B Praak

B Praak

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Born
1986-2-7 (age 40)
Chandigarh, India

Nationality
Indian

Occupation
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Years active
(2009–present)

Pratik Bachan (born 7 February 1986), best known by his stage name B Praak (formerly Prakky B), is an Indian singer and music director associated with the Punjabi and Hindi music industry. He started his career as a music producer, and later debuted as a singer with the song Mann Bharrya . He is a frequent collaborator of lyricist Jaani, and has since entered into Hindi cinema in 2019 with two songs as singer in the films Kesari and Good Newwz starring Akshay Kumar, and as a guest composer in the satire Bala.

Life and music career

Praak was born as Pratik Bachan in Chandigarh. His father, Varinder Bachan, is a Punjabi music producer and composer.Template:Citation needed

He started his career as music director with name of "Prakky B".He produced music for a few songs but songs got no recognition.Template:Citation needed In 2012, he met lyricist Jaani and started collaborating with him under the name 'B Praak'.Template:Citation needed In 2013, they released their first song "Soch" sung by Harrdy Sandhu and composed by him.Template:Citation needed The song became a chartbuster and is considered best Punjabi song of year 2013.

In later years, he composed and produced music for numerous of tracks of singers like Jassie Gill, Harrdy Sandhu, Amrinder Gill, Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk etc. with lyrics by Jaani.Template:Citation needed He composed hit tracks such as "Taara", "Joker", "Na Ji Na", "Ik Saal", "Do You Know", "Supna", "Backbone", "Horn Blow" and many more.

He later debuted as singer in 2018 with the single Mann Bharrya.Template:Citation needed He also sang more songs such as "Bewafaai "," Mastaani" and composed tracks such as "Qismat", "Naah", "Kya Baat Ay", "Hath Chummne", "Guitar Sikhda" in same and following year. He also produced music for Qismat, a film inspired by his song of the same name, for the first time in his career with lyrics by Jaani.Template:Citation needed

Praak made his Hindi film debut in 2019, first as a singer with the song Teri Mitti from the Hindi film Kesari starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra, written by Manoj Muntashir and composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, and months later as a composer with a recreation of his song Naah, titled Naah Goriye, which was featured on the soundtrack of the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Bala. During this time, he also crooned a promotional song featuring Kumar for his second song as a singer, Ali Ali, which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Blank and was again composed by Mukherjee, while next crooning a remake of the popular song O Saaki Saaki for Batla House, written and composed by Tanishk Bagchi, where he sang alongside Neha Kakkar and Tulsi Kumar, in his first multi-singer song.Template:Citation needed He next reunited with Kumar for the comedy-drama film Good Newwz, crooning the song Maana Dil, composed by Bagchi and written by Rashmi Virag. Additionally, he recorded a reprise version of the song Dilbara from the 2019 remake of the film Pati Patni Aur Woh, which was composed by Sachet–Parampara and written by Navi Ferozpurwala,Template:Citation needed and again in his duet with Sunidhi Chauhan for the song Bharat Salaam, which was written and composed by Mithoon, and featured on the Hindi version soundtrack of Hotel Mumbai.Template:Citation needed

In the same year he released "Pachtaoge" sung by Arijit Singh, composed by him and written by Jaani featuring Vicky Kaushal and Nora Fatehi in the Video making it his first Hindi music video collaboration.Template:Citation needed In the same year he released the song "Filhaal" featuring Akshay Kumar and Nupur Sanon in the video, sung and composed by Praak with lyrics by Jaani.Template:Citation needed

In the same year he sang his first Telugu song Suryudivo Chandrudivo, for the film Sarileru Neekevvaru featuring Mahesh Babu.

In 2020, he released tracks such as "Kuch Bhi Ho Jaye", "Besharam Bewaffa", "Kyon", and "Baras Baras", and he composed the songs for Ammy Virk's film "Sufna" with lyrics by Jaani. He also performed some of the songs.Template:Citation needed

In early 2021, he released the single "Mazaa", and later in the same year, "Baarish Ki Jaaye" fearuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sunanda Sharma in the music video with lyrics by Jaani. Praak won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2021 for his rendition of "Teri Mitti" at the 67th National Film Awards.

In 2019 "Filhall" Song Starred Akshay Kumar was released and in 2021 "Filhall 2 Mohabbat" was released. Both songs became hits.

