38 Facts About Neeti Mohan

Neeti Mohan Sharma was born on 18 November 1979 and is an Indian singer.

Neeti Mohan rose to prominence after recording "Ishq Wala Love" for Student of the Year, ultimately winning the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer for "Jiya Re" from Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

In that year, Mohan appeared as a coach in the 1st season of The Voice India Kids and the second season of The Voice India.

Neeti Mohan's father, Brij Mohan Sharma, is a government officer and her mother, Kusum, is a homemaker.

Neeti Mohan is the eldest of four sisters; Shakti Mohan, Mukti Mohan and Kriti Mohan.

Neeti Mohan was adjudged best cadet in the National Cadet Corps of India and represented India as Youth Exchange Programme cadet.

Apart from training in singing, Neeti Mohan studied dancing with her two sisters.

Neeti Mohan trained in Bharata Natyam and Kathak under the supervision of Ashley Lobo.

Besides training kids to dance, Neeti Mohan worked as an instructor there.

Neeti Mohan graduated in philosophy from Miranda House, University of Delhi.

In 2009, Neeti Mohan participated in the Star Plus show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla, where she was part of the winning team "Shankar's Rockstars" led by Shankar Mahadevan.

Neeti Mohan married actor Nihaar Pandya on 15 February 2019.

Neeti Mohan had previously met Rahman's manager when she was part of the group Aasma and in 2007, Neeti Mohan bumped into him again when he was coming out of the cinema.

Besides, Neeti Mohan provided the chorus along with Natalie Di Luccio in Raghav Sachar-composed "Bittoo Sab Ki Lega" from Bittoo Boss, released the same year.

Neeti Mohan had to bring the "softness" in her voice to match the "definite attitude" in Kapoor's persona for her character.

Neeti Mohan collaborated again with Khurrana in Raghu Dixit's "Khamakhaan" from Bewakoofiyaan, where The Indian Express affirmed that the song is "owned by Neeti Mohan from the moment she breathes into it in the beginning without any instruments".

However, "Tu Hi Tu" from Kick was critically acclaimed; Devesh Sharma from Filmfare wrote: "Neeti Mohan brings a young girl's yearning in her breezy rendition and makes her version a winner too".

Besides, Neeti Mohan collaborated with Jeet Gannguli for the first time with the song "Darbadar" from CityLights.

Besides, Neeti Mohan provided backing vocals for the track "Makhna", featuring Sukhwinder Singh in the Rahman-composed American film Million Dollar Arm.

Neeti Mohan recorded the songs at the studio dressed like a jazz singer, with people around her to cheer her.

Neeti Mohan again collaborated with Trivedi in Shaandaar where she performed both "Nazdeekiyaan" and "Senti Wali Mental" for the film.

Neeti Mohan collaborated with Rahman for the Tamil song "Mersalaayitten" included in the soundtrack of I, performed along with Anirudh Ravichander.

Later the year, Neeti Mohan was roped in to perform the song "Neeyum Nannum" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan which was composed and co-sung by Ravichander.

Neeti Mohan was then heard in a Himesh Reshammiya's composition; "Tod Tadaiyya" from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.

Neeti Mohan garnered her second Filmfare nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Sau Aasmaan" from Baar Baar Dekho.

Apart from singing songs for films, Neeti Mohan performed alongside Mohit Chauhan in a music video of the TV show Yeh Hai Aashiqui and the duo was featured in some of the episodes in the series as musical narrators.

Neeti Mohan was part of the music reality show The Voice India Kids as one of the mentors, along with Shaan and Shekhar Ravjiani.

In 2017, Neeti Mohan recorded "Khoobsurat Star Parivaar" alongside Jubin Nautiyal.

Neeti Mohan performed two songs for the web series titled "Mixtape" produced by music label T-Series.

Neeti Mohan was next heard in the Chirantan Bhatt's composed romantic track "Bawra Mann" performed with Nautiyal.

Neeti Mohan collaborated with Pritam and Rochak Kohli for two albums; Jab Harry Met Sejal and Lucknow Central respectively, where she performed the song "Raula" with Diljit Dosanjh for the former.

January 2019, Neeti Mohan released her single "Kithe reh gaya", which was shot in Amritsar and was her first video in which she herself danced.

Neeti Mohan recorded two T-series mixtapes one with Shekhar Ravjiani and one with Vishal Dadlani.

Neeti Mohan mentioned that her classical training taught her how to approach a song in "different octaves".

Neeti Mohan explored more about texture of voice and harmony through her time at Aasma.

Neeti Mohan has said that from childhood she has been influenced by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar.

Neeti Mohan has been influenced by many artists outside the country.

Besides her career in music, Neeti Mohan has contributed to various charities.