T eji Sandhu is a well-known name in the world of Punjabi music today. Born in a small village Chakoki, district Kapurthala, Punjab, He had been always fascinated by music and acting. He was so-so in studies but always favourite of his teachers and school mates for his singing. For all kinds of special days, Teji used to be the main show maker in his school time. Teji started playing ‘Dafli’ by taking inspiration from a carefree Yogi who sang in the village streets. Teji taught himself how to play ‘Dafli’ all by himself that has become his typical style of singing. Teji is very much inspired bythe singing of Sukhwinder Singh, the famous Bollywood singer who has become a legend in Bollywood by his immortal songs ‘ Laee vi na gayee te nibhaee vi na gayee, Chal chhaiyan chahaiyan’ and many more. As he grew up with all appreciations for his singing talent, he started dreaming to make singing his profession. He started his band and performed in almost all types of yearly big Punjabi melas(festivals). He also won several awards in various singing competitions. Kapil Sharma, the present world famous Bollywood comedian, joined his band and made his band more famous with his comedy and his band became very favourite of Punjabi people. In 1998, Gurpreet Ghuggi looked at their talent and took them into his team. Teji’s first album was released by Music Waves Canada in 2006, in which Teji sang the main song ‘Aja Mere Mapian Di Nuh Ban ja’, written by Gurpreet Ghuggi in which Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh also acted. This song and video brought Teji Sandhu great name and fame.

In the parallel, Kapil Sharma won several competitions of comedy and carved a niche for himself in Bollywood and entered Comedy Circus show in a big way where he left a great impact on show fans all over the world. Kapil got a break through his super hit show ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma’ and he called Teji Sandhu and all band members to Mumbai where they are presently working as a team. Teji Sandhu and Kapil Sharma have performed their comedy shows all over India besides performing in Australia, Dubai, Muscat and Canada where Kapil Sharma concludes his show by singing with Teji Sandhu. When Sharukh Khan came to Kapil Sharma’s Comedy night show first time for the promotion of ‘Chennai Express’, Kapil introduced Teji Sandhu to Shahruk Khan and asked him to sing for him on the show stage. Even Sharukh Khan got very impressed with Teji’s singing. Teji has sung some Hindi movie songs which are in the pipeline. He is looking forward to a lucky breakthrough in Bollywood and working continuously with top musicians of Bollywood.

Teji Sandhu has been doing many regular shows with Jalandhar Doordarshan for the last several years, and presently he is doing a super hit show ‘DD Punjabi Rocks’ that is telecast every week. Teji’s recent song ‘dade daiyan nahi labhde’ has been highly praised by Punjabi culture-loving people. His famous albums are ‘Gori. Blue Eyes and Sikka with about 40 songs. He is very thankful to Kulwinder Sanghera and the whole team of Red FM 93.1 radio, Vancouver, who always treat him as their own family member. Teji’s fans have very hopes from him. We wish him all the best for his all future projects.

 

 

 

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AVTAR SINGH VIRDI