Biography

March 11, 1966

Mohit Chauhan is a well-known Indi Pop singer for the band Silk Route. He is also known for his work as a playback singer for Bollywood movies. He is proficient in playing the guitar, saxophone, flute and harmonica. A singer of mushy romantic ballads, he says if he didn’t become a musician, he probably would have been a farmer.

D.O.B: 11 March 1966

Marital Status: Married to Prarthana Gehlot on June 29, 2012

Place of Birth: Nahan town of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh

Family: Mother - Krishana Rana and Father - B.K. Rana

2007: He took part in a singing reality show - Mission Ustaad on 9X & also in Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR Plus.

Mohit also featured in the third episode of The Dewarists (2011). He jammed with band ‘Indian Ocean’ for the song called Maaya and also featured on MTV Unplugged (India) in 2011.

Chauhan has sung many advertisement jingles for products including Alpenliebe, Parachute, Wheel (detergent), Nescafe, Hippo Munchies, Vicks Vapor Rub, Alchemist Group & Maruti Suzuki Alto (2011). He has also sung the theme song for Star Parivaar Awards 2011. In 2013, he sang "Jad Se Judein" for the advertisement of L'Oreal Paris India.

After attending St. Xaviers School in Delhi, Mohit Chauhan went back to Himachal Pradesh and completed his Masters in Science and Geology from Dharamshala College. Although he never received any formal training in music, he picked up singing, playing the guitar, harmonica and the flute on his own, and then came back to Delhi in 1996 forming the group Silk Route, with schoolmate Kem Trivedi as pianist. By 1998, he released two albums Boondein and Pehchan. He entered Bollywood in 2002 with songs like Pehli Nazar Mein Dari Thi for the movie Road, then on to Khoon Chala for Rang De Basanti and Masakali for the movie Delhi -6.