In this world, lots of people dream of becoming famous through her talent and hard work but few of them are able to fulfill them. One of the few people is able to achieve success at a very young age from her talent and hard work even once rejected from a very famous reality show. She is none other than famous Playback singer Neha Kakkar. In this blog, we are going to learn about her biography, age, education, marriage, career, and controversies. We even got to know how she became a judge of that show where she got rejected in the initial period of her career.
Neha kakkar Biography
Neha kakkar was born in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand on 9th June 1988. She is a playback singer by profession. Since the age of 4, she has been singing professionally. She had two siblings who are also professional singers. She is a versatile singer who sings songs in 4 languages Hindi, Marathi, English, and Punjabi. Her family is filled with singers as both of her siblings were also professional singers and her husband Rohan Preet Singh. Her famous songs include Second-hand Jawani from the film ‘Cocktail’, and Dhating Naach from film ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’. Manali Trance from the film ‘The Shaukeens’ and many more.
Neha Kakkar age
On her social media, she shared her pictures of celebrating her 36th birthday on 9th June this Year 2024 with her family and close friends. She Loves celebrating her birthday with her family because her family always supported her dreams. Her Zodiac sign is Gemini. Neha Kakkar’s height in feet without shoes is 4 feet 9 inches (1.48 cm) in height.
Neha’s Life Before Fame
She was born in Rishikesh. Neha Kakkar is the youngest child among their siblings Tony Kakkar and Sonu Kakkar. In the early 90’s her parents Niti Kakkar and Rishikesh Kakkar shifted to Delhi along with her and her siblings. In Delhi, 3 of them started singing bhajans in different religious ceremonies. She was only 4 years old when she started singing in these ceremonies. When Neha was just 16 she and her brother shifted to Mumbai to pursue singing professionally. Neha has also participated in the famous Indian reality singing show Indian Idol twice.
Neha Kakkar Education and Training In Music
She did only schooling at Holy Public School Delhi and never pursued her higher education. Neha Kakkar never took any kind of vocal training from any music guru. Someone who inspired her to become a playback singer was her sister.
Journey from Indian Idol Contestant to Judge
Neha’s singing journey is truly inspiring for people as once she got rejected from this show as a contestant and almost 13 years later she became the judge of that show. This was all possible because of her hard work and success. In 2004 she got rejected from this show in the audition round but she didn’t get demotivated and was auditioned in 2005 again then selected for further rounds and became a contestant of that season. But her journey was very short as she was eliminated very early in the show.
Neha Kakkar’s Husband Rohan Preet Singh
On October 24th, 2020 with Singer Rohan Preet Singh in a lavish ceremony in a Gurudwara in Delhi in the presence of her close family and friends. Neha and Rohan Preet met only 3 months before their wedding to shoot a song ‘Nehu Da Wyah’, where they both find each other attractive. At that time Neha didn’t want to indulge in a relationship and wanted to get married, but Rohan Preet was unsure as he was only 25 years old and just started his music career. But one night Rohan Preet confessed his love for Neha Kaakar on a call and said ‘I can’t live without you, let’s get married’ in a drunken state but Neha Kakkar didn’t believe his statement, so he flew to Chandigarh and spoke to her mom for marriage.
Career
After being eliminated from Indian Idol, she released her first ever music album in 2008 named “Neha-the Rockstar” directed by Meet Bros Anjaan. This album was not a major hit but it did open her doors for Bollywood.
Later that year she also worked on her brother Tony Kakkar’s Album Romeo Juliet and also debuted in Bollywood with Song Haye Rama from the Movie ‘Meerabai Not Out’, she sang this song along with very famous Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh. Neha also debuted in acting in a film called Is Life Main in the year 2010. She also sings Background Music for the TV show ‘Na Aana is Des meri Lado’ which was aired on Colors TV in 2010. She also sings songs for Kannada and Telugu film Industries starting in her career. After all this hard work she is named one of the famous and one of the in-demand singers in the music industry. She also judges various singing reality shows like Sa re ga ma Pa, Superstar Singer Season 3, and Indian Idol. Till now, she has sung 184 songs throughout her career.
Her Life Under Controversies
One of the major controversies in her life was her break-up with Bollywood actor Himanshu Kohli. They both announced their relationship on a reality show while promoting their song, but after some time both parted ways with each other and started commenting nasty on social media about each other. While she was Judging Reality shows there were humans spreading on the news that she started dating Aditya Narayan, as he sometimes flirted with Neha as part of the show and they also shot a song together which sparked these rumors. But Aditya has already been dating his wife for almost a decade. She also came into the limelight when she released a remix of the Famous Falguni Pathak song Maine ‘Payal h Chankai’. After that Falguni Pathak made some mean comments about her on social media slamming Neha Kakkar.
Net worth of Neha Kakkar
According to various sources her accumulated net worth is around 104 Crore Indian rupees, which she is able to earn because of her dedication to her singing career. She charged 10 lakhs Indian rupees per song. She often participates in live performances and also makes a good amount of brand collaboration on her social media.
Her Presence on Social Media
Neha Kakkar is very much active on social media where she shares her life and promotes her songs. She had 78.7 million followers on Instagram and 33 million followers on Facebook. In 2019, she became the first Indian musician and the fifth Indian to receive this award from Instagram. Neha has over 14 million subscribers on her YouTube channel also.
Summary
Neha Kakkar’s musical Journey is truly Inspiring for so many people, especially for girls who come from small towns. She never took any professional training in music but is still able to come this far in her career. She has been singing for almost 19 years. Her songs are always able to come top of the charts.