Arjun Kanungo

Kanungo was born and raised in Mumbai. His mother, a pistol shooter by profession, trained Kanungo in the sport where he won multiple medals at the national level. He also played Basketball for his college and his state team of Maharashtra. He went on to major in Journalism and Mass communication at R.D. National College, Mumbai. He is a trained Indian classical singer and plays the piano and guitar. He is a qualified trained method actor from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. At the age of 18, Kanungo opened a recording studio in Mumbai called Promethean Audio. Kanungo's first commercial success came with "Khoon Choos Le" in the 2013 film Go Goa Gone, starring Saif Ali Khan. His debut single 'Baaki Baatein Peene Baad' was released on 25 September 2015 by Sony Music India. The song was written by Mayur Puri and was composed, written, recorded and produced in Sweden. The song also features Badshah. Since then he has had Several hit songs - Fursat, Ek Dafaa (Chinnama), La La la with Neha Kakkar, Tang Mujhko, Zara Zara (which peaked at 98 on Spotify India's top 200 chart), Sirrikadhey and Ilzaam, to name a few. Arjun has lent his voice to several Bollywood films. His Tamil Debut came with 'Sirrikadhey', composed by Anirudh Ravichander, from the film 'Remo'. In 2022, Kanungo released his first studio album titled 'Industry' on June 16, 2022. The album currently has over 250 millions streams across platforms. The album also featured rapper King, American singer songwriter Vaultboy, Rashmeet Kaur and Yash Vaid. Kanungo promoted the album via an India tour labelled the 'We are Industry' tour which went to 11 cities in India. In 2023, Kanungo released a follow up album titled 'Industry 2'. The first single from the album released on 5 July 2023. Kanungo attributed not doing a tour for the album to a hip fracture which he experienced on a trip the Maldives with his wife. He made his debut in Bollywood alongside Salman Khan in Radhe (2021 film) where he played the role of 'Mansoor', a drug dealer. He also played an extended cameo role in Mahesh Bhatt's 'Jalebi' where he played himself.