Alisha Chinai
She is also known as the "Indian Madonna" (she was first known as Babydoll but an image change later resulted in the "Madonna" moniker). Alisha Chinai is a leading pop singer, who can be given the credit for bringing the trend of pop music in India.\r
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Early life\r
Born in 1972 to a Gujarati family as Sujata Chinai, she changed her name to that of her cousin's daughter Alisha (also Chinai).\r
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Career\r
Alisha's initial foray into the Hindi music was through her album, Jadoo, the music for which was composed by Anu Malik. She also had another album titled Babydoll. She was introduced to the Hindi film music by the veteran music director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits together in many films in the 1980s including "Tarzan", Dance Dance, Commando, Guru, Love Love Love etc. When she started her career with him, she was doing playback singing for many actresses, such as Smita Patil, Mandakini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, M...