Alka Yagnik Wiki, Age, Family, Husband, Children, Biography, Net Worth & More

Alka Yagnik is one of the most renowned Indian playback singer. She was born on 20 March 1966 in a Gujarati family in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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Alka Yagnik father’s name is Dharmendra Shankar. Her mother Subha was an Indian classical music singer. She got inspiration from her mother, She is one of the prolific female playback singers to have sung the maximum number of solo songs in her Bollywood career.

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Real Name	Alka Yagnik
Profession	Playback Singer
Date of Birth	20 March 1966
Birthplace	Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Kolkata, West Bengal
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Religion	Hinduism
Debut	Song- “Thirkat Ang” Film – “Payal Ki jhankar” (1980)

Physical Appearance

Family, Parents, Siblings

Marital Status	Married
Husband/ Spouse	Neeraj Kapoor
Marriage date	Year 1989
Children	Son- None Daughter- Sayesha Kapoor
Parents	Father- Dharmendra Shankar Mother- Late Subha Yagnik
Siblings	Brother- Samir Yagnik Sister- Not Know

Career

At the age of six, Alka Yagnik began singing bhajans. She had sung her first song for the film “Payal Ki jhankar” in the year 1980. This was followed by her second song “Mere Angane Mein”. She has sung songs in more than twenty languages including Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Marathi, and Telugu. She has also performed many live concerts across the world.

Once in an interview, she said that she used to record five songs daily during her time. Besides this, she has also performed shows with Kalyani-Anandji and Laxmikant-Pyarelal. She has also sung several devotional songs and Hanuman Chalisa. She has sung 2486 songs in 1114 Bollywood films. She is the fifth most prolific Bollywood singer after Asha Boshle.

Achievement

Alka Yagnik’s song “ek do teen” from the film Tezaab won the first out of seven Filmfare awards for the best female playback singer. In1993, her song collaboration “Choli me Peeche Kay hai” with Ila Arun won the second Filmfare award. Her song “Chamma Chamma” from the film “China Gate” was featured in “Hindi sad Diamonds” from the soundtrack of the movie Moulin Rouge! In 2012,

Alka Yagnik sang a song with Sonu Nigam “Shiksha ka suraj” as a part of the National Literacy mission. Her song “Taal se Taal” was known to be the best song of the century. Not only this, her song “choli ke peeche” was voted as the hottest song of the century. She shares the title for the greatest number of Filmfare awards. After Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle, she is the third topmost playback singer.

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