Kanika Kapoor

Kanika Kapoor

Kapoor at the Big Star Entertainment Awards in 2014.
Background information
Native name कनिका कपूर
Born (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Genres western, pop, filmi
Occupation(s) Playback singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels T-Series
Zee Music Company

Kanika Kapoor is an Indian playback singer, who mainly sings for Bollywood films. Her first song "Jugni Ji" (2012) was for a music video, which became a huge commercial success. In 2014, she began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song "Baby Doll" for the film Ragini MMS 2. Upon the release, it went viral and topped the charts and Kapoor received critical acclaim for her singing style as well as earned several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. Her other top charted and successful songs are; "Lovely" and "Kamlee" for the film Happy New Year (2014), "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" for the film Roy (2015), "Desi Look" for the film Ek Paheli Leela (2015), "Nachan Farate" for the film All Is Well (2015), "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai" for the film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), "Jab Chaye Mera Jadoo" for the film Main Aur Charles (2015), "Neendein Khul Jaati Hain" for the film Hate Story 3 (2015) and "Premika" for the film Dilwale (2015).

Early life

Kapoor was born and brought up in a Punjabi Khatri family in Lucknow[1] where she also studied music.[2] At the age of 12, Kapoor started to study classical music under musician Ganesh Prasad Mishra from Varanasi and was accompanied by him to classical concerts around India. During the time she did a stint with All India Radio and moved to Mumbai to work in the music industry.

Kapoor married at the age of 18 and moved to London with her husband, with whom she had three children.[3][4] The couple divorced in 2012.[1]

Career

In 2012, Kapoor released the music video "Jugni Ji", featuring Dr. Zeus. The track was the remix version of the Pakistani Sufi song "Alif Allah", originally sung by Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi at the third season of the musical series Coke Studio Pakistan in 2010. "Jugni Ji" went on to become one of the biggest singles of 2012.[5] By the success of "Jugni Ji", Meet Bros Anjjan asked Kapoor to sing the song "Baby Doll" for the film Ragini MMS 2 (2014), which marked her Bollywood singing debut.The song created a hype over its release and topped the charts with winning Mirchi Music Awards for the "Number One Song of the Year" award.[6] Kapoor was critically praised for her singing style and went on to win several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The same year she collaborated again with Dr. Zeus along with Vishal-Shekhar for the song "Lovely" in Happy New Year which was picturised on Deepika Padukone.[7] The soundtrack of the album also includes a Punjabi remix of the song titled "Kamlee". Both the songs "Lovely" and "Kamlee" received generally positive reviews and were proved to be a major success.[8]

That same year, she participated in a concert tour across North America, entitled "SLAM! The Tour", in which she performed alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.[9] Apart from concerts and tours, she has also been signed by an NGO for children, as their brand ambassador, where she promoted the cause of children's education.[10]

In the year 2015, she collaborated again with Meet Bros Anjjan for the song "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" in Roy, which became a huge critical and commercial success and was the playback singer for Sunny Leone in the song "Desi Look" in the movie Ek Paheli Leela. She collaborated third time with Meet Bros Anjjan for the song "Nachan Farrate" for the movie All Is Well. She sang "Neendein Khul Jaati Hain" for the film Hate Story 3, collaborating fourth time with Meet Bros.[11] She also sang a welcome song for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he attended a gathering at Wembley Stadium, London on 13 November 2015.[12]

Discography

Year Film/Album Song(s) Composer(s) Co-singer(s) Writer Reference
2012 Alif Allah "Jugni Ji" Dr. Zeus Shortie Folk
2014 Ragini MMS 2 "Baby Doll" Meet Bros Anjjan Meet Bros Anjjan Kumaar [6]
"Baby Doll (Remix Version)
Happy New Year "Lovely" Dr. Zeus, Vishal-Shekhar Ravindra Upadhyay, Miraya Varma, Fateh Kumaar, Jiwan Mann [13]
"Kamlee"
2015 Roy "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" Meet Bros Anjjan Kumaar [14]
Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan (MBA Swag) Meet Bros Anjjan
(Remix by: MBA feat. DJ Shilpi)		 Meet Bros Anjjan [15]
"Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan (Remix)" Meet Bros Anjjan
(Remix by: Kuwar Virk)		 Meet Bros Anjjan [16]
NH10 "Chhil Gaye Naina" Sanjeev–Darshan Dipanshu Pandit [17]
Ek Paheli Leela "Desi Look" Dr. Zeus [18]
"Desi Look (Remix)" Dr. Zeus
(Remix by: DJ Chetas)		 [19]
Ten Cricket Project "We Could Be Heroes" (Recreated Song) Alesso Unknown [20]
All Is Well "Nachan Farrate" Meet Bros Kumaar [21]
"Nachan Farrate (MB Swag) Meet Bros [22]
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai (Version 1)" Amjad Nadeem Divya Kumar Shabbir Ahmed [23]
The Big Indian Wedding "Teddy Bear" Kanika Kapoor Ikka Singh [24]
Main Aur Charles "Jab Chaye Tera Jadoo" Sanjeev-Darshan Ikram Basra [25]
Hate Story 3 "Neendein Khul Jaati Hain" Meet Bros Mika Singh Shabbir Ahmed [11]
Super Girl From China "Super Girl From China" Kanika Kapoor Mika Singh [26]
Dilwale "Premika" Pritam Chakraborty Benny Dayal Amitabh Bhattacharya [27]
"Tukur Tukur" Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Siddharth Mahadevan, Nakash Aziz [28]
2016 Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 "Jawaani Le Doobi" Sajid–Wajid Uvie, Rap by Ikka Danish Sabri [29]

