Introduction
Sukriti Kakar is an Indian Playback singer, 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. Kakar's latest party anthem, 'Kar Gayi Chull,' from director Shakun Batra's Kapoor & Sons has become a huge hit, and has crossed 100 million views and counting.
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.
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. 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.
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. It was then she was offered to sing for the song "Jungli Peeke Tight Hai"from Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015) starred Kapil Sharma. Her latest hit is the party anthem song "Kar Gayi Chull" from Kapoor & Sons (2016) along with Badshah.
Discography
| Year | Film | Songs | Composer(s) | Lyrics | Co-singer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Boss | "Boss (Title Track)" | Meet Bros Anjjan | Kumaar | Rap: Yo Yo Honey Singh | 1 |
| 2013 | Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke | "Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke (Title Track)" | Sangeet Siddharth | Sangeet Siddharth | Chorus | 2 |
| 2013 | Nasha | "Goti Song" | Sangeet Siddharth | Radhika Anand | Prakriti Kakar, Akshay Deodhar | 3 |
| 2015 | Dil Dhadakne Do | "Pheli Baar" | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Javed Akhtar | Siddharth Mahadevan | 4 |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | A Scandall | "Labon Se" | Amjad-Nadeem | Sameer Anjaan | Jubin Nautiyal | 7 |
Awards and achievements
- Nomination for 'Upcoming Female Vocalist' for her song, "Pehli Baar" (Dil Dhadakne Do) at Mirchi Music Awards in 2015.
- Sukriti has been featured on a devotional Album called "Ganaraj Adhiraj" in 2014 and sang two tracks on it. The album bagged a GiMA in 2012.
- Featured on MTV Unplugged with Mika Singh.
- "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- "GIMA » Over The Years". www.gima.co.in. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- "Saawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag Lyrics – Mika Singh". allmoviesonglyrics.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.