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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Didar Sandhu
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| birth_name = Didar Singh Sandhu
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|07|03}}
| birth_place = Chakk no. 133, ([[Sargodha district]]) [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| origin = [[Bharowal Khurd]] ( [[Ludhiana district]]), [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|02|16|1942|07|03}}
| death_place = [[Ludhiana]]
| genre = [[Folk music of Punjab|Folk]], [[Duet]]s
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| instrument = [[Tumbi]]
| years_active = 1962–1991
| label = [[Sa Re Ga Ma|HMV]]
| website = Facebook page = https://www.facebook.com/didar.nama
}}
'''''Didar Sandhu''''' ({{lang-pa|ਦੀਦਾਰ ਸੰਧੂ}}) was a noted [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] folk singer and songwriter from [[Punjab, India]].<ref name="pt">{{cite news | url=http://punjabitribuneonline.com/2012/02/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80-%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE-%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%B0-%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87-%E0%A8%96/ | title=ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗਾਇਕੀ ਦਾ ਹਰ ਰੁੱਤੇ ਖਿੜਿਆ ਰਹਿਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਫੁੱਲ | work=Biographical article | date=February 4, 2012 | agency=[http://punjabitribuneonline.com Punjabi Tribune] | accessdate=September 15, 2012}}</ref><ref name="sh">{{cite web | url=http://www.shurli.com/lekhread.php?lekhid=lwzmlk7q3yhr | title=ਦੀਦਾਰ ਸੰਧੂ | publisher=Shurli.com | accessdate=September 15, 2012 | website=shurli.com}}</ref> He used to tie a turban on stage.<ref name="ti">{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080125/main6.htm | title=France stokes a turban revolution | date=January 25, 2008 | agency=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] | accessdate=September 15, 2012}}</ref> He mostly sang duets with various noted Punjabi singers like [[Surinder Kaur]] and [[Amar Noorie]].

Didar Sandhu fell ill due to alcohol consumption and was admitted to DMC hospital in [[Ludhiana]] in 1991 where he died on February 16.

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==Early life==

Sandhu was born July 3, 1942, to father [[Sardar|S.]] Sardar Samund Singh and mother Daan Kaur, in the village of Chakk no. 133 in [[Sillanwali]] [[tehsil]] of [[Sargodha District]] in [[British Punjab]].<ref name=pt/><ref name=sh/><ref name="lf">{{cite web | url=http://www.last.fm/music/Didar+Sandhu/+wiki | title=Didar Sandhu | publisher=[[last fm]] | work=Biographical article | accessdate=September 15, 2012}}</ref> He was the youngest of five brothers. In 1947, due to partition the family moved to the Bodalwala village of [[Jagraon]] tehsil in [[Punjab, India|East Punjab]] and later in 1956, settled in the Bharowal Khurd village of [[Ludhiana district]].<ref name=pt/>

In 1966, Didar married to Amarjeet Kaur of village Ghalib Kalan and couple had two children. Didar's son Jagmohan Sandhu is also a singer.<ref name=sh/>

He also served as the [[Sarpanch]] of his village Bharowal Khurd, near [[Mullanpur Dakha]] in [[Ludhiana]] district, for fifteen years.<ref name=sh/>

==Career==

===As songwriter===
Sandhu was very fond of poetry from his early age and started writing poetry in his school days. Didar's first song ''jatt barha bedardi'' was sung by [[Narinder Biba]]. In 1962, he was employed by Punjab Govt. where he met [[Muhammad Sadiq (singer)|Mohd. Sadiq]] (a Punjabi singer) at a theatre company which did Punjabi dramas in early 1960s and both became very good friends. Most of his early songs were recorded in the voice of Narinder Biba and Mohd. Sadiq. He was noted for his song ''"meri aisi jhanjar chhanke, chhankata painda gali gali"''', sung by Mohd. Sadiq,<ref name=lf/> gave him a very distinct identity in [[Punjabi music]]. His first song recorde as singer was ''pind dean mundean nu sanu vekh neend na aave'' with female singer [[Saneh Lata]].

Sandhu has penned many songs for many noted Punjabi singers like [[Muhammad Sadiq (singer)|Mohammad Sadiq]] & [[Ranjit Kaur]], [[Narinder Biba]] & Beer Chand, [[Surinder Kaur]] & Ramesh Rangila, Surinder Kaur & Sabur Hussain, Sudesh Kapoor & Surinder Kaur, Promila Pammi & Ramesh Rangila, [[Karnail Gill]] & Swaran Lata, Karnail Gill & Preeti Bala etc.

=== Singing ===

He was noted duet singer of his era. During his career, Didar sung with many noted Punjabi female singers of his time and recorded many duets with singers including [[Saneh Lata]] (who, later, married overseas and left her singing career), Kuldeep Kaur, [[Parminder Sandhu]], Baljit Balli in the 1980s.<ref name=lf/> In 1980–82, he recorded about 20 songs with "Punjab Di Koel" (Nightingale of Punjab) [[Surinder Kaur]]. A film heroine, Rama Vij, also performed on stages with him. In 1981, [[Amar Noori]] started singing with him at a very early age and did it for a long time. An ''akhara'' of Sandhu and Noorie was also filmed for a [[Cinema of Punjab|Punjabi film]], [[Gabhroo Punjab Da]] (1986).<ref name=sh/>

;Noted songs

*phatak Kotkapure da
*na maar zaalma ve, peke tattri de door
*mera joban peeta
*meri mahi-mahi kehndi di zuban sukk gayi
*na kar mainu pyar (jad main doli charhgi)
*jorhi jadon chubare charhdi
*jal te phull tarda (boliyan)

==See also==

*[[Tumbi]] – a music instrument
*[[Kuldeep Manak]]
*[[Amar Singh Chamkila]]
*[[Lal Chand Yamla Jatt]]
*[[List of Punjabi singers]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]
[[Category:Punjabi music]]
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language lyricists]]
[[Category:20th-century singers]]

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