92 Facts About Sunidhi Chauhan

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Sunidhi Chauhan is known for her versatility as a vocalist.

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Sunidhi Chauhan received her twelfth Filmfare nomination with "Chor Bazaari" of Love Aaj Kal preceded by "Dance Pe Chance" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

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Apart from playback singing, Sunidhi Chauhan has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows and she appears in music videos.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has appeared four times in Forbes Celebrity 100 of India.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was born on 14 August 1983, in New Delhi, India.

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At the age of four, Sunidhi Chauhan started performing at competitions and local gatherings, subsequently convinced by her father's friends to take singing seriously.

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Sunidhi Chauhan did her studies from Greenway Modern School and used to stay with her family members in Dilshad Garden, Delhi.

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Sunidhi Chauhan discontinued her studies right after schooling to pursue a career in the music industry.

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Sunidhi Chauhan then introduced Chauhan to Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was then offered with many shows, though her father insisted on singing for films.

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In 1995, Sunidhi Chauhan performed at the 40th Filmfare Awards with the group "Little Wonders", when late music director Aadesh Shrivastava heard her and recorded her voice for the film, Shastra.

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Sunidhi Chauhan made her career debut at the age of eleven, with the song "Ladki Deewani Dekho" from the film, alongside Udit Narayan.

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Sunidhi Chauhan then realised her "limitations" and got formal training in classical singing from Gautam Mukherjee.

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Sunidhi Chauhan met singer Sonu Nigam, who recommended her to Sandeep Chowta.

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Sunidhi Chauhan considered the track that came to her the "most naturally", as recording of the song was completed in 15 minutes.

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Sunidhi Chauhan received another Filmfare nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for "Mehboob Mere".

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The director of the film, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, wanted an innocent voice for the song when he roped Sunidhi Chauhan to sing for Preity Zinta.

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In 2001, Sunidhi Chauhan was featured in four tracks from the album of Ajnabee.

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Sunidhi Chauhan then lent her voice for "Ek Baar Pyar" for Anand Raj Anand and "Yeh Kaisa Ehsaas Hai" for Milind Sagar; both from Ehsaas: The Feeling and a duet with Nigam.

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Sunidhi Chauhan collaborated with Malik for four films during the year 2002.

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Sunidhi Chauhan received her third Filmfare nomination for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Dhoom Machaale" from Dhoom, which was a critical and commercial success.

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Sunidhi Chauhan worked with Vishal-Shekhar in few other compositions including Dus and Shabd.

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Sunidhi Chauhan received two more Filmfare award nominations for her rendition of the song "Deedar De" from Dus and "Kaisi Paheli Zindagani" of Parineeta.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was bestowed with her first filmfare award for her rendition of the song "Beedi Jalaile" from Omkara.

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Sunidhi Chauhan received further two nominations during the year for "Soniye" from Aksar and "Aashiqui Main" 36 China Town.

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Sunidhi Chauhan made her third screen appearance with the promotional song "Dheemey Dheemey" from Bas Ek Pal, along with KK.

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Sunidhi Chauhan performed with him for two other tracks, "Ashq Bhi" and "Hai Ishq Ye Kya Ek Khata" for the film, where all the songs were critically favoured.

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In 2007, Sunidhi Chauhan lent her voice for Madhuri Dixit in her comeback film Aaja Nachle, where she rendered "Soniye Mil Ja" along with Sukhwinder Singh and "Koi Patthar Se Naa Maare" alongside Nigam and Ghoshal, apart from the title track.

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In spite of rendering the title track for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Sunidhi Chauhan lent her voice for Shantanu Moitra in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, where she performed "Hum To Aise Hain" along with Ghoshal which had Swanand Kirkire and Pranab Biswas lending supporting vocals.

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Sunidhi Chauhan later worked with Vishal Bhardwaj for U Me Aur Hum, where she recorded both "Phatte" and "Saiyaan" along with Adnan Sami.

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Sunidhi Chauhan won her second Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer for "Sheila Ki Jawani" and was nominated in the same category for "Udi".

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In 2011, Sunidhi Chauhan collaborated with Pritam for four films, out of which she was praised for her rendition of the slow-paced track "Te Amo" from Dum Maaro Dum.

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In 2012, Sunidhi Chauhan appeared as a judge for the second time with the 6th season of Indian Idol.

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Sunidhi Chauhan teamed up with Amit Trivedi for the lavani track "Sava Dollar" from Aiyyaa, where her "boisterous and bouncy voice" was praised along with her Marathi accent.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was part of the song "Apna Bombay Talkies" from Bombay Talkies which celebrated the 100th year of Indian cinema.

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Sunidhi Chauhan's first release of 2014 was the Vishal-Shekhar composed "Punjabi Wedding Song" from Hasee Toh Phasee, which was a duet with Benny Dayal.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was next heard in Rahman's traditional tuned "Tu Kuja" from Highway.

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Sunidhi Chauhan then made her second appearance in a music video, titled "Baal Khade" from Khoobsurat, along with composer Sneha Khanwalkar and Sonam Kapoor.

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Sunidhi Chauhan lent her voice for the recreated version of Rajasthani folk song "Engine Ki Seeti" from the film.

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Apart from Bollywood films, Sunidhi Chauhan lent her voice to the title track of the romantic thriller TV series Ek Hasina Thi.

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Sunidhi Chauhan represented India at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in New York City, where she performed on the stage alongside Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Beyonce and others.

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In 2016, Sunidhi Chauhan worked with Trivedi in two films; Fitoor and Dear Zindagi.

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Sunidhi Chauhan continued to gain critical praise as she sang with "easy switches from desolation to angst around the title refrain" for the song "Just Go To Hell Dil" from Dear Zindagi.

