Music profile: Raageshwari
A live wire
‘Raageshwari’ - the girl with the milk and honey image was called ‘A Youth Icon’ by ‘India Today’.
When her debut album Duniya, topped every chart, she gave everyone a soundtrack to their lives with her music.
Her refreshing voice, effervescent smile and live-wire stage performances made her a pop star to reckon with.
A multi-faceted artiste, Raageshwari made a splash as a singer, an actress, and a model and was loved as a VJ on both channel V and MTV.
She started her career as an actress with blockbusters like ‘Ankhen’ and ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anadi’. Raageshwari not impressed with fat pay cheques, said no to insignificant roles. Her true calling was being a VJ on ‘BPL OYE’. She soon made the show the number one countdown show ever.
She followed it up with huge campaigns and became the new face for Cadbury’s Perk, Casio, Dabur, Voltas and TVS scooty and many more.
Always believing in family entertainment, ‘Ragz’ lovingly called by her fans, only took up assignments, which gave a strong message of strength, clean entertainment, beauty and class.
Her stint as a singer continued with her second music album ‘Pyaar Ka Rang’ wherein her fashionable clothes, magical videos and electrifying dancing won her rave reviews.
Her ballad ‘Mere Mehboob’ showcased Ragz as a mature singer and thousands of couples all across the globe made it their love song.
Raageshwari entered the new millennium with her tribute called ‘Y2K Saal Do Hazaar’ and dazzled everyone with her dancing and her special effect glitzy music video.
Struck with facial paralysis soon after the release of ‘Y2K’, Ragz was forced to take a break for almost a year. She soon recovered only to sound, look and perform 10 times better than before.
Raageshwari has always balanced the fine art of singing and performing with her ‘girl next door’ charm and simplicity. 
Having performed over 200 concerts and still counting, Ragz is all set to give us a new tune to sing.
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