2016 Tera suroor Himesh Reshammiya himesh remshammiya and kanika kapoor

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Kanika Kapoor: I am just a simple small town girl who has been through a lot". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. I am a Khatri, who was born and brought up in Lucknow ... I got married to Raj and moved to London when I was only 18 ... we separated about five years ago and finally divorced three years back ... This was January 2012 ... By July, Raj and I had separated and in October, I won the best British Asian award.
  2. ↑ Sunayana Suresh (18 March 2014). "I had no idea who Sunny Leone was: Baby Doll singer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Elina Priyadarshini Padhiary (18 November 2014). "Im not here jut to sing for Bollywood: Kanika Kapoor". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Devanshi Seth (15 May 2014). "I had to deal with a lot of vicious rumours: Kanika Kapoor". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Sneha K. Sukumar (13 September 2014). "Meet the multi-talented, Kanika Kapoor". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. 1 2 Priya Gupta (16 October 2014). "Bollywood music report Jan–Dec 2014". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kanika Kapoor to sing in Happy New Year". Bollywood Hungama. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Rajiv Vijayakar (9 October 2014). "Happy New Year (2014) – Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "SRK, Madhuri, Deepika Sizzle in the New Promo of SLAM-The Tour". Koimoi. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Kanika Kapoor: I did not spend a single penny in the making of Baby Doll". The Times of India. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. 1 2 Neendein Khul Jaati Hain FULL AUDIO Song - Meet Bros ft. Mika Singh - Kanika - Hate Story 3. 4 November 2015 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Modi in UK: ‘Baby Doll’ singer Kanika Kapoor to sing at Wembley event". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Rohit Vats (16 September 2014). "Music review: Happy New Year's music is trendy and young at heart". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  14. ↑ Sunitra Pacheco (7 January 2015). "Listen to 'Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan' song from Jacqueline, Ranbir's 'Roy'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "'Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan MBA Swag AUDIO Song - Roy". —via Official T-Series YouTube Channel. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan VIDEO Song (Remix) - T-Series". -via YouTube. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Anushka Sharma Pours Her Heart Out in 'Chhil Gaye Naina' from 'NH10'". India West. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sunny Leone shows off her 'Desi Look' in latest track from 'Ek Paheli Leela'". Deccan Chronicle. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "'Desi Look' Remix Full AUDIO Song - Ek Paheli Leela". —via official T-Series YouTube channel. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Kanika kapoor sang a song for ten sports". DNA India. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Nachan Farrate: Watch Sonakshi Sinha's dhamakedaar All Is Well song". India Today. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "All Is Well Remix Songs at Hungama.com". Hungama.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Jugni Peeke Tight Hai - Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon - Kanika Kapoor, Divya Kumar & Sukriti Kakkar. 16 September 2015 – via YouTube.
  24. ↑ bollyspice.com (22 September 2015). "Kanika Kapoor launches her first single titled ‘The Teddy Bear Song’". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "'Jab Chhaye Mera Jadoo' recreated for 'Main Aur Charles'". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Super Girl From China (feat. Kanika Kapoor) - Single by Mika Singh on iTunes". iTunes. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "Dilwale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Pritam on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  28. ↑ "Watch: New song 'Tukur Tukur' from 'Dilwale' will make you groove on the dance floor!". DNA India. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  29. ↑ "Jawaani Le Doobi (From "Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3") - Single by Sajid - Wajid, Ankit Singh Patyal & Upinder Verma on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  30. ↑ "60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners". The Times of India. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  31. ↑ "21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards nominations". The Indian Express. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  32. ↑ "Happy New Year Sweeps Stardust Awards, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone Win Top Honours". NDTV. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  33. ↑ "Winners of 10th Renault Star Guild Awards". Bollywood Hungama. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "BIG STAR Entertainment Awards 2014 Nominations". BIG FM 92.7. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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