Himani Kapoor

Himani Kapoor
Birth name	Himani Kapoor
Born	(1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36)
Origin	Faridabad, Haryana, India
Genres	Music
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2005–present

Himani Kapoor is an Indian singer and finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. She hosted a show with Karan Oberoi on Zee TV called "Antakshari". She also competed in Star Plus's Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. ^{[1] [2]} She gained wider recognition for singing "Thode Kam Ajnabi" in Pagglait composed by Arijit Singh. ^[3]

Career

Kapoor competed in a music show called Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on Star plus as Mika ki Sherni. She completed her world tour with Himesh Reshammiya in 2007 and has performed in 20 different countries.^{[ citation needed ]}

She has sung in films like Dil Diya Hai , Aap Ki Khatir , Chingari , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Fool N Final , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Band Baaja Baaraat and Radhe Shyam . ^[4]

Himani received an award^{[ which? ]} from the government of Haryana by chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on women's day in year 2008. She released a song dedicated to Indira Gandhi on the occasion of women's day in 2010. ^[5]

Discography

List of Songs Recorded By Himani Kapoor

Year	Film	Song	Co-Singer	Composer
2006	Chingaari	Jab Jab Saiyyan	Solo	Aadesh Shrivastava
	Aap Ki Khatir	Tu Hi Mera		Himesh Reshammiya
	Dil Diya Hai	Dil Diya	Himesh Reshammiya
	Good Boy, Bad Boy	Meri Awargi
2007	Fool & Final	Tere Layee	Kunal Ganjawala
2008	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! [6]	Hooriyaan	Brijesh Shandilya	Sneha Khanwalkar
	Bachna Ae Haseeno [7]	Jogi Mahi	Shekhar Ravjiani, Sukhwinder Singh	Vishal–Shekhar
2010	Band Baaja Baaraat [8]	Dum Dum	Benny Dayal	Salim–Sulaiman
	Benny and Babloo	Jabse Dil Diya Hai	Sukhwinder Singh	Amjad-Nadeem
2019	Motichoor Chaknachoor [9]	Aaj Jaage Rehna	Siddhart Amit Bhavsar
2021	Pagglait [10]	Thode Kam Ajnabi	Solo	Arijit Singh
		Thode Kam Ajnabi (Reprise)	Arijit Singh
	Toofaan	Star Hai Tu	Siddharth Mahadevan, Divya Kumar	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
2022	Me Vasantrao	Tere Dar Se	Rahul Deshpande
2023	Chhatriwali	Toot Hi Gaya	Durgesh R Rajbhatt
	Satyaprem Ki Katha	Aaj Ke Baad (Reprise)	Manan Bhardwaj
	Dono	Khatt Mitthiyaan	Solo	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
2024	Vedaa	TBA		Manan Bhardwaj

List of Singles recorded by Himani Kapoor

Year	Single	Co-singer	Composer
2017	Mehandi	—	Manan Bhardwaj
2018	Naina Di Bandook	—
	Allah hi Allah	—	Shri Kuldip Singh
2019	Shikayatein	—	Rimi Dhar
	Maati	—
	Chann Vi Gawah	Madhav Mahajan	Madhav Mahajan
2020	Dagaa	—	Manan Bhardwaj
	Tenu Kaddi Na Chhaddaan	—	Shriram Iyer
2021	Tu Hai Dariya	Durgesh Rajbhatt	Durgesh Rajbhatt
2010	Tere Liye	Kailash Kher	Sunil Singh

Music

• Meri Maa / Maa Tu Sach Much Raani Maa - Mothers Day Special - 2016
• Ab Ke Saawan - Monsoon Special - 2016

References

1. "Inside Pooja Joshis Wedding Ceremony and Mehendi - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
2. "Soft, sultry and soulful : THE ARTS - India Today". indiatoday.intoday.in. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
3. "'Arijit Singh gives liberty and space to explore', says Himani Kapoor, who sang 'Thode Kam Ajnabi' in 'Pagglait'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
4. "Singer Himani Kapoor opens up on her Bollywood journey so far". Times of India. 13 July 2018.
5. "I have my Bhabhis and my sisters in the track: Himani Kapoor on 'Mehandi'". Radio and Music. 12 December 2017.
6. Hungama, Bollywood (28 November 2008). "Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Music Review - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 2 May 2021.
7. "Bachna Ae Haseeno - music review by Aakash Gandhi - Planet Bollywood". planetbollywood.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
8. "Music review: Band Baaja Baaraat". Hindustan Times. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
9. Chakravarthy, Swarup (6 November 2019). "Motichoor Chaknachoor Music Review". BollySpice.com - The latest movies, interviews in Bollywood. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
10. "Arijit Singh on composing music for 'Pagglait'". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

• Official website