18 August 2012 :: Daler Mehndi[ Daler Singh] was born on August 18, 1967. He is an Indian Bhangra pop singer who is known for his hit song Tunak Tunak Tun.
Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies
Daler was born and raised in Patna, Bihar to a Khatri family. He began singing at age 6 and was taught the ragas and Shabads from the Guru Granth Sahib by his parents. At age fourteen he spent three years refining his voice and learning how to play the tabla, dholak/dhool, harmonium and tanpura from Late Ustad Raahat Ali Khan Saheb of Gorakhpur.
Mehendi is not Daler’s surname, it was a title given to him by one of his elder brothers as he is a big fan of Parvej Mehendi, a popular ghazal singer. The name was very lucky for him so everyone in the house (his four brothers) except Mika Singh (Amrik) used it.
