Alisha Chinoy
| Alisha Chinai | |
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Chinai in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sujata Chinai |
| Also known as | Alisha, Alisha Chinai, Baby Doll,Indian Madonna |
| Born |
18 March 1965 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Genres | Indipop, playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Alisha Chinai (born 18 March 1965) is an Indian pop singer known for her albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
She is best known for her songs with Anu Malik during the 1990s. However, two of her most popular and successful songs to date was the item number "Kajra Re" from Bunty Aur Babli (2005) and Pyar Aaya from a Sanjay Dutt starter gangster film, Plan which was composed by Anand Raj Anand.
Alisha's initial albums include Jadoo, Baby Doll, Aaah Alisha and Made in India. Alisha was introduced to Hindi film music by the veteran music director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits together in many films in the 1980s including "Tarzan", Dance Dance, Commando, Guru, Love Love Love, etc. When she started her career with him, she was playback singing for many leading actresses, such as Karisma Kapoor, Smita Patil, Mandakini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Divya Bharti. In 1985, Alisha sang 2 Songs with Remo Fernandes in the album Old Goan Gold In Konkani. She also recorded a song for Pankuj Parashar's film Jalwa (1987), composed by Anand-Milind. One of her biggest hits during the 80s was "Kaate Nahin Katthe" (Mr. India) in 1987, which she recorded with Kishore Kumar under the music direction of Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Another successful track in 1989 was "Raat Bhar Jaam Se" from the film Tridev, which had music by Kalyanji-Anandji and Viju Shah.
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