Harrdy Sandhu

Sandhu was born on 6 September 1986 in Patiala, Punjab to Jasvir Singh Sandhu and Balbir Kaur in a Jat family.^[7][8]

Sandhu played cricket for over a decade as a fast bowler, but suffered a severe elbow injury, forcing him to give up the game in 2007.^[9] He shifted his focus from sports to singing, took vocal training for eighteen months and performed his first album This is Harrdy Sandhu in 2011 composed by V. Grooves.^[9]

He made his debut as an actor with Punjabi movie Yaaran Da Katchup in 2014. The movie proved to be an average grosser. Yet, he found success with tracks such as "Joker", "Backbone", "Horn Blow", "Yaar Ni Milya" with Jaani and B Praak, which proved to be big hits.

Later, in 2017, he released track "Naah" featuring Nora Fatehi, with lyrics by Jaani and music by B Praak. In 2018 after huge success of Naah, he released "Kya Baat Ay" with the same team, which also proved to be a huge hit. Both songs have since crossed 500+ million views on YouTube individually.

In later years, he released some other tracks such as "Superstar", "Dance Like", "Jee Karda", "Titliaan Warga", which were also hits. He also sang some tracks in Bollywood films such as "Chandigarh" from Good Newwz and "Naah Goriye" from Bala, the latter of which was a remake of his own song "Naah", which he released in 2017.

He made his Bollywood debut as an actor with sports drama film 83, which is based on India's victorious campaign at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He played the role of former Team India fast bowler Madan Lal, who was an important part of the 1983 World Cup winning team.^[10][11] In November 2021, he released new single "Bijlee Bijlee", written and composed by Jaani and music by B Praak released by Jaani's music label Desi Melodies. The song along with its hook dance step became viral on Instagram reels with more than 1.4 million reels.^[12] In August 2022, Puma signed Harrdy Sandhu as their brand ambassador.^[13]