In July 2021, he released the sequel of "Filhaal", "Filhaal 2 Mohabbat ".Template:Citation needed

In July 2021, he sang "Ranjha" for the film Shershaah that starred Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani which became a super hit. The song was 2nd most streamed song in 2021 on Spotify in India. Another song was released from film Shershaah named "Mann Bharrya 2.0" which was a recreation of B Praak's Single "Mann Bharrya", recreated by B Praak himself along with Jaani. The song was also a big hit and streamed more than 50 million times on Spotify.

In September 2021, a sequel to his much popular soundtrack of the film Qismat 2 was released in which he served as music director for all songs and composer for two songs with lyrics by Jaani. The soundtrack was well received by its audience.

In 2022, his first bollywood project as music director came in Akshay Kumar's Bachchan Pandey in which he sang two songs "Meri Jaan Meri Jaan", "Saare Boli Bewafa" with lyrics by Jaani.

Personal life

In 2019, he got married to Meera in Chandigarh where many big stars were part of their wedding ceremony.

In an interview with Rajeev Masand, he considered AR Rahman as his inspiration in music direction and also refers Pritam, Jatin–Lalit, Vishal–Shekhar, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy as his favorite composers. Also in an interview with AajTak, he considered Hariharan,Surinder Kaur, Sardool Sikander, Arijit Singh, KK as his favorite singers

In 2021, he got the Golden Visa of UAE.

Singles

As singer and music director

Year	Song	Lyricist	Composer	Language	Notes	Record label
2017	Mann Bharrya	Jaani	Template:No	Punjabi	Featuring Himanshi Khurana	Speed Records
	Bewafaai		Template:No		Featuring Gauhar Khan
2018	Mastaani		Template:No		Featuring Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia
	Hath Chummne (Cover)		Template:No		With Jaani	Desi Melodies
2019	Filhaal		Template:No	Hindi/Punjabi	Featuring Akshay Kumar & Nupur Sanon
2020	Kuch Bhi Ho Jaaye		Template:Yes		Only lyrical video
	Koi Faryaad (Unplugged)	Faizz Anwar	Template:No	Hindi	Originally sung by Jagjit Singh	T-Series
	Sach Keh Rha Hai (Cover)	Sameer	Template:No		Originally sung by KK	Saregama
	Besharam Bewaffa	Jaani	Template:No	Hindi/Punjabi	Featuring Divya Khosla Kumar & Gautam Gulati From album Jaani Ve	T-Series
2021	Mazza		Template:No	Hindi	Featuring Gurmeet Chaudhary & Hansika Motwani	Saregama
	Baarish Ki Jaaye		Template:No		Featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Sunanda Sharma	Desi Melodies
	Filhaal2 Mohabbat		Template:No	Hindi/Punjabi	Featuring Akshay Kumar & Nupur Sanon Sequel to Filhaal
2022	Ik Mil Mainu Apsara		Template:Yes	Punjabi	With Asees Kaur Featuring Sandeepa Dhar New version of Jaani's Apsara
	Ishq Nahi Karte		Template:No	Hindi	Featuring Emraan Hashmi & Sahher Bamba	DRJ Records
	Duniya		Template:Yes		Featuring Sunny Singh & Saiee Manjrekar	YRF

