Rani Indrani Sharma
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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Rani Indrani Sharma, also credited as Rani Indrani or simply Rani, is an Indian playback singer and Hindu devotional musician. Born in Guwahati, Assam, and based in Mumbai, she works principally in Hindi cinema but has also recorded in Punjabi, Sanskrit, Assamese and Bishnupriya Manipuri. She is a regular live performer at the Government-of-India-organised cultural fair Hunar Haat, at which she has received appreciation awards from both the Governor of Punjab and the Union Minister of Minority Affairs.[1][2]
Sharma began her Bollywood playback career with the song "Arma Jage", a duet with Altamash Faridi from The Last Tale of Kayenaat (2016), released by Zee Music Company.[3] She is also known for "Jism" from Luv Shv Pyar Vyar (2017), a duet with Kunal Ganjawala released by T-Series;[4] "Munde Da Character" from the Smeep Kang-directed comedy Jhootha Kahin Ka (2019);[5] the solo lead vocal on "Pyaar Nai Karna" from the Punjabi-language film Jind Jaan (2019);[6] and the 2017 SonyLIV Music single "Tamanna Ban Gaye Ho".[7]
Outside film, Sharma has released a substantial catalogue of independent singles and Hindu devotional recordings, and has collaborated with the Padma Shri-honoured bhajan singer Anup Jalota on the Shiva bhajan "Shiv Ji Humko Bhi Taro".[8] Her work is distributed through labels including T-Series, Zee Music Company, SonyLIV Music, Shemaroo, Speed Records and Planet 9 Productions, and is available on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, JioSaavn and Amazon Music.[9][10]
Early life
[edit]Sharma was born in Guwahati, Assam, and is based in Mumbai. Her catalogue, which includes Assamese-language singles by the Assamese composer Birinchi Kashyap, a tribute cover of the Zubeen Garg song "Mayabini Ratir Bukut", and Bishnupriya Manipuri recordings, reflects a sustained engagement with the musical traditions of her home region in Northeast India.[9][10]
Career
[edit]2016–2017: Debut and breakthrough singles
[edit]Sharma's earliest widely distributed playback credit is "Arma Jage", a duet with Altamash Faridi composed and written by Aabid Jamal, released by Zee Music Company on 5 October 2016 as part of the soundtrack of the Hindi film The Last Tale of Kayenaat.[3]
In February 2017 she sang the duet "Jism" with Kunal Ganjawala for the Hindi film Luv Shv Pyar Vyar. The song was composed by Gufy to lyrics by Zubair Shaikh and released by T-Series on 20 February 2017.[4] Later in the same year she recorded the digital single "Tamanna Ban Gaye Ho", released through SonyLIV Music in November 2017.[7]
2018–2019: Expansion into film and Punjabi music
[edit]In 2018 Sharma appeared as the lead female performer in the Hindi short music video Pagal Mundiyan, directed by Nadeem Ansari, written by Shaheen Khan and co-starring Aqeel Khan.[11]
In 2019 Sharma received her highest-profile Bollywood credit to date, contributing to "Munde Da Character" from Jhootha Kahin Ka, a comedy directed by Smeep Kang and starring Rishi Kapoor, Jimmy Sheirgill, Lillete Dubey, Sunny Singh and Omkar Kapoor. The song was composed by Sanjeev–Ajay and Siddhant Madhav to lyrics by Sanjeev Chaturvedi, and was released by Zee Music Company in the run-up to the film's theatrical release on 19 July 2019. Sharma performed alongside Brijesh Shandilya, Siddhant Madhav, Nazim Ali, Deepak Yadav and Makrand Patankar.[5]
She made her Punjabi-cinema debut in June 2019 as the solo lead vocalist on "Pyaar Nai Karna" from Jind Jaan, directed by Darshan Bagga and starring Rajvir Jawanda, Sara Sharmaa, Jaswinder Bhalla and Upasana Singh. The song was composed by Kashi–Richard to lyrics by Harry Bhakna and released by Zee Music Company.[6] Later in 2019 she sang "Sanson Se Zinda" with Ajay Keswani for the patriotic film Hum Lenge Make In India Ka Sankalp, directed by B. K. Singh and Surinder Yadav.[12]
2020–2024: Independent and devotional output
[edit]In December 2020 Sharma released the Punjabi-language music video "Kinna Kinna Sona Sona", composed by Vishal Bharat to lyrics by Raghvendra Singh, with a video featuring Nikhil Pandey, Ankita Dave and Kusumita Tirkey.[13] She also sang on "Dil Go Go" with Shankar Bhattacharya, from the soundtrack of the Hindi film Life Main Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko.[9]
In the same period her catalogue expanded significantly in the Hindu devotional space. Releases such as the Shiva bhajan "Sanson Ki Mala" (with Hema Patel, Shubhaam Puri Maharaj and Mann Gulati, on Planet 9 Productions), the Sanskrit devotional "Ai Giri Nandini" (based on the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra), the Krishna bhajan "Bansi" and the religious-tourism single "Chalo Chale Phir Kumbh Mein" established her as a regular voice in the bhajan and mantra segment of the Indian devotional-music industry.[9] Her duet "Shiv Ji Humko Bhi Taro" with Anup Jalota and Mann Gulati is among her most prominent devotional credits.[8]
She has additionally released a number of festival-themed singles, including "Ganpati Bappa Aayenge" with Raju Rajasthani (for Ganesh Chaturthi),[10] "Bappa Aaye Re (Female Version)" with Madhukar Anand and Abhinav Kumar (also for Ganesh Chaturthi),[9] "Radhe Sang Holi" with Suresh Anand (for Holi),[9] "Raksha Bandhan" with Nitin Kumar Gupta (for Raksha Bandhan),[9] and "Chhathi Maiya", a devotional song themed around the Chhath Puja festival.[14]
Northeast Indian recordings
[edit]A distinct strand of Sharma's catalogue consists of recordings in Assamese and Bishnupriya Manipuri, the latter a Bengali–Assamese Indo-Aryan language spoken in Assam, Tripura, Manipur and parts of Bangladesh.
