Sunidhi Chauhan is a famous Indian playback singer who has sung in multiple languages including Hindi, English, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She has performed over 2000 songs (as of 2019).
Wiki/Biography
Sunidhi Chauhan was born as “Nidhi Chauhan” on Sunday, August 14, 1983 in Delhi (age 40; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Leo.
Sunidhi Chauhan as a child
She was educated at Greenway Modern School, New Delhi. After completing her studies, she left her studies to pursue her singing career. She received formal training in Indian classical music from Gautam Mukherjee.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Weight (approximately): 60kg
Body measurements (approximately): 34-30-36
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: black
family, caste and husband
Sunidhi Chauhan belongs to a Rajput family. Her father Dushyant Kumar Chauhan is a theater artist at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her father
Her mother is a housewife.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her mother
She has a younger sister named Suneha Chauhan.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her sister
In 2002, she married director and choreographer Bobby Khan. The marriage alienated Sunidhi from her family, who disowned her. Due to some differences in their relationship, Sunidhi and Bobby separated after a year of marriage. After she separated from Bobby, her family reconciled with her.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her husband Bobby
During this time, she was with Anu Kapoor and his wife Arunita. Sunidhi Chauhan later had a relationship with her childhood friend Hitesh Sonik. The two dated for two years and tied the knot on April 24, 2012.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her husband Hitesh Sonik
She has a son named Tegh Sonik (born January 1, 2018).
Sunidhi Chauhan and her son Tegh Sonik
Profession
At the age of 4, Sunidhi began performing at local parties and competitions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8yO9getoQ
It was during one such performance that she was discovered by the actress Tabassum. Tabassum had her sing live on her show “Tabassum Hit Parade”, Sunidhi’s family was advised to move to Mumbai.
Sunidhi Chauhan with Tabassum and Sadhna Sargam
When they moved to Mumbai, Tabassum introduced Sunidhi to Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah. Afterwards, she worked at Kayanji’s academy for several years and became the lead singer of his “Little Wonders” troupe. She made her Bollywood debut as a singer with the song “Ladki Deewani Dekho” from the film “Shastra (1996)”.
In the same year, she released her first album “Aira Gaira Nathu Khaira”.
She then worked as a background singer for two years. She had her breakthrough with the song “Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi” from the movie “Mast (1999)”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ITtqQtSB8
She even received two Filmfare nominations for the song. She has sung many hit songs like “Mehboob Mere”, “Bumbro”, “Say Shava Shava”, “Ishq Samundar”, “Crazy Kiya Re”, “Desi Girl”, “Dilliwaali Girlfriend” and many more. She made her Marathi debut with the song “Kande Pohe” from the film “Sanai Choughade (2008)”. She made her Punjabi debut with the song “Muqabla” from the film “Pind Di Kudi (2004)”.
She made her Tamil debut with the song “Kundu Kundu” from the film Dhool (2003).
She made her Kannada debut with the song “Aeeeyy Aeeyyii” from the film Hollywood (2003). She made her debut as a Telugu singer with the film “Mallika (D) (1999)”. She made her international debut with the song “Heartbeat”, a collaboration with Enrique Iglesias. The song is included on the India special edition of Enrique’s album “Euphoria (2010)”. She made her debut as a singer in Pakistan in 2002 with the song “Peehu Peehu” from the movie “Pyar Hi Pyar Mein”.
She also collaborated with Pakistani band “Junoon”.
Other works
She has made guest appearances in films such as “Bhoot” (2003), “Hawaa Hawaai” (2014) and “Rangoon” (2017). She made her acting debut in the 2001 film Ehsaas: The Feeling. In 2016, she starred in the short film “Playing Priya”.
She also lent her voice to the character of “Gem” in the films “Rio” (2011) and “Sita” in “Sons of Ram” (2012). In 2006, she hosted Radio City 91.1 FM’s morning show “Musical-E-Azam” as a guest radio jockey.
Sunidhi Chauhan as Radiocity host
She has also worked as a model and has walked for several fashion designers.
Sunidhi Chauhan entrance ramp
Awards, Honors and Titles
- Received an honorary doctorate from Rai University in 2016
Sunidhi Chauhan receives honorary doctorate from Rai University
- Listed in the top 5 of Forbes India’s 100 Celebrity Singers and Musicians in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
- In 2013, she ranked 28th on the “FHM India” list of the world’s sexiest Asian women.
