Bigg Boss Season 17 will see an array of interesting contestants, making it one of the most popular and talked about shows in India. Bigg Boss Season 17 will be hosted by Salman Khan and is expected to air in mid-2023. The contestants of Bigg Boss 17 are yet to be revealed but speculations suggest that it will include celebrities, singers, sportspersons, and celebrities from different walks of life. It is being said that famous singer Neha Kakkar can also be seen in Bigg Boss 17.
Neha Kakkar Singh is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She started performing at religious events at a very young age. In 2005, he participated in the second season of the singing reality show, Indian Idol. She made her Bollywood debut as a chorus singer in the film Mirabai Not Out.
She rose to prominence with the release of the dance track “Second Hand Jawaani” from Cocktail, which was followed by several popular party songs including “Sunny Sunny” from Yaariyan and “London Thumakda” from the 2014 soundtrack album Queen. In addition to playback singing, Kakkar has appeared in several music videos and as a judge on several television reality shows including “Indian Idol”.
Kakkar was listed among the most viewed female artists on YouTube in 2019 with 13.9 billion views. In January 2021, she became the first Indian singer to win the YouTube Diamond Award. She appeared in the India Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2017 and 2019. In December 2020, she appeared on the list of Asia’s 100 Digital Stars by Forbes.
Kakkar was born on 6 June 1988 in Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand). In the early 1990s, Kakkar along with her family moved to Delhi to try her luck at singing. At the age of four, Kakkar started performing at local gatherings and religious events. In 2004, she moved to Mumbai with her brother, Tony Kakkar. In 2006, at the age of eighteen, Kakkar auditioned for the second season of Indian Idol, where she was eliminated early in the show.
In 2008, she launched her debut album, Neha The Rockstar, with music by Meet Brothers Anjaan. During this time, he recorded for Romeo and Juliet, a music album composed by his brother Tony Kakkar. He sang “Hai Ram” with Sukhwinder Singh. The following year, he was awarded the A.R. and was featured. He then lent his voice to the title track of the Hindi language soap opera Na Aana Is Des Laado.
In 2010 she made her debut in both Kannada and Telugu music industries by performing a total of four songs for Sandeep Chowta. She lent her voice to the title track of the Kannada film Thammasu and the song “Nodu Baare” with Master Saleem and was nominated for a Filmfare Award.
She appeared in the second season of Comedy Circus’ Tansen alongside Kapil Sharma and Ali Asgar. In 2012, he released “SRK Anthem” on YouTube, a tribute to actor Shah Rukh Khan.
Kakkar courted controversy with “Bottle Khol” in 2013, where the Central Board of Film Certification objected to the song saying that the lyrics were of double meaning. This was followed by an item number composed by Sachin-Jigar for Ramaiya Vastavaiya. 2014 saw the rise of Kakkar with the release of three popular songs. Her first work with Amit Trivedi, a wedding song titled “London Thumakda”, was released in the same year and received positive reviews from critics. On the occasion of Mother’s Day, Kakkar shot and released a song for his mother which received a positive response from the audience.