Well-versed in both Hindi and several Dravidian languages, Indian playback
singer Sonu Kakkar (October 20, 1979) was born in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand into a
musical household. She started singing jagrans, a traditional Northern Indian
chant, at the age of 5 and relocated to Delhi with her family in 1990. Kakkar
then moved to Mumbai, where she was discovered by Bollywood music director
Sandeep Chowta after participating on Channel V’s reality music competition
Indian Pop Star. Kakkar made her official Bollywood debut with “Babuji Zaara
Dheere Chalo,” featured in Eeshwar Nivas’ 2003 ...