Raftaar

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Raftaar
Badshah snapped on the sets of Dance India Dance.jpg
Raftaar (left) with rapper Badshah
Born
Dilin Nair

(1988-11-16) 16 November 1988 (age 35)[1][2]
Occupation
  • Songwriter
  • Music Producer
  • Dancer
  • Rapper
  • Reality Show Judge
Years active2009–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Associated actsBadshah, KRSNA, ikka Singh, Manj Musik , KARMA

Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988[1][2]), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer. Raftaar started his career as a dancer. He began his career in rap in 2008 with Lil Golu and Young Amli (now known as Ikka), recording songs and uploading them on social sites. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of group Mafia Mundeer.[3] Raftaar then split from the group due to credit-related problems. He was supported by Ankit Khanna, who introduced him to the Punjabi music band RDB, who then signed him onto their label, Three Records. Soon after the split between the RDB members, Raftaar joined Manjeet Ral (now known as Manj Musik). He started his solo career in 2016 after getting signed to Zee Music Company. He won the "Best Urban Single" award for "Swag Mera Desi" with Manj Musik at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards. In 2019, he started judging the reality show MTV Hustle, Dance India Dance and Roadies.

Life and career[edit]

Raftaar was born to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala.[1] He began his rapping career in 2008 with Lil Golu and Young Amli (now known as Ikka), recording songs and uploading them on social media platforms. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of the group Mafia Mundeer. Raftaar then split from the group. Raftaar released his debut mixtape WTF - Witness The Future in 2013. He debuted in Bollywood in 2013 with the song "Tamanche Pe Disco" starring Sonakshi Sinha and Saif Ali Khan which became a major hit song of its time.

Raftaar became known after releasing his song "Swag Mera Desi" in 2013 with Manj Musik. The line "Ab yeh karke dikhao" from the song was a diss to Yo Yo Honey Singh.[clarify][4] "Ab yeh karke dikhao" was already used in Yo Yo Honey Singh's song "Party With The Bhoothnath" which led to a dispute between the two rappers in media.[5] "Swag Mera Desi" won Best Urban Song at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards in 2014.[6]

In 2017, Raftaar debuted in the Bengali music industry through the film One which featured singer Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar.[7] He also produced and rapped a song for the Chaamp soundtrack.[8] Raftaar has collaborated with Varun Dhawan for the second edition of Breezer Vivid Shuffle.[9]

Raftaar is a gang leader of the reality show MTV Roadies. Also, he is one of the judges of MTV Hustle and Dance India Dance.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

  • WTF Mixtape: Vol. 1 (2013)
  • Zero To Infinity (2018)[10]
  • "Mr. Nair" (2020)[11]
  • MTV Spoken Word 2 (2021)

EP[edit]

  • Bar'ish ( In Progress )

Singles and collaborations[edit]

