Ila Arun

Ila Arun
Ila Arun
	Ila Arun in 2016
Background information
Born	15 March 1954 (age 70); Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Genres	Indian film music, playback, classical, pop
Occupations	Singer, actress
Instruments	Vocalist
Years active	1979–present

Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk-pop singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, and Indian pop.^[1] She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood films such as Lamhe, Jodhaa Akbar, Shaadi Ke Side Effects and Begum Jaan.

Personal life

Arun was born on 15 March 1954 in Jodhpur in Rajasthan.^[2]^[3] She hails from Jaipur .^[4] She is the sister of Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey.^[5] Her mother was Bhagwati Pandey. Ila Arun is the mother of Ishitta Arun.^[6]

Playback singing

Arun has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few South Indian languages such as Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song to date has been "Choli Ke Peeche" sung along with Alka Yagnik for the film Khalnayak starring Madhuri Dixit, for which they won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.^[7] Another song which she is famous for is "Ghup Chup" from the film Karan Arjun. She also is well known for her song "Morni Baaga Ma Bole" accompanied with Lata Mangeshkar, in the movie Lamhe, starring Sridevi. She has lent her voice to the Tamil song "Muthu Muthu Mazhai", for the film Mr. Romeo, composed by A. R. Rahman. Her last noteworthy song was also with Rahman composed for the internationally acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire, called "Ringa Ringa".^[8]

Singles/Albums

She has produced several successful singles such as "Vote for Ghagra". She also sang the promotional hit song Halla Bol for the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League^[9] She hails from Rajasthan and sings Rajasthani songs in her albums and movies.

Acting

Arun was first seen acting in Lifeline (Jeevanrekha) a Hindi TV serial on life of doctors, along with Tanvi Azmi on Doordarshan. She delivered an electrifying performance in the 2008 hit Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga, Akbar's shrewd wet nurse and political advisor. She has also acted in supporting roles in films such as China Gate, Chingari, Well Done Abba, Welcome to Sajjanpur, West is West and Ghatak. In Shaadi Ke Side Effects and Begum Jaan, she played a governess and a brothel member, respectively. In "Raat Akeli Hai", which is a Netflix movie and released on 31 July 2020, she has played the role of mother of the Hero "Nawazuddin Siddiqui" and correctly delivered the dialogues in local dialect.

Arun has been a part of the early years of Indian television Industry, acting in the 1980s Bharat Ek Khoj and Yatra. She also took on the role of Hansa Mehta, an independence activist who was part of the advisory committee of the constituent assembly, in Samvidhaan which is a TV mini-series based on the making of the Constitution of India.

Discography

Album(s)	Notes
Vote for Ghagra
Nigodi Kaisi Jawani Hai
Main Ho Gayi Sawa Lakh Ki
Banjaran
Bombay Girl
The Very Best of Ila	Compilation
Khichdi
Haule Haule
Mela
Ila Arun Pop Hits	Compilation
Chhappan Chhuri
Mare Hiwda Ma
Nimri Nimoli	MTV Coke Studio (single)

