Neha Kankar has been singing since she was four years old. In such a short time she gave voice to many great actors. A special conversation with them…

I sang since I was four years old

You can say of me that I did not even learn to speak and began to sing. I was four years old when my singing talent came out. My brother and I used to sing hymns at night in childhood. I remember once I was singing hymns at the mother’s stand, I suddenly realized that only my voice was coming. When I turned around, I found my brother sleeping. At age 16 I participated in the reality show ‘Indian Idol’ and was in the Top 10 Finalist. There I received the title of Indian Shakira. After this I participated in the ‘Tansen of Comedy Circus’, but my identity was confirmed as ‘Don’t come to this country from ‘Lado’, title song.

Recognized for ‘Second Hand Youth’

I got recognition in the movies ‘Cocktail’ from the song ‘Second Hand Jawani’. I sang this song for Saif, Deepika and Diana Penty. After this, I had the chance to sing Akshay Kumar’s title song “Blue”, but Shahid Kapoor and Prabhudeva’s ‘Dancing Dance’ brought me a lot of fame. ‘Yariya’ gave me a chance to sing ‘Super Blue’, ‘Blue Water Water and Day’, ‘Sani Sani’ today. I am very happy when all these songs are played at weddings and parties and no award show is complete without them. Honey Singh really enjoyed ‘Sani Sani’.

Shadow ‘London Thumkada’ in ‘Queen’

For Kangana, when I sang the song “London Thumkada” from ‘Queen’, I enjoyed singing it. I realized that this song would be good enough at the time. You see, the song was still a big hit and the movie was a hit too.

Singing sister is not a rivalry

My inspiration is my Sonu Didi (Singer Sonu Kakkar). He is also a singer. I grew up watching them sing. I think of myself as Lucky which I grew to like. People often ask if there was ever a sewing rivalry between us, so I only have one answer, no. Neither was nor would have been.

Shahrukh told me a thank you

I am a fan of Shahrukh when I first saw ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. He is a superstar in a true way. I made a video of a song on SRK with my brother and uploaded it to YouTube. At that time, my surprise went nowhere, when in two days he got more than two lakh hits and Shahrukh thanked me and gave me high praise.