Roop Kumar Rathod

• Name — Roop Kumar Rathod • Born — YYYY MM DD • Birthplace — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Genre — * Indian pop • Ghazal • Occupation — * playback singer • music composer • Spouse — Sunali Rathod

Rathod is the third and the youngest son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, the late music composer Shravan Rathod, who was a part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together, they have a daughter named Reewa Rathod. Roopkumar was introduced to music during his early years. He began playing the tabla and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s. He first began playback singing in 1992 with the film Angaar.

Rathod has appeared as a vocalist on albums from 1999. He has sung songs in Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali and Bhojpuri films. The song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the movie Border, became one of the major breakthroughs of Rathod's career. He received his only Filmfare Award nomination to date at the 43rd Filmfare Awards. In addition, he sang the song "Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" for the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and 'Maula Mere Maula' for the movie Anwar. Apart from playback singing for films, Roopkumar has long played live concerts across the world with his wife Sunali, performing a mix of ghazal, Sufi, light classical music, and film songs. Roopkumar has also performed with the artists Trilok Gurtu, Ranjit Barot and Abhijit Pohankar in fusion concerts. He and Gurtu released the fusion album Beat of Love in December 2001 and the jazz album Broken Rhythms, in October 2004. In August 2005, the comedy serial Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai featured Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod in one of their episodes that showcased a friendly musical contest. Roopkumar, along with wife Sonali, won the title of 'Ustaad Jodi' on 'Mission Ustaad', a musical television reality show aired in February 2008, that aimed to create awareness about social causes. Donations were received by the United Nations Charities. In 2011 he released a Sufi album along with his wife Sunali Rathod called "Kalma".

