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| | name = Navtej Singh Rehal
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| | native_name = ਨਵਤੇਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੈਹਲ
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| | birth_place = [[Denmark]]
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| | nationality = [[Danish people|Danish]] / Indian
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| | other_names = Naf
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| | citizenship = [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
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| | occupation = Singer, lyricist
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| | years_active = 2002–present
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| | organization = [[Bombay Rockers]]
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| | known_for = [[Pop rock]], [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
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| | notable_works = [[Crash and Burn (Bombay Rockers album)|Crash and Burn]], [[Introducing (Bombay Rockers album)|Introducing]], [[Outsourced (film)|Outsourced]]
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| '''Navtej Singh Rehal''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|h|əl}}), popularly known as '''Naf''', is the lead singer of the [[India|Indo]]-Danish music band named [[Bombay Rockers]]. His co-partner is [[Thomas Sardorf]].
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| ''Rehal'' delivers the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] vocals and plays guitar and keyboards in the band.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |title=The Bhangra edge - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821211045/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| His debut album ''[[Introducing (Bombay Rockers album)|Introducing]]'' has gone five times [[platinum album|platinum]] with sales of over 100,000 albums. It was No.1 for 15 consecutive weeks on the Indian album charts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |title=The Bhangra edge - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821211045/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Rehal along with [[Thomas Sardorf|Sardorf]] performed for the first time in front of 25,000 people at [[Roskilde Festival]] in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://themusiciris.com/22/bombay-rockers-talk-about-everything/ | title=Bombay Rockers talk about their past/Present/Future, and the Desi music scene | date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> His band ''[[Bombay Rockers]]'' achieved worldwide fame with the song ''Rock the Party''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-new-beats-of-bombay-rockers/782975/ | title=The new beats of Bombay Rockers - Indian Express }}</ref>
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| ==Early life==
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| Rehal was born in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], to Indian parents, and as such, he has his roots in [[India]]. He grew up in the multicultural suburb [[Nørrebro]] and went through the whole public school system – from nursery to high school in Denmark, except for two years, where he went to school in [[India]] and, as he states it: "experienced his own culture". At the age of 13, he began to dance [[Hip-hop dance|hiphop]], funk, breakdance and Indian [[bhangra (music)|bhangra]].
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| ==Career==
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| In the year 2003<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://themusiciris.com/22/bombay-rockers-talk-about-everything/ | title=Bombay Rockers talk about their past/Present/Future, and the Desi music scene | date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> Rehal and [[Thomas Sardorf|Sardorf]] met each other through a mutual [[friend]] at a record label. After then, they [[collaboration|collaborated]] for the first time for the song called '''Ari Ari'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/celebrity-interview-details/India-needs-to-get-Indi-pop-back:-Bombay-Rockers/551/2 |title=India needs to get Indi-pop back: Bombay Rockers {{!}} Celebrity Interviews |website=www.planetradiocity.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121005/http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/celebrity-interview-details/India-needs-to-get-Indi-pop-back:-Bombay-Rockers/551/2 |archive-date=2014-08-26}}</ref> This first single became a rage in the Danish dance clubs and got a massive national airplay in [[Denmark]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |title=The Bhangra edge - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821211045/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan12007/metromon18534520061231.asp |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| In 2005, Rehal along with [[Thomas Sardorf|Sardorf]] performed at the major Indian metropolitan cities : [[Bangalore]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]] and Delhi. They also performed at the ''International Club'' in [[Bangladesh]]. They also performed in the major cities in Germany. During his concert in [[Bangladesh]], Rehal advised the audience not to buy [[copyright infringement|unauthorized]] CDs.<ref>http://archive.thedailystar.net/rising/2005/06/02/special.htm</ref>
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| Naf and [[Thomas Sardorf|Sardorf]] released the album '''Rock and Dhol''' in the year 2010. The duo worked out for two years for the album.<ref>http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicreporter/celebrity-interview-details/India-needs-to-get-Indi-pop-back:-Bombay-Rockers/551 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> It was an electro inspired album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN22170 |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 August 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161925/http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN22170 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album consisted of 12 tracks and they also shot a video for one of the songs 'Let's dance'.<ref>http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/04/bombay-rockers-groove.html</ref> Eleven songs from this album were brand new while the last one was an electro-mix version of ''Let's Dance''. In this album, they also made the use of traditional Indian sounds like [[Sitar]] and Punjabi beats.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://themusiciris.com/22/bombay-rockers-talk-about-everything/ | title=Bombay Rockers talk about their past/Present/Future, and the Desi music scene | date=22 February 2012 }}</ref>
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| ==Discography==
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| |''Teri to Teri ta Hamesha Yaad Satawe'' ||[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2004
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| |''Sexy Mama'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2004
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| |''Substitute'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2004
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| |''[[Rock Tha Party]]'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2004
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| |''Wild Rose'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2005
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| |''Musikk feat Bombay Rockers'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2005
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| |''Dhola'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2007
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| |''Out of Control'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2007
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| | ''Play Me Like Dat'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2007
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| | ''Kushi'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2007
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| | ''[[Beautiful (Bombay Rockers song)|Beautiful]]'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2007
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| | ''Supernatural''|| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| | ''Sajna Ve'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| | ''Lullaby'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| | ''Amazin' Girl'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| | ''Intro'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| | ''Lights, Camera, Action'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| |''Ladies 2 Tha Floor'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| |''Lovesick Part II'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| |''Bounce Back'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||2007
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| |''[[Rock Tha Party]]'' || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] || 2010
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| ==Filmography==
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| |2004||''[[:da:Snurre Snups Søndagsklub|Snurre Snups Sondagsklub]]''||Himself|| Episode – 20.4<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1593888/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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| |2004||''[[:da:Snurre Snups Søndagsklub|Snurre Snups Sondagsklub]]''||Himself|| Episode – 21.3
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| |2005||''[[:da:Snurre Snups Søndagsklub|Snurre Snups Sondagsklub]]''||Himself|| Episode – 22.11
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| |2006||''Konzoom''||Himself|| –
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| |2007||''[[:da:GO' Aften Danmark|GO' Aften Danmark]]'' ||Himself||Episode dated 24 September 2007
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| ==Albums==
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| ===Studio albums===
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| *''[[Introducing (Bombay Rockers)|Introducing]]'' (2005)
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| *''[[Crash And Burn (Bombay Rockers)|Crash And Burn]]'' (2007)
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| *''All Or Nothing ft. Bombay Rockers (Overseas album)'' (2008)
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| *''Rock And Dhol'' (2011)
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| ===Remix albums===
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| *''[[Rock Tha Party]]'' (2004)
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| ==Stage shows==
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| * COLOSSEUM 2010 College of Technology, Pantnagar [[G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology]]
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| * Vivum Twelve, The International School Bangalore, in Whitefield, Bengaluru.
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| * G-Quasar 2013, Galgotias University, Greater Noida.
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{IMDb name|1593888}}
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061220053656/http://www.egothemag.com/archives/2005/06/index.htm June 2005 Archives] – EGO Magazine
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050524113416/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050521/asp/calcutta/story_4764660.asp Meet the rockers] The Telegraph, Calcutta – 21 May 2005
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| [[Category:Danish people of Indian descent]]
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| [[Category:Danish Sikhs]]
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| [[Category:Danish rock singers]]
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