Her Assamese singles "Dhonere Xunere" and "Muk Tumi Biphal Korila" were both written and composed by Birinchi Kashyap.[15][16] She has also recorded a cover of "Mayabini Ratir Bukut", the iconic Assamese ballad written, composed and originally performed by the late Zubeen Garg for the 2001 Assamese film Daag, as a tribute to him following his death in September 2025.[17]
In Bishnupriya Manipuri she has recorded the modern romantic duet "Nungshibi" with Tushar Arjun, and "Punyatirtha Manipur Mati", a cover of a song originally composed by the Bishnupriya Manipuri music guru Nilmadhab Mukherjee, who has composed for albums such as Radhika Returns in the same language tradition.[9][18]
2025–present: Devotional EPs and ongoing releases
[edit]In 2025 Sharma was featured on two multi-artist devotional EPs released for major Hindu festivals: Har Ghar Ganpati (for Ganesh Chaturthi) and Har Ghar Maa Durga (for Navratri and Durga Puja).[10] Her fellow featured vocalists on these EPs included the singers Lalitya Munshaw, Shekhar Suman, Soma Ghosh, Neerja Pandit and Prasanna Mhaisalkar.[10]
She also released "Narmada Ashtakam", a Sanskrit devotional rendition of the eight-verse stotram traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya in praise of the Narmada River. The track, distributed by Planet 9 Productions, was co-composed by Sharma with Mann Gulati and accompanied by an AI-generated music video featuring an AI avatar of Sharma.[19]
Live performances
[edit]Sharma is a regular featured performer at Hunar Haat, the touring craft, cuisine and cultural festival organised by the Ministry of Minority Affairs of the Government of India. Her appearances at successive editions of the event have been recorded in official Press Information Bureau releases and contemporaneous press reports.
She performed at the 28th edition of Hunar Haat at the Kala Academy in Panaji, Goa, in March 2021, sharing the stage with Altaf Raja on 29 March, while other featured performers across the run included Sudesh Bhonsle, the Nizami Brothers and Guru Randhawa.[1] At the 30th edition in Dehradun in October 2021, she was billed alongside Kailash Kher, Daler Mehndi, Pankaj Udhas, Sudesh Bhonsle, Vinod Rathod, Rekha Raj, Prem Bhatia and Bhupendra Singh Bhuppi.[20]
In November 2021 she performed at the 31st Hunar Haat, organised in conjunction with the "Braj Raj Utsav" and "Kumbh of Kaushal Kuber" at the Kumbh Mela Ground in Vrindavan (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh), inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath; The Statesman identified her among the featured performers alongside the qawwali singer Usman Mir.[2]
In March 2022 Sharma was a featured performer at the 38th edition of Hunar Haat at the Veterinary College Ground, Khanapara, in her home city of Guwahati — the first ever Hunar Haat held in the North East — running from 11 to 20 March 2022 and jointly inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.[21][22] She performed on 12 March alongside an extensive line-up that included the late Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg, Padmanav Bordoloi, Neha Khan, Gunjan Saxena, Ritesh Mishra and Bhupinder Singh Bhuppi.