• Year — Film — Title — Composer — Notes • 1992 — Angaar — "Kitni Jaldi Yeh Mulaqat Guzar Jati" — Laxmikant–Pyarelal — Co-sung with Lata Mangeshkar • 1993 — Gumrah — "Main Tera Ashiq Hoon" • 1995 — Raja — "Vada Jo Kiya" — Nadeem-Shravan • Naajayaz — "Barsaat Ke Mausam Mein" — Anu Malik — Co-sung with Kumar Sanu • Gaddaar — "Beta Apni Maa Se" — Nadeem-Shravan — Co-sung with Udit Narayan and Sadhana Sargam • 1996 — Bhairavi — "Moh Maya" — Laxmikant–Pyarelal • 1997 — Border — "Sandese Aate Hai" — Anu Malik — Co-sung with Sonu Nigam, lyrics by Javed Akhtar • "To Chalun" — Lyrics by Javed Akhtar • 1998 — Kareeb — "Tuma Juda Ho Kar Hameen" — Co-sung with Sanjeevani • Hero Hindustani — "Aisi Waisi Baat Nahin" — Co-sung with Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun • 1999 — Mother — "Pardesi To Hai Pardesi" — Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen — Co-sung with Anuradha Paudwal and Sonu Nigam • Hum Saath-Saath Hain — "Sunoji Dulhan" — Raamlaxman — Co-sung with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam and Pramita Rao • Godmother — "Gunje Gangan Gunje Lalkaren Ham" — Vishal Bhardwaj • Hu Tu Tu — "Bandobast Hai, Jabardast Hai" • Laawaris — "Sine Mein Sulagata Hai Dil" — Rajesh Roshan • International Khiladi — "Kundi Kanwari" — Aadesh Shrivastava • Sarfarosh — "Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaaye" — Jatin-Lalit — Co-sung with Sonu Nigam • Dillagi — "Yeh Zameen Hai" • Thakshak — "Khamosh Raat" — A. R. Rahman • Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet — "Tere Pyar Mein Main" — Anand–Milind — Co-sung with Jaspinder Narula • 2000 — Mela — "Mela Dilon Ka II" (Celebration) — Anu Malik — Co-sung with Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan, Nitin Mukesh, Hema Sardesai, Jaspinder Narula and Anmol • Krodh — "Sun Baba Sun" — Anand–Milind — Co-sung with Sapna Mukherjee • Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! — "Chal Padi" — Vishal Bhardwaj — Co-sung with Suresh Wadkar • 2001 — Minnale — "Venmathiye" — Harris Jayaraj — Tamil film; co-sung with Tippu • Censor — "Ho Aaj Majhab Koi" — Jatin–Lalit — Co-sung with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vijayta Pandit and Vinod Rathod • Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein — "Dil Ko Tumse" — Harris Jayaraj • Rahul — "Vah Re Vah" — Anu Malik • Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai — "Jhoomen Yeh Zameen" — Aadesh Shrivastava • 2002 — Kitne Door Kitne Paas — "Humko Mohabbat Dhoondh Rahi" — Sanjeev–Darshan • Filhaal — "Le Chale Doliyon Mein" — Anu Malik — Co-sung with K. S. Chithra • Lal Salaam — "Zara Se Aao Na" — Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Uday Mazmudar • Gunaah — "Rooth Kar Hum" — Sajid–Wajid • 2003 — Jism — "Shikayat Hai" — M.M. Keeravani • Baaz: A Bird in Danger — "Aaye Subah (Duet)" — Ismail Darbar — Co-sung with Sadhana Sargam • Armaan — "Tum Hi Bata Zindagi (Male Version)" — Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy • LOC: Kargil — "Khush Rehna" — Anu Malik — Co-sung with Hari Om Sharan, Sudesh Bhonsle • "Main Kahin Bhi Rahoon" — Co-sung with Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Hariharan, Sukhwinder Singh • 2004 — Tum – A Dangerous Obsession — "Rehna To Hai" — Himesh Reshammiya — Co-sung with Alka Yagnik • Lakshya — "Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe" — Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy — Co sung with Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Vijay Prakash, Shankar Mahadevan and Hariharan • Veer-Zaara — "Tere Liye" — Madan Mohan — Co-sung with Lata Mangeshkar • Tumsa Nahin Dekha — "Yeh Dhuan Dhuan" — Nadeem–Shravan — Co-sung with Shreya Ghoshal • Madhoshi — "Madhoshi" — Roop Kumar Rathod • 2005 — Bhagmati — "Jiya Jaye Amma" — Vishal Bhardwaj — Co-sung with Asha Bhosle • 2006 — Shiva — "Kaise Kahein" — Ilaiyaraaja — Co-sung with Sandhana Sargam • 2007 — Pyar Kare Dis: Feel the Power of Love — Ghansham Vaswani — Sindhi film • Anwar — "Maula Mere Maula" — Mithoon • Life in a... Metro — "In Dino (Reprise)" — Pritam • 2008 — Sarkar Raj — "Jhini Jhini" — Bapi-Tutul — Co-sung with Shweta Pandit • Drona — "Bandagi" — Dhruv Ghanekar — Co-sung with Sunidhi Chauhan • Yuvvraaj — "Dil Ka Rishta" — A.R. Rahman — Co-sung with Sonu Nigam • Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi — "Tujhe Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" — Salim–Sulaiman • 2009 — Vaamanan — "Oru Devathai" — Yuvan Shankar Raja — Tamil film • London Dreams — "Barso Yaaron" — Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy — Co-sung with Vishal Dadlani • "Yaari Bina" — Co-sung with Millind Diwadkar • 2010 — Veer — "Salaam Aaya" — Sajid–Wajid — Co-sung with Shreya Ghoshal • Toonpur Ka Superhero — "Jeetoge Tum" — Anu Malik — Co-sung with Javed Ali • Madrasapattinam — "Pookkal Pookkum" — G. V. Prakash Kumar — Tamil film, co-sung with Harini, Andrea Jeremiah, G.V. Prakash Kumar • Thamassu — "Karagaridu" — Sandeep Chowta — Kannada film • 2011 — Tanu Weds Manu — "Piya" — Krsna Solo • 2012 — Khokababu — "Mon Kaande" — Savvy Gupta — Bengali film • Agneepath — "O Saiyyan" — Ajay-Atul • Kevi Rite Jaish — "Kevi Rite Jaish" — Mehul Surti — Gujarati film • Maharana Pratap: The First Freedom Fighter — "Veer Pratap" — Roop Kumar Rathod • 2014 — Nedunchalai — "Injathea" — C. Sathya — Tamil film • Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane — "Kollai Azhage" — S.S. Kumaran — Tamil film • Meinu Ek Ladki Chaahiye — "Nanhe Paon" • Rang Rasiya — "Kahe Sataye" — Sandesh Shandilya • 2015 — Bas Ek Chance — "Briljo" — Pranav-Nikhil-Shailesh — Gujarati film • 2017 — Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi • 2019 — Cabaret • 2026 — Border 2 — "Ghar Kab Aaoge", "Jaate Hue Lamhon" — Anu Malik, Mithoon (recreation) — Lyrics by Javed Akhtar, Manoj Muntashir (additional)