Occupation(s) Singer Children Ishita Arun Role Actress | Name Ila Arun Instruments Vocalist | |
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Siblings Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Pandey, Tripti Pandey, Rama Pandey Movies Lamhe, Karan Arjun, Jodhaa Akbar, Chingaari, West Is West |
Guftagoo with ila arun
Ila Arun is a popular Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk/folk-pop singer with a unique, masculine voice and a penchant for folk-pop fusion. Her daughter is Ishita Arun.
Contents
- Guftagoo with ila arun
- Har ghar kucch kehta hai fourth episode ila arun
- Early life
- Playback Singing
- SinglesAlbums
- Acting
- As Music Director
- References

Har ghar kucch kehta hai fourth episode ila arun
Early life

She was born in Jodhpur and brought up in the state capital of Jaipur. She graduated from Maharani Girls college in Jaipur, India. Ila Arun is a popular Indian actress, TV personality and a Rajasthani folk/folk-pop singer with a unique, husky voice and a penchant for folk-pop fusion. She was first seen in Lifeline (Jeevanrekha) a Hindi TV serial on life of doctors, along with Tanvi Azmi over doordarshan.
Playback Singing

Arun has sung numerous film songs in Hindi and quite a few in South Indian languages like Tamil and Telugu. Her most famous film song till date has been Choli Ke Peeche sung along with Alka Yagnik for the film Khalnayak for which they won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. She also is well known for her song, "Morni Baaga Ma Bole" accompanied with Lata Mangeshkar, in the movie Lamhe starring Sridevi. She has also sung Tamil song Muthu Muthu Mazhai under the composition of r. Romeo]]. Her most recent super hit song is also for A. R. Rahman composed internationally acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire. The song she recorded is Ringa Ringa along with Alka Yagnik and a good friend of neetu mathur of ajmer... Retired teacher of demo school.
Singles/Albums

She has produced several successful singles such as "Vote for Ghagra", which sold more than 100,000 copies had some memorable numbers as Morni, Main ho gayi sawa lakh ki, Mera Assi Kali ka Ghagra, Darudi, Bichuda, Main Raatan Jagi etc.. Her fans await her comeback as she left after her album Haule Haule protesting music piracy and remixes and sexual content in songs. She sang the promotional song Halla Bol for the Rajasthan Royals team in the IPL which became an instant hit. She hails from Rajasthan and sings lots of Rajasthani songs in all her albums and movies.
Acting

She has delivered an electrifying performance in the 2008 hit Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga, Akbar's wet nurse, who is also like Akbar's mother. She has also acted in critically acclaimed films such as China Gate, Chingari, Well Done Abba, Welcome to Sajjanpur, West is West, and Ghatak. She has also been a part of the early Indian TV Industry, acting in the 1980s Bharat Ek Khoj and Yatra.
Recently, she has performed in the role of Smt. Hansa Mehta in Samvidhaan which is a TV mini-series on the making of the Constitution of India.
Her brothers Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey.are ad-makers while her sister Rama Pandey is a BBC journalist and a DD newsreader and Tripti Pandey is a cultural activist, a tourism expert, deputy director, Rajasthan Tourism in Rajasthan.