




Neha Bhasin was born on 18Nov. to Mr.Ashok Bhasin and Mrs.Rekha Bhasin. Her dreams started shaping up when she was in Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi. She says,“Yeah I was nine years old. I was in class fourth. I remember my teacher Mr.Dais. He was really nice. He actually brought this singer in me. He told me like you can sing and everything. And he put me like for solo parts and choir. So that’s my first time. I sung 'Black or white'. I did you know like little parts on my own on stage. So I don’t know ever since than I knew I want to be like Michael Jackson. I want to be famous. I want to be there like."
NB than started practicing and competiting in every contest she could. And what helped her in this endeavour was her family. Everyone in her family has passion for music. Specially her mother.She is a Classical Singer.
NB won her first singing competition by singing Mariah Carey’s “HERO”. After that there was nothing stopping her. She won many competitions and awards. And if she ever lost, she says, "Whenever I lost, for me my competitions were very very important. I used to tell my mom 'Ok that you know I lost'. And she used to always tell me 'Beta you are always going to get something big in your life' .
When NB was 12, she had a very close friend, Annette. Annette used to come to her house. Thats when she started writing songs. And has been doing ever since. She says, "Being an extremely emotionally sensitive individual, I have to put my feelings into words. It struck me that I could make songs out my writings. Whatever I experience, I write it down. It comes rather naturally to me. I don’t look up in the dictionary to pick up right words. I write from the heart and hate it when people tell me what to write.”
In 1998 NB felt she should get formal training. So she joined Shiamak Davar’s SDIPA to get dance training and Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan to learn Classical singing.
NB joined Lady Sriram College.Its the same college from where people Mira Nair,Ritu Bari,Mini Mathur and many more successful women have come through.
NB says, "It was during my days at LSR that I realised my potential. College instilled in me immense confidence. Throughout school I had felt like a misfit but LSR allowed me to celebrate my individuality and gave me confidence. I felt accepted in college among my friends and teachers. One reason for that could be the immense opportunity one gets to pick an extra curricular activity and then exploit it.
As I loved music and wanted to pursue it as a profession, I joined the LSR's music society. Later, I became the society's secretary. I was pursuing Sociology honours but hardly focussed on academics. Dance and music kept me occupied. College shifted my focus from frivolous romance to more serious issues like career. Many of the dreams I'm chasing today were born at Big Chill, a joint next to the college, where I used to hangout with friends."
In 2001 came Channel V ‘s Popstars contest. NB won! Along with four other girls Mahua,Anouskha,Seema, and Pratichee. Five of them formed the Band VIVA!.
About becoming a Popstar NB says, “For me it was just a dream,dream,dream, which I had to realize. I knew I had to become a singer. I have to do nothing else. I would die if don’t become a singer. So it was something which God finally actually listen to me and that to so early. So I am very thankful,very thankful. I can’t believe it. I still can’t believe it”.
In their first public concert in Delhi, VIVA! attracted more than 60,000 people.And there act started exactly the way NB used to dream. She says,"I use to imagine myself, actually I use to put on Mariah Carey and close my eyes and I use to imagine myself in black gown, on stage, looking sweet, singing."
And thats how NB came on stage singing "Jaago Zara".She says, “It was mad. It was happening. It was just too much. Just before going on stage. I got a message from my sister that we can’t see the show. We are going back home. And I was like, mera mood bilkul karab ho gaya tha. But you could so distinctly hear people screaming VIVA!,VIVA!,VIVA!.You know seen people scream for artists and today like same people are cheering for us I am like O God this is not real! It can’t be! It’s the best feeling that anyone can ever get. I went down stage and “Jago zara” started. Lights came on, and the first thing I saw my whole family standing right in front of my eyes and a big smile came on my face."
They recorded two albums together.VIVA! and VIVA! Reloaded.In VIVA! Reloaded NB had also written two songs with Anoushka. "Yeh pyar nahi to kya hai jana” and "Zindagi mere saath”.They both even composed the song "Yeh pyar nahi to kya hai jana".
More than 7 lakhs copies of VIVA! first album has been sold till date.
VIVA had also recorded three songs for hindi films.One with A.R.Rehmann "Rozana" for film Lakeer, one with Anand-Milind "Din hamara hai" for Rakht and one with Anu Malik "Chillake Chillake" for Chehra.
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