Later that month she performed at the 39th Hunar Haat, held at the Parade Ground in Sector 17, Chandigarh, from 25 March to 3 April 2022 and inaugurated by Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, in the presence of Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.[23][24]
The following month she appeared at the 40th edition of Hunar Haat, held at the MMRDA Ground in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, from 16 to 27 April 2022, performing on 16, 21 and 24 April; on 24 April she took part in the "Antakshari" musical-quiz programme hosted by Annu Kapoor, alongside Bhupinder Singh Bhuppi, Supriya Joshi, Ankita Pathak, Mohit Khanna, Priya Mallick, Vivek Mishraa, P. Ganesh and Rekha Raj. The wider 12-day line-up included Pankaj Udhas, Sudesh Bhonsle, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam, Amit Kumar, Shailendra Singh, Shabbir Kumar, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Bhoomi Trivedi, Kavita Paudwal, Daler Mehndi and Altaf Raja, among others.[25][26]
Awards and recognition
[edit]At the 39th Hunar Haat in Chandigarh in 2022, Sharma was conferred a Certificate of Appreciation as the "Best Cultural Programme" performer, presented by Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.[23][24]
At the closing ceremony of the 40th Hunar Haat in Mumbai on 26 April 2022, she was felicitated with an Appreciation Certificate as a Safalta Ke Sathi ("Companion in Success") in recognition of her contribution to the festival, presented by Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The closing-night felicitation was held to honour officials of the Ministry and renowned artists who had played a role in the success of Hunar Haat through its 40 editions.[26]
Artistry
[edit]Sharma is a multilingual vocalist whose recorded catalogue ranges across Hindi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Assamese and Bishnupriya Manipuri songs, and stylistically across Bollywood-style romantic ballads, Punjabi dance-pop, traditional bhajans and aartis, mantra recordings (including renditions of the Gayatri Mantra, the Narmada Ashtakam and material related to the Shiv Tandav Stotra), and modern light-folk songs in the Assamese and Bishnupriya Manipuri traditions.[9][10][19]
On the independent side, she has been a frequent collaborator of the lyricist Sanjeev Chaturvedi and the singer-producer Chintan Bakiwala, who appear on several of her romantic singles including "Tu Mujhe Yaad Aaya", "Ankhon Ki Guzarish" and "Tu Mera Hai".[9] Her bhajans are typically arranged in a contemporary light-classical idiom built around harmonium and tabla accompaniment, in keeping with modern bhajan-recording conventions established by singers such as Anup Jalota and Anuradha Paudwal.[8]
Discography
[edit]Film songs
[edit]| Year | Film | Song | Language | Composer(s) | Label | Co-singers | Ref. |
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| 2016 | The Last Tale of Kayenaat | "Arma Jage" | Hindi | Aabid Jamal | Zee Music | Altamash Faridi | [3] |
| 2017 | Luv Shv Pyar Vyar | "Jism" | Hindi | Gufy | T-Series | Kunal Ganjawala | [4] |
| 2018 | Pagal Mundiyan (music video) | — | Hindi | — | — | Aqeel Khan (on-screen) | [11] |
| 2019 | Jhootha Kahin Ka | "Munde Da Character" | Hindi | Sanjeev–Ajay, Siddhant Madhav | Zee Music | Brijesh Shandilya, Siddhant Madhav, Nazim Ali, Deepak Yadav, Makrand Patankar | [5] |
| 2019 | Jind Jaan | "Pyaar Nai Karna" | Punjabi | Kashi–Richard | Zee Music | Solo lead | [6] |
| 2019 | Hum Lenge Make In India Ka Sankalp | "Sanson Se Zinda" | Hindi | Sawan Anand, Sarika Sanjiv | — | Ajay Keswani | [12] |
| — | Life Main Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko | "Dil Go Go" | Hindi | — | — | Shankar Bhattacharya | [9] |
Independent singles and music videos
[edit]| Year | Title | Language | Label/Notes | Ref. |
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| 2017 | "Tamanna Ban Gaye Ho" | Hindi | SonyLIV Music | [7] |
| 2020 | "Kinna Kinna Sona Sona" | Punjabi | Speed Records; music video featuring Nikhil Pandey and Ankita Dave; composed by Vishal Bharat | [13] |
| — | "Dil Todna Hi Tha" | Hindi | Planet 9 Productions | [9] |
| — | "Teri Hoon" | Hindi | Planet 9 Productions | [9] |
