Kamal Heer

Kamal Heer

Birth name	Kamaljeet Singh Heer
Born	January 23, 1974 (age 38) Halluwal, Punjab, India
Origin	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Punjabi, Bhangra, Pop, Folk, Classical, Sad
Occupations	Singer and Music composer
Instruments	Chimta, Harmonium and Vocals
Years active	Singing: 2000–Present Music Director: 1993–2000
Labels	Plasma Records (India) Kiss Records (UK)
Associated acts	Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
Website

 Kamaljeet Singh Heer aka Kamal Heer is a Punjabi musician. Born on 23 January 1973, he is the younger brother of Manmohan Waris (the eldest of the brothers) and Sangtar, two other esteemed musicians. His live performances showcase his virtuosity with taan and his command of the art of traditional Punjabi music. All three of Heer brothers are behind the formulation of Punjabi Virsa shows all over the world. These shows have become internationally famous. Also a talented composer, Kamal Heer has collaborated with his brother Sangtar to write music for their brother Waris. He is married to Gurjit Kaur Birring.

                    Career

Kamal Heer was born in the Village of Halluwal, Punjab, India. He learned music from Ustaad Jaswant Singh Bhanwra. After Kamal's family moved to Canada in 1990, Kamal and older brother Sangtar started composing music. In 1993 they composed music for Manmohan Waris's album, Gaairan Naal Penghan Jhotdiye which became a huge hit. Kamal continued composing till 1999.

Kamal's debut album, Kamli released in 2000, which mostly avoided success. In 2002 Kamal Heer released Masti-Kanthay Vala which became very successful especially the superhit song "Kanthay Vala". Kamal Heer released Masti 2 in 2003 which contained superhit tracks "Nachne Nu Kare Mera Ji", "Kinnu Yaad Kar Kar Hasdi", "Hick Da Taveet" and "Ishq Ne Kamle Karte".

Kamal Heer continued his success with Punjabi Virsa 2004-Toronto Live, a live album recorded in Toronto. The immense success of this live album lead to Punjabi Virsa concerts happening every year all around the world. Punjabi Virsa 2005, Punjabi Virsa 2006 and Punjabi Virsa 2008 have also been recorded live. After moderately successful studio albums, Masti Three (2006) and Chan Jiha Gabhru (2007), Kamal Heer released Jinday Ni Jinday in 2009. This album is considered his biggest hit to date. After the Punjabi Virsa 2009 tour of Australia and New Zealand Kamal is currently touring in Punjabi Virsa 2010.

                     ALL SONG Albums

Kamli

• Released: January, 2000

• Format: Audio cassette, CD and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records, MagnaSound

• Writer: Malkiat Meet, Sangtar, Davinder Khannewala and Debi Makhsoospuri

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 8

Masti-Kanthay Vala

• Released: December, 2002

• Format: Audio cassette, CD and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records, Music Waves

• Writer: Malkiat Meet, Davinder Khannewala, Debi Makhsoospuri and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Director: Myth & Magic, Baljit Deol

• Tracks: 10

• Singles: Kanthay Vala

Masti 2

• Released: November, 2003

• Format: CD, Audio cassette and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur and Debi Makhsoospuri

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 10

• Singles: Nachne Nu Kare Mera Jee and Ishq Ne Kamle Karte

Masti Three

• Released: February, 2006

• Format: CD, Audio cassette and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur and SM Sadiq

• Producer: Sangtar

• Director: Sandeep Sharma

• Tracks: 10

Chan Jiha Gabhru

• Released: December, 2007

• Format: CD and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur, Charan Likhari and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Director: Sandeep Dhaliwal, Azeem Parker, Rimpy Prince and Sandeep Sharma

• Tracks: 8

Jinday Ni Jinday

• Released: November, 2009

• Format: CD and digital download

• Label: Plasma Records

• Writer: Jasbir Gunachauria, Sukhpal Aujla, Anil Fattegarh Jattan, Charan Likhari, Ninder Sher Khan, Preet Khetla and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Director: Robert Holbrook, Sandeep Sharma and Bhupi Syan

• Tracks: 8

Compilations

Shaunki Mela 2003-Surrey Live (Recorded Live at Millenium Park, Surrey, Canada on June 21, 2003. Along with Manmohan Waris, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Sangtar)

• Released: August, 2003

• Format: DVD, VHS, CD and Audio cassette

• Label: Plasma Records

• Writer: Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki, Shamsher Singh Sandhu, Charan Singh Safari, Kuldip Deep, Debi Makhsoospuri, Davinder Khannewala, Gurpreet Guggi, Jasbir Gunachauria, Mangal Hathur and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 29

Punjabi Virsa 2004-Wonderland Live (Recorded Live at Canada's Wonderland, Canada. Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar)

• Released: October, 2004

• Format: DVD and CD

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki, Mangal Hathur, Davinder Khannewala, Debi Makhsoospuri, Malkiat Meet, Jasbir Gunachauria and Kuldip Deep

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 28

Punjabi Virsa 2005-London Live (Recorded live at London, England. Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar)

• Released: November, 2005

• Format: DVD and CD

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki, Mangal Hathur, Davinder Khannewala and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 26

Masti Hits

• Released: August, 2006

• Format: DVD and CD

• Label: Plasma Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur, Malkiat Meet and Davinder Khannewala

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 10

Punjabi Virsa 2006-Toronto Live (Recorded Live at the Hershey Center, Mississauga, Canada. Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar.)