As a music director

Year	Song	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Composer	Language	Record label
2013	Soch	Harrdy Sandhu	Jaani	Template:Yes	Punjabi	T-Series
2014	Jokker			Template:Yes
	Saree Wali Girl	Girik Aman		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
	Ik Saal	Jassi Gill		Template:Yes
2015	Taara	Ammy Virk		Template:Yes
	Go Baby Go	Ronnie		Template:Yes		Panj-aab Records
	Supna	Amrinder Gill		Template:Yes		Rhythm Boyz
	Naa Ji Naa	Harrdy Sandhu		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
	Mere Kol	Prabh Gill		Template:Yes
	O Kithe	Kamal Khan		Template:Yes
	Yaar Matlabi	Karan Benipal		Template:Yes		T-Series
	Without You	Harrdy Sandhu, Vaibhav Saxena		Template:Yes
	Paani	Yuvraj Hans		Template:Yes		Rhythm Boyz
2016	Hornn Blow	Harrdy Sandhu		Template:Yes		T-Series
	Surma To Sandals	Ammy Virk		Template:Yes
	Do Din	Manraaj		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
	Marijuana	Hardik Trehan		Template:Yes		Speed Records
	Oscar	Gippy Grewal		Template:Yes		Tips Official
	Ikk Vaari Hor Soch Lae	Harish Verma		Template:Yes		Speed Records
	Hauli Hauli	BIG Dhillon		Template:Yes		Times Music
	Suicide	Sukh E Muzical Doctorz		Template:No		T-Series
	Bacha	Prabh Gill		Template:Yes		Speed Records
	Ghat Boldi	Gippy Grewal		Template:No		SagaHits
	Subha Subha	Ranvir		Template:No		Speed Records
	Do You Know	Diljit Dosanjh		Template:No		Famous Studios
2017	Backbone	Harrdy Sandhu		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
	Pucheya Na Karo	Sammy Singh		Template:No		Speed Records
	Yaar Ve	Harish Verma		Template:Yes
	Oye Hoye Oye Hoye	Jaz Dhami		Template:No		Zee Music Company
	Car Nachdi	Gippy Grewal feat Bohemia		Template:Yes		T-Series
	Qismat	Ammy Virk		Template:No		Speed Records
	Violin	Arshhh Feat Roach Killa		Template:Yes
	Jimmy Choo Choo	Guri Feat Ikka		Template:No		Geet MP3
	Yaarr Ni Milyaa	Harrdy Sandhu		Template:Yes		White Hill Music
	Guitar Sikhda	Jassi Gill		Template:No		Speed Records
	Naah	Hardy Sandhu		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
2018	Dil Ton Black	Jassi Gill feat Badshah		Template:No		T-Series
	Hath Chumme	Ammy Virk		Template:No		Desi Melodies
	Sooraj	Gippy Grewal		Template:No		T-Series
	Fitoor	B Jay Randhawa		Template:No		TOB Gang
	Mai Terra Akshay	Babbal Rai ft Bohemia		Template:No		Humble Music
	Kya Baat Ay	Hardy Sandhu		Template:No		Sony Music India
	Teri Khamiyan	Akhil		Template:No	Hindi/Punjabi	Speed Records
	Pinjraa	Gurnazar Chattha		Template:No	Punjabi
	I Need Yaa	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz		Template:Yes		Sony Music India
2019	Ve Pathra	Gursaaz		Template:No		T-Series
	Gali Da Gunda	Sahiba		Template:No		Desi Melodies
	Jaani Ve Jaani	Afsana Khan, Jaani		Template:Yes		Desi Melodies
	Rona Sikhade Ve	Miel		Template:No		Single Track Studio
	Hawaa	Grann Sidhu		Template:No		T-Series
	Kalla Changa	Ninja		Template:No		White Hill Music
	Dance Like	Harrdy Sandhu		Template:No		Sony Music India
	Laare	Maninder Buttar		Template:Yes		White Hill Music
2020	Bandeya	Gurjot Singh Kaler	Jaani	Template:No		Speed Records
2021	Koi Hor	Dilnoor, Afsana Khan	Gurnazar Chatha	Template:No		Pellet Drum Productions
	Goriyaan Goriyaan	Romanna	Jaani	Template:No		Desi Melidies
	Doob Gaye	Guru Randhawa		Template:No	Hindi	T-Series
	Patthar Wargi	Ranvir		Template:No
	Ilzaam	Manraj	Romanna	Template:No	Punjabi	Pellet Drums Production
	Bijlee Bijlee	Harrdy Sandhu	Jaani	Template:No		Desi Melodies
2022	Kudiyan Lahore Diyan			Template:Yes

As a singer only

Year	Song	Music director	Lyricist	Co-Singer	Language	Record label
2019	Nain Tere	Sukh-E	Jaani		Punjabi	Speed Records
2020	Kyon	Payal Dev	Kunaal Vermaa	Payal Dev	Hindi	Apni Dhunn
2020	Dil Tod Ke	Rochak Kohli	Manoj Muntashir			T-Series
2021	Muaka Hai

