Sukriti Kakar (born 8 May 1995) is an Indian singer born in

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. Kakar rose to prominence after recording title song from the film ''

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'' composed by

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which featured

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. Since then she has sung many songs most notably, "Kar Gayi Chull" from ''

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'' which became a huge hit.

Life and career

1995–2011: Early life

Kakar studied Arts at

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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

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for a very long time and was a music teacher at Balbharti Public School in

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for a long time. Her elder sister

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is also a playback singer and her twin sister Prakriti Kakar, who is also a playback singer, realised her love for music at the age of 8 and started her career with "Katra Katra" in '' Alone'' (2015).

2012 – 2020: Bollywood releases

Kakar began her career with the title song of '' Boss (2013)'', which was composed by

Anjjan. Her next song was from the movie ''

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'' (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

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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 ''

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'', which was a massive hit which crossed over 4 million views on

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. It was then she was offered to sing for the song "Jungli Peeke Tight Hai" from ''

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'' (2015) starred

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. A year later in 2016, she lent her voice for ''

'' for the song "Kar Gayi Chull" along with Badshah. In 2017, she sang "Maine Tujhko Dekha" from

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composed by

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which itself was a remake from the 1997 film

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, composed by

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2021 – Present: Pop music

Beside filmy songs, Kakar has sung some non-filmy songs. She along with her sister, Prakriti Kakar has sung "Mafiyan", "Kehndi Haan Kehndi Naa", "Majnu" and many more. In September 2021, the duo sisters along with

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collaborated with Dua Lipa for Indian remix version of

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, which became a global hit.

Media

In March 2021, Sukriti along with her sister Prakriti Kakar featured at No. 2 position on the global

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for their song "Naari". Later that year in October, Kakar along with Prakriti Kakar featured at the

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Discography

Film songs

Non-film songs

Awards and achievements

* Nomination for ' Upcoming Female Vocalist' for her song,''"Pehli Baar" (

)'' at

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

in 2015. * Sukriti has been featured on a devotional Album ''Ganaraj Adhiraj'' in 2014 and sang two tracks on it. The album bagged a

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in 2012. * Featured on the

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with

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. * Featured on the T-Series

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with Shaan.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kakar, Sukriti 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Bollywood playback singers Hindi-language singers Living people 1995 births