Sukriti Kakar

1995–2011: Early life

Kakar has studied Arts from Mithibai College 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 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

Kakar 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. Kakar'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 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 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.

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