Ravi K. Tripathi
Ravi K. Tripathi (born 4 February) is an Indian playback singer, composer and music director. He competed on the television music reality show Indian Idol season 2 in 2006. Tripathi was the only Indian artist to have been invited to perform and represent India at the closing ceremony of Asian games 2010, in Guangzhou, China. Career. In 2005, Tripathi participated in the second season of Indian music reality show Indian Idol and was the top finalist. Tripathi hosted singing reality show Close Up Performer on Doordarshan in 2008. His first solo album, Baatain, was released on 26  February 2009, by Times Music which received good response and in the same year he debuted in Bollywood with the song India Se Aaya Tera Dost from Bollywood film Chandni Chowk to China. In 2010, Tripathi was invited to perform at the closing ceremony of Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China and became the only Indian performer of note after actor Raj Kapoor to have entertained the Chinese audience. According to a report published by Hindustan Times In January and February, the Chinese government gave him a 15-show contract to take a 50-member troupe to China. His second  album Sri Siddhivinayak Morya was released in the same year by Worldwide Records. He has also lent his voice to some TV shows including Ramayan. In 2017, he composed and produced a song Main Bharat Bol Raha Hoon, which received 129 thousand views on YouTube in 3 weeks. The song was featured by Ravi K. Tripathi, Kailash Kher, Shaan, Suresh Wadkar, Ankit Tiwari, Mayuresh Pai and Anant Bhardwaj