Jasmine Sandlas lived on food stamps in US, father died the year she made it big but she never quit | Bollywood News
If you’ve heard “Jaiye Sajana” from Dhurandhar 2, and chances are you have, you already know the voice. What you may not know is the story behind it. Jasmine Sandlas, born in Jalandhar and raised in California, has been in the music industry for nearly two decades. Over a hundred songs, four albums, and Bollywood hits like “Yaar Na Miley” and “Taras” to her name. But behind the career is a story she doesn’t often tell — of immigration, family struggles, loss, and why she almost gave up on music more than once. Jasmine was in 8th or 9th standard when her family left Punjab for the United States. Her father had been a law school valedictorian with a powerful, well-respected job back home. None of that carried over. “We landed in New York. I didn’t speak English. Whatever was the local school, my father got us admitted there. We used to live in a one-bedroom apartment which was a low-income home, and we were 6 people,” she told Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast. Her …