Year Track Artist Music Notes
2012 Majnu Deep Money Ft. Raftaar The Titans
2013 You Don't Know Me Raftaar Raftaar From - WTF Mixtape:Vol 1
Thappad Send It Up (Kanye West) From - WTF Mixtape:Vol 1
2014 Swag Mera Desi Raftaar, Manj Musik Manj Musik Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word
Happy Single B.I.G Dhillon and Raftaar Raftaar
Sniper Sukhe and Raftaar Sukhe
FU - (For You) Raftaar 8 Mile (Bootleg) From - WTF Mixtape:Vol 1
BBM Nindy Kaur and Raftaar Three Records RDB- (Rhythm Dhol Bass)
Gal Mitro
2015 All Black Sukhe and Raftaar Sukhe and Raftaar
Desi Hip Hop Manj Musik, Raxstar, Roach Killa, Humble The Poet, Badshah, BIG Dhillon, Sarb Smooth & Raftaar Manj Musik Panasonic Mobile MTV Spoken Word
Stand Up Manj Musik, Big Dhillon & Raftaar Manj Musik, O2 & SRK
Mombatiye Zohaib Amjad, Raftaar & Manj Musik Manj Musik
Allah Veh Manj Musik, Raftaar & Jashan Singh Manj Musik & Sunny Brown
Billo Hai Sahara, Manj Musik & Raftaar Manj Musik
2016 Nazar Battu Anthem Nazar Battu, Abhi Payla & Raftaar D Chandu[12]
Chandigarh Rehn Waaliye Jenny Johal, Raftaar & Bunty Bains Desi Crew
TVF's CUTE Vol. 1 Raftaar Raftaar Vodafone Promotional
Lak Hilaade Manj Musik, Amy Jackson & Raftaar Manj Musik, O2 & SRK
Do Hazaar Solo Raftaar Raftaar Introductory for Zero To Infinity Album
Saroor Resham Singh Anmol and Raftaar Desi Crew
Instagram Love Raftaar and Kappie Raftaar Vodafone Promotional
2017 Mera Highway Star Tulsi Kumar and Raftaar Sanjay Rajee
Can't Stop The Party Noopsta, Raftaar & Humble The Poet Manj Musik
Baby Marvake Maanegi Raftaar Blackout
Tere Wargi Nai Ae Raftaar
#SADAK Emiway ft. Raftaar Raftaar and Emiway Bantai PSYIK
2018 Sheikh Chilli Raftaar, Hassu Raftaar & Instine Diss Track on Emiway Bantai
Awein Hai Raftaar Frisk
Ready For My Vyah Deep Kalsi, Akriti Kakar and Raftaar Deep Kalsi Shaadi Anthem
2019 Nachne Ka Shaunq Raftaar and Brodha V Raftaar and Brodha V
Main Wahi Hoon Raftaar and KARMA Raftaar
Dilli Waali Baatcheet Raftaar
2020 Aage Chal Saurabh Lokhande Journey on Raftaar Life
Me and My Pen Raftaar Ft. Shah Rule Raftaar and Shah Rule Intro of Mr. Nair
Damn Raftaar Ft.KR$NA Raftaar
Drama Raftaar
Move
Naiyyo Akasa Singh and Raftaar Stego and Vinay Vyas
Angaar Ikka, Raftaar Sez on the Beat Brothers Reunion Collab featuring in Ikka's first album 'I'
2020 Saath Ya Khilaaf Kr$na ft. Raftaar Kalamkaar
2021 Saza-E-Maut Kr$na ft. Raftaar In Kr$na's Album Still Here
2022 Machage Manj Musik ft. Raftaar MTV Spoken Word 2

Films[edit]

