NEHA KAKKAR biography

Born 6 June 1988 (age 31)
Rishikesh ( Uttarakhand ), India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Singer
Years active 2006–present
Relatives

Sonu Kakkar (sister)
Tony Kakkar (brother)

Musical career
Genres

Pop
Filmi

Instruments Vocals
Labels

T-Series
Zee Music Company
Desi Music Factory

Website nehakakkar.com

Neha Kakkar (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian playback singer. She began performing at religious events at the age of four and participated in the second season of the singing reality show, Indian Idol, in which she was eliminated early in the show. After several struggles in her career, she made her Bollywood debut as a chorus singer in the film Meerabai Not Out (2008). She rose to prominence upon the release of the dance track "Second Hand Jawani" from Cocktail (2012), which was followed by several other popular party songs including "Sunny Sunny" from Yaariyan (2014) and "London Thumakda" from Queen (2014).

Afterwards, she mostly performed party tracks like "Aao Raja" from Gabbar Is Back (2015), "Tu Isaq Mera" from Hate Story 3 (2015), "Humne Pee Rakhi Hai" from Sanam Re (2016) and "Kar Gayi Chull" from Kapoor & Sons (2016). She proved her versatility in musical range with the release of "Mile Ho Tum" from Fever (2016) which topped the list of most-viewed Bollywood songs on YouTube. She then released several chart-busters which made into the same list, including "Aankh Maarey" from Simmba (2018), "Dilbar" from Satyameva Jayate (2018), "Badri Ki Dulhania" from Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), "Cheez Badi" from Machine (2017), "Kala Chashma" for the film Baar Baar Dekho (2016) and the non-film song "Nikle Currant", where all crossed over six hundred million views. Similarly, "Dilbar" marks the first Indian song to reach number three spot on the Billboard YouTube Music Chart.

From 2017 onwards, Kakkar, primarily, in collaboration with Tanishk Bagchi, became more associated with the trend of remaking old to very recent songs, which resulted in several backlashes targeted for the singer though she personally favoured the trend of recreations and opined that they have been well appreciated. Apart from playback singing, Kakkar has appeared in several music videos and as a judge on several television reality shows including Indian Idol, the same show she participated during her early days. On these shows, she has been trolled in social media several times, for crying on-screen, while she openly admits that she is a "proud emotional girl". She has appeared two times in Forbes' Celebrity 100 of India (2017 and 2019).

AWARDS NOMINATED

2011

58th Filmfare Awards
South Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada
"Horage Haradide Thamassu"
Thamassu
Nominated

2016

3rd PTC Punjabi Music Awards
Best Duo / Group
"Pyaar Te Jaguar"
(Shared with Harshit Tomar)
Nominated

2017

10th Mirchi Music Awards
Female Vocalist of The Year
"Badri Ki Dulhania"
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
Nominated

AWARDS WON

2017
4th PTC Punjabi Music Awards
Best Duet Vocalist
"Patt Lainge" (Shared with Gippy Grewal)
Won
2017
Zee Rishtey Awards
Favourite Judge Award
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 (Shared with Himesh Reshammiya and Javed Ali)
Won
2020
15th Mirchi Music Awards
Mirchi Social Media Icon of the year
Won

FILMOGRAPHY

2010
Isi Life Mein...!
Sam
2016
Tum Bin II
Herself
2006
Indian Idol – Season 2
Contestant
2008
Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star – Season 1
Challenger
2011
Comedy Circus Ke Taansen – Season 2
Various characters
2014
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Special appearance
2015
Comedy Classes
Special appearance
2016
Comedy Nights Bachao
Special appearance
2016
Comedy Nights Live
Special appearance
2016
The Kapil Sharma Show
Special appearance
2017
The Voice India Kids
Special appearance
2017
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017
Judge
2018
Indian Idol – Season 10
Judge
2019
Indian Idol – Season 11
Judge
2019
Super Dancer
Special appearance
2019
Khatra Khatra Khatra
Special appearance
2019
The Kapil Sharma Show
Special appearance

NEHA KAKKAR biography