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ALBUMShringaar (Sped Up) - SingleVayu, Raftaar, Aastha Gill, Akasa & Milind Soman
Albums by Raftaar
ALBUMRocket Gang (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Amit Trivedi, Viveick Rajagopalan, Raftaar, Kshitij Patwardhan, Talha Siddiqui, MC Altaf, MC Todfod, 100 RBH, Maharya, Noxious D & MC Mawali
ALBUMHARD DRIVE Vol. 1Raftaar
ALBUMThe Great Indian Murder (Original Series Soundtrack)Raftaar, Raghu Dixit & Darshan-Umang
ALBUMPagglait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Arijit Singh, Neelesh Mishra & Raftaar
ALBUMMr. NairRaftaar
ALBUMAndhadhun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Amit Trivedi, Raftaar & Girish Nakod
ALBUMZero to InfinityRaftaar
ALBUMFugly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Yo Yo Honey Singh, Raftaar & Prashant Vadhyar
ALBUMBorn StarSachh, Badshah & Raftaar
Raftaar's Popular Music Videos
Nayi Nayi (From "99 Songs")
A.R. Rahman, Shashwat Singh & Raftaar
Shringaar (feat. Milind Soman) [Lyric Video]
Vayu, Raftaar, Aastha Gill & Akasa
Ghana Kasoota (feat. Surbhi Jyoti) [Lyric Video]
Raftaar & Rashmeet Kaur
Angaar (feat. Raftaar)
Ikka
Ghana Kasoota (feat. Surbhi Jyoti)
Raftaar & Rashmeet Kaur
Shringaar (feat. Milind Soman)
Vayu, Raftaar, Aastha Gill & Akasa
Parmeshwara (From "Love Aaj Kal")
Pritam & Raftaar
Naiyyo
Akasa & Raftaar
Kaali Car
Raftaar & Asees Kaur
Badle Badle (From "Vikram Hitlist (Hindi)") [Rap Extended Version] [Lyric Video]
Anirudh Ravichander, Kamal Haasan, Raftaar & Raqueeb Alam
Artist Playlists
Raftaar Essentials
The rhymester picks up the mantle as an Indian rap pioneer.
Raftaar Essentials
The rapper is lean and mean when it’s his turn on the mic.
Raftaar Video Essentials
At Home With Raftaar: The Playlist
Raftaar shares the tracks getting him through self-isolation.
Artist Biography
As a South Indian who grew up in the North, Raftaar—born Dilin Nair in 1988—has kept his finger on the pulse of young India’s dauntless attitude and built a reputation as a fiery rapper who likes a bit of fun on the side. Originally part of the Mafia Mundeer crew with the likes of Yo Yo Honey Singh and Badshah, Raftaar brought his defiant wordplay to Bollywood songs like “Dhaakad” as well as Punjabi collaborations such as “Swag Mera Desi” and “All Black”. With his distinctively low voice and snarling delivery, he’s since collaborated with artists from around India—including Bangalore’s Brodha V, Goa’s Nucleya and New Delhi’s Deep Kalsi and KR$NA—while promoting young voices through his label Kalamkaar. Meanwhile, solo material like 2018’s Zero to Infinity, 2020’s Mr. Nair and the incendiary diss track “Sheikh Chilli”—where he takes aim at rival rapper Emiway Bantai—document the musician clawing his way to the top.
Hometown
Thiruvananthapuram
Genre
Indian Pop