Neha Kakkar 

 Early life

According to wikipedia

Neha Kakkar was born on 6 June 1988 in Jai Narayan Kakkar, Uttarakhand. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar and singer-composer Tony Kakkar. During the early days, her father, Jai Narayan Kakkar used to sell samosa outside a college for a living while her mother Kimi Kakkar was a homemaker.In the city, Kakkar shared a rented single room house with her whole family, in which they used to sleep and simultaneously convert to a kitchen by putting a table.

In the early 90s, Kakkar along with her family moved to Delhi, in order to try her luck in singing. At that time, the family was reeling under a financial crisis.Hoping to "contribute" to the family, Kakkar, at the age of four, started performing at local gatherings and religious event with her siblings which she credited for "boosting" her self-confidence. "I only sang bhajans from four to sixteen years. I would attend four to five jagrans in a day, which became my training ground". Having music talent at home, she never felt the need to get any formal training in singing. In 2004, she moved to Mumbai with her brother, Tony Kakkar.

In 2006, at the age of sixteen, Kakkar auditioned for the second season of Indian Idol where she got eliminated early in the show. Being the youngest participant, she was naturally "pampered" on the sets, and recalls that the show gave her "great memories and fame". Commenting on her short-journey, she said, "I feel, whatever happens, happens for a reason. I am just glad the way my journey worked out. It has been a tremendous learning experience". According to her, people "appreciated my voice saying that you sing well but nobody ever told me that I am a great singer". Hence, determined to prove that she can sing well, Kakkar worked on "polishing" her voice afterwards.

Career

Neha Kakkar anticipated that her participation in Indian Idol and the association with her brother, Tony Kakkar, fueled her career into playback singing. However, five years post Indian Idol, Kakkar failed to gather any work in Bollywood films which she believes was due to her "negligence in pleading the music directors and producers, unlike the rest of participants from the show". Hence, she became more occupied with the concerts and event performances that took her "across the world". According to her, during this phase she started getting recognised and people started referring her as the "Jai Mata Di girl"

In 2008, she launched her debut album Neha The Rockstar with music by Meet Bros in which she performed some romantic songs. During the time, she recorded for a music album, Romeo Juliet composed by her brother, Tony Kakkar. The song "Mohabbat Hai" from the album received limited recognition from the listeners which resulted in the offer to render her first Kotak Mahindra jingle, "Mera Jaisa Koi Mere Zindagi Main Aaye".

Neha Kakkar's first release of 2015 came with "Ek Do Teen Chaar" from Ek Paheli Leela which was composed, penned and co-sung by Tony Kakkar. The song received mainly negative reviews from critics, calling it a "failed attempt on a potential number". Rajiv Vijayakar from Bollywood Hungama, reviewing the soundtrack album wrote: "Neha tries to be saucy and coquettish, but the composition lacks the strength to let this mood bloom". She then collaborated with the music composer duo, Amjad-Nadeem where she performed the tracks "Naughty No 1" and "Daaru Peeke Dance" for Barkhaa and Kuch Kuch Locha Hai respectively; both of which failed commercially.Followed by few other "dull" releases, Kakkar received recognition with her "seductive" performance in the Meet Bros Anjjan-composed "Tu Isaq Mera" from Hate Story 3. Her last release of the year was "Tukur Tukur" from Dilwale, an "energetic number" which captures the spirit of Goa and performed alongside Arijit Singh, Kanika Kapoor, Siddharth Mahadevan and Nakash Aziz as a separate, video version of the song. Kakkar, an ardent fan of Shah Rukh Khan, expressed her excitement once she figured out the song was recorded for his album, "When I recorded "Tukur Tukur", I did not know it was for his film. I am over the moon". However, the version was criticised for Kakkar's "jarring" vocals and the "lack of the sheer exuberance" compared to that of the audio version performed by Singh. The same year, she featured alongside Shilpa Shetty in the video single "Wedding Da Season", composed by Amaal Malik, as insisted by the choreographer Ganesh Acharya, who saw her performing off-screen.

2019 began with the release of three remade songs in collaboration with Bagchi. "Chamma Chamma", recreated for the film Fraud Saiyyan–original composition from the film China Gate (1998)–was considered "memorable", while "Coca Cola Tu" from Luka Chuppi and "Hauli Hauli" from De De Pyaar De were acknowledged by some critics for giving the songs "a new flavor" though other critics disapproved her latest trend of "annoying" association in the remade song. The year marks her first collaboration with Vishal Mishra and Vishal-Shekhar, where she performed the female version of "Ki Honda Pyaar" from Jabariya Jodi for the former and "The Hook Up Song" for the latter, which was well received by critics; Sen from The Times of India wrote: "The zing in Neha Kakkar’s sultry voice adds to the flirty feel of the upbeat track". The trio of Kakkar, Bagchi and the dancer Nora Fatehi re-united for two other chart-buster songs, "O Saki Saki" from Batla House and "Ek Toh Kum Zindagani" from Marjaavaan. The former being a remake of Musafir's "Saaki", originally performed by Sukhwinder Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan was criticised for the lack of "power" compared to the original version. During the year, Kakkar lent her voice for the foot-tapping club number "Dheeme Dheeme", composed by Bagchi and the romantic love song "Tu Hi Yaar Mera" composed by Rochak Kohli, in which Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama appraised her "different avatar" in the latter.

Personal life

Neha Kakkar and actor Himansh Kohli were in a romantic relationship since 2014. In September 2018, they officially announced their relationship on national television and revealed that they will tie the knot soon. However, three months later, the couple broke-up which was hinted by an emotional message she posted on Instagram. In an interview with Bombay Times she opened up about her life post the split and revealed how she regrets "making her personal life so public". In August 2019, she shared an alarming post on Instagram about "depression" and "thinking of ending her life" after rumours of an affair with an Indian Idol contestant surfaced

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