Prakriti Kakar

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Prakriti Kakar
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Kakar in 2022
Background information
Born (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 28)
New Delhi, India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2012–present

Prakriti Kakar is an Indian singer. Born in New Delhi, her career began upon singing the title song of 2012 Bollywood film Tutiya Dil. Subsequently, she performed few tracks for films released in 2013, providing mostly backing vocals. She then released songs in collaboration with Ankit Tiwari: "Katra Katra" from Alone and "Bheegh Loon" from Khamoshiyan . [1] She, along with her twin sister Sukriti Kakar, released independent music videos including "Sudhar Ja", "Mafiyaan", "Kehndi Haa Kehndi Naa", "Hum Tum", "Sona Lagda", and "Majnu". [2]

Contents

Life and career

1995–2011: early life

Prakriti Kakar was born in New Delhi, India on May 8, 1995. [3] Except for her father, everyone in the family sings, including her sister Akriti and twin sister Sukriti and she began learning music from her mother, who is a music teacher. Her inclination towards music led her mother to decide on training her professionally. Kakar trained in classical music for seven years and started playing keyboard and western music during the time. Since her elder sister, Akriti Kakar wanted to sing in Bollywood, she moved to Mumbai with her dad while Prakriti and the rest of her family accompanied them later. [4] Talking about her childhood, Kakar stated; "When I came here, I was told that we are going to Mumbai for a holiday. I was in school back then. Imagine my surprise when I was enrolled in school here and realised we were here for good. This city was a culture shock for me". [3]

2012–2020: Bollywood releases

Kakar began her career with the title song of Tutiya Dil (2012) which was composed by Gulraj Singh and performed with Ram Sampath. [5] She next appeared in the track "Goti Song" from Nasha (2013) together with Akshay Deodhar and her twin sister Sukriti Kakar. Her appearance in the song was much sidelined same as her next release in the year, the title track of Boss composed by Meet Bros. [6] Another performance of her "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, Sukriti Kakar and Chetan Naik. The song was nominated in the best activist anthem category of Honesty Oscars 2014. [7]

In June 2014, Ankit Tiwari heard Kakar singing in a fashion show and requested her to be a part of his shows as female vocalist. It was then she was offered to sing for the song "Katra Katra" from Alone (2015). [8] With her own little inflections and variations, the recording was accomplished in two hours. [3] According to Tiwari, her voice had the "required element" for a song of the genre. [9] Elaborating further Kakar stated; "I had to sound very innocent, like I am in love but at the same time, it was a song where I am seducing a guy so it had to be sensuous". [3] Kakar next performed the female version of the song "Bheegh Loon" from the film Khamoshiyan which is again composed by Tiwari. Kasmin Fernandes from The Times of India mentioned that she "doesn't try to sound sensual yet manages to convey the mood required for a song in an erotic thriller". [10]

2021–present: pop music

Beside filmy songs, Kakar has sung some non-filmy songs. [11] She along with her sister, Sukriti Kakar has sung "Mafiyan", "Kehndi Haan Kehndi Naa", "Majnu" and many more. [12] [13]

In September 2021, the duo sisters along with Amaal Mallik collaborated with Dua Lipa for Indian remix version of "Levitating", which became a global hit. [14] [15]

Media

In March 2021, Prakriti along with her sister Sukriti Kakar featured at No. 2 position on the global Billboard charts for their song "Naari". [16] [17] Later that year in October, Kakar along with Sukriti Kakar featured at the Times Square in New York City. [18] [19]

Influences

Kakar named Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera among the Western artists and Sunidhi Chauhan from Indian artists, as her influences. [3] She also picked Meet Bros and A. R. Rahman as her favorite composers. [20]

Discography

Key
†Indicates single release

Film songs

YearFilmSongComposer(s)Writer(s)Co-singer(s)Ref.
2012Tutiya Dil"Tutiya Dil"Gulraj SinghManoj Yadav Ram Sampath [5]
2013 Nasha "Goti Song"Sangeet Haldipur–Siddharth HaldipurRadhika AnandAkshay Deodhar, Sukriti Kakar
Boss "Boss" Meet Bros Anjjan Kumaar Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Sukriti Kakar, Khushboo Grewal [6]
2015 Alone "Katra Katra" Ankit Tiwari Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay Ankit Tiwari [21]
Khamoshiyan "Bheegh Loon"
(Female Version)		 [10]
"Bheegh Loon"
(Female Version Remix)
Barkhaa "Tu Itni Khoobsurat Hai"
(Reloaded)		Amjad–NadeemShadab AkhtarJubin Nautiyal
2016 Azhar "Tu Hi Na Jaane" Amaal Mallik Kumaar Sonu Nigam
2017Paas Aao"Paas Aao Na" Single Rashmi Virag Armaan Malik
Noor "Hai Zaroori" Kumaar
Guest iin London "Dil Mera" Raghav Sachar Ash King, Shahid Mallya
Sweetiee Weds NRI "O Saathi Rey" Arko Pravo Mukherjee Armaan Malik
Mubarakan "Hawaa Hawaa"Gourov–RoshinKumaar Mika Singh
2018 Dil Juunglee "Gazab Ka Hai Din" Remake Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi Jubin Nautiyal
"Beat Juunglee" Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu Armaan Malik
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety "Subah Subah" Amaal Mallik Kumaar Arijit Singh
Batti Gul Meter Chalu "Hard Hard" Sachet–Parampara Siddharth–Garima Mika Singh [22]
Stree "Dil Ka Darji" Sachin–Jigar Vayu
2019 Yaana (Kannada film)"Beelale Naa Beelale"Shashank
2020 Khaali Peeli "Tehas Nehas" Vishal–Shekhar Kumaar Shekhar Ravjiani [23]
2022 Maja Ma "Ae Pagli"Gourov Dasgupta Ash King [24]
2023 Ganapath "Hum Aaye Hain"White Noise Studios Priya Saraiya Siddharth Basrur [25]
2024 Murder Mubarak "Murder Mubarak" Sachin-Jigar Yashraj, Sachin-Jigar

Non-film songs

YearTitleCo-singer(s)Ref.
2018Sudhar Ja Sukriti Kakar [26]
2019Mafiyaan [27]
Aa Jaana Darshan Raval [28]
2020Kehndi Haan Kehndi Na Sukriti Kakar [29]
Tum Na Ho Arjun Kanungo [30]
Mashallah Sukriti Kakar, THEMXXNLIGHT [31]
Hum Tum Sukriti Kakar [32]
2021Sona Lagda Sukriti Kakar, Sukhe [33]
Levitating (Indian Remix) Dua Lipa, Sukriti Kakar [34] [35]
Majnu Sukriti Kakar, Mellow D [36]
Satrangi PiyaSamarth Swarup [37]
2022Single Saiyaan Sukriti Kakar [38]
Dobara [39]
Kya Say? Sukriti Kakar, Badshah [40]
2023Over You Sukriti Kakar [41]

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