Kanika Kapoor
Biography
Kanika Kapoor, born on 21 August 1978 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an Indian female singer. She long aspired to a singing career, but married businessman Raj Chandok in 1998 and moved to London, where she raised three children. Following a divorce in 2012, she returned to Mumbai to pursue music professionally. Her debut song “Jugni Ji” (2012) was released as a music‑video track and achieved commercial success. In 2014 she entered Bollywood playback singing with “Baby Doll” for the film Ragini MMS 2, a track that topped music charts and earned her widespread critical praise, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. Her TMDB profile lists 21 credited sound works.
Career overview
Kanika Kapoor was born on 21 August 1978 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. From an early age she aspired to a career in singing. In 1998 she married businessman Raj Chandok and moved to London, where she gave birth to three children. Following her divorce from Raj in 2012, Kapoor returned to India and settled in Mumbai to pursue her ambition of becoming a professional singer.
Kapoor’s first recorded song, “Jugni Ji,” was released in 2012 as part of a music video and achieved commercial success. She entered Bollywood playback singing in 2014 with the track “Baby Doll” for the film Ragini MMS 2. The song topped music charts upon release, earning her widespread critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
According to her profile on The Movie Database, Kapoor is credited with 21 sound‑related works and is listed under the “Sound” category. Her career thus spans both independent music releases and prominent Bollywood playback performances.
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- Love in Vietnam (2025) Playback Singer
- Sharmaji Namkeen (2022) Playback Singer
- Hello Charlie (2021) Music
- Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna (2019) Playback Singer
- Baazaar (2018) Original Music Composer
- Tera Intezaar (2017) Playback Singer
- Munna Michael (2017) Playback Singer
- The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) as Herself
- Udta Punjab (2016) Playback Singer
- A Flying Jatt (2016) Playback Singer
- Do Lafzon Ki Kahani (2016) Playback Singer
- Great Grand Masti (2016) Playback Singer
- Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) as Self
- The Voice India (2015) as Judge
- Dilwale (2015) Playback Singer
- Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015) Playback Singer
- Tippu (2015)
- Hate Story 3 (2015) Playback Singer
- Roy (2015) Playback Singer
- Happy New Year (2014) Playback Singer
- Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) as Self