Birth name Lesle Peter Lewis Role Singer Name Lesle Lewis | Years active 1987–present Occupation(s) Singer, composer Parents P. L. Raj | |
Associated acts Colonial Cousins, Hariharan Albums The Best of Colonial Cousins, The Way We Do It Music group Colonial Cousins (Since 1992) Genres Indian pop, Filmi, Rock music Similar People Hariharan, Vasundhara Das, P L Raj, Andrea Jeremiah, Anushka Manchanda |
Lesle lewis
Lesle Lewis is an Indian singer and composer known for his work with Hariharan as the duo Colonial Cousins. They won the MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award and then the U.S. Billboard Viewer's Choice Award for ‘Colonial Cousins', their debut album. He conceived and created all the music for Coke Studio, MTV India debut season.
Contents
- Lesle lewis
- Lesle lewis man with the midas touch
- Early life
- Jingles
- Mainstream Music
- Colonial Cousins
- Discography
- Awards and achievements
- References
Lesle lewis man with the midas touch
Early life
Lesle Lewis is the son of P. L. Raj, a prolific film choreographer. He was educated at St. Mary's High School, Mt. Abu in Rajasthan. He played guitar at the Cafe Royal, Oberoi Towers, Mumbai and recorded with Kalyanji–Anandji, Laxmikant–Pyarelal, R. D. Burman and Louis Banks.
Jingles
From 1987 he composed advertising jingles and was nominated for awards from the Indian Academy of Advertising Film Art (IAAFA). In 1989 received an award for his work. He went on to make some famous jingles such as Doodh-Doodh-Doodh (Piyo full glass), Mango Fruity fresh and juicy, Thums up taste the thunder, Santoor Santoor, etc.
Mainstream Music
Lewis remixed Asha Bhonsle's album Rahul and I and composed songs for Janam samjha karo, O mere sona, Piya Tu- ab toh aaja. He also composed and produced the music for Paree Hu Main by Suneeta Rao, Bombay Girl by Alisha Chinai and for KK's album Pal. He even composed songs such as Bombay Girl and De De- Mujh Ko for Alisha Chinai.
He also launched indipop boy band A Band of Boys and gave music for their hit songs such as Meri Neendh, Gori and Aa Jaa Meri Jaan.
In 1998, Lewis recorded his first solo album, Haseena. He composed the score for the Hindi films Mela and Jahd and the Tamil films Modhi Vilayadu and Chikku Bukku.
Colonial Cousins
Lewis first worked with ghazal singer Hariharan in 1992, creating a jingle. They formed Colonial Cousins in 1996 and recorded an album, Colonial Cousins. They were the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged. It won the MTV Indian Viewers' Choice award and Billboard Award for the Best Asian Music Group. They released the albums The Way We Do It (1998) and Aatma (2001) and composed the soundtrack for the Tamil films Modhi Vilayadu and Chikku Bukku.