Kuldeep Singh

Kuldeep Singh (also credited as Kuldip Singh)(born 1942)

He has been associated with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), Mumbai Chapter for nearly 40 years and has composed music for numerous stage productions. He has composed for popular acts like Aakhiri Shama, Kaifi Aur Main, Girija Ke Sapne which are regularly featured in Mumbai and other parts of the country.

He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for music for theatre in 2009 and the National Lata Mangeshkar Samman for 2018.

Early life and training

Born as Kuldeep Singh Vig in Hasan Abdal, now in Pakistan. He began learning music at a young age from S. Joginder Singh Jogi of the Sham Chaurasia gharana under Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale. Singh obtained a master's degree in psychology from the University of Bombay.

Career Singh joined the Indian People's Theatre Association in Mumbai and Apart from IPTA productions, he composed music for theatre productions for the next four decades. This includes for Mumbai theatre groups including Ekjute and Ank, and plays like Bakri, Lok Katha, Moteram ka Satyagraha, Girija ke Sapne, Pencil Se Brush Tak, Azdak ka Insaf, Suman Aur Sana, Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya, Agar Aur Magar, Ghalibnama, Kaifi Aur Main and M. S. Sathyu's IPTA production Girija Ke Sapne. Nukkad (1986, TV Series) Circus (TV series, 1989) Doorie (1989) Train to Pakistan (1998) Main Maa Punjab Dee (1998)

Awards He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2009 for Music for Theatre in Allied Theatre Arts category. In 2020, the government of Madhya Pradesh awarded him Lata Mangeshkar Award in recognition of his contribution to music.