What happens when you see yourself as a victim of circumstances? How resentment and anger about all the misfortunes in one's life affect emotionally and hinders the path of being present happily? Suraj Jagan explains why is it important to focus on the things you love rather than the things you hate by sharing his personal experiences.
Suraj Jagan is an Indian playback singer and frontman for rock bands like "Chakraview" & "Dream Out Loud". Jagan has lent his voice to an Oscar-winning film ‘Life of Pi’ and also to the most sensational song from the film '3 Idiots', “Give me some sunshine”. He has also acted in a few Hindi movies.
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Suraj Jagan (born in Trichur Kerala), is best known as one of the pioneers of the Indian Rock scene. With a career spanning from 1988 to the present, Suraj has established himself as a versatile singer, with songs ranging from the award winning ‘Give me some sunshine’ ( 3 Idiots ) ; ‘Sadka Kiya’ ( I hate Luv Storys) to rock songs, ‘Zehreelay’ ( Rock On ) , Jaa Chudail ( Delhi Belly ) ; India’s introduction to “dub step” , ‘Aafaton Ke Parinde’ from the film Ishaqzaade.
Suraj was the front man of English rock bands like , ‘Krysys’ ( 1989 – 1993), ‘Matchbox’( in Hongkong, 1993 – 1995 ), ‘Chakraview’ ( 1995 – 1997 ) & ‘Dream out Loud’ ( 2007 – 2009 ) and has leant his voice to atleast 260 jingles including the ‘Hutch – You; I’; ‘Vodafone – Happy To Help’ campaigns.
In 2012. Suraj also had lent his voice to a track for the Indian release of Ang Lee’s Oscar winning film‘Life Of Pi’.
2012 also saw Suraj Jagan step into the regional film playback arena. He sung the first rock song in a Gujarati film called ‘Pankhida” for the super hit Gujarati film “Kevi Rite Jaish” ; has had 3 Bengali
playback hits – Pyaar Ka Bhukaar & Nibi Na Sala from the Super hit film Challenge 2 ; ‘Ami Superstar’ from the film Bawali Unlimited. He has also sung the title track for the critically acclaimed
Telugu film Ko Antey Kote.
Suraj has also had the great honor of singing for the legendary music composer Ilaiyaraaja , for the critically acclaimed 2015 , Bollywood Film ‘Shamitabh’. He has also recently worked with Grammy
Award winner – Padmashree PT. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt; his son Saurabh Bhatt. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
