Pawan Singh

Pawan Singh (popularly known as Powerstar) (born 5 January 1986) is an Indian politician, playback singer, actor, music composer, stage performer. He is known for his works in Bhojpuri Film Industry. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing harmonium in musical concerts. He sang in Bollywood movie Stree 2 as a playback singer. He has received two International Bhojpuri Film Awards. Called as Powerstar by his fans, Singh is known for films such as Pratigya (2008), Satya (2017), Crack Fighter (2019), Raja (2019), Sher Singh (2019), Mera Bharat Mahaan (2022), Har Har Gange (2023), among others.
BJP declared him as a party candidate to 2024 Indian General Election for Asansol Lok Sabha constituency but Singh denied to contest election from there. Later on, he decided to contest election from Karakat Lok Sabha constituency as a Independent candidate. He was defeated with a margin of over one lakh votes by Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha in this election.
Pawan Singh was born in Jokahri village near Arrah, Bihar on 5 January 1986. He learnt singing from Shri Ajit Singh (his Uncle). He completed his schooling from H.N.K (+2) School, Arrah. Since his early age he started singing and now his fans call him Power Star of Bhojpuri Industry because of his remarkable singing.
Singh started singing and doing stage shows from his childhood. Singh has worked on Bhojpuri-language pop albums as a vocalist. His first album was Odhaniya Wali, which was released in 1997. In 2004, he made his acting debut with the film Rangli Chunariya Tohre Naam. He played his first lead role together in the 2007 film Rangli Chunariya Tohre Naam. In 2008 Singh released the album Lollipop Lageli whose song Lollipo Lagelu gave him fame in the industry. The same year, Singh released another album Dont Touch My Body, whose song Saniya Mirza Cut Nathuniya was a big hit.
In 2020, he made his Bollywood debut with song Kamariya Hila Rahi Hai featuring American dancer and actress Lauren Gottlieb. His second Bollywood single was Babuni Tere Rang Me, a holi song featuring Tridha Choudhury which was followed by Current featuring Payal Dev. In 2021 he sang a Chhath song with Sonu Nigam and also released Bhojpuri cover version of some popular Bollywood songs like Lut gaye, originally sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Barish Ban Jana. After Bhojpuri cover versions, he remade the famous Hindi song Tumsa Koi Pyara from the film Raja Babu (1994) in Bhojpuri. His next Bhojpuri single Jindagi was in collaboration with Haryanvi singer Renuka Panwar.
Singh married Neelam Singh in 2014 in a private ceremony attended by family, friends, relatives and some big names from Bhojpuri industry. But soon after their marriage, Neelam committed suicide at their home on 8 March 2015. In 2018, Pawan married Jyoti Singh in a private ceremony in Ballia attended only by family and some close aides. He filed for divorce from Jyoti in 2022 which hasn't yet been finalized as Pawan Singh has refused to proceed with the same..
BJP General Secretary Arun Singh inducted Singh into the BJP in 2014 by garlanding him with a saffron stole in presence of BJP Bihar state unit chief Nityanand Rai and General Secretary and Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav.
He was made the candidate for 2024 Lok Sabha election from Asansol. However, he denied to contest for personal reasons. Later on he decided to contest election from Karakat Lok Sabha constituency as an Independent candidate
In 2019, Bhojpuri Actress Akshara Singh filed an FIR against him for giving her death threats and posting her vulgar pictures and videos on social media. She claimed that, they were in relationship and she decided to end that after he got married in March 2018. Singh, however, did not want things to end yet and began pressurising her to continue their relationship. Akshara has alleged he also threatened to "not let her work in the industry".
His second wife Jyoti Singh alleged that he forced her to abort two pregnancies and accused him of domestic violence.