Kanika is an Indian playback singer. She is best known for singing the Bollywood songs “Baby Doll” and “Chhitiyan Kalaiyan”.
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Kanika Kapoor was born on 21 August 1978 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (45 years; as of 2023). She comes from a business class family with a musical background. Kanika studied at Loreto Convent School, Lucknow, and went on to pursue her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Bhatkande Music College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She started studying music with Pandit Ganesh Prasad Mishra at a very young age. At the age of 11, she got the opportunity to sing on All India Radio (AIR).
Kanika Kapoor childhood photos
Apart from singing, she is also a trained Kathak dancer.
appearance
Height: 5′5″
Hair color: brown
Eye color: gray
Kanika Kapoor in the gym
family
Kanika Kapoor belongs to the Hindu Khatri family.
Parents and siblings
Her father Rajiv Kapoor is a businessman. He is the third generation of the family business in the electrical trade. Her mother Poonam Kapoor is a chicken products exporter and runs a boutique called Kalakrutti.
Kanika Kapoor and her father Rajiv Kapoor
Kanika Kapoor and her mother Poonam Kapoor
She has an older brother, Sasha, who owns a company in London.
Kanika Kapoor and her brother Sasha Kapoor
Kanika Kapoor and her family
husband and children
Kanika met Dr. Raj Chandok (her cousin’s best friend) at her cousin’s wedding in Khajuraho and fell in love with him. The couple tied the knot in 1997 and moved to London. They have two daughters, Aayana and Samara, and a son, Yuvraaj. All her children have British citizenship. The couple split in 2010 after about 15 years together. Kanika finds out that her husband cheated on her. The couple divorced in 2012.
Kanika Kapoor and her ex-husband Raj Chandok
Kanika Kapoor with her children Aayana, Samara and Yuvraaj
On May 20, 2022, she married NRI businessman Gautam Hatiramani.
Kanika Kapoor and Gautam Hatiramani wedding photos
Profession
Kanika Kapoor made her debut in 2012 with the song “Jugni Ji” featuring Dr. Zeus. The song, a remix of the Pakistani Sufi song “Alif Allah”, became a huge commercial success within weeks of its release.
She started her Bollywood playback singing career in 2014 with the song “Baby Doll” from the movie “Ragini MMS 2”. The song became widely popular and critically acclaimed.
Later, she lent her voice to popular songs such as “Lovely”, “Chitiyaan Kalaiyaan”, “Nachan Farrate”, “Jugni Peeke Tight Hai”, “Jab Chaye Tera Jadoo” and “Beat Pe Booty”.
In 2015, when Prime Minister Modi visited the UK, she sang a welcome song for Modi.
In 2018, she performed for the second time in front of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Kanika sang the Indian national anthem.
Apart from singing, she also runs her own fashion brand ‘Kanika Kapoor: House of Chikankari’ which promotes embroidery and textile decorative arts.
Kanika Kapoor’s fashion label
In 2016, Kanika endorsed Swiss watch manufacturer 88 Rue du Rhone.
Kanika Kapoor serves as 88 Rue du Rhone brand ambassador
dispute
- Singer and music producer Dr. Zeus was unhappy with Kanika as he was not credited as the producer of her debut song “Baby Doll Main Sone Di”. Dr. Zeus expressed his anger in the interview and stated that the Meet Bros reaped the fruits of his hard work as they were given credit for the song.
- After she tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 20, 2020, she was heavily criticized on social media for downplaying the seriousness of the disease; as she attended at least three gatherings in Lucknow, including at Overnight in a five-star hotel in the city. According to some medical officials at the Sanjay Gandhi PGIMS in Lucknow, where the singer was undergoing treatment, she often lost her temper and wanted celebrity-style treatment.
Awards
- Won the Superstar Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Female Singer for the song “Lovely” (2014)
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Vocalist for “Baby Doll” (2015)
- Hindustan Times Most Stylish Music Personality Award (2016)
- IIFA Awards for Best Female Singer “Chitiyaan Kalaiyaan” (2016)
- Stardust Award for Best Playback Vocalist – Female Vocalist “Baby Doll” (2014)
favorite thing
- Dessert: Kesar Jalebi
- Musicians: Vishal-Shekhar, Beyoncé, Shakira, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, AR Rahman, Justin Bieber
- Designers: Peter Dundas, Christian Laqua, Rohit Bal, Manish Malhotra
Kanika Kapoor and Manish Malhotra
fact
- Her hobbies include yoga, shopping and traveling.
Kanika Kapoor does yoga
- She was born into a family with musical roots. Her uncle learned music from the late Pandit Ganesh Mishraji and she would often sit with them and practice music.
- Kanika gave up singing when she was in London because she was not allowed to sing there.
- After her marriage, she moved to a luxury apartment in Mayfair, central London, but after her divorce, she moved to a small apartment in Knightsbridge, London.
- Kanika also owns a house in Mumbai and personally manages its interior decoration.
- Kanika’s extended family of about 150 members lives in Lucknow.
- Kapoor was very close to her grandmother and recounted how every time she left Lucknow, her grandmother would put a red tikka on her and give her 500 rupees.
Kanika Kapoor’s grandmother
- During her initial stay in Lucknow, she converted her garage into a music studio where she sang and recorded.
- According to her, although she sang many songs with Punjabi lyrics, she could not speak Punjabi properly.
- Kanika returned to India with her children after her divorce, but she moved back to London because her children could not adapt to the Indian environment.
Kanika Kapoor with her daughters in Jaipur
- Kanika sang an album with Lalit Sen during her stay in Mumbai. However, it was never released.
- Singer and musician Anup Jalota was a childhood friend of her father, and he often asked her to sing between performances.
Kanika Kapoor and Anup Jalota
- Anup Jalota introduced Kanika to Bollywood when she was 16. He also helped her sign a three-year contract with Universal PolyGram.
- Her elder brother Sasha was a classmate of Harmit Singh (from the duo Meet Brothers) at Scindia School in Gwalior. So, she has a very good relationship with the Met brothers; in fact, she considers Hammett and Manmet to be her brothers.
Kanika Kapoor and “Meet the Brothers”
- Describing her married life in London, Kanika said –
I am an ordinary daddy achar housewife with three kids and happily play their mother until we part ways. “
- She also explained how her marriage has allowed her to live a good life. She said——
Marriage exposed me to another level of wonderful life that took possession of me. I am materialistic, egoistic, vain, conceited, even to the point of arrogance. Money, kids, lifestyle all kept my husband and I together for a long time until it became too much for me to handle on my own. “
- In March 2020, Kanika Kapoor became the first Bollywood celebrity to test positive for COVID-19.
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