Sonu Kakkar
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Sonu Kakkar | |
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| Born | 20 October 1979 |
| Spouse(s) | Neeraj Sharma ( m. 2006) |
| Relatives | Neha Kakkar (sister) Tony Kakkar (brother) |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | India |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer and songwriter |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Labels | |
Sonu Kakkar (born 20 October 1979)[1][2][3] is an Indian playback singer and songwriter.[4] She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar. Sonu Kakkar's upcoming music video 'Sun Baliye' sung by Gajendra Verma, Sonu Kakkar.[5] The music video features Gajendra Verma And Apoorva Arora.
Personal life[edit]
She was born in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. She started singing jagrans at the age of five when her parents moved to Uttam Nagar, Delhi. She later shifted to Mumbai where Bollywood music director Sandeep Chowta heard her singing in a singing competition on channel V called Indian Pop Star and gave her a break with the song 'Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo'.[6][7] She is the older sister of singers Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar, who are both prominent Bollywood singers. She is married to producer Neeraj Sharma. She recently judged a TV show Indian Idol.
Television[edit]
| Year | Show | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Punjabi | Judge | Zee Punjabi |
| 2021 | Indian Idol 12 | Judge | Sony TV |
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- Madari (2012)
- Aisi Bani (2013)
Singles[edit]
| Year | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Akhiyan Nu Rehn De" | Tony Kakkar | ||
| 2014 | "Urban Munda" | |||
| 2015 | "Makhan Malai" | Sham-Balkar | ||
| 2019 | "Kyu Saath Tumhara Choota Hai" | Jeet Gannguli | Kumar Vishwas | |
| 2021 | "Sun Baliye" | Mann Taneja | Gajendra Verma | |
| "Booty Shake" | Tony Kakkar | |||
| "Akhaa Vich" | Sanjeev Chaturvedi - Ajay | Sanjeev Chaturvedi | ||
Playback singing[edit]
Hindi songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dum | Babuji Zaara Dheere Chalo | Sandeep Chowta | Sameer | Sukhwinder Singh |
| Babuji Zara (Bijli Mix) | |||||
| Boom | Seduction Saavariya | Sandeep Chowta | Sunitha Sarathy | ||
| 2004 | Naach | Ishq Da Tadka | Nitin Raikwar | Adnan Sami | |
| Kis Kis Ki Kismat | Honey Moon | D. Imman | Farhad Wadia | Sonu Nigam | |
| 2005 | Sheesha | Kar Mundya | Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen | ||
| 2006 | Sandwich | Sayonee | Sukwinder Singh | Sukhwinder Singh | |
| Corporate | O Sikandar (Desi Mix) | Shamir Tandon | Kailash Kher, Sapna Mukherjee | ||
| Iqraar by Chance | Ghoonghat Na Khol | Sandesh Shandilya | Shabab Sabri | ||
| Jigyaasa | Khatiya Toot Gayee | Ram Shankar | |||
| Ladies Tailor | Har Raat Teri | Nishad Chandra | Ankit Sagar | Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan, Gayatri Iyer | |
| 2007 | Risk | Hitchki | Amitabh Verma | Akbar Sami | |
| Hitchki (Remix version) | |||||
| Delhi Heights | Ey Gori (Holi) | ||||
| Bombay to Goa | Lawani | Ravi Meet | |||
| 2008 | Mukhbiir | Jeena | Sandeep Chowta | P. K. Mishra | |
| Piya Mera Banjaara | Karthik Raja | ||||
| 2009 | Toss | Abe Saale | Shamir Tandon | Sandeep Nath | |
| Blue | Blue theme | A. R. Rahman | Raqeeb Alam, Sukhwinder Singh | Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Jaspreet Jasz, Neha Kakkar, Dilshaad Shaikh | |
| Jail | Bareilly Ke Bazzar Mein | ||||
| Ek Se Bure Do | Meri Har Ada Ke Charche | ||||
