Sneha Shankar

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Sneha Shankar
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Occupations
  • Playback singer
  • live performer
Years active2012–present
FatherRam Shankar
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Sneha Shankar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. She has sung for many Bollywood movies, including Hanuman: Da' Damdaar , and Chup: Revenge of the Artist .

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Early life

Sneha Shankar is the daughter of singer and music director Ram Shankar, [1] and granddaughter of Shankar of the Sufi singers duo Shankar-Shambhu. [2] At the age of six she appeared in a TV show MTV Sound Trippin on MTV India.[ citation needed ]

Career

Shankar started her career and participated in various singing reality shows including The Superstar Singer' & 'Indian Idol - Season 15'. [3]

In 2019 she sang for the Hindi version of a Hollywood movie The Lion King . [4]

She has worked with various music composers including Himesh Reshammiya, Sneha Khanwalkar, Amit Trivedi, and Jeet Gannguli.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Film songs

Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmSongMusicLyricsNoteRef.
2017 Hanuman: Da' Damdaar "Hanuman Chalisa" Sneha Khanwalkar credited as Sneha Pandit
2019 The Lion King "Main Banoon Raja Aaj Hi" [5]
2022 Chup: Revenge of the Artist "Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye"Sneha KhanwalkarSahir Ludhianvi

Non-film songs

YearSongMusicLyricsCo-singer(s)NoteRef.
2022"Irada Kar Liya Hai Humne"DushyantAlok Srivastava Shaan Education anthem of the Government of Delhi by Aam Admi Party [6]

Television appearances

YearShowSongChannelNoteRef.
2017 MTV Sound Trippin "Nain Matakka" MTV India season 2, episode 1 [7]

Singles

YearSongMusicCo-singer(s)Ref.
2020"Yaad Piya Ki Aaye"Aditya ShankarSalman Ali [8]
2023"Adhoore Khwaab" Himesh Reshammiya
2023"Choodiyaan Khanke"Ankush Bhardwaj
2023"Har Justajoo"Tabish Ali
2024"Mera Mehboob"

TV serial songs

YearFilmSongMusicLyricsCo-singer(s)Ref.
2016 Naamkarann "Aa Leke Chalu Tujhko" Jeet Ganguly Vijay Vijawatt Palak Muchhal
2018 Meri Durga Tittle track Sneha Khanvilkar
2020 Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 Tittle trackAadil PrashantAbhishek Gaur [9] [10]

Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

YearNominee / workCategoryResultRef.
2018 Meri Durga Best SingerNominated

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