Filmography

As actress

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1983	Ardh Satya	Sneha Bajpai	Govind Nihalani
1983	Mandi	Kamli	Shyam Benegal
1985	Trikal	Cook	Shyam Benegal
1986	Jaal	Tara	Umesh Mehra
1990	Police Public	Laxmi	Esmayeel Shroff
1991	Lamhe	Folk dancer in the song "Chudiyan Khanak Gayee"	Yash Chopra	Also singer
1992	Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda	Lily's mother	Shyam Benegal
1994	Droh Kaal	Zeenat	Govind Nihalani
1996	Ghatak	Mrs. Malti Sachdev	Rajkumar Santoshi
1997	Auzaar	Herself	Sohail Khan	In the song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
1998	China Gate	Mrs. Gopinath	Rajkumar Santoshi
2005	Bose - The Forgotten Hero	Ranu	Shyam Benegal
2006	Chingaari	Padmavati	Kalpana Lajmi
2008	Jodhaa Akbar	Maham Anga	Ashutosh Gowariker	Nominated—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2008	Welcome to Sajjanpur	Ramsakhi Pannawali	Shyam Benegal	Nominated—Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2010	West Is West	Basheera Khan	Andy DeEmmony	British film
	Well Done Abba	Salma Ali	Shyam Benegal
	Mirch	Kesar bai	Vinay Shukla
2011	Aagaah: The Warning	Ramsharan's mother	Karan Razdan
2012	Arjun: The Warrior Prince	Kunti (voice role)	Arnab Chaudhuri	Animated film
2014	Shaadi Ke Side Effects	Aunty	Saket Chaudhary
2017	Begum Jaan	Amma	Srijit Mukherji
2018	Thugs of Hindostan	Jaitumbi	Vijay Krishna Acharya
2018	Manto	Jaddanbai	Nandita Das
2020	Ghoomketu	Santo Bua	Pushpendra Nath Mishra	ZEE5 film
	Raat Akeli Hai	Mrs. Yadav	Honey Trehan	Netflix film
	Chhalaang	Usha Gehlot	Hansal Mehta	Amazon Prime Video film
2021	Sherni^[10]	Pawan's mother	Amit V. Masurkar	Amazon Prime Video film
2021	Aafat-E-Ishq	Bahuji	Indrajit Nattoji	ZEE5 Film
2023	Haddi	Revathy Amma	Akshat Ajay Sharma	ZEE5 Film
2023	Aarya season 3	Nalini Sahiba	Ram Madhvani	Disney+Hotstar series
2024	Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay		G. Ashok

As singer

"Payal Utaar Dungi" Film: Mohabbat ki Arzoo 1994 Music Director : Laxmikant Pyarelal

Year	Film	Song(s)	Music Director	Notes
1985	Aitbaar	"Khali Peeli Pyar Se"	Bappi Lahiri
1986	Jaal	"Raina Bawari Bhai Re"	Anu Malik
1986	Ashiana	"Jawani Re" "Yaad Kyon Teri Mujhe Sataye"	Jagjit Singh
1989	Batwara	"Ye Ishq Dunk Bichhua Ka, Are Isse Raam Bachaye"	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
1991	Rukmavati Ki Haveli		Herself
1991	Lamhe	"Chudiyan Khanak Gayee" "Megha Re Megha"	Shiv-Hari
1993	Khalnayak	"Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai (Female)"	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Won—Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
	Khalnayak	"Nayak Nahi Khalnayak Hai Tu"	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
	Bedardi	"Sun O Bedardi"	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
	Dalaal	"Gutur Gutur"	Bappi Lahiri
1994	Amaanat	"Din Mein Kehti Hai"	Bappi Lahiri
	Naaraaz	"Aisa Tadpaya Mujhe Dil Bekarar Ne"	Anu Malik
	Mohabbat Ki Arzoo	"Payal Utar Dungi"	Laxmikant Pyarelal
1995	Diya Aur Toofan	"Kundi Dheere Se Khatkana"	Bappi Lahiri
1995	Zakhmi Sipahi	"O Laila O Laila"	Rais Bhartiya
1996	Aatank	"Main Chhui Mui" "Meri Patli Kamar"	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
	Smuggler	"Bin Barsaat Ke"	Bappi Lahiri
	Mr. Romeo	"Muthu Muthu Mazhai" (original version) "Paas Aaja Baalam" (Hindi version)	A. R. Rahman	Tamil Film
1997	Tarazu	"Chal Ganne Ke Khet Mein"	Rajesh Roshan
	Jeevan Yudh	"Kameez Meri Kaali"	Nadeem–Shravan
	Auzaar	"Masti Ka Aalam Aaya Hai"	Anu Malik
1998	Kaadhal Kavithai	"Thathom Thakathimi"	Ilaiyaraaja	Tamil film
1999	Bhopal Express	"Udan Khatola"	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
1999	Jaanam Samjha Karo	"I Was Made For Loving You"	Anu Malik
2000	Snegithiye	"Othayadi Padhayile"	Vidyasagar	Tamil Film
2003	Boom	"Boom"	Talvin Singh
2004	Paisa Vasool	"Maine Saiyan Ki Demand"	Bapi–Tutul
2010	Well Done Abba	"Meri bano hoshiyar"	Shantanu Moitra	Also lyricist
	Mirch	"Mora Saiyyan"	Monty Sharma
	Raavan	"Kata Kata"	A. R. Rahman
2012	Arjun: The Warrior Prince	"Kabhi Na Dekhe Hastinapur Mein"	Vishal–Shekhar
2013	Deewana Main Deewana	"Kala Doriya"	Bappi Lahiri
2024	Crew	"Ghagra"	Bharg
2024	Crew	"Choli"	Akshay-IP