Soundtrack albums

As a music director

Year	Movie /Album	Song	Singer(s)	Composer	Lyricist	Language	Record label
2014	Shayar	Shayar (Intro)	Jaani	Template:Yes	Jaani	Punjabi	Sony Music India
		Ikk Saal	Jassie Gill	Template:Yes
2015		Taara	Ammy Virk	Template:Yes
		Na Ji Na	Harrdy Sandhu	Template:Yes
		Saanwariya	Amrinder	Template:Yes
		Supna	G Preet	Template:Yes
		Naina Nu	Armaan Kang	Template:Yes
		Mai Kehnda Nahi	Shivam	Template:Yes
		Do Din	Manraaj	Template:Yes
2016	Kaptaan	Oscar	Gippy Grewal, Badshah	Template:Yes			Tips Music
2017	Sargi	Fer Ohi Hoyea	Jassie Gill	Template:No			Speed Records
2018	Qismat	Kaun Hoyega	B Praak, Divya Bhatt	Template:No
		Awaaz	Kamal Khan	Template:No
		Fakira	Gurnam Bhullar	Template:No
		Dholna	B Praak	Template:No
2019	High End Yaariyan	Rabba Ve	B Praak	Template:No		Punjabi	Speed Records
	Jaani Ve	Pachtaoge	Arijit Singh	Template:No		Punjabi / Hindi	T-Series
		Jinke Liye	Neha Kakkar	Template:No
		Besharam Bewaffa	B Praak	Template:No
	Bala	Naah Goriye	Hardy Sandhu, Swasti Mehul	Template:No		Punjabi	Sony Music India
2020	Sufna	Qabool A	Hashmat Sultana	Template:No		Punjabi	Speed Records
		Jaan Deyan Ge	Ammy Virk	Template:No
		Ammi	Kamal Khan	Template:No
		Channa Ve	B Praak	Template:No
		Jannat		Template:No
		Shukriya		Template:No
	Ik Sandhu Hunda Si	Galib		Template:No			Humble Music
2021	Shershaah	Mann Bharya 2.0	B Praak	Template:Yes		Hindi	Sony Music India
	Ucha Pind	Maula		Template:No		Punjabi	ND Music
		Channa Ve	Kamal Khan	Template:No
	Qismat 2	Qismat 2 - Title Track	B Praak	Template:No			Tips Punjabi
		Janam	Romy	Template:Yes
		Teri Akheeyan	Ammy Virk, Afsana Khan	Template:No
		Kis Morh Te	B Praak, Jyoti Nooran	Template:No
		Mere Yaara Ve	B Praak	Template:No
		Paagla	B Praak, Asees Kaur	Template:Yes
2022	Bachchan Pandey	Meri Jaan Meri Jaan	B Praak	Template:Yes		Hindi	T-Series
	Lekh	Udd Gaya		Template:No		Punjabi	White Hill Music
		Bewafai Kar Gaya		Template:Yes
		Mere Yaar	Gurnam Bhullar	Template:No
		Beliya		Template:No
		Zarori Nai	Afsana Khan	Template:Yes
	Moh	TBA	TBA				TBA

As a playback singer

Year	Movie /Album	Song	Music	Lyricist	Co-singer(s)	Language	Record label
2018	Namaste England	Bhare Bazaar	Badshah, Rishi Rich	Master Rakesh, Badshah	Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev, Badshah	Hindi	Sony Music India
2019	Kesari	Teri Mitti	Arko	Manoj Muntashir			Zee Music Company
		Teri Mitti (Tribute Version)
	Blank	Ali Ali		Arko
	Batla House	O Saki Saki	Tanishk Bagchi		Neha Kakkar, Tulsi Kumar		T-Series
	Hotel Mumbai	Bharat Salaam	Mithoon		Sunidhi Chauhan		Zee Music Company
	Daaka	Koi Aaye Na Rabba	Rochak Kohli	Kumaar		Punjabi	T-Series
	Pati Patni Aur Woh	Dilbara (Version 2)	Sachet- Parampara	Navi Ferozpurwala		Hindi
	Good Newwz	Maana Dil	Tanishk Bagchi	Rashmi-Virag			Zee Music Company
2020	Sarileru Neekevvaru	Suryudivo Chandrudivo	Devi Sri Parsad	Ramayogya Sastri		Telugu	T-Series
	Durgamati	Baras Baras	Tanishk Bagchi		Altmish Fridi	Hindi
2021	Koi Jaane Na	Jaane De	Rochak Kohli	Manoj Muntashir
	Shershaah	Ranjha	Jasleen Royal	Anvita Dutt	Jasleen Royal, Romy		Sony Music India
	Satyameva Jayate 2	Janna Ganna Manna	Arko	Manoj Muntashir	Arko		T-Series
	Tadap	Hoye Ishq Na	Pritam	Irshad Kamil	Dino James
2022	Bachchhan Paandey	Saare Bolo Bewafa	Jaani

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Song(s)	Result	Template:Abbr
2020	Filmfare Awards	Best Male Playback Singer	Kesari	Teri Mitti	Template:Nom
TBA	IIFA Awards	Best Male Playback Singer			Template:Pending
2019 (awarded in 2021)	National Film Awards	Best Male Playback Singer			Template:Won

External links

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