Kary Arora

Kary Arora (born 7 January 1977) is an Indian DJ. She is best known as India's first female DJ. Arora began DJing in 1997 and became the 5th female music composer in Bollywood. She ventured into music composition, writing lyrics, rapping, and grunge singing.

Early life and education Kary Arora was born in Chandigarh, India on 7 January 1977. Due to a lack of prestigious DJing schools in India in 1997, she joined Adersh Sound & Light Company in Delhi as a sound laborer/DJ for a 300 rupee wage to develop knowledge of digital audio mixing. She taught herself DJing in a year, while working different jobs in Delhi. Her training for music and keyboards happened under Guru Ravi Prakash

Musical career Arora began freelance DJing in 1997. Her first DJ residency was in club Temptation in Delhi from 1999 to 2000. She then joined Buzz-Delhi from 2001 to 2004, Flames in Le Meridian-Chennai in 2005, Buzz-Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR from 2006 to 2008 and until present she has been freelance performing in clubs across the globe.

In 2008, Arora composed her first single Funny Happy B'day to U for Meow Fm. In 2013, she made her debut as music composer in Bollywood movie Satya 2 with her song Satya is Back Again

Awards and nominations Limca Book of Records honored Arora as India's first woman DJ in 2014. In her residency, Buzz has been awarded of Best Bar with dancing in 2007 and Best Bar of the town in 2008 by Times Nightlife of India. Arora was featured in the documentary 360 Degree DJs, and was ranked as one of Delhi's top five DJs for two years.

Discography

Soundtracks Title Details Year Satya Is Back Again Movie: Satya 2 Music: Kary Arora Lyricist: Kary Arora Singers: Arsalaan Akhoon, Kary Arora Dialogues: Makarand Deshpande Director: Ram Gopal Varma Producer: M Samanth Kumar Reddy Label: T-Series Formats: Digital download, CD2013 Tinko Ke Sahare Movie: Angry Indian Goddesses Music: Kary Arora Lyricist: Kary Arora Singers: Kary Arora Director: Pan Nalin Producer: Gaurav Dhingra Label: T-Series Formats: Digital download, CD2015

Remixes Title Details Year Babuji Dheeray Chalna Remix Remix: Kary Arora Singer: Samira Raza Album: Rooh Label: Moonlight Productions Formats: Digital download, CD2011 Do Lafzon Ki Hai Remix Remix: Kary Arora Singer: Sheena Chawla Label: Powerplay Records Formats: Digital download, CD Ishq Mein Ruswa Remix Remix: Kary Arora Singer: Anweshaa Film: Dangerous Ishhq Director: Vikram Bhatt Label: T-Series Formats: Digital download, CD2012

Singles Title Details Year Sanware ki dhun me Music,Singer: Kary Arora Lyricist: Pooja Genre: Lounge Label: Spectral Records Formats: Digital download, CD2013 De De Deedaar De Music, lyricist, Singer: Kary Arora Genre: Bollywood Dance Music Label: Spectral Records Formats: Digital download, CD

Background scores Title Details Year 48 Sec of Morning Melody Music, lyricist, Singer: Kary Arora Producer: CNEB Pvt Ltd2009