We’ve all known times when we’re low, and ours hearts seek solace in songs. We’ve also known times when songs like Kabira, Judaai and Phir Le Aaya Dil came to the rescue. Aren’t we all thankful to these songs, as well as, the voice behind them? Indeed, the entirety of Rekha Bhardwaj’s audience is, forever, thankful to her for bringing such soulful songs to us.

Rekha Bhardwaj is an Indian singer, who was born on January 24, 1964, in Delhi, India. She has sung various songs in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi and Punjabi.

She started singing from a very young age, and went on to receive formal training under Pandit Amarnath. Her first album Ishqa Ishqa got released in the year 2002. She got recognition from it. And then started her journey in Bollywood. She sang the song Namak Ishq Ka, from the film Omkara, in 2006, as her first break in the industry.

She is married to Vishal Bhardwaj, who is an acclaimed film director, playback singer and composer. The couple met in the year 1984, when Rekha was preparing for her annual function in Hindu College, Delhi University.

Throughout her career, she has won various awards, including two Filmfare awards and one National Award.

On the occasion of Rekha Bhardwaj’s 58^th birthday, here are some of her most loved songs:

Namak Ishq Ka- Omkara (Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Kareena Kapoor & Bipasha Basu)

Oye Boy Charlie- Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (Anushka Sharma ,Imran Khan)

Ranjha Ranjha- Raavan (Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan)

Phir Le Aaya Dil- Barfi (Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’Cruz, Ranbir Kapoor)

Judaai- Badlapur (Varun Dhawan, Yami Gautam, Nawazuddin Siddiqui)

Mileya Mileya- Happy Ending (Saif Ali Khan & Ileana D’Cruz)

Genda Phoo- Delhi 6 (Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor)

Teri Fariyad- Tum Bin 2 (Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal, Aashim Gulati)

Kabira- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone)

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