| Biography | Kanika Kapoor (born in Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh]) is an Indian playback singer.
Raised in Lucknow, at the age of 12, Kapoor started to study classical music under musician Ganesh Prasad Mishra from Varanasi and was accompanied by him to classical concerts in India. During the time she did a stint with All India Radio and shifted to Mumbai to work in the music industry.
In 2012, Kapoor released the music video "Jugni Ji", featuring Dr. Zeus. The track went on to become one of the biggest singles of 2012. Meet Bros Anjjan asked Kapoor to sing the song "Baby Doll" in Ragini MMS 2 (2014)] The song won Mirchi Music Awards for the "Number One Song of the Year" award The song received Stardust Awards for Best female singer. The same year she collaborated again with Dr. Zeus along with Vishal-Shekhar for the song "Lovely" in Happy New Year which was picturised on Deepika Padukone. The soundtrack of the album also includes a Punjabi remix of the song titled "Kamli". In the year 2015, she collaborated again with Meet Bros Anjjan for the song "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" in Roy and was the playback singer for Sunny Leone in the song "Desi Look" in the movie Ek Paheli Leela. She collaborated third time with Meet Bros Anjjan for the song Nachan Farrate for the movie All Is Well.
In 2014, she participated in a concert tour across North America, entitled "SLAM! The Tour", in which she performed alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. Apart from concerts and tours, she has also been signed by an NGO for children, as their brand ambassador, where she promoted the cause of children's education., also started her new year 2015 with a grand concert on nye 2015 in association with Ventom Motion Corp in new delhi. |