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Tulsi Kumar
Kumar at the Screen Awards in 2019
Born	Tulsi Kumar Dua (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 34) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Playback singer radio jockey musician actress
Years active	2006-present
Organisation	T-Series Kids Hut (YouTube channel)
Spouse	Hitesh Ralhan ​(m. 2015)​
Parents	Gulshan Kumar (father) Sudesh Kumari (mother)
Relatives	Bhushan Kumar (brother) Khushalii Kumar (sister) Krishan Kumar (uncle) Divya Khosla Kumar (sister-in-law)
Family	Kumar family
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B Folk
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	T-Series
Musical artist

Tulsi Kumar Dua (born 15 March 1986), popularly known as Tulsi Kumar, is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman Gulshan Kumar, the former owner of T Series who also worked as a singer, and his wife Sudesh Kumari. She is also the sister of film producer Bhushan Kumar and actress Khushali Kumar. She also owns Kids Hut, a YouTube channel owned by record label T-Series, featuring children's content including nursery rhymes and stories.

Personal life

Kumar was born as Tulsi Kumar Dua in a Punjabi Hindu family to, businessman and founder of T-Series, Gulshan Kumar and his wife Sudesh Kumari. Divya Khosla Kumar is Tulsi's sister-in-law, the wife of her brother Bhushan Kumar (current director of T-Series).

In 2015, she married businessperson Hitesh Ralhan in Nepal. The couple has a son, born in 2017.

Career

In 2009, her debut album, Love Ho Jaaye, was released. Along with the album, Kumar made a music video for the title track. She also sang "Mujhe Teri" from the movie Paathshaala, "Love Mera Hit" from the film Billu with Neeraj Shridhar, and "Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.

She sang the song "Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog" in 2015, through which her sister Khushali made her screen debut. It is a recreated version of the original song from the 1991 film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin.

Kumar sang "Soch Na Sake", "Sanam Re", "Nachange Sari Raat", "Ishq Di Latt", "Salamat", "Dekh Lena", "Wajah Tum Ho", "Dil Ke Pass", and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga" in 2016 she also worked with Guru Randhawa in "Enni Soni" in 2019.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, she released several songs where she collaborated with Darshan Raval on "Tere Naal", Millind Gaba on "Naam". Her blockbuster single "Tanhaai" was released on T-Series official YouTube channel and has gained over 11 crore views on YouTube.

In 2021, Kumar released the single "Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham" sung along with Jubin Nautiyal. The music video features Parth Samthaan and her sister Khushali. In February 2021, she released a new song "Main Jis Din Bhula Doon" along with Nautiyal which featured Himansh Kohli and Sneha Namanandi.

She was seen hosting season 2 of Indie Hai Hum in February 2021.

Later on, she released her blockbuster romantic hit ''Is Qadar'' sung along with Darshan Raval and the music video features them both.

On 30 June 2021, Kumar and Nautiyal's Amazon Prime Mixtape season 3 was out. The songs in the mixtape were "Tera Chehra" and "Jaan Meri'.

On 5 October 2021, Raval and Kumar's "Tera Naam" (marketed under the #ShaadiWalaSong) was released. This is the third collaboration of this duo. The song hit 9 million views and was trending on #2 on YouTube Global Charts within 24 hours of release.

Accolades

Kumar has won several accolades including the International Indian Film Academy award for Best Female Playback Singer and the Mirchi Music Award – Listener's Choice Song of the Year in 2017 for the song "Soch Na Sake" from the film Airlift, and Mirchi Music Awards – Best Album in 2020 for the soundtrack to Kabir Singh. She has also been nominated for the IIFA Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 and 2019.

Discography

Films

Albums / Singles

Awards

References

1. "In father's footsteps". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
2. Shah, Karan (17 October 2014). "T-Series launches a new YouTube channel for kids". Indian Express. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
3. "Lohri reloaded". The Asian Age. 13 January 2016.
4. Bollywood singer Tulsi Kumar's sangeet ceremony – Times of India. The Times of India. (20 February 2015). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. "Famous Bollywood Singer Becomes Mother, Shares First Pic And Name of the Baby". Yahoo Lifestyle. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
6. "Watch: Gulshan Kumar's daughter Khushali makes screen debut with revived 'Mainu Ishq Da Lagya Rog'". DNA India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
7. "Watch New Hindi Trending Song Music Video – 'Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham' Sung By Tulsi Kumar, Jubin Nautiyal Featuring Khushali Kumar, Parth Samthaan | Hindi Video Songs – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
8. "IIFA Awards 2017: List Of Winners". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
9. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
10. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
11. "IIFA 2019 nominations: Andhadhun grabs maximum nods, Raazi and Padmaavat follow". The Indian Express. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
12. "All About Naam – Singer Millind Gaba's First Collaboration With Tulsi Kumar And Jaani". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

External links

• Tulsi Kumar at IMDb

• Bollywood playback singers
• Indian women playback singers
• Living people
• People of Punjabi descent
• 21st-century Indian women singers
• 21st-century Indian singers
• Punjabi Hindus
• Women musicians from Delhi
• Singers from Delhi
• International Indian Film Academy Awards winners
• 1986 births
• Indian women radio presenters
• Women musicians from Maharashtra
• Singers from Mumbai
• Indian pop singers
• Indian rhythm and blues singers
• Indian folk singers
• T-Series (company)
• Indian YouTubers
• Music YouTubers
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• 21st-century Indian actresses