| — | "Harjai" | Hindi | Planet 9 Productions; with Sanjeev Chaturvedi | [9] |
| — | "Chalo Chale Phir Kumbh Mein" | Hindi | Planet 9 Productions | [9] |
| — | "Ikk Vaari" | Hindi | T-Series; with Divy Lata | [9] |
| — | "Mera Azizam Tu" | Hindi | Speed Records; with Apoorv Sharma | [9] |
| — | "Jo Tum Todo Piya Main Naahi" | Hindi | Shemaroo | [9] |
| — | "Ye Ishq Kya Hai" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Dabi Dabi Saansein" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Tere Bin Na Jee Paunga" | Hindi | With Uvie | [9] |
| — | "Tumse Judi Ye Zindagi" | Hindi | With Uvie | [9] |
| — | "Tu Mujhe Yaad Aaya" | Hindi | With Chintan Bakiwala | [9] |
| — | "Ankhon Ki Guzarish" | Hindi | With Chintan Bakiwala | [9] |
| — | "Tu Mera Hai" | Hindi | With Chintan Bakiwala | [9] |
| — | "Khairyat" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Mere Hathon Mein" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Tumse Mile Jab Bhi" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Guzarish" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Dil Khushnaseeb" | Hindi | With Sanjeev Chaturvedi | [9] |
| — | "Mere Humdum" | Hindi | With Keshav Anand and Sanjeev Chaturvedi | [9] |
| — | "Maahi Tera Pyar Jhootha" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Noor Hai Raani" | Hindi | With Baman and Bakhshish | [9] |
| — | "Namkeen Girl" | Hindi | With Samidh Mukherjee | [9] |
| — | "Tik Tok Rani" | Hindi | Solo single | [9] |
| — | "Pyar Karte Hain" | Hindi | With Vicky Shaw | [9] |
| — | "Mood Shaitani Wala" | Hindi | With Arun Dev Yadav | [9] |
| — | "Dhonere Xunere" | Assamese | Composed and written by Birinchi Kashyap | [15] |
| — | "Muk Tumi Biphal Korila" | Assamese | Composed and written by Birinchi Kashyap | [16] |
| — | "Mayabini" (cover) | Assamese | Tribute cover of the Zubeen Garg song "Mayabini Ratir Bukut" from the 2001 film Daag | [17] |
| — | "Punyatirtha Manipur Mati" | Bishnupriya Manipuri | Cover of an original composition by Guru Nilmadhab Mukherjee | [18] |
| — | "Nungshibi" | Bishnupriya Manipuri | Modern romantic duet with Tushar Arjun | [9] |
Devotional recordings
[edit]| Year | Title | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | "Sanson Ki Mala" | Hindi | Shiva bhajan; with Hema Patel, Shubhaam Puri Maharaj and Mann Gulati; Planet 9 Productions | [9] |
| — | "Shiv Ji Humko Bhi Taro" | Hindi | With Anup Jalota and Mann Gulati | [8] |
| — | "Narmada Ashtakam" | Sanskrit | Sanskrit hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya; music co-composed with Mann Gulati; Planet 9 Productions | [19] |
| — | "Ai Giri Nandini" | Sanskrit | Devotional single based on the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra | [9] |
| — | "Gauri Ko Byahan Chale Shiv" | Hindi | Shiva bhajan | [9] |
| — | "Shankra O Shankra" | Hindi | Shiva bhajan | [9] |
| — | "Jo Tum Todo Piya Main Naahi" | Hindi | From the album Bhakti Sangeet; Shemaroo | [9] |
| — | "Bansi" | Hindi | Krishna bhajan | [9] |
| — | "Bolo Ram Ram" | Hindi | Devotional single | [9] |
| — | "Sawariya" | Hindi | Krishna bhajan | [9] |
| — | "Main Toh Aarti Utaru Re Santoshi Mata Ki" | Hindi | With Amjad Nadeem Aamir; on Jai Mata Di Hits | [9] |
| — | "Gayatri Mantra Western" | Sanskrit | From the album Bhakti Sangeet | [9] |
| — | "8D Shri Gayatri Mantra" | Sanskrit | From 8D Shiv Tandav Stotra | [9] |
| — | "Gurur Brahama Gurur Vishnu" | Sanskrit | With Randeep Bhaskar | [9] |
| — | "Subah Subah Utho" | Hindi | With Brahmakumar Jaygopal; from Prabhu Prasad | [9] |
| — | "Chalo Chale Phir Kumbh Mein" | Hindi | Planet 9 Productions | [9] |
| — | "Ganpati Bappa Aayenge" | Hindi | Ganesh Chaturthi single, with Raju Rajasthani | [10] |
| — | "Bappa Aaye Re (Female Version)" | Hindi | With Madhukar Anand and Abhinav Kumar | [9] |
| — | "Radhe Sang Holi" | Hindi | Holi single, with Suresh Anand | [9] |
| — | "Raksha Bandhan" | Hindi | Raksha Bandhan single, with Nitin Kumar Gupta | [9] |
| — | "Chhathi Maiya" | Hindi | Chhath Puja devotional single | [14] |
| 2025 | Har Ghar Ganpati (EP) | Hindi | Multi-artist EP; featured vocalist | [10] |
| 2025 | Har Ghar Maa Durga (EP) | Hindi | Multi-artist EP; featured vocalist | [10] |
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