Babbal Rai

Simranjeet Singh Rai or Babbal Rai is an Indian singer, songwriter, and film actor known for his work in the Punjabi entertainment industry. Rai has always enjoyed a passion for cricket and was trained by Yograj Singh and aspired to be a cricketer. He later moved to Melbourne where he uploaded the video, ‘Australian Challa’ which shot him to YouTube fame. The song was later adopted and released in the Bollywood movie, Crook. Rai made his debut with the album, Sau Putt. He rose to fame with the song, ‘Nikki Jehi Jind’. Rai also sang his first playback song for Jimmy Shergill's Punjabi film, Rangeelay and this has been his only known playback track up till now. His multi starrer project for 9X Tashan, ‘Kudi Tu Pataka’ was released the following year and was highly acclaimed by the audience. In 2014, Babbal released his second album, Girlfriend under the label Speed Records in which was a huge success.