Rabbi Shergill

Rabbi Shergill is an Indian musician well known for his debut album Rabbi and the chart-topper song of 2005, Bullah Ki Jaana ('I know not who I am!'). His music has been described variously as rock, Punjabi, with a bani style melody, and Sufi-style (sufiana), and 'semi-Sufi semi-folksy kind of music with a lot of Western arrangements.' Shergill has been called 'Punjabi music's true urban balladeer'.

After college, Shergill founded a band called Kaffir. He had an unsuccessful career with Sony Music and Tehelka before releasing his debut album, Rabbi, in 2004. His second album, Avengi Ja Nahin, contains nine songs and deals with issues such as group violence, social responsibility and the need for 'collective morality' In March 2012, he released his third album, III. He provided his voice to Yash Chopra's 2012 romantic movie Jab Tak Hai Jaan singing the leading number 'Challa' composed by A. R. Rahman and Gulzar's lyrics. He also appeared on MTV Unplugged (India) in 2011.