Hardevinder Singh Sanghu, better known by his screen name Harrdy Sandhu, is an Indian actor and singer who has primarily worked in the Punjabi Music and Movie industry. Harrdy draws inspiration from the Malwa culture for his singing. His singing is a mix of Urban Folk, and Contemporary Punjabi and the baselines of his songs are remixed by DJs at Indian clubs. He was appreciated most for his song Soch in 2014.
Early Life
Born in Punjab, India, Harrdy started his career as a cricketer and played for the Punjab team as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium paced bowler. Harrdy was also a part of the India Under-19 team 2004-05. He suffered an unrecoverable injury in 2007 and had to give up playing cricket. Subsequently, he pursued singing under the guidance of Sh. Nirmal Singh and he trained in folk and classical singing. He acquired as much knowledge as he could about singing and soon he created a storm in the musical world with his solo albums.
Independent Projects
His first album was This Is Harrdy Sandhu that was a mix of contemporary music and some upbeat songs followed by his album Horn Blow. In 2014, his famous single, Soch got him more attention and appreciation. The Hindi version of this song is sung by
Arijit Singh for the movie
Airlift that starred
Akshay Kumar and
Nimrit Kaur in the lead roles.
Movie Career
His debut film was
Yaaran Da Katchup, an action comedy in Punjabi language co-starring
Yuvika Chaudhary and
Anita Hassanandani. In November 2016, Harrdy along with
Neha Kakkar,
Raftaar, and
Mouni Roy featured in a video song `Ki Kariye Nachna Onda Nei` from the Bollywood movie
Tum Bin 2, which is an Indian romantic drama film, under the T-Series banner. In 2018, Harrdy sung the song `Little Little` for the comedy
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se. He then debuted as an actor with
83 (2021) and
Code Name: Tiranga (2022).