Sunanda Sharma

Sunanda Sharma’s booking appeal rests on an unusual combination: a genuinely powerful traditional voice attached to a thoroughly modern catalogue. She grew up imitating Gurdas Maan and Surjit Bindrakhia, and you can hear it – the sustain, the projection, the folk phrasing. But the songs she is famous for, Patake, Billi Akh, Morni, Sandal, are contemporary Punjabi pop built for a dance floor. That duality is why she works equally well at a family sangeet and a university amphitheatre.

For wedding families, the practical advantage is her range. She can open with a slower, folk-textured number that older relatives connect with, then pivot into Patake and Duji Vaar Pyar once the younger guests have found the floor. Her Bollywood credits – Tere Naal Nachna, Poster Lagwa Do, Baarish Ki Jaaye – also mean non-Punjabi guests recognise part of the set, which matters at a Delhi, Mumbai or Dubai wedding.

Her live show is vocal-driven. She performs strongly with a live band, and the folk material genuinely benefits from live dhol and dholak, but a well-mixed track-based set works for shorter wedding segments. What she needs is clean vocal monitoring and a real soundcheck. Her stage requirements are moderate, making her a practical fit for banquet halls and farmhouse venues as well as open-air fest stages.

Cost drivers are the usual ones. City tier and venue type determine travel and hospitality overheads. The Punjabi wedding peak from November to February raises both fee and competition for dates, and the January-to-March college-fest window is her busiest professional season. Set length is the third lever: a 45-minute wedding segment, a 75-minute fest headline and a full concert are three different quotes. Sound, lighting, travel, stay and applicable taxes usually sit outside the artist fee, and we itemise them clearly. Our guide on how much it costs to book a Punjabi singer sets out realistic ranges before you fix a budget.

NRI organisers should allow three to six months for overseas dates. Her diaspora recognition is strongest across Canada, the UK, Australia and the Gulf, where Jaani Tera Naa and Patake remain wedding constants.

Fans researching her collaborators often read our feature on B Praak’s concert fees, given his production work on her biggest tracks, and our profile of Diljit Dosanjh’s wedding performance charges, her Sajjan Singh Rangroot co-star. Our roundup of the top 15 Punjabi female singers places her among the genre’s leading names.

Brief her team on your audience, book early in the season, and give the soundcheck the time it deserves. Our team at Book Punjabi Singer handles availability, contracts and complete event coordination.