Aabha Hanjura
Artist & Founder,
Ziply Productions
Recently recognised as one of the 50 Game Changers Women in India, Aabha Hanjura is hailed as a pioneer in Kashmiri Folk Pop music.Popular for her unique voice and never the one to conform to trends ,Aabha has always broken away from stereotypes,innovated with her sound and carved a distinct space for herself in the music industry. The artist has a busy touring schedule and is seen performing regularly at prestigious stages across the country and internationally. Widely credited for reviving long lost accents and folk instruments of the Kashmir valley.Her viral track Hukus Bukus made its way into the famous web series Family Man and also garnered over 6.5 million views on YouTube. Aabha's music has played a crucial role of forging bonds as she played a historic public concert in Kashmir attended by more than 5000 people, after which Aabha has gone on to play at several stages in India as well as internationally with her band Sufistication & has been a headliner at acclaimed music festivals in India,like Jaipur Literature Festival, Udaipur World Music Festival,Reth, Taalbelia ,Rekhta ,Coke Studio ,Common Roots Festival with her folk fusion act Aabha Hanjura feat The Kashmiri Folk Ensemble. Widely acclaimed in the concert curcuit, Aabha has been widely recognised by prestigious awards like the HER Music Award by We The Women Asia, Times Power Woman,by Times of India,50 game changer women , in Indian Entertainment by Hungama ,Best Folk Fusion Artist by AAMA,HER music, by IPRS & DOLBY ,amongst many others and recently concluded the first leg of the tour for her new show Songs Of Home, to a sold out audience at Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai,and at other venues in Bengaluru & Kashmir.