Gurdas Maan

Gurdas Maan is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actor popular for his work in the Punjabi entertainment industry. He gained national acclaim in 1980 with the song, ‘Dil Da Mamla Hai’ and released his first album, Chakkar in 1984. Maan has since gone on to record over 34 albums and has written over 305 songs. He also sang the popular track, ‘Ki Banu Duniya Da’ on Coke Studio MTV Season 4 with singer Diljit Dosanjh.  Maan is also the only Punjabi singer to win the national award for Best Male Playback Singer at the 54th National Film Awards for building the entire narrative through his singing of Heer in Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris. In 2009, he won the award for the Best International Album at the UK Asian Music Awards for ‘Boot Polishan’.