Roop Kumar Rathod

Rathod is the second son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod,[2] a proponent of the oldest major vocal style associated with Hindustani classical music, Dhrupad. He belonged to the "Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar." He has two brothers, music composer Shravan Rathod, part of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, and singer Vinod Rathod. Roopkumar is married to Sunali Rathod, formerly the first wife of bhajan singer, Anup Jalota. Together they have a daughter named Reewa.

Roopkumar was introduced to the world of music during his early years. His journey began as a tabla player and he became sought after by many ghazal singers in the 1980s. He first began playback singing in 1989 with the song, "Main Tera Aashiq Hoon", composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal for the movie Gumrah.

Roop Kumar Rathod

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Roopkumar has also performed with the artists Trilok Gurtu, Ranjit Barot and Abhijit Pohankar in fusion concerts. He and Gurtu released the fusion album Beat of Love in December 2001 and the jazz album Broken Rhythms, in October 2004.

Roopkumar, along with wife Sonali, won the title of 'Ustaad Jodi' on 'Mission Ustaad',[citation needed] a musical television reality show aired in February 2008, that aimed to create awareness about social causes.

Roopkumar es hijo del difunto Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, un reconocido mÃºsico de la mÃºsica clÃsica y un exponente del denominado canto Dhrupad, un estilo musical antiguo. AdemÃs que pertenecÃa a la familia "Aditya Gharana de Jamnagar". Pandit Rathod entrenaba y formaba a muchos artistas reconocidos como Kalyanji - Anandji, Manhar Udhas y entre otros muchos mÃs. Roop es famoso en el Bollywood, siendo reconocido como un excelente cantante de playback y director musical, por haber realizado extensamente trabajos musicales con Anup Jalota, como percusionista. Roop tiene dos hermanos, el compositor de mÃºsica, Shravan Rathod y el cantante Vinod Rathod. EstÃ casado con la cantante de playback Sunali Rathod.

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