Taran Kaur Dhillon (born 29 July 1979), known by her stage name Hard Kaur, is a British Indian rapper and hip hop singer; as well as playback singer and actress in Bollywood. Hard Kaur was born Taran Kaur Dhillon in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where her mother ran a small beauty parlour in the house. When she was young, she lost her father. In 1991 her mother remarried a British citizen and her family moved to Birmingham, England. Hard Kaur did her schooling. After developing interest in hip-hop she started her music career as a rapper. She recorded the song “Ek Glassy” and was top for the UK, then in 2007 rapped for Sriram Raghavan’s movie Johnny Gaddaar’s song “Paisa Phek (Move Your Body).” Since then she has sung in movies like Ugly Aur Pagli (“Talli”), Singh Is Kinng, Kismat Konnection, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, and Prince. In 2008 Hard Kaur was nominated for two awards at the UK Asian Music Awards: “Best Urban Act” and “Best Female Act”.She won “Best Female Act”. Hard Kaur composes a song for FIFA World Cup named “Goal Mar Goal Mar”. The song aptly describes fan frenzy and is sung in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali & South language too.
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