• Released: December, 2006

• Format: DVD and CD

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Baba Bulleh Shah, Mangal Hathur, Davinder Khanewala, Sangtar and Jasbir Gunachauria

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 37

Moti Chun Ke (Sad Song Collection)

• Released: July, 2008

• Format: CD

• Label: Plasma Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur, Debi Makhsoospuri, Davinder Khannewala, Malkiat Meet and Charan Likhari

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 10

Punjabi Reloaded (Along with Manmohan Waris.)

• Released: September, 2008

• Format: CD

• Label: Plasma Records, Kiss Records

• Writer: Mangal Hathur and Davinder Khannewala

• Producer: Joy & Atul

• Tracks: 12

Punjabi Virsa 2008 Vancouver Live (Recorded Live at Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, Canada on August 30, 2008. Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar)

• Released: February, 2009

• Format: DVD and CD

• Label: Plasma Records, Planet Recordz

• Writer: Prof. Mohan Singh, Debi Makhsoospuri, Mushtak Alam Goga, Jasbir Gunachauria, Charan Likhari, Mangal Hathur and Sangtar

• Producer: Sangtar

• Tracks: 27

 

                   Music videos

Year	Song	Album
2000	Kamli	Kamli
	Dila Meria
2002	Bhajjan Kurray	Masti-Kanthav Vala
	Kanthey Vala
	Yaad Aegi
	Dhann Dhann
2003	Nachne Nu Kare Mera Ji	Masti 2
	Kinnu Yaad Kar Kar Hassidi
	Ishq Ne Kamle Karthe
2006	Gaaia Na Karne	Masti Three
	Akh Lar Gaee
	Kaamad Bejeya
2007	Chan Jiha Gabhru	Chan Jiha Gabhru
	Mar Gae Majajne
	Roz Ladna
	Hathiar Na Chalaiye
	Sharab Chon Disen
	Moti Chunke
	Majhay Diye Kudiye
2008	Huss Ho Gia	Punjabi Reloaded
	Chajju Da Chubara
	Ik Gerha
2009	Jinday Ni Jinday(Vancouver)	Jinday Ni Jinday
	Ik Boli
	Jinday Ni Jinday(New Delhi)
	Nashedi Dil
2010	Pendu Jatt
TBA	Chetey Kareen

                    videography

Release	DVD	Record Label	Notes
August 2003	Shaunki Mela 2003-Surrey Live	Plasma Records	Recorded Live in Surrey. Special Tribute Concert to Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki. Along with Manmohan Waris, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Sangtar
July 2004	Plasma Framed Vol. 1	Plasma Records	Videos Along with Manmohan Waris
October 2004	Punjabi Virsa 2004-Wonderland Live	Plasma Records/Kiss Records	Recorded Live In Toronto Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
November 2005	Punjabi Virsa 2005-London Live	Plasma Records/Kiss Records	Recorded Live In London Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
2006	Punjabi Virsa Behind The Scenes	Plasma Records	Making Of Whole Punjabi Virsa Tour, Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
December 2006	Punjabi Virsa 2006-Toronto Live	Plasma Records/Kiss RecordS	Recorded Live In Toronto Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
February 2009	Punjabi Virsa 2008 Vancouver Live	Plasma Records	Recorded Live in Vancouver Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar

      ALL Live Performances & concerts/TOURS

Date	Concert/Tour	Notes
August 2003	Shaunki Mela 2003	Special Tribute Concert to Dhadi Amar Singh Shaunki Along with Manmohan Waris, Sangtar and Gurpreet Ghuggi
October 2004	Punjabi Virsa 2004	Toured Canada and the USA Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
May–June 2005	Punjabi Virsa 2005	Toured Europe Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
April–October 2006	Punjabi Virsa 2006	Toured Australia, Canada, USA and Europe Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
August/September 2007	Punjabi Virsa 2007	Toured Europe Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
August/September 2008	Punjabi Virsa 2008	Toured Canada and the USA Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
August 2009	Punjabi Virsa 2009	Toured Australia and New Zealand Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar
June–September 2010	Punjabi Virsa 2010	Is going to tour the UK in June and July 2010, USA in July and August 2010 and Canada in September 2010. Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar

 

                   other

Date	Performance	Notes
2008	Parbat Ali Vijay Diwas	Special Concert for the Indian Armed Forces Along with Manmohan Waris
March 21, 2009	2009 Punjabi Music Awards	Performed During the Awards

        Awards , Honours  & Nominations

Year	Category	For	Result
2006	Album of the Year	Punjabi Virsa 2006	Won
2009	Best Folk Pop Vocalist	Hathiyar Na Chalaiye	Lost
2009	Best Folk Pop Album	Moti Chun Ke	Lost
2010	Best Non Resident Punjabi Vocalist	Jinday Ni Jinday	Won
2010	Best Non Resident Punjabi Vocalist	Punjabi Virsa Vancouver Live	Lost
2010	Best Folk Oriented Album	Punjabi Virsa Vancouver Live	Won
2010	Best Duel Vocalists	Vasde Raho Pardesio (Along with Manmohan Waris and Sangtar)	Lost
2010	Best Non Resident Punjabi Album	Punjabi Virsa Vancouver Live	Lost