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Akib rock Playback singer Home town.. Mumbai(born 26 June 1999) is an Indianplayback singer and actor. He mainly sings in Hindi, Kannada and Telugu films, but has also done various Indian languages.[1][2] A finalist on Zee Tv's Sa Re Ma Pa L'il Champs, Akib advanced to eighth place with public votes. He is the brother of composer Amaal Mallik. previously represented by Universal Music India, and now signed on by T-Series.[3] His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in the year 2011.[4]
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| Akib | |
| Born | 26 June 1999 (age 20)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer |
| Instruments | VocalsGuitar |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Labels | T-Series |
| Website | http://akibrock |
CareerEdit
editakib has dubbed for My Name Is Khan for the English boy and also lent voice for the character Salim in the radio version of Slumdog Millionaire for BBC Radio 1. In 2014, Akib sang "Tumko Toh Aana Hi Tha", "Love You Till The End (House Mix)" and the "Title Track" for Salman Khan's movie Jai Ho.[5]Apart from singing, akib and his music composer brother Amaal Mallik also featured in the beginning of Jai Ho in the song "Love You Till The End". In that year, he sang "Naina" with Sona Mohapatra for the film Khoobsuratand "Auliya" for Ungli.
editIn 2015, he sang "Main Hoon Hero Tera" for Hero, "Kwahishein" for Calendar Girls & "Tumhe Aapna Banane Ka" for Hate Story 3under elder brother Amaal Mallik's composition. The latter one he sang with Neeti Mohan. He also sang another song for Hate Story 3 titled "Wajah Tum Ho" under Baman's composition. He also sang a single "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" under Amaal's composition. He was awarded Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent in that year.
In 2016, he sang for the films Mastizaade, Sanam Re, Kapoor & Sons, Azhar, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and "Sab Tera" with Shraddha Kapoor for Baaghi under Amaal's composition. He sang "Foolishq" with Shreya Ghoshal for Ki & Ka, he worked with Jeet Gannguli for the song "Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo" for Junooniyat and also sang his first Bengali song "Dhitang Dhitang" for Love Express under Jeet's composition. He was the lead singer of the film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. He sang four songs for Hindi soundtrack and three songs for Tamil soundtrack of that film under Amaal's composition. He sang "Sau Asmaan" with Neeti Mohan for Baar Baar Dekho and "Ishaara" for Force 2 under Amaal's composition. He sang "Tum Jo Mille" for Saansein, "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Reprise" and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga Remake" for Wajah Tum Ho. The latter one was composed by Meet Bros and the last two songs, he sang with Tulsi Kumar. He sang a single "Pyaar Manga Hain Remake" with Neeti Mohan. He also lent his voice for the title track of Star Paarivar Awards 2016 with Palak Muchhaland Meet Bros under Meet Broscomposition.[6]
In 2017, he sang two singles "Aa Jana Ferrari Mein" and "Paas Aao Na" under Amaal's composition. He also sang a single "Kehta Yeh Pal Pal Remake". He worked with Gourav-Roshin for "Haare Ram Remake" and Mannan Shah for "Tere Dil Mein". Both the songs were made for the film Commando 2. He sang for Noor, Chef and Golmaal Again under Amaal's composition. He sang two songs for Sweetiee Weds NRI, 'Shiddhat' & 'O Saathi'. He worked with Arko Pravo Mukherjee first time for the latter one. He sang two Bengali songs in 2017. One is the title track of Ami Je Ke Tomar and "Ele Chupi Chupi" for Amar Aponjon. He also sang for Mubarakan, Tera Intezaar and Tumhari Sulu.
In 2018, he sang a single "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" under Amaal's composition. He worked with Tanishk Bagchi first time for the title track of Dil Juunglee. He also sang "Baadnamiyaan" for Hate Story 4 under Baman's composition (originally composed by Luvdeep Saini). He also sang for films including Nirdosh, October, and 102 Not Out. He sang for the films Baazaar and Sanju. However, the songs were dropped from the album due to some changes in script. He lent his voice for the Hindi soundtrack of 2.0, which is the most expensive Indian film made to date. The soundtrack of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman and the film was released in 2018.
In 2019, He lent his voice for the movie Amavas, "Jab Se mera Dil" with Palak Muchhal for the movie Amavas, "Dil Me Ho Tum" for the movie Why Cheat India, "Kyun Rabba" for the movie Badla. The singer also got feature as a coach on an Indian reality show The voice and became the youngest coach/judge in the history of Indian singing reality shows. He sang a song in De De Pyaar De composed by Amaal and lyrics by Kunaal Verma. The singer has also lent his voice for Mena Massoud as Aladdin, in the Hindi version of the much awaited American musical fantasy Aladdin. In addition he will also be singing the songs in the Hindi for the upcoming film The Lion King.