Sukriti Kakar

Sukriti Kakar
Born (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995
Delhi, India
Genres Bollywood, Pop, Rock, Hindustani Classical
Occupation(s) Playback Singer
Years active 2011–present

Sukriti Kakar (born 8 May 1995) is an Indian Playback singer,[1] born in New Delhi. Kakar shot to fame with her crooning in the title song of the Akshay Kumar – starred, Boss, in 2013 – the song was composed by Meet Bros and featured Yo Yo Honey Singh.[2] Kakar's latest party anthem, 'Kar Gayi Chull,' from director Shakun Batra's Kapoor & Sons[3] has become a huge hit, and has crossed 100 million views and counting.[4]

Life and career

1995–2011: Early life

Kakar has studied Arts from Mithibai College and was a B.M.M student at R.D. National College. Since the very beginning, Kakar has grown up in a musical environment. Her mom has trained in Hindustani classical music for a very long time and was a music teacher at Balbharti Public School in Delhi for a long time. Her elder sister Akriti Kakar is also a popular playback singer and her twin sister Prakriti, realised her love for music at the age of 8 who is also a playback singer, started her career with Katra Katra in Alone (2015).[5]

2012 – Present: Early releases

Kakar began her career with the title song of Boss (2013) which was composed by Meet Bros Anjjan. Her next song was from the movie Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke (2013) title track. She next appeared in the track "Goti Song" from the movie Nasha (2013) with Akshay Deodhar and her twin sister Prakriti Kakar.[6] Kakar's performance in Mujhse Hogi Shurvaat was released by "I Paid a Bribe" and The Shankar Mahadevan Academy as an initiative to tackle corruption. Apart from Kakar, the song is rendered by Mahadevan, Prakriti Kakar and Chetan Naik. The song was nominated in the best activist anthem category of Honesty Oscars 2014.[7]

In June 2015, she bagged her first hit Pheli Baar from the movie Dil Dhadakne Do which was a massive hit which crossed over 4 millions views on YouTube.[8] It was then she was offered to sing for the song "Jungli Peeke Tight Hai" [9] from Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015)[10] starred Kapil Sharma. Her latest hit is the party anthem song "Kar Gayi Chull" from Kapoor & Sons (2016) along with Badshah.

Discography

Year Film Song Composer(s) Lyrics Co-singer(s) Ref.
2013 Boss "Boss (Title Track)" Meet Bros Anjjan Kumaar Rap: Yo Yo Honey Singh 1
Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke "Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke (Title Track)" Sangeet-Siddharth Sangeet Siddharth Chorus 2
Nasha "Goti Song" Radhika Anand Prakriti Kakar, Akshay Deodhar 3
2015 Dil Dhadakne Do "Pehli Baar" Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Javed Akhtar Siddharth Mahadevan 4
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai (v2.0)" Amjad-Nadeem Shabbir Ahmed Divya Kumar 5
2016 Kapoor & Sons "Kar Gayi Chull" Badshah, Amaal Mallik Badshah, Kumaar Badshah, Fazilpuria, Neha Kakkar 6
A Scandall "Labon Se" Amjad-Nadeem Sameer Anjaan Jubin Nautiyal 7[11]
Rustom "Rustom Wahi" Raghav Sachar Kumaar Zee Music
2017 Golmaal Again "Maine Tujhko Dekha" Amaal Mallik Neeraj Shridhar 15
Noor "Jise Kehte Pyar Hai"
2018 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety "Lakk Mera Hit" Rochak Kohli Mannat Noor, Rochak Kohli
Hate Story 4 "Badnamiyaan (Female Version)" Boman Rashmi Virag
Nawabzaade "Amma Dekh" Gurinder Seagal Gurinder Seagal, Boman Gurinder Seagal, Ikka Singh

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Soft, sultry and soulful". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Boss". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Kapoor & Sons: Music album of Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra & Fawad Khan starrer strikes a chord with the audience". India.com. 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Sidharth Kapoor, Alia Bhatt's party anthem 'Kar Gayi Chull' crosses 10 million views". The Financial Express. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Exclusive: Akriti Kakkar talks about her sisters, music and judging Sa Re Ga Ma Pa!". UrbanAsian. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Sukriti Kakkar". Gaana.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Shankar Mahadevan's song nominated for Honesty Oscars". The Hindu. 2014-02-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  8. ↑ "Sukriti Kakar debuts in Bollywood with 'Pehli Baar' from 'Dil Dhadakne Do'". www.radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  9. ↑ "Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  10. ↑ "Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karu song 'Jugni Peeke Tight'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  11. ↑ Zee Music Company (2016-06-15), Labon Se – A Scandall | Reeth Mazumder Johny B Baweja| Jubin Nautiyal & Sukriti Kakar | Amjad Nadeem, retrieved 2016-06-22
  12. ↑ "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  13. ↑ "GIMA » Over The Years". www.gima.co.in. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  14. ↑ "Saawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag Lyrics – Mika Singh". allmoviesonglyrics.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRWkn_KUSg. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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