Shanaya, Agrawal
Grade : IX 'I'
Born during a hot summer morning, in the small village of Rishikesh, India was a girl from a poor family who hardly had money to feed themselves. She started doing job since the age of three. And she is none other than Neha Kakkar. On June 6, 1988, she entered this world with a dream of being a successful singer.
Growing up surrounded by the family problem, she had a lot of things going in her mind. With the help of her sister Sonu Kakkar and brother Tony Kakkar, she did many 'Mata ki Jagrans' and 'Mata ki Chowki' to earn money for her family so that they could at least feed themselves. They worked all night and hardly got enough for their work.
She worked hard to balance her studies and work. She faced many problems. One fine day she got a call from Delhi who wanted Neha and her two siblings to perform there in a function. And to shift to Delhi, it needed a lot of money which they couldn't afford but still for the passion of Neha, her parents agreed and shifted to Delhi. In Delhi, she had to work for extra hours and her dad used to sell samosa in a small cart. Her life went on like this until one day she took the initiative to give the audition for a very famous reality show ‘INDIAN IDOL’. She stood in line for hours to give her audition and moved a step forward for her passion. She got selected as a contestant in the show. She went until the semifinal round but sadly got rejected. She couldn't win the show but gradually after a few years she got a call from a music composer. The composer wanted Neha Kakkar to sing a song for an upcoming movie. In this way, she finally launched her first song ‘Jawani’. Her song became very famous. And slowly she got many songs to record.
Meanwhile, she and her sister Sonu Kakkar also sung a combine song for the movie ‘Queen’ which again was a hit. The title of the song was ‘London Thumakda.’
She recorded many songs like Dilbar, Saki-saki, Humsafar, Rock star, Kala Chasma and many more. Neha today has more than 100 songs which are very famous and are loved by all. Although her journey was full of problems and challenges, she kept on working hard. And today she judges many reality shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa,Little Champs and Indian Idol. Once she was a contestant, today she is the judge of the same reality show.
Neha Kakkar today comes in the top artists in India and Asia. Her songs often hit millions of views. And her fans are known as ‘Ne Hearts’.