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Sunidhi Chauhan performed the songs "Aisa Kyun Maa" from Neerja which was well received due to its theme; portrayal of love between a mother and daughter.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was next heard in a Rochak Kohli composition; "Zinda" from Naam Shabana.

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Sunidhi Chauhan contributed to the album of Jab Harry Met Sejal by performing "Radha" with Shahid Mallya and "Butterfly" alongside Aman Trikha, Nooran Sisters and Dev Negi.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was next heard in a duet with Sukhwinder Singh; "Bakheda" from Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.

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Sunidhi Chauhan possesses a high octave vocal range, and has the ability to reach lower octaves and dropping notes with transition.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has the ability to change her tonal quality with a lot of ease and charisma.

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Music composer Amit Trivedi considers Sunidhi Chauhan to be the most versatile female singer after Asha Bhosle who is good with all the genres.

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Sunidhi Chauhan feels that her vocals structure suits on Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Kajol, Parineeti Chopra and Urmila Matondkar the most.

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Ganesh Anantharaman in his book Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song wrote that Sunidhi Chauhan has a "good, expressive" voice but she crafted a particular image for herself as the singer of fast, racy songs.

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Sunidhi Chauhan knows what she's doing and is in total control.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has said that her audience feels more comfortable in hearing her singing item songs and she made her "name because of that genre".

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The perception of singing only item songs was "broken" when Sunidhi Chauhan performed the romantic song, "Meri Zindagi Mein" for Anu Malik which was then followed by songs from Chameli and Fanaa.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has not performed any classical songs or a ghazal and has expressed her interest on releasing a ghazal album.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was introduced to music by her father and credits her "powerful" voice to him.

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Sunidhi Chauhan acknowledges that western music had a huge impact in her singing and confessed that she likes to perform "songs that have a western flavour in them".

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Sunidhi Chauhan considers Lata Mangeshkar as her biggest inspiration, calling her "a temple of music".

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Sunidhi Chauhan has been influenced by many artists outside the country like Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.

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Sunidhi Chauhan then followed a strict diet and regularly went to gym or for jogging.

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In 2012, Sunidhi Chauhan appeared in the Forbes Celebrity 100, a list based on income and popularity of India's celebrities.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was listed at the seventy-second spot in 2012, fifty-eighth spot in 2013, fifty-sixth spot in 2014, sixtieth spot in 2015.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was selected in the list of "Top 5 Celeb100 Singers and Musicians" compiled by Forbes India.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was voted as Bollywood's most favourite Female Playback Singer in the "Vuclip Icons of the Year 2012" mobile survey.

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Apart from public appearances, Sunidhi Chauhan began to use social media to respond directly to her fans.

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Sunidhi Chauhan opened a Twitter account in 2010, and use a Facebook Fan page both manage by herself.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was included at the twenty-second position of the "50 Most Influential Indians on Social Media", a list created by taking account of number of followers on Facebook and Twitter.

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Shaan confessing to being a massive fan of Sunidhi Chauhan and said "She is just amazing" and loves to see Sunidhi Chauhan singing live.

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Composer Shantanu Moitra perceived that Sunidhi Chauhan is an artist who would "excel in any time and age".

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Mika Singh stated that "Sunidhi Chauhan serves as a role model for the youngsters".

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Singer Shibani Kashyap remarked that Sunidhi Chauhan is a fabulous singer who "can sing all types of songs with the same ease".

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Singer Monali Thakur admitting to be a huge fan of Sunidhi Chauhan has said that "she has always really admired the singer".

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Neha Bhasin credited Sunidhi Chauhan for bringing the "much-needed" change in the music industry.

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Shilpa Rao credited Sunidhi Chauhan for paving the path for original, unique, and different voices and said, "You are the pioneer and many of us wouldn't be on music records if it weren't for you to change the scene".

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Sunidhi Chauhan received praise from many actors including Bipasha Basu and Amrita Rao.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was named as one of the singers Priyanka Chopra looks up to.

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Ram Gopal Varma confessed that, he "truly sincerity honestly" thinks Sunidhi Chauhan is the "greatest singer in the world".

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Besides her career in music, Sunidhi Chauhan has contributed to various charities.

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Sunidhi Chauhan is associated with social causes like working for the underprivileged children, where she performed charity shows, donating money and buying clothes.

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Sunidhi Chauhan was involved with fundraising events for charities involved in the disaster clean-up operation.

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Sunidhi Chauhan hosted the global campaign, "World of Betters" in Mumbai which was launched by Alicia Keys.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has assisted in raising funds for the "Save Our Tigers" campaign, initiated by Amitabh Bachchan.

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In October 2014, Sunidhi Chauhan was featured in a musical concert to raise awareness and funds for eye donations.

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Sunidhi Chauhan lent her voice for a music video of John Lennon's "Imagine".

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In September 2015, Sunidhi Chauhan represented India at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, an annual music festival created to mark the establishment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a "to-do list" of 17 tasks to end extreme global poverty by 2030.

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In October 2017, Sunidhi Chauhan participated in a campaign to promote breast cancer awareness.

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In 2002, at the age of 18, Sunidhi Chauhan married director and choreographer Bobby Khan after working on the music video, Pehla Nasha.

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Sunidhi Chauhan lived with actor Annu Kapoor and his wife Arunita during the separation, filed for divorce the same year, citing that she had realised that they "wanted different things from life".

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Later, Sunidhi Chauhan began a romantic relationship with the music composer Hitesh Sonik whom she was friends with, since the days she won Meri Awaz Suno.

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On 1 January 2018, Sunidhi Chauhan gave birth to a boy whom she named Tegh.

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Sunidhi Chauhan has performed quite often in college festivals, including Rendezvous IIT Delhi fest 2022 and KIIT Silver Jubilee Karnival 2023 to name a few.