Mame Khan | |
|---|---|
 Mame Khan Folk Sensation Of India | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India |
| Origin | Rajasthan, India |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocal |
| Years active | 1999–present[1] |
| Labels | T-Series, Saregama, Sony Music Entertainment India |
| Website | www |
Mame Khan is an Indian playback and folk singer from Rajasthan, India.[2][3][4][5] He has been playback singer for numerous Hindi films such as Luck By Chance (2009), I Am (2010), No One Killed Jessica (2011), Mirzya (2016) and Sonchiriya (2019).[6][7] Khan was featured on Coke Studio @ MTV (second season) along with Amit Trivedi, the duo performed the track Chaudhary.[2][8] He received the Best Folk Single Award at Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GiMA) 2016.[9] Mame Khan was first ever Folk artist to walk the Red Carpet at The Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and to perform at the Indian pavilion at Cannes. Mame Khan's most recent folk, Sufi, fusion album named "Desert Rose" was released on 13 October 2022.
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- ^ Uddin, Salah; Choudhury, Shoaib (15 February 2019). "Kaushiki Chakrabarty & Mame Khan: My angels of melodious dream and love". Weekly Blitz.
- ^ Kusnur, Narendra (7 June 2018). "Music is like mathematics to us, says Rajasthani folk singer Mame Khan". The Hindu.
- ^ Mishra, Nidhi (24 September 2016). "जोधपुर पहुंचे मामे खां, मखमली आवाज की सौंधी महक से महकेगा मारवाड़" (in Hindi). Rajasthan Patrika.
- ^ Deb, Nikita (27 May 2018). "You have to create your audience". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Rajasthani folk singer Mame Khan bags Best Folk Single award". India Today. 16 May 2016.