Neha Singh Rathore is a Bhojpuri singer known for her self-composed satirical songs, which she sings in a traditional rendition. She often touches upon issues like unemployment, dowry, poverty and mismanagement in the country in her songs. She also tries to spread awareness through her songs like ‘Kisanwa Parli Na Jarai’ in which she asks farmers not to burn the stubble left after harvesting. She came into limelight in 2023 after receiving a legal notice for creating disharmony in the society through her songs.
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Wiki/Biography
Neha Singh Rathore was born in 1997 (age 26 years; as of 2023) in Jaldahan village in Kaimur district of Bihar. He completed his B.Sc. Studied. In Kanpur University.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (Approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
family and caste
He belongs to a Rajput family from Bihar.
parents and siblings
His father, Ramesh Singh, is an architect in a private firm in Lucknow, and his mother, Champa Devi, is a housewife. He has a sister who is married and an elder brother named Vijay Singh who is a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier.
Neha Singh Rathod with her family
Husband
She got married to Himanshu Singh, a writer, on 21 June 2022 at Neelansh Theme Park in Lucknow.
A picture from Neha Singh Rathore’s wedding
livelihood
Neha Singh Rathore started her career as a singer in 2020 by uploading her songs on her YouTube channel under the title ‘Dharohar’. He uploaded his first song ‘Karkhana Band Hoi Gaile Hamar Piya’ on his YouTube channel on 13 May 2020. During the Corona virus epidemic, he composed several songs in which he mentioned the lockdown situation. Some of his songs related to the Corona virus epidemic include ‘Corona Pandemic Ho Gayil’ and ‘Corona Ke Daibe Chuni Chuni Gaari’. She became famous after her song ‘Bihar Mein Ka Ba’ went viral on the internet, which she uploaded before the Bihar elections in 2020. He sang this song in response to Manoj Bajpayee’s rap song ‘Bambai Mein Ka Ba’. Later he uploaded the second part of the song ‘Bihar Mein Ka Ba-Part 2’ in which he talked about the education system and floods in Bihar. He further composed songs like ‘Gujarat Mein Ka Ba’ in which he talked about the Morbi Bridge incident and ‘UP Mein Ka Ba’ (Part 1 & 2) in which he raised questions on the UP government. He gave his first stage performance in January 2021 at a Kavi Sammelan organized at the Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day.
Neha Singh Rathore in Kavi Sammelan at Maithili-Bhojpuri Academy
In November 2022, he presented in the program “Sahitya Aaj Tak”, in which he opposed the poetess Anamika through her poetry.
Neha Singh Rathore (left) in Sahitya Aaj Tak program.
She made her acting debut in the Netflix film “Khakee: The Bihar Chapter” in November 2022. He played a small role in the film.
Poster of the film ‘Khaki: The Bihar Chapter’
In February 2023, he performed at the Democracy Festival held in Delhi, where he sang a folk song describing the incident in UP when a female laborer gave birth to a child on the road.
Neha Singh Rathore at Democracy Festival organized in Delhi
controversies
Trolled for his song ‘Like University Mein Admission’
After the release of Neha Singh Rathod’s song ‘Like University Mein Admission’ in November 2020, she was trolled a lot on social media. In the song, Neha accused Allahabad Central University (IVV) and called it ‘Oxford of the East’. He also raised questions on the university’s student union in his song. After this the university students got enraged and demanded legal action against them. On behalf of the students, a memorandum has been submitted to the Chief Proctor demanding registration of FIR against Neha Singh Rathore.
received legal notice
In 2023, Neha Singh Rathod received a legal notice from the UP government over her song “UP Mein Ka Ba Season 2” which she released on 16 February 2023. In this song he talked about the Dixit family, whose house was demolished. A 45-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter were burnt alive by a bulldozer fired during a demolition drive on government orders. He also raised questions on the UP government in his song. Kanpur Police claims that Neha Singh Rathod was trying to create disharmony and tension in the society through her songs. They sent him a notice containing seven questions, which he was asked to answer within three days.
On July 7, 2023, Suraj Khare lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against him at Habibganj Police Station, Bhopal. The charges were filed under section 153(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with promoting enmity between different groups on the basis of religion, race etc. The reason for the complaint was his social media post regarding the incident that took place in the middle. State, where a man named Pravesh Shukla urinated on a tribal man named Dashmesh Rawat.
Facts/General Knowledge
- She has a YouTube channel named ‘Neha Singh Rathore’, on which she uploads folk, devotional and satirical songs. In her satirical songs, she questions the Indian government and highlights important issues in the country such as women’s safety, dowry, poverty and unemployment.
- He has a huge fan following on social media. As of 2023, she has 67.3 K followers on Instagram, 878 K followers on YouTube, 150.6 K followers on Twitter, and 3.1 M followers on Facebook.
- According to Neha Singh Rathore, by singing in traditional presentation, she tries to bring back respect to Bhojpuri songs, which have been ruined by vulgar film songs. His social media bio says,
I am fighting to restore the honor of Bhojpuri, which has been destroyed by vulgar film songs.
- In an interview, Neha told that she got the inspiration to sing folk songs from her mother. She said that through her songs she wants to raise her voice against important issues like unemployment, women empowerment and poverty in the country so that she can bring awareness about these issues in the society. He said that he is from an area where people are quite conservative and he believes that his songs will bring change one day. He said,
I come from a village where girls are not even allowed to display pictures on social media accounts. There are restrictions on girls but I believe that my songs will liberate them one day, because they worked for me.
- In response to her song “UP Mein Ka Ba”, Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan released a song “UP Mein Sab Ba” in January 2022.
- In June 2022, he bought his first car, Tata Nexon.
Neha Singh Rathore with her Tata Nexon car
- Neha Singh Rathore was awarded the “Ayodhya Mati Ratan” award in December 2022.
Neha Singh Rathore receiving Ayodhya Mati Ratna
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