Kanika Kapur Biography and Career
Kanika Kapur is an Indian singer. She was born on 21 August 1978. She was born and raised in Lucknow. In 2012, she relocated to Mumbai to become a singer. Kapoor’s first song “Jugni Ji” (2012) was for a music video–which became a commercial success. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, songs and family of Kanika Kapur so read the article till the end.
In 2014, she began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song “Baby Doll” for the film Ragini MMS 2. Upon its release, the song topped the music charts and Kapur received wide critical acclaim and several accolades for her singing style, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Short biography of Kanika Kapur
Kanika Kapur is a famous television and film celebrity and singer and she worked with so many movies, this biography article is incomplete without talking about her music videos and songs. So here you will gain info about her songs and projects.
Kanika Kapur was born on 21st August, 1978 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family within the Dhai Ghar family-group, to parents: Rajeev Kapoor, a businessman, and Poonam Kapoor, a boutique owner where she also studied music.
At the age of 12, Kapur started to study classical music under musician Pandit Ganesh Prasad Mishra from Varanasi and was accompanied by him to classical concerts around India. Kapur participated in many music competitions at school in her childhood.
At the age of 15, she did a stint with All India Radio and also accompanied bhajan singer Anup Jalota in his shows. She did her B.A. and then Masters in music from Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow. She then moved to Mumbai to pursue her music career.
Kanika Kapur married Raj Chandok, an NRI businessman, in 1998 and moved to London with her husband, with whom she has three children, two daughters Aayana & Samara and a son Yuvraaj. She separated from her husband in 2012 and moved back to her parent’s home in Lucknow. The couple divorced in 2012.
On 20th May 2022, she got married to NRI Businessman Gautam Hathiramani after dating him for few years.
Career
In 2013, Kanika Kapur 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.
Upon the release, “Jugni Ji” went on to become one of the biggest singles of 2012 and Kapur earned the Brit Asia TV Music Award for Best Single. By the success of “Jugni Ji”, Meet Bros Anjjan asked Kapur to sing the song “Baby Doll” for the film Ragini MMS 2 (2014), which marked her Bollywood singing debut.
The song created hype over its release and topped the charts with winning Mirchi Music Awards for the “Number One Song of the Year” award. Kapur 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 Kanika she collaborated again with Dr. Zeus along with Vishal–Shekhar for the song “Lovely” in Happy New Year which was picturised on Deepika Padukone.
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.
The song was her last collaboration with Zeus and parted ways with him due to his false claim of being the producer and composer of the song “Baby Doll”.
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Random biography facts about Kanika Kapur
Kanika Kapur 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. She also sang a welcome song titled “Hello Namstey” for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he attended a gathering at Wembley Stadium, London on 13 November 2015.
In 2016, she was made brand ambassador of Swiss Watch manufacturer 88 Rue du Rhone, an independent brand by Raymond Weil. In 2019, Kapur was one of the judges of singing reality show The Voice (season 3).
We hope this biography article of singer Kanika Kapur will be helpful for you to understand her journey and works.
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