Two sisters singing Sufi songs: Who are the Nooran Sisters?
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The Nooran sisters are two sisters living in the Indian state of Punjab and often sing Sufi songs. Sultana and Jyoti Nooran, the children of a family full of religious artists, have continued their successful careers since their debut in 2013.
Sultana Nooran
Born on June 14, 1992, Sultana is the older of the two siblings. The 31-year-old singer is currently married and has a son.
Jyoti Nooran
Younger brother Jyoti was born on February 24, 1994. She married Kunal Passi in 2014. Her family did not approve of this marriage and filed a lawsuit claiming that Jyoti had written on her graduation certificate at the age of 16 at the time of marriage and that the marriage should not be approved because their daughter was underage. After legal proceedings, the family accepted the marriage.
Their lives led to music
Born in the 1970s as the granddaughter of Swarn Nooran, one of the famous Sufi artists of India, and the daughter of Ustad Gulshan Mir, the sisters received education from their fathers from an early age. In her interviews, Ustad Gulshan Mir mentions that the family was in a difficult situation at that time and they made a living by giving music lessons.
The Nooran Sisters are Sultana Nooran (born 14 June 1992) and Jyoti Nooran (born 24 February 1994) who are a devotional Sufi singing duo from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. Born to a family of Sufi musicians, they perform Sham Chaurasia gharana classical music. Their public recognition came in 2012 when they were featured with the song "Tung Tung" in MTV Sound Trippin of MTV India, which was adapted as a soundtrack in the 2015 Bollywood film Singh is Bling.
Their musical talents were discovered when they played an instrument at home and sang the words of Bulleh Shah, which sisters heard from her grandmother, “Kulli vichon ni yaar lab lai”. At that time, Sultana was seven years old and Jyoti was five years old.
Bollywood and careers
The Nooran brothers enjoyed great success by participating in MTV India's Sound Trippin talent hunt show in 2012. Introduced to the contest by the famous Bollywood music composer and director Sneha Khanwalkar, the brothers' song called "Tung Tung" was highly appreciated. This song was later used as the soundtrack to Akshay Kumar's 2015 movie Singh is Bling. That same year, MTV Unplugged and Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2 performed the song "Allah Hoo" and had sensational success on YouTube.
On September 2, 2015, they released their first album, Yaar Gariban Da, which consists of five tracks, produced by MS Records. In 2017, she won the Filmfare Awards Punjabi Best Female Singer for her song "Yaar Di Gali" in the movie Channo Kamli Yaar Di.
They made their Bollywood debut in 2014 with the song "Patakha Guddi" from the movie Highway starring music director AR Rahman. This song, which they call “our favorite,” topped the Bollywood music charts.