Akriti Kakar
| Akriti Kakar | |
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 Kakkar in a radio session | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
7 August 1986 New Delhi, India |
| Genres | Playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Composer |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Website | Official website |
Akriti Kakar[1] (born 7 August 1986) is an Indian singer. Her Saturday Saturday from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and Iski Uski from 2 States (film) are popular songs. Akriti was a judge on Zee Bangla's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Li'l Champs and was going to appear on Colors (TV channel)'s Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.
Track listing
Akriti released her solo album non Bollywood playback album - "Akriti" released in April 2010 under Sony Music India. Songs were composed by Shankar Mahadevan & Akriti Kakar.[2][3] The track list for the album is as follows
- Mehrmaa Ve
- Swag Wali Bride
- Gazab
- Chhoone Do
- Na Re Na Na Re
- Dil Vi Deewana
- Taabiz (Marhale)
- Chal Kaheen Sang
Akriti also released a song entitled "Ring Diamond Di" with Santosh Singh featuring Madhuri. The song was embroiled in controversy when the Music Video was allegedly plagiarized with Girls' Generation's "The Boys" and "I Got a Boy".[4]
Playback songs
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Albums | Song name(s) | Co-singer(s) | Music Director(s) | Lyrics(s) | Notes |
| 2004 | Baby Doll Chapter 2 | Rangeela Re/Ho Ja Rangeela Re | Harry Anand | |||
| Dus | Chham se vo aa jaye" | Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Sunidhi Chauhan | Vishal-Shekhar | Panchhi Jalonvi | ||
| 2006 | Rocky | "My Love For You" | Himesh Reshammiya | Himesh Reshammiya | Sameer | |
| Chup Chup Ke | "Dil Vich Lagya Ve" | Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Shreya Ghoshal, Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| 2007 | Shakalaka Boom Boom | "Shakalaka Boom Boom" Title song | Himesh Reshammiya | |||
| "Dil Lagaayenge" | ||||||
| Red: The Dark Side | "Loneliness is Killing" | |||||
| Namastey London | "Aanan Faanan" | Jayesh Gandhi | Javed Akhtar | |||
| Good Boy Bad Boy | "Good Boy Bad Boy" Title song | Himesh Reshammiya | Sameer | |||
| Apne | "Dekhoon Tujhe" | |||||
| Johnny Gaddaar | "Johnny Gaddaar" Title Song | Suraj Jagan | Shankar Ehsaan Loy | Jaideep Sahni | ||
| Dhol | "Hadsa" | Sunidhi Chauhan | Pritam | Irshad Kamil | ||
| Mummy Ji | "Awaaz Do" | Aadesh Shrivastava | ||||
| 2008 | Welcome | "Insha Allah" | Krishna Beura, Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya | Himesh Reshammiya | Sameer | |
| Kismat Konnection | "Move your body- Freaky freaky raat" | Shaan, Hard Kaur, Adeel Chaudhry, Suhail Kaul | Pritam | Shabbir Ahmed | ||
| Kidnap | "Meri Ek Ada Shola" | Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan | Mayur Puri | |||
| Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors | "Bhai Aa Gaya" | Vicky Chandra | Guru Sharma | Vishal Navnit | ||
| Golmaal Returns | "Tha Kar Ke" | Neeraj Shridhar, Anwesha Datta Gupta, Earl D'souza, Indie | Pritam | Sameer | ||
| 2009 | Billu | "Khuda-ya Khair" | KK | Gulzar | ||
| "Marjani" | Soham Chakraborty, Monali Thakur | |||||
| Aa Dekhen Zara | "Mohabbat Aap se" | Irshad Kamil | ||||
| 2010 | We are Family | "Dil Khol Ke Let's Rock" | Anushka Manchanda, Suraj Jagan | Shankar Ehsaan Loy | Anvita Dutt Guptan | |
| Mirch | "Teekhi Teekhi" | Monty Sharma | Javed Akhtar | |||
| Tere Bin Laden | "I Love Amreeka" | Ali Zafar | Shankar Ehsaan Loy | Jaideep Sahni | ||
| 2011 | AKRITI | "Mehrmaa Ve" | Rani Malik | |||
| Paglu | "Paglu" | Mika Singh | Jeet Gannguli | Bengali Film | ||
| "Monbebagi" | Kunal Ganjawala, Rana Mazumder | Bengali Film | ||||
| "Prem ki bujhini" | Zubeen Garg | Bengali Film | ||||
| 2012 | Jism 2 | "Abhi Abhi" (Duet) | KK, Shreya Ghoshal | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Munish Makhija | |
| Challenge 2 | "Police chorer preme porece" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Jeet Gannguli | Raja Chanda | Bengali Film | |
| Chaya Chobi | "Mon" | Arfin Rumey | Bangladeshi Film | |||
| 2013 | Khoka 420 | "Gobhir Joler Fish" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Savvy Gupta | Savvy Gupta | Bengali Film |