| 2010 | Nakshatra | Dj Sheizwood | Harry Anand, Rani Malik, Nawab Arzoo | Kalpana Chauhan, Taraannum Mallik | |
| Mittal v/s Mittal | Aao Seene Se Lag Ke (Lounge Version) | Shamir Tandon | Shabbir Ahmed | Kailash Kher | |
| 2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Aali Re Sali Re | Amit Trivedi | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Raja Hasan, Aditi Singh Sharma, Anushka Manchanda, Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer, Bonnie Chakraborty, Sonika Sharma |
| 2012 | Joker | Singh Raja | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Shirish Kunder | Daler Mehndi |
| Jism 2 | Yeh Kasoor | Mithoon | |||
| 2013 | Mere Dad Ki Maruti | Hip Hip Huraah | Sachin Gupta (musician) | ||
| Boss | Boss Entry – Theme | Meet Bros Anjjan | Meet Bros Anjjan, Khushboo Grewal | ||
| 2014 | Queen | London Thumukda | Amit Trivedi | Anvita Dutt | Labh Janjua, Neha Kakkar |
| Life Mein Twist Hai | Ishq Barsa Re | Aryan Jaiin | Nishad Mishra | ||
| Babloo Happy Hai | Banjaran | Bishakh-Kanish | Protique Mojoomdar | Rahul Ram | |
| 2015 | Margarita With A Straw | Foreign Balamwa | Mikey McCleary | Prasoon Joshi | |
| Guddu Ki Gun | "Ding Dong" | Gajendra Verma, Vikram Singh | |||
| 2016 | Fever | Dil Ashkon Mein | Tony Kakkar | ||
| Kya Kasak | |||||
| Khaara Khaara | Tony Kakkar | ||||
| 2017 | Running Shaadi | Bhaag Milky Bhaag | Keegan Pinto | Keegan Pinto, Sonal Sehgal | Sanam Puri |
| 2018 | Jack and Dil | Chuski | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Vayu | Arko |
| 2019 | Cabaret | Phir Teri Bahon Mein | Tony Kakkar | ||
| Officer Arjun Singh IPS Batch 2000 | "Haye Re Jawani" | ||||
| 2020 | Sab Kushal Mangal | "Zamana Badal Gaya" | Harshit Saxena | Sameer Anjaan | Vandana Saxena |
| Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan | "Ooh La La" | Tanishk Bagchi, Tony Kakkar | Tony Kakkar | Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar | |
| 2021 | Tuesdays & Fridays | "Funky Mohabbat" | Tony Kakkar | Shreya Ghoshal, Benny Dayal | |
Kannada songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ranga SSLC | "Oora Kannu" | Sandeep Chowta | V. Nagendra Prasad | Raju Ananthaswamy |
| 2005 | Jogi | "Bin Ladennu Nan Maava" | Gurukiran | Prem | Gurukiran |
| Nammanna | "Mavayya" | Gurukiran | |||
| 2008 | Bindaas | "Kallu Mama" | Kaviraj | Gurukiran | |
| 2009 | Shivamani | "Rama Rama" | |||
| 2010 | Shankar IPS | "Sale Sale" | Raghu Dixit | ||
| 2012 | Godfather | "Deepavali" | A. R. Rahman | K. Kalyan | Abhay Jodhpurkar, Apoorva, Swetha Majethiya, Arun Haridas Kamath |
| 2019 | Ayushman Bhava (2019 film) | "Thembare Bottuvana" |
Telugu songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kokila | "Pavan Laa" | Madhukar | ||
| Sri | "Holi Holi" | Sandeep Chowta | Suddala Ashok Teja | Rajesh Krishnan, Teesha Nigam | |
| Political Rowdy | "LKG Dress" | Teesha Nigam | |||
| Super | "Akkad Bakkad" | Kandikonda | |||
| "Mudduletti" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar | Sonu Nigam | |||
| 2006 | Shankar | "Ala Bala" | Vandemataram Srinivas | ||
| Maa Iddari Madhya | "Magada" | R. P. Patnaik | |||
| Samanyudu | "Yemera" | Vandemataram Srinivas | Kaluva Krishna Sai | ||
| 2008 | Sammakka Sarakka Mahathyam | "Taatibellem Tedharotti" | Vandemataram Srinivas | ||
| Junctiom | "Nachavura Nachavura" | ||||
| Bujjigadu | "Chitti Ayirey" | Sandeep Chowta | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Pradip Somasundaran | |
| 2009 | Kalavar King | "Aa Bugga" | Anil.R | Krishna Chaitanya | Baba Sehgal |
| "De Thadi" | Antony | ||||
| Saleem | "Poolu Gusa Gusa" | Sandeep Chowta | Chandrabose | Pradip Somasundaran | |
| Blue (D) | "Blue Theme" | A. R. Rahman | |||
