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Sukriti Kakar is an Indian Playback singer. Born in New Delhi, Sukriti 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. Sukriti’s latest party anthem, ‘Kar Gayi Chull,’ from director Shakun Batra’s ‘Kapoor & Sons’ has become a huge hit, and has crossed 63 million views and counting.

Life and Career

Sukriti Kakar
Sukriti Kakar
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Background information
Born	May 8, 1995 (age 29); Delhi, India
Origin	New Delhi, India
Genres	Bollywood, Pop, Rock, Hindustani Classical
Occupation	Playback Singer
Years active	2011 - Present

1995 - 2011: Early Life

Sukriti has studied Arts from Mithibai College and was a B.M.M student at R.D. National College. Since the very beginning, Sukriti 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

Sukriti 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. Sukriti’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 Sukriti, 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.

Influences

Having grown up in a musical environment, Sukriti has a wide range of influences like Pop, Rnb, Rock, Hindustani classical, and mainstream Bollywood. She also plays the guitar and has been actively touring and performing since she was 16. Some artists that Sukriti admires and looks up to are Beyonce, Cristina Aguilera, Ariana Grande and Celine Dion. Some of her influences in Bollywood are Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani and Shankar Mahadevan.

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

Awards and Achievements

• Nomination for ‘Upcoming Female Vocalist’ for her song, “Pehli Baar” (Dil Dhadakne Do) at Mirchi Music Awards in 2016.

• 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 2014.

• Sung for over 70-80 jingles and ad films.

• Featured on MTV Unplugged with Mika Singh.

• Collaborations with Being Indian Music on YouTube have crossed over 7 lakh hits.

References

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 Sukriti has studied Arts from [[Mithibai College]] and was a B.M.M student at [[R. D. National College|R.D. National College]]. Since the very beginning, Sukriti 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 [[Bal Bharati Public School|Balbharti Public School]] in [[Delhi]] for a long time. Her elder sister [[Akriti Kakkar|Akriti Kakar]] is also a popular playback singer and her twin sister [[Prakriti Kakar|Prakriti]], realised her love for music at the age of 8.
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+=== 2012 – Present: Early releases ===
 Sukriti began her career with the title song of [[Boss (2013 Hindi film)|Boss (2013)]] which was composed by [[Meet Bros|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 (film)|Nasha]] (2013) with Akshay Deodhar and her twin sister [[Prakriti Kakar]]. Sukriti’s performance in "Mujhse Hogi Shurvaat" was released by "[[Janaagraha|I Paid a Bribe]]" and The [[Shankar Mahadevan]] Academy as an initiative to tackle corruption. Apart from Sukriti, the song is rendered by [[Shankar Mahadevan|Mahadevan]], [[Prakriti Kakar]] and Chetan Naik. The song was nominated in the best activist anthem category of [[83rd Academy Awards|Honesty Oscars 2014]].