Guru Randhawa

Some Lesser Known Facts About Guru Randhawa

• Guru Randhawa was born into a Jatt Sikh Family in Noorpur, District Gurdaspur, Punjab.

  

• His family has its roots in Rurka Kalan, Punjab, India.

• He was inclined towards music from a very young age and often participated in singing competitions in his school days.

• He learned music by listening to famous singers on the television.

• In 2013, he launched his first music album titled “Page One.”

• Guru came into the spotlight after releasing his single track ‘Patola’ in 2015 which also featured Bohemia.

• He has given many stage performances in India and abroad.

  

• Randhawa mentioned in an interview that he owes his success to his elder brother, Ramneek Randhawa.

• Guru has to his credit many Punjabi hit songs including “Patola,” “Fashion,” “High Rated Gabru,” “Yaar Mod Do,” and “Suit.”

• In 2017, an improvised version of his Punjabi song “Suit” was included into the Bollywood film “Hindi Medium.”

• In the same year, his song “High Rated Gabru” became the first Indian non-film song to gather the fastest 100 million views.

• Randhawa was a part of the charity match which was played by many celebrities in the INK Cricket Blast 2017 to provide aid to cancer patients.

• Guru has recorded the mashup of songs ‘Ambarsariya’ and ‘Suit’ in the ‘T-Series Mix Tape’ along with the singer, Kanika Kapoor.

• In 2017, he appeared in the opening ceremony of IPL.

  

• Guru is fond of Jackets and has a huge collection of them.

• He has a habit of listening to music while going to sleep.

• Randhawa is well-versed in Hindi and Punjabi.

• He is very passionate about animals.

  

• In April 2019, Guru collaborated with the American rapper, Pitbull, for the song “Slowly Slowly.” The lyrics of the song are in Punjabi, English, and Spanish.

• He has featured on the covers of magazines like TMM and Man’s World Magazine.

  

• He has also walked the ramp for Nivedita Saboo in the Times Fashion Week.

• During an interview, Randhawa said that he enjoys doing live concerts. He further added that he doesn’t like the singers who cheat their audience just to deliver a good show. Reportedly, he targeted the Canadian pop singer, Justin Bieber, who got flak for lip-syncing during his concert in Mumbai in May 2017.

• In September 2018, a female staff working with Pakistan’s Airport Security Force (ASF) was penalised by the authorities for lip-syncing to the Punjabi singer, Guru Randhawa’s song “High Rated Gabru.” The ASF authorities withheld her increments for two years of service for violating the code of conduct. She was also criticised by Pakistan’s electronic media for lip-syncing to an Indian song while wearing the cap with Pakistan’s flag on it.

• On 28 July 2019, when Guru was performing live at the Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver, Canada, an unidentified man attacked the singer on his head. The singer returned to India with four stitches on his head.

• He hit the headlines in January 2025 when he became the only Indian artist to achieve the feat of having 14 billion views on YouTube.