| 2010 | Badmash | "Mandukottu" | |||
| Kedi | "Relarey" | Sandeep Chowta | Chinni Charan | ||
| 2013 | Baadshah | "Rangoli Rangoli" | S. Thaman | Ramajogayya Sastry | Divya Kumar |
| 2016 | Sarrainodu | "Sarrainodu" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Hard Kaur, Brijesh Shandilya, Geetha Madhuri | |
| Policeodu (D) | "Rangu" | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Tamil songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Varalaru | Dhinam Dhinam Deepavali | A. R. Rahman | Vairamuthu | Kalpana Raghavendar, Ranjith, Leon James, Peer Mohammed |
| 2009 | Arumugam | Salona | Deva | Pa. Vijay | Udit Narayan |
| Ainthaam Padai | Sokku Sundar | D. Imman | |||
| 2013 | Naan Rajavaga Pogiren | "Malgova" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Annamalai | |
| 2016 | Theri | "Raangu" | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Kabilan | T. Rajender, G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Marathi songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mi Amruta Boltey | Naad Karaycha Naay.. | |||
| 2009 | Nau Mahine Nau Diwas | Mastani Jwanit Mazya | |||
| 2014 | Pune Via Bihar | Kacchi Kairi Hu | Amit Hadkar | Raja Hasan | |
| 2017 | Karaar | Chuklya Wata | Vijay Gawande, Paresh Shah | Avadhoot Gupte |
Malayalam songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kalimannu | Dil Lena" | M. Jayachandran | ||
| Meine To" | Sukhwinder Singh |
Punjabi songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jag Jeondeyan De Mele | Gustakh Akhan | Harbhajan Mann | ||
| 2011 | I Am Singh | Channd Paregge | Monty Sharma | Sukhwinder Singh | |
| 2013 | Jatt Airways | Ok Report | Jassi Katyal | Kumaar | Master Saleem |
| Ok Report (Remix) | |||||
| Young Malang | Lakk Ch Current | ||||
| Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad | Lakk Gadvi Varga | Jaggi Singh | Roshan Prince | ||
| Pinky Moge Wali | Tadka | Gurmeet Singh & Rohit | |||
| 2014 | Yoddha | "Reshma" | Gurmeet Singh | Daksh Ajit Singh | |
| 2015 | Gun & Goal | ghatta ghatt kar ke" | Jaggi Singh | Rajveer bawa | Jaggi Singh |
| 2018 | Kande | Thumka | Gurmeet Singh | Baaz | Nachattar Gill |
| Tere Naal | Feroz Khan | ||||
| 2019 | Kala Shah Kala | Boliyaan | Bunny Bains | Bunny Bains | |
Nepali songs[edit]
| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Writer(s) | Co-singer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kohinoor | Salaam Lijiye Kabool Kijiye |
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Sonu Kakkar". Sonu Kakkar. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sonu Kakkar Biography". In.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sonu Kakkar Biography". CineTalkers.com. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "Latest Hindi Song Mera Hai Ye Watan Sung By Sonu Kakkar | Independence Day Special Song". Times of India. 14 August 2018.
- ↑ "Check Out New Hindi Trending Song Music Video - 'Tum Mere Paas' Sung By Mohammed Irfan | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sonu Kakkar collaborates with Sonu Nigam on new single". Radio and Music. 13 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ahmedabad grooves to Sonu Kakkar's songs". Times Of India. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- Indian female film singers
- Indian female pop singers
- 21st-century Indian singers
- Living people
- Bollywood playback singers
- Kannada playback singers
- Tamil playback singers
- People from Rishikesh
- Actresses from Uttarakhand
- 21st-century Indian women singers
- Singers from Uttarakhand
- Women musicians from Uttarakhand
- Indian pop-folk singers
- 1979 births