Gurdas Maan

Biography

Gurdas Maan (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian singer, songwriter, and actor mainly associated with Punjabi language music and films. He gained national attention in 1980 with the song "Dil Da Mamla Hai". Since then, he has gone on to record over 34 albums and has written over 305 songs.

In 2015 he performed the song "Ki Banu Dunia Da" with Diljit Dosanjh in MTV Coke Studio India which was aired in season 4 episode 5 (16 August 2015) on MTV India. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Punjabi musicians of all time.

On other fronts, Maan has starred in blockbuster Bollywood films and has received numerous awards, including the Jury's Award, presented to him by the president of India in 2005. He also sang the popular track, Ki Banu Duniya Da on Coke Studio MTV Season 4 with singer Diljit Dosanjh. The song was released on 15 August 2015 and hit more than 32 million views on YouTube in one week.

In 2009, he won "Best International Album" at the UK Asian Music Awards for Boot Polish.

In 2017, he won the "Filmfare Award for Living Legend" in the first Filmfare Awards Punjabi event.