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ALBUMFighter Mashup - SingleBenny Dayal, Shilpa Rao, Vishal-Sheykhar, Mellow D, B. Praak, Vishal Dadlani, Sheykhar Ravjiani, Arijit Singh, Jonita Gandhi & Vishal Mishra
Albums by Benny Dayal
ALBUMUnacademy UnwindSonu Nigam, Papon & Benny Dayal
ALBUMChak Lein De-52 Non StopNeeraj Shridhar, Anushka Manchanda, Shankar Mahadevan, Benny Dayal, Anveshaa, Akriti Kakkar, Earl D'Souza, Indie, Sonu Nigam & Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Benny Dayal's Popular Music Videos
Jai Jai Shivshankar (From "War")
Vishal Dadlani & Benny Dayal
Dum Dum (From "Band Baaja Baaraat")
Benny Dayal & Himani Kapoor
Punjabi Wedding Song (From "Hasee Toh Phasee")
Vishal & Shekhar, Sunidhi Chauhan & Benny Dayal
The Disco Song (From "Student of the Year")
Benny Dayal, Vishal & Shekhar, Sunidhi Chauhan & Nazia Hassan
Mashup of the Year (From "Student of the Year") [DJ Kiran Kamath Remix]
Salim Merchant, Vishal & Shekhar, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Udit Narayan, Shahid Mallya, Benny Dayal & Sunidhi Chauhan
Unakkenna Venum Sollu (From "Yennai Arindhaal")
Harris Jayaraj, Benny Dayal & Mahathi
Darling Dambakku (From "Maan Karate")
Anirudh Ravichander, Benny Dayal & Sunidhi Chauhan
Adiyae Kolluthey (From "Vaaranam Aayiram")
Harris Jayaraj, Krish, Benny Dayal & Shruti Haasan
Yedhane Koiyakae (From "Surya S/o Krishnan")
Harris Jayaraj, Krish, Benny Dayal & Bhargavi Pillai
Premika (From "Dilwale")
Pritam, Benny Dayal & Kanika Kapoor
Artist Playlists
Benny Dayal (Hindi) Essentials
When it comes to singing in contemporary eastern and western styles, Benny Dayal is king.
Benny Dayal Video Essentials
Blending rock-edged grittiness with epic pageantry.
Artist Biography
Multilingual singer-songwriter Benny Dayal’s exuberant way with pop, funk and R&B makes him one of the most important voices in mainstream Indian music. Hailing from a Kerala family but raised in Abu Dhabi, Dayal initially trained as a Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattam dancer and sang Christian songs in his teens. He eventually made it into S5, a pop group put together via a reality TV show. One album later, the group went their separate ways and he hopped into Rainbow Bridge, a rock band founded by Chennai-based Sanjeev Thomas. Dayal had already begun singing Tamil film songs by this point, starting with the Sujatha and Karthik collab “Maya Maya” for 2002’s Baba, and had a breakthrough with A.R. Rahman’s soundtrack for Sakkarakatti in 2008. By then, Dayal was already part Bollywood, adding his mercurial personality to songs like “Pappu Can’t Dance” from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. His energy became irrepressible starting with “Badtameez Dil”, from Pritam’s music for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013. In the time since, he’s helmed plenty more dance-floor-friendly anthems, from “Disco Disco” to “Let’s Nacho” and “Daru Desi”, and teamed up with legendary composers like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
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Bollywood