Malkit Singh

Malkit Singh, MBE (ਮਲਕੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ) (Malkit Singh Boparai; born c. 1963) is England-based Punjabi bhangra singer.Born in Hussainpur and raised in Nakodar, he moved to Birmingham in 1984.Singh was the first Punjabi singer to be honoured with an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.He was most famous for the songs "Gur Nalo Ishq Mita", "Tootak Tootak Tootiyan", "Kurri Garam Jayee", "Dekh li vilyait", "Chal Hun", and "Jind Mahi", the latter two from the soundtrack to the popular film Bend It Like Beckham.