As music director

1992 – Mujhse Dosti Karoge
1991 – Rukmavati Ki Haveli
1985 – Doongar Ro Bhed

Television appearances

Year	Show(s)	Role
1986	Yatra	Drama group member
1988	Bharat Ek Khoj	Various characters
1991	Lifeline (Jeevanrekha)	Doctor
2005	Fame Gurukul	Head Mistress
2014	Samvidhaan	Hansha Mehta
2015	Coke Studio	Performer

References

^ Jha, Shuchita (2 September 2019). "Singer Ila Arun remembers BV Karanth's contribution | Bhopal News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Happy Birthday Ila Arun: बॉलीवुड के इन 5 गानों के दम पर आज भी मशहूर हैं इला अरुण". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "On Ila Arun birthday's, here are some of singer's best folk-music inspired tracks". Firstpost. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Rajasthan's culture is rich: Ila Arun". The Times of India. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ Drona, Jaya (7 May 2008). "Ila Arun and Piyush Pandey tell all". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
^ "My Career in Bollywood Bloomed After Becoming A Mother: Ila Arun". Outlook. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Ila Arun". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "Slumdog Millionaire music review : glamsham.com". glamsham.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ "Ila Arun to say 'Halla Bol' for IPL team of Rajasthan". Bollywood Hungama. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ "Vidya Balan starrer Sherni to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in June 2021". Bollywood Hungama. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

External links

Ila Arun at IMDb
Ila Arun at Bollywood Hungama

[1] Jha, Shuchita (2 September 2019). "Singer Ila Arun remembers BV Karanth's contribution | Bhopal News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[2] "Happy Birthday Ila Arun: बॉलीवुड के इन 5 गानों के दम पर आज भी मशहूर हैं इला अरुण". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[3] "On Ila Arun birthday's, here are some of singer's best folk-music inspired tracks". Firstpost. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[4] "Rajasthan's culture is rich: Ila Arun". The Times of India. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[5] Drona, Jaya (7 May 2008). "Ila Arun and Piyush Pandey tell all". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[6] "My Career in Bollywood Bloomed After Becoming A Mother: Ila Arun". Outlook. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[7] "Ila Arun". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[8] "Slumdog Millionaire music review : glamsham.com". glamsham.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[9] "Ila Arun to say 'Halla Bol' for IPL team of Rajasthan". Bollywood Hungama. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[10] "Vidya Balan starrer Sherni to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in June 2021". Bollywood Hungama. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
1959–1980	Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960, 1961, 1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964, 1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980)
1981–2000	Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987, 1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurti (1995) Kavita Krishnamurti (1996) Kavita Krishnamurti (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000)
2001–present	Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurti and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) Shalmali Kholgade (2013) Monali Thakur (2014) Kanika Kapoor (2015) Shreya Ghoshal (2016) Neha Bhasin (2017) Meghna Mishra (2018) Shreya Ghoshal (2019) Shilpa Rao (2020) Asees Kaur (2021) Asees Kaur (2022) Kavita Seth (2023) Shilpa Rao (2024)