Rimi Nique | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Occupation(s) | Singer songwriter, Performing artist |
| Website | www |
Rimi Nique is a Thai-Indian singer-songwriter known for her appearance on the show The Voice Thailand Season 2 (2013),[1] performing 'Lady Marmalade", India's Raw Star (2014),[2] and The Stage (2015).[3] She made her debut as a lyricist and playback singer in the Bollywood music industry with the song "Naach Meri Jaan" that was featured in the movie Any Body Can Dance 2. She is versatile, being able to sing in six different languages: Hindi, English, Punjabi, Thai, and Spanish.[4]
Rimi Nique won ’Best Pop Artist" Radio City Freedom Awards 4 (2016), with Sanket Sane, on her track ‘On a High Zindagi’[5]
Rimi Nique wrote and sang 'Shilong Harvest Song' in the Sony album "Silence Is a Bliss" with Indian flautist Naveen Kumar, and drummer Sivamani in 2015. The same year she also sang "Sunny Sunny The Workout Song" for Sunny Leone's workout video with the singer Darshan Raval.
Rimi Nique worked as a lyricist and singer is the song "Saasain huin dhuan dhuan" featured in the Race 3 movie franchise (2018)[6]
Rimi Nique joins hands with DJ Bravo for a new single called 'The Chamiya Song'(2019) as a lyricist and singer along with composer/singer Gaurav Dagaonkar. The song also features Shakti Mohan and is choreographed by Rahul Shetty.On sharing her working experience with Bravo, “Bravo is always looking out for me, making me feel respected and safe and I couldn’t have asked for a better friend to collaborate with.”
“It’s been the smoothest and most comfortable experience, feels like family, working on a song with my big brother/ best buddy. We have performed together in Dubai once last year, and we connected instantly! We knew we wanted to work on a song together, and we finally found time to reconnect when he was back in Mumbai for IPL. Once I made him hear the Chamiya song, he was hooked, and I realized right then that I had to write a part for him in the song to make this happen and the rest was history!” [7]
Personal life
Born and raised in Thailand, to Gurvinder Singh Doowa and Dalvinder Kaur Doowa, she is the eldest daughter with two younger siblings. Rimi is based in Mumbai and Bangkok, while her family resides in Thailand. She completed her schooling in 2008 from Ruamrudee International School (RIS), Bangkok, where she was part of the Jeremiah Singers choir. She majored in economics and environmental studies with a music minor at Whitman College in Washington State, where she was part of the A-Capella group ‘Schwa’.[8] She started the band "Dabbles in Bloom"[9] with Adriel Borshansky, Robby Seager, and Jonas Myers. Their first album, "Found It",[10] was released in July 2010, followed by a tour in the Pacific North West.
Discography
| Year | Title | Film/album | Co-singers | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Shillong Harvest | Silence is bliss | Naveen Kumar | Sony Music India |
| 2016 | Naach Meri Jaan | ABCD 2 | Benny Dayal Shalmali Kholgade Siddharth Basrur | Zee Music Company |
| 2016 | On A High Zindagi | – | Sanket Sane | Times Music |
| 2018 | Saansain Hui Dhuaan Dhuaan | Race 3[11] | Gurinder Seagal Payal Dev | Tips Music |
| 2019 | The Chamiya Song | – | DJ Bravo Gaurav Dagaonkar | SongFest India |
References
- ↑ PCL., Post Publishing. "Bangkok Post article". Bangkok Post.
- ↑ "India's Raw Star: Meet the Top 10 on Yo Yo's show – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Rimi Nique: India's Raw Star was all about Bollywood, 'The Stage' was refreshing".
- ↑ "India's Raw Star: Meet the Top 10 on Yo Yo's show". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "Rimi Nique won the title for their peppy club number, 'On A High Zindagi'".
- ↑ "Race 3 singer Rimi Nique: It's a dream come true to have Salman Khan grooving to my voice and lyrics". 19 May 2018.
- ↑ "Rimi Nique joins hands with DJ Bravo for a new single". 30 November 2019.
- ↑ "Uniquely Rimi". reena karim. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ Robinette, Kate. "Spotlight: Campus band Dabbles in Bloom overcomes obstacles, plans ahead". Whitman Wire. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ Robinette, Kate. "Spotlight: Campus band Dabbles in Bloom overcomes obstacles, plans ahead". Whitman Wire. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ India TV News (19 May 2018). "Race 3 singer Rimi Nique : It's a dream come true to have Salman Khan grooving to my voice and lyrics". indiatvnews.com.