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Mame Khan is an Indian playback and folk singer from Rajasthan, India. He has been playback singer for numerous Hindi films such as Luck By Chance (2009), I Am (2010), No One Killed Jessica (2011), Mirzya (2016) and Sonchiriya (2019). Khan was featured on Coke Studio @ MTV (second season) along with Amit Trivedi, the duo performed the track Chaudhary. He received the Best Folk Single Award at Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GiMA) 2016.
Career
Mame Khan at Auditorium du musée Guimet in 2012
Khan made his singing debut in Bollywood with Shankar Mahadevan for the film Luck By Chance in 2009.[ However, he shot into the spotlight, when he appeared in an episode of Coke Studio @ MTV (season 2), featuring the song Chaudhary in collaboration with music director Amit Trivedi in 2012. Mame also performed another title Badri badariya at Coke Studio @ MTV, where he collaborated with singer Mili Nair. He sang for movies like Mirzya, I Am, No One Killed Jessica and SonchiriyaHe also lent his voice for a Hindi song in Malayalam film, Monsoon Mangoes.
In October 2015, Khan released his debut album, Mame Khan's Desert Sessions, which was a crowd funded He sang the national anthem for Hotstar and Star Sports's 2015 Pro Kabaddi League season. In December 2016, he released a single, Sanu Ik Pal Chain Na Ave, which was a combination of Punjabi and Rajasthani folk music.[ In December 2017, he had collaboration with composer duo Salim–Sulaiman for McDowell's No.1's No.1 Yaari Jam's Yaari songHe also sang for television commercials for clients such as Samsung and Tanishq.
He was also a part of Shankar Mahadevan's folk project titled My Country, My Music He was the lead vocalist of Roysten Abel's show, The Manganiyar Seduction, which has been touring the world since 2006.] He has performed at some of India's most popular festivals including the NH7 Weekender Mood Indigo,[ Repertwahr Festival Rajasthan Partnership Summit and Sahitya Aaj Tak. In June 2018, he performed with his troupe at the Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), where he also collaborated with Kaushiki Chakraborty.