
Introduction
Pratik Bachan, best known by his stage name B Praak, is an Indian singer and music composer associated with the Punjabi Music industry. He started his career as a music producer, and later debuted as a singer with the song Mann Bharrya. He is a frequent collaborator of lyricist Jaani, and has since entered into Bollywood in 2019 with two songs as singer in the films Kesari and Good Newwz starring Akshay Kumar, and as a guest composer in the satire Bala.
Life and music career
Praak was born as Pratik Bachan in Chandigarh. His father, Varinder Bachan, is a well known Punjabi music producer and composer. He is known to frequently collaborate with lyricist Jaani. Their song Filhall has been viewed over 600 million times on YouTube. He later debuted in 2018 as a singer with the single Mann Bharrya, and has frequently worked with Jassi Gill and Harrdy Sandhu, between whom the latter was his first collaborator as a singer.
Praak later made his Bollywood debut, first as a singer with the song Teri Mitti from the Hindi film Kesari starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra, written by Manoj Muntashir and composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, and months later as a composer with a recreation of his hit song Naah, titled Naah Goriye, which was featured on the soundtrack of Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Bala. During this time, he also shot a promotional video with Kumar for his second song as a singer, Ali Ali, which was featured on the soundtrack of Sunny Deol and Karan Kapadia starrer Blank, while next crooning a remake of the popular song O Saaki Saaki for Batla House, written and composed by Tanishk Bagchi, where he sang alongside Neha Kakkar and Tulsi Kumar, in his first multi-singer song. He next reunited with Kumar for the comedy-drama film Good Newwz, crooning the song Maana Dil, composed by Bagchi and written by Rashmi Virag. Additionally, he recorded a reprise version of the song Dilbara from the 2019 remake of the popular film Pati Patni Aur Woh, which was composed by Sachet-Parampara and written by Navi Ferozpurwala, and again in his first duet with Sunidhi Chauhan for the song Bharat Salaam, which was written and composed by Mithoon, and featured on the soundtrack of Hotel Mumbai.
He sang his first Telugu song Suryudivo Chandrudivo, for the upcoming film Sarileru Neekevvaru featuring Mahesh Babu.
Single
| Year | Song | Singer(s) | Music director | Lyricist | Language | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Soch | Harrdy Sandhu | B Praak | Jaani | Punjabi | T-Series |
| Jokker | ||||||
| 2015 | Supna | Amrinder Gill | Rhythm Boyz | |||
| 2016 | Hornn Blow | Harrdy Sandhu | T-Series | |||
| Ikk Vaari Hor Soch Lae | Harish Verma | Speed Records | ||||
| Bacha | Prabh Gill | |||||
| 2017 | Backbone | Harrdy Sandhu | Sony Music India | |||
| Mann Bharrya | B Praak | Speed Records | ||||
| Yaar Ve | Harish Verma | |||||
| Qismat | Ammy Virk | |||||
| Yarr Ni Milyaa | Harrdy Sandhu | White Hill Music | ||||
| Car Nachdi | Gippy Grewal feat Bohemia | |||||
| 2018 | Masstaani | B Praak | Speed Records | |||
| 2019 | Nain Tere | B Praak | Speed Records & Times Music | |||
| Pachtaoge | Arijit Singh | T-Series | ||||
| Laare | Maninder Buttar | White Hill Music | ||||
| Filhall | B Praak | Desi Melodies | ||||
| Tera Fikar | Ammy Virk | Speed Records |
Soundtrack albums
| Year | Movie | Song | Singer(s) | Music director | Lyricist | Language | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Qismat | Kaun Hoyega | B Praak, Divya Bhatt | B Praak | Jaani | Punjabi | Speed Records |
| Qismat | Ammy Virk | ||||||
| Awaaz | Kamal Khan | ||||||
| Fakira | Gurnam Bhullar | ||||||
| Dholna | B Praak | ||||||
| Namaste England | Bhare Bazaar | B Praak, Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev, Badshah | Badshah, Rishi Rich | Master Rakesh, Badshah | Hindi | Sony Music India | |
| 2019 | High End Yaariyan | Rabba Ve | B Praak | B Praak | Jaani | Punjabi | Speed Records |
| Kesari | Teri Mitti | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Manoj Muntashir | Hindi | Zee Music Company | ||
| Blank | Ali Ali | B Praak, Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Adeip Singh | ||||
| Batla House | O Saki Saki | B Praak, Neha Kakkar, Tulsi Kumar | Tanishk Bagchi | T-Series | |||
| Daaka | Koi Aaye Na Rabba | Rochak Kohli, B Praak | Rochak Kohli | Kumaar | Punjabi | ||
| Bala | Naah Goriye | Harrdy Sandhu, Swasti Mehul | Jaani, B Praak | Jaani | Sony Music India | ||
| Hotel Mumbai | Bharat Salaam | B Praak, Sunidhi Chauhan | Mithoon | Hindi | Zee Music Company | ||
| Pati Patni Aur Woh | Dilbara (Version 2) | B Praak | Sachet–Parampara | Navi Ferozpurwala | T-Series | ||
| Good Newwz | Maana Dil | Tanishk Bagchi | Rashmi Virag | Zee Music Company | |||
| 2020 | Sarileru Neekevvaru | Suryudivo Chandrudivo | Devi Sri Prasad | Ramajogayya Sastry | Telugu | T-Series | |
| Sufna | Qabool A | Hashmat Sultana | B Praak | Jaani | Punjabi | Speed Records | |
| Jaan Deyan Ge | Ammy Virk | ||||||
| Channa Ve | B Praak | ||||||
| Ammi | Kamal Khan | ||||||
| Jannat | B Praak | ||||||
| Shukriya | |||||||
| Ik Sandhu Hunda Si | Galib | Humble Music | |||||
