25 Facts About Mohit Chauhan

Mohit Chauhan was born on 11 March 1966 and is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films.

Mohit Chauhan has recorded several songs for films and albums many different languages, and is one of the most prominent Indipop singers.

Mohit Chauhan was born in the town of Nahan, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, on 11 March 1966.

Mohit Chauhan has an elder brother and a younger sister.

Mohit Chauhan earned a Master of Science in Geology from a government college at Dharamshala affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University.

Mohit Chauhan has not received any formal training in music, but he often practiced singing with his brother.

Mohit Chauhan got influenced by his grandfather who was a classical singer and played harmonium.

Mohit Chauhan wanted to become an actor before his debut in the music industry.

Mohit Chauhan was the vocalist, while Kem played the keyboards, Atul Mittal was the lead guitarist and Kenny Puri played the drums.

Mohit Chauhan's film singing career began in 2002 when he sung "Pehli Nazar Mein Dari Thi" from the film Road.

Mohit Chauhan won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer prize in 2010 for the song Masakali.

Mohit Chauhan was featured on MTV Unplugged in the same year.

Mohit Chauhan sang for the first Himachali movie "Puchhe Amma" and "Deva Mere" from the film Saanjh.

Mohit Chauhan made his debut with Shandilya's composition of the song "Pehli Nazar Me Dari Thi" from the 2002 film Road.

The song proved to be a breakthrough for him, and in 2007, he followed this up with his first major hit song in the Pritam-composed romantic ballad "Tum Se Hi" for the film Jab We Met, penned by Irshad Kamil; both Pritam and writer-director Imtiaz Ali wanted Mohit Chauhan to lend his voice for this romantic track.

Mohit Chauhan reunited with Pritam for Kismat Konnection where he performed "Kahi na Lage Man " along with Shreya Ghoshal.

Mohit Chauhan sang for his first animated film Bolt where he sang the Hindi version of "I Thought I Lost You".

Mohit Chauhan had his biggest rise to national prominence in 2011 as he attracted mainstream attention for his contribution to the soundtrack of Rockstar, which reunited him with Ali and Rahman after almost half-a-decade; the 9 songs he recorded for the film as the voice of the protagonist Jordan played by Ranbir Kapoor were all massive chartbusters at the time of release, and continue to be treated as cult songs till date.

In 2020, Mohit Chauhan sang "Dheere Dheere Se" for the film Guns of Banaras, composed by Sohail Sen and written by Sameer.

Mohit Chauhan sang "Yeh Dooriyaa" which is composed by Pritam from the film Love Aaj Kal.

In 2019 Mohit Chauhan performed at Kargil Vijay Diwas, he sung "Khoon Chala" his song from Rang De Basanti, as a tribute to the brave Indian Soldiers.

Mohit Chauhan is an active participant in the not-for-profit public limited companies National Skill Development Corporation, which encourages young people to follow beneficial vocational training initiatives.

Mohit Chauhan regularly feeds 250+ stray dogs in Delhi which started at the time of Lockdown in India due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Mohit Chauhan has received two Filmfare Awards, one IIFA Award, three Zee Cine Awards, and one Screen Award.

Mohit Chauhan was listed in the Forbes Celebrity 100 of 2012.