| Na Jene Mon | "Mon Amar" | Sanjib Sarkar | Prolay | Bengali Film | ||
| 2014 | 2 States | "Iski Uski" | Shahid Mallya, Shankar Mahadevan | Shankar Ehsaan Loy | Amitabh Bhattacharya | |
| 2015 | Gangster | "Ishkaboner Bibi" | Nakash Aziz | Jeet Gannguli | Raja Chanda | Bengali Film |
| Besh Korechi Prem Korechi | "Besh Korechi Prem Korechi" Title Track | Shaan | Jeet Gannguli | Bengali Film | ||
| Ranviir The Marshal | "Saware Naino" | Kunal Ganjawala | Ricky Mishra | Rajan Kheda | ||
| Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon | "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai (Version 2)" | |||||
| Aashiqui | "Eai ashiqui" | Mohammed Irfan | Savvy Gupta | Prasen | Bengali Film | |
| Black | "Moyna Cholat Cholat" | Dabbu | Raja Chanda | Bengali Film | ||
| 2016 | Beparoyaa | "Piya Basanti" | Benny Dayal | Indra or Kutty | Dipankar | Bengali Film |
| Power | "Missed Call" | Nakash Aziz | Jeet Gannguli | Raja Chanda | Bengali Film | |
| Batti Gul | "Batti Gul" | Benny Dayal | Akriti Kakar | Akriti Kakar | ||
| Bollywood Retro Lounge | "Baahon Ke Darmiyaan" | Jai-Parthiv (Studio Unplugged), Jatin Lalit | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |||
| Bollywood Unwind–Session 3–Romantic Classics in a relaxing urban avatar | "Bhool Gaya Sab Kuch | Sangeet Haldipur | Aditya Paudwal, Rajesh Roshan | Anand Bakshi | ||
| 2017 | Nabab | "Sholoana" | Shadaab Hashmi | Savvy Gupta | Prasen | Bengali Film |
| Shrestha Bangali | "Dhinka Chikaa" | Bengali Film | ||||
| 2018 | Sultan: The Saviour | "Masha Allah" | Dev Negi | Raja Chanda | Bengali Film | Savvy Gupta |
She has also sung a song in Marathi for the film - Lagna Pahave Karun ( Marathi movie) song name is "Kasa Ha Maza Sajana".[5] Besides these Akriti has also sung many songs in other regional languages, the song in Bengali Film Paglu has become the biggest chart buster song in Bengali films. On 12 April 2010, a solo music album "Akriti", composed by Shankar Mahadevan and Akriti, was released on Sony Music.
She also released her first single named #Kolkata Diaries. Composed by the renowned Bengali musical maestro, Joy Sarkar. The lyrics of the entire song are in Hindi written by Manoj Yadav who is popular for his songs in Coke studio and movies; but for the main hook lines that are derived from a popular Bengali folk song "Tomay Hrid Majhare Rakhibo, Chede Debo Na" that literally translate into "I am going to keep you in my heart and never let you go!".[6]
TV Shows
- She was a celebrity judge in Zee Bangla sa re ga ma pa lil champs'2013 along with Kumar Shanu and other regional and national celebrities[7]
- Akriti was supposed to enter the dance show Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa on Colors channel through wild card but sadly met with an accident while rehearsing and doctor advised complete bed-rest and hence she had to quit the show.[8][9]
Personal life
Akriti has two twin sisters Sukriti Kakar and Prakriti Kakar.[10] Akriti went to Springdales School, PusaRoad. She was the batchmate of another Bollywood playback singer Harshdeep Kaur.
Kakar got married to Delhi boy, director Chirag Arora, who is now settled in Mumbai.
References
- ↑ http://www.akritikakar.com/
- ↑ "Singer Akriti with Shankar Mahadevan at the launch of her music album at Le Sutra, Mumbai. (Pic: Viral Bhayani)". The Times of India. April 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Our audiences are hypocrites: Akriti Kakar". The Times of India. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "抄足少時MV 印度允兒被轟惡心冇創意". HK Apple (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ http://www.saavn.com/s/album/marathi/Lagna-Pahave-Karun-2013/D1dYrsxcQ40_
- ↑ http://www.hamaraphotos.com/shankar_mahadevan_3346_781.html
- ↑ "Shows: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs". Zee Bangla. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ Maheshwri, Neha (2 July 2014). "Singer Akriti Kakar in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ↑ "Akriti Kakar to shake a leg in JDJ". Daily News and Analysis. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.mid-day.com/articles/a-sound-venture/77255
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