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Raftaar
Raftaar on the sets of Dance India Dance in 2019
Born	Kalathilkuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair (1988-11-16) 16 November 1988 (age 36) Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Occupations	Rapper Singer Music Producer Lyricist Music Composer Dancer Actor TV Personality Film Producer
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Komal Vohra ​ ​(m. 2016; div. 2020)​
Musical career
Genres	Bollywood Desi hip hop R&B Pop Urban Hip hop
Labels	Sony Music India Kalamkaar Zee Music Company Mass Appeal India
Musical artist

Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, music producer, music composer, dancer, actor and TV personality associated with Hindi, Punjabi and Haryanvi music.

He started his career as a dancer. He began his career in rap in 2008 with Lil Golu and Ikka, recording songs and uploading them on social sites. He then started working with Yo Yo Honey Singh as a part of the Mafia Mundeer group. Raftaar later split from the group due to credit-related problems. He then formed a group 'The Titans' with Badshah and Sachit Takkar (Sachh). They produced many songs together in the Punjabi Music Industry and Bollywood. He was supported by Ankit Khanna, who introduced him to the Punjabi music band RDB, who then signed him onto their label, Three Records. Soon after the split between the RDB members, Raftaar joined Manjeet Ral (now known as Manj Musik). He started his solo career in 2016 after getting signed to Zee Music Company.

He won the Best Urban Single award for "Swag Mera Desi" with Manj Musik at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards. In 2019, he started judging the reality shows MTV Hustle, Dance India Dance and Roadies.

Early and personal life

Kalathilkuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair was born on 16 November 1988 to a Delhi-based Malayali couple in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala. Raftaar married Komal Vohra, the sister of Indian television actors Karan Vohra and Kunal Vohra, in December 2016. They filed for a divorce in 2020 and have been living separately. The legal proceedings were delayed due to COVID-pandemic and were finalised on 6 October 2022.

Career

Raftaar became known after releasing his song "Swag Mera Desi" in 2013 with Manj Musik. The line "Ab yeh karke dikhao" (transl. Now try to do this) from the song was a diss to Yo Yo Honey Singh. "Ab yeh karke dikhao" had already been used in Yo Yo Honey Singh's song "Party With The Bhoothnath" which led to a dispute between the two rappers in media. "Swag Mera Desi" won Best Urban Song at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards in 2014.

In 2017, Raftaar debuted in the Bengali music industry through the film One which featured singer Vishal Dadlani and Raftaar. He also produced and rapped a song for the Chaamp soundtrack. Raftaar has collaborated with Varun Dhawan for the second edition of Breezer Vivid Shuffle.

Discography

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Albums and mixtapes

• WTF Mixtape: Vol. 1 (2013)
• Zero To Infinity (2018)
• Mr. Nair (2020)

EPs

• BAR'ISH EP (2020–21)
• HARD DRIVE Vol.1 (2022)
• PRAA (2023)
• HARD DRIVE Vol.2 (2024)

Singles and collaborations

Film music

Television roles

References

1. ^ Although in a video Raftaar agrees his name being Kalathilkuzhiyil Devadasan Dilin Nair, his business filings show his name to be just Dilin Nair. Misplaced Pages introduction uses only the legal name.

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13. "Raftaar to headline Bollyboom". radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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16. "Varun and Raftaar Announce Winners of Breezer Vivid Shuffle S2". The Quint. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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18. "Raftaar pays homage to his roots with new album Baar'ish Ep". OutlookIndia. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
19. Ankit Pal. "Iss Faadu Song Ko As Ringtone Lagaoge Toh Kisi Ki Nazar Nahi Lagegi". Smile Karo. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
20. "Shringaar". Hungama Music. New Song of Raftaar ft:Vayu, Astha Gill, Akasha and Milind Soman. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
21. "ZEE5 launches Lockdown with Badshah, Kailash Kher, Raftaar, Jonita Gandhi and many more". Zee News. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
22. India-West, R. M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "ZEE5's Maiden Offering in the Music Space, 'Lockdown,' Premieres: Watch Trailer". India West. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Raftaar at IMDb

• Biography
• India
• Music

• Living people
• Indian rappers
• Singers from Delhi
• Singers from Thiruvananthapuram
• 21st-century Indian singers
• 21st-century Indian male singers
• Malayali people
• 1988 births
• Rappers from Kerala