Filmfare Award
- In 2001, he won the RD Burman New Music Talent Award for the song “Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi” from the film Mast (1999)
- In 2007, she won the Best Female Singer Award for the song “Beedi Jalaile” from the movie “Omkara”
- 2011 Playback Award for Best Female Singer for the song “Sheila Ki Jawani” from the movie “Tees Maar Khan”
sima award
- In September 2023, she won the Best Female Singer (Kannada) Award for “Ra Ra Rakkamma” from the movie “Vikrant Rona” at the World Trade Center in Dubai, UAE
Note: In addition to the above awards, she has received several awards and nominations.
dispute
Sunidhi Chauhan comes after Kishore Kumar’s son Amit Kumar revealed he was forced to praise contestants on popular Indian singing reality show Indian Idol Sunidhi Chauhan has also made similar accusations against the makers of the show. She said in an interview with the media,
Not exactly everyone has to do this, but yes, we’re all told (praise). This is the basic thing. So, I can’t continue. I couldn’t do what they wanted and I had to part ways. So I won’t be judging any reality shows today. “
address
2B/183, Winder Mayer, Andheri, Mumbai
Signature/Autograph
Sunidhi Chauhan’s autograph
car collection
She owns Maruti Suzuki Ritz, Honda Accord, Mitsubishi Pajero and BMW X5.
Salary/Net Worth
She spent about Rs. 6-7 lakhs per song. Her net worth is $10 million (approximately).
favorite thing
- Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar
- Song: “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey
- Color: red, black, yellow
fact
- She enjoys driving, dancing and traveling.
- She is popularly called the “modern-day Asha Bhosle”.
- Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar called her “the Numero Uno singer of the generation”.
Sunidhi Chauhan and Lata Mangeshkar
- Sunidhi’s father belonged to Uttar Pradesh but she was born and brought up in Delhi.
- Her father introduced her to music. She attributes the success of her singing career to her father as he even quit his job in Delhi to further her singing career.
Sunidhi Chauhan and her father
- Her mother was a great influence on Sunidhi, who guided her to pursue a career in music.
- Her father worked at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi before the family moved to Mumbai. There, he played the role of Rama in Ram Leela for 12 years.
- Initially, Sunidhi did not receive any singing training. She learned to sing by listening to tapes and CDs of popular singers. At the age of 13, after releasing her first album, she realized her limitations and decided to get formal classical singing training from Gautam Mukherjee.
- In 1996, she won the music reality show “Meri Awaz Suno” aired on Doordarshan TV. The judges of the show are Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey. Talking about her experience on the show, she said –
When I got to the big final, Lataji was sitting in front of me. Manna Da, Pandit Jasraj ji, Parveen Sultana ji and Yash Chopra ji were all present. Before the show, I was worried that if I saw her, I would burst into tears. I didn’t look at her as I sang, keeping my eyes on the ground. After I finished speaking, I looked directly at the audience. I was too nervous to look at the judges. When I won, Lataji stood there with the trophy. I cried. She wiped away my tears and said in my ear: “Ask me if you need anything, and if there is anyone you want to learn from, just tell me.”
- Sonu Nigam recommended her name to music director Sandeep Chowtala, who directed the film Mast. It was the same film that gave her career her first break.
Sunidhi Chauhan and Sonu Nigam
- She first met Bobby Khan (her ex-husband) while making the album “Pehla Nasha”.
- In 2006, she sang the English song “Reach Out” at the opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
- After her marriage to Hitesh Sonik, Sunidhi gained 20 kilograms due to which she was often out of breath on stage. To avoid this problem, she decided to lose weight and join a gym to stay in shape.
- In 2005, she recorded a single titled “Zindagi Pukarti Hai” with sixteen other artists to raise funds for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
- In 2006, she performed the Windows Vista song “Wow Is Now”.
- Once, she appeared in a song in one of Khalid Sidwai’s films. When she went to Kailash Kher’s studio to record the song, she asked Khidwai and director Ranjeet Gupta to change a few lines in the song as the lyrics had some bold political tone, but they refused. Later, the song was assigned to Indu Sonali.
- She has served as a judge on several singing reality shows such as Indian Idol (Season 5 and 6), The Voice India, The Remix and Dil Hai Hindustani: Season 2.
- She has performed in many countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11bH0w7OLo
- She is an active philanthropist and has contributed to various charitable causes. She has even performed for various charity shows and events. She also contributed to many social causes.
- Sunidhi also provided the voice for John Lennon’s music video “Imagine”. The music video was produced as part of UNICEF’s global campaign to celebrate 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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