Baba Sehgal is an Indian actor, rapper and singer. Baba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is regarded as the first successful Indi-Pop star of the Indian subcontinent and was almost raised to the status of an iconic rapper in the mid 1990s. He first catapulted to fame with the famous rap song Thanda Thanda Pani. His real name was Harjit Singh Sehgal. Very few people are aware of this fact that he was an engineer by profession but he did not want to pursue his career in the hardcore technical field. He always had this inclination towards music from a very tender age and went ahead to rock the whole nation with the tuneful lyrics of Thanda Thanda Pani. He was also credited for being the man behind the first rap album of India Dil Dhadke. This music video created such rage that it went on to become the first Indian music video that won the MTV US award in the international arena.

Career of Baba Sehgal
Among the solo albums of Baba Sehgal the first one which brought him a round of applause was Dilruba released in the year 1990 and the second one was Ali Baba which saw the light of day in the following year. He gained the maximum popularity with his third album Thanda Thanda Pani. In fact the success, which he gained through this album, helped him to sell his first two albums at a quicker pace. This very talented singer has released as many as 22 albums out of which many were huge hits. His latest music album is Welcome to Mumbai, which Baba Sehgal released after coming back from New York where he stayed around 4 to 5 years. His fans are surprised by his inborn talents, which he displayed by being a stage performer and a model. He also starred in the lead role in the Bollywood film Miss 420.

This Indi-pop star almost disappeared from the Indian Music Industry post 2000. He almost made his base at United States and started taking up lots of stage shows there. Later, Baba Sehgal returned to India and started hosting Television shows. In the recent past his fans saw him hosting the hugely popular show Santa Banta Newz Unlimited. He was also doing a reality show for the popular Zee Television channel. Sehgal also composed the music for the film Bhoot Uncle. He also participated on Dhoom Macha De, which aired on NDTV Imagine in 2009. In the same year, he also featured in the comedy series Jugni Chali Jalandhar on SAB TV. Baba Sehgal has also sang for many Tollywood films, such as Jalsa, Rikshavodu, Aarya 2, Don Seenu and Adhurs. Sehgal sung the Tamil songs Jalsa Jalsa from Villu and Kadhal Vandhale from Singam. In 2011, Baba Sehgal acted in the Star One show, Rang Badalti Odhani. Currently, Sehgal is featured on the Imagine Showbiz series Baba`s Cross Connection.