Year Film(s) Song(s) Composer(s) Lyrics(s) Co-singer(s) Notes
2013 Bullet Raja "Tamanchey Pe Disco" RDB, Manj Musik Raftaar Nindy Kaur, Manj Musik, RDB Hindi film
2014 Heropanti "Whistle Baja" Manj Musik, Laxmikant Pyarelal Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur
"The Puppy Song" Manj Musik Manj Musik
Fugly "Dhup Chik" Raftaar Badshah, Aastha Gill
Dr. Cabbie "Dal Makhni" Manj Musik Manj Musik, Raftaar Manj Musik
2015 Gabbar is Back "Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega" Manj Musik, Raftaar, Big Dhillon
Singh Is Bliing "Singh and Kaur" Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar, Big Dhillon Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur
2016 Baaghi "Let's Talk About Love" Raftaar, Shabbir Khan Neha Kakkar
A Flying Jatt "A Flying Jatt Title Track" Sachin-Jigar Vayu, Raftaar Mansheel Gujral, Tanishkaa
Dishoom "Toh Dishoom" Pritam Mayur Puri Shahid Mallya
Dangal "Dhaakad" Amitabh Bhattacharya
Beiimaan Love "Mar Gaye" Manj Musik Raftaar Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur
Tum Bin II "Ki Kariye Nachna Aaonda Nahin" Gourov-Roshin Kumaar Hardy Sandhu, Neha Kakkar
2017 One "One (Title Track)" Arindam Chatterjee Prosen Vishal Dadlani Bengali film
Chaamp "Dekho Dekho Chaamp" Raftaar Dev
Kaabil "Haseeno Ka Deewana" (Re-make) Gourov-Roshin, Rajesh Roshan Kumaar, Anjaan Payal Dev Hindi film
Commando 2 "Hare Krishna Hare Ram" (Remake) Gourov-Roshin, Pritam Kumaar Armaan Malik, Ritika
Jolly LLB 2 "Go Pagal" Manj Musik Manj Musik, Raftaar Nindy Kaur
Raabta "Sadda Move" Pritam Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil Diljit Dosanjh, Pradeep Singh Sran
Behen Hogi Teri "Jaanu" (Remake) Rishi Rich, R.D. Burman Anand Bakshi, Raftaar Juggy D, Shivi
A Gentleman "Bandook Meri Laila" Sachin-Jigar Vayu Ash King, Sachin-Jigar, Sidharth Malhotra
The Final Exit "Dum Maro Dum Maro" Amjad-Nadeem Amjad-Nadeem, Raftaar Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai
Lucknow Central "Teen Kabootar" Arjunna Harjaie Kumaar, Raftaar Mohit Chauhan, Divya Kumar
Fukrey Returns "Mehbooba" (Remake) Prem-Hardeep Kumaar Neha Kakkar, Yasser Desai, Mohammed Rafi
"Tu Mera Bhai Nahi Hai" Sumeet-Bellary Satya Khare, Raftaar Gandharv Sachdev
Tiger Zinda Hai "Zinda Hai" Vishal-Shekhar, Julius Packiam Irshad Kamil Sukhwinder Singh
2018 Manto "Mantoiyat" Raftaar Raftaar, Saadat Hasan Manto Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Andhadhun "Andhadhun Title Track" Raftaar, Girish Nakod
Bhaiaji Superhit "Naam Hai Bhaiaji" Sanjeev-Darshan, Neerraj Pathak Sanjeev Chaturvedi, Neerraj Pathak Amit Mishra
"Om Namah Shivay" Raghav Sachar Shabbir Ahmed Sukhwinder Singh, Raghav Sachar, Akanksha Sharma
2020 Darbar "Thalaiva In Charge" Anirudh Ravichander Raftaar, Yogi B, Senthuzhan, Syan Yogi B
99 Songs TBA A. R. Rahman Raftaar TBA
2021 Pagglait "Pagglait" Arijit Singh Amrita Singh, Arijit Singh

Television[edit]

Year Shows Channel Role Notes
2011 DID doubles Zee TV Contestant 9th Place
2015 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Colors TV
2018 Lockdown ZEE5 Recreating a Hindi Song Web Reality Show[13][14]
Roadies Xtreme MTV Gang Leader Reality Show
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! & TV Singer Cameo Appearance
2019-2020 Roadies: Real Heroes MTV Gang Leader Reality Show
Dance India Dance Battle Of The Champions Zee TV Judge Dance Show
MTV Hustle MTV Rap Show
Roadies: Revolution MTV Gang Leader Reality Show

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ghosh, Sankhayan (1 November 2015). "Style south, Operation north: Rap star Raftaar on his Malayali roots, popularity in Punjab". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2020. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 @gaana (16 November 2020). "'Sadda Move' sabse alag hai, and we couldn't agree more. Here's wishing the rapper extraordinaire @raftaarmusic a very Happy Birthday! gaa.na/Raftaar #HappyBirthdayRaftaar" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 February 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. "Raftaar Net Worth 2021: Income, Salary, Property, Career, Investments, and More". theancestory.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Yo Yo, Raftaar rap up another row". Hindustan Times. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "Yo Yo caught in a fresh controversy with Punjabi rapper Raftaar". intoday.in. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "Raftaar to headline Bollyboom". radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. "Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar sing title track of Bengali film 'One'". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. "Dev, Rukmini and Raftaar go clubbing with t2". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. "Varun and Raftaar Announce Winners of Breezer Vivid Shuffle S2". The Quint. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  10. "Rapper Raftaar dedicates Zero to Infinity' world tour to his fans'". The Times of India. IANS. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. "Raftaar pays homage to his roots with new album Baar'ish Ep". OutlookIndia. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  12. Ankit Pal. "Iss Faadu Song Ko As Ringtone Lagaoge Toh Kisi Ki Nazar Nahi Lagegi". Smile Karo. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  13. "ZEE5 launches Lockdown with Badshah, Kailash Kher, Raftaar, Jonita Gandhi and many more". Zee News. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  14. India-West, R. M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "ZEE5's Maiden Offering in the Music Space, 'Lockdown,' Premieres: Watch Trailer". India West. Retrieved 21 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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