Kanika Kapoor

Kanika Kapoor (born 21 August 1978) is an Indian singer. She was born and raised in Lucknow. In 2012, she relocated to Mumbai to become a singer. Kapoor's first song "Jugni Ji" (2012) was for a music video - which became a commercial success. In 2014, she began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song "Baby Doll" for the film ''Ragini MMS 2''. Upon its release, the song topped the music charts and Kapoor received wide critical acclaim and several accolades for her singing style, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

Kapoor subsequently earned widespread recognition and success for singing one of the Hindi cinema's top charted songs, including "Lovely" and "Kamlee" for the film ''Happy New Year'' (2014), "Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan" for the film ''Roy'' (2015), "Desi Look" for the film ''Ek Paheli Leela'' (2015), "Nachan Farrate" for the film ''All Is Well'' (2015), "Jugni Peeke Tight Hai" for the film ''Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon'' (2015), "Jab Chaye Tera Jadoo" for the film ''Main Aur Charles'' (2015), "Neendein Khul Jaati Hain" for the film ''Hate Story 3'' (2015), "Premika" for the film ''Dilwale'' (2015), the later of these rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood film. The song "Da Da Dasse" from the film ''Udta Punjab'' (2016), earned her several Best Playback Singer awards and nominationsfollowing which she sang the songs, "Hug Me" from ''Beiimaan Love'' (2016), "Luv Letter" from the film ''The Legend of Michael Mishra'' (2016), "Beat Pe Booty" from the film ''A Flying Jatt'' (2016) and "Shake Karaan" from the film ''Munna Michael'' (2017), all of which earned her further success.

In March 2020 after returning from London, she attended a number of parties with Indian politicians and VIPs at ''Hotel Taj'', ''Lucknow'', despite India's Ministry of Health's home quarantine advisory against Coronavirus at the time. Subsequently, she tested positive for COVID-19. A complaint was lodged against her for her negligence. Provided by Wikipedia