Preet | Khoobsurat | Sneha Khanwalkar | Jasleen Royal | Amitabh Verma | |
| 2015 | Badla Badla | Badlapur | Sachin-Jigar | Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan, Jasleen Royal | Priya Saraiya, Dinesh Vijan | |
| 2016 | Kho Gaye Hum Kahan | Baar Baar Dekho | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal, Prateek Kuhad | Prateek Kuhad | |
| 2016 | Nachde Ne Saare | Baar Baar Dekho | Jasleen Royal | Harshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2016 | Raatein | Shivaay | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2016 | Raatein (Reprise) | Shivaay | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2016 | Love You Zindagi | Dear Zindagi | Amit Trivedi | Jasleen Royal, Amit Trivedi | Kausar Munir | |
| 2016 | Chotta Hoon Main | Dear Dad | Ujjwal Kashyap | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | |
| 2017 | Kidre Jawa | Haramkhor | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2017 | What's Up | Phillauri | Jasleen Royal | Mika Singh, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2017 | Din Shagna Da Remake | Phillauri | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | |
| 2017 | Peh Gaya Khalara | Fukrey Returns | Jasleen Royal | Divya Kumar, Akasa Singh, Akansha Bhaduri, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2017 | Amar Drawing Khata (Reprise) | Chhaya O Chhobi | Indraadip Dasgupta | Jasleen Royal | Kaushik Ganguly | Bengali film |
| 2017 | Har Mod Par Umeed Hai | Ribbon | Sagar Desai | Jasleen Royal | Puneet Sharma | |
| 2018 | Oye Hichki | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Harshdeep Kaur | Jaideep Sahni | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Soul of Hichki | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Harshdeep Kaur | Jaideep Sahni | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Madamji Go Easy | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Benny Dayal and various others | Raj Shekhar, David Klyton | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Khol De Par | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Arijit Singh | Raj Shekhar | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Teri Dastaan | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Neeraj Rajawat | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Phir Kya Hai Gham | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Shilpa Rao | Aditya Sharma, Neeraj Rajawat | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Naina's Theme | Hichki | Jasleen Royal | Instrumental | Instrumental | | Solo Composer |
| 2018 | Laaj Sharam | Veere Di Wedding | White Noise | Divya Kumar, Enbee | White Noise | |
| 2018 | Man Melo | Sharato Lagu | Parth Bharat Thakkar | Jasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | | Gujarati film |
| 2018 | Man Melo (Reprise Sad) | Sharato Lagu | Parth Bharat Thakkar | Jasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | | Gujarati film |
| 2018 | Man Melo (Theme) | Sharato Lagu | Parth Bharat Thakkar | Jasleen Royal, Siddharth Amit Bhavsar | | Gujarati film |
| 2019 | Jahan Tu Chala | Gully Boy | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2019 | Deh Shiva (Female) | Kesari | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Guru Gobind Singh Ji | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2020 | Bird Song | Ghoomketu | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Pushpendra Nath Mishra | Zee5 film |
| 2021 | Ranjha | Shershaah | Jasleen Royal | B Praak, Jasleen Royal, Romy | Anvita Dutt | Amazon Prime Video film Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2021 | Ranjha (Reprise) | Shershaah | Jasleen Royal | B Praak, Jasleen Royal, Romy | Anvita Dutt | Amazon Prime Video film Won - Filmfare Award for Best Music Director |
| 2021 | Khoya Paya (Female version) | Dhamaka | Vishal Khurana | Jasleen Royal | Puneet Sharma | Netflix film |
| 2021 | Udd Chaliyan | Velle | Jasleen Royal | Shahid Mallya, Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | |
| 2022 | Mitra Re | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2022 | Mitra Re (Reprise) | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal, Arijit Singh | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2022 | Mitra Re (Arijit Singh Version) | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal | Arijit Singh | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2022 | The Fall Song | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2022 | The Fall Song (English Version) | Runway 34 | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal | Aditya Sharma | Solo Composer |
| 2024 | Jaavi Na | Ishq Vishk Rebound | Rochak Kohli | Darshan Raval | Kumaar | |

## Special appearances

Jasleen has performed alongside Coldplay for their Music of the Spheres World Tour in India. Jasleen has performed on NDTV Our Girls, Our Pride along with Swanand Kirkire hosted by Priyanka Chopra. She had also appeared and performed at L'Oréal Paris Miss Femina (India) Awards, 2014. Jasleen has also participated in a debate on NDTV India on 'How money is not the bigger factor while choosing an employment'.

## Awards

| Year | Award | Song | Film | Title | Result | Shared with |
| 2016 | Mirchi Music Awards | "Raatein" | Shivaay (film) | Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Filmfare Awards | "Deh Shiva (Female)" | Kesari | Best Music Director | Nominated | Along with Tanishk Bagchi, Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirantan Bhatt, Jasbir Jassi, Gumroh |
| 2022 | Filmfare Awards | - | Shershaah | Best Music Director | Won | |