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Date of birth14 August 1983
Age41 Years
BirthplaceNew Delhi, India
ProfessionSinger and Actress
NationalityIndian
Marital statusMarried
SpouseHitesh Sonik
FamilySon - Tegh Sonik (born 1 January 2018); Father - Dushyant Kumar Chauhan; Sister - Suneha Chauhan
Sunidhi Chauhan Biography
Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer and occasional actor who rose from childhood performances in New Delhi to become one of Bollywood's most in‑d
Early life and backgroundSunidhi Chauhan was born Nidhi Chauhan on 14 August 1983 in New Delhi, India. Raised in a family with strong ties to the performing arts, her father Dushyant Kumar Chauhan was active in theatre at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra and introduced her to music at a very young age. She began performing publicly as a child and by age eight was the lead singer in Kalyanji’s Little Wonders troupe.
Sunidhi completed her schooling at Greenway Modern School in New Delhi and has an educational qualification listed as 12th Standard. Although she initially learned by listening to radio and cassettes, she later took formal classical training under Gautam Mukherjee after releasing an early children’s album and recognizing the benefits of professional instruction.
Career
Sunidhi’s professional recording career began in the mid-1990s. After winning the Doordarshan singing reality show Meri Aawaz Suno in 1996, she made her Bollywood playback debut with the song "Ladki Deewani Ladka Deewana" for the film Shastra. Her first album, Aira Gaira Nathu Khaira, was released in 1998. A breakthrough moment arrived in 1999 when she recorded "Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi" for the film Mast, a track that brought her widespread recognition.
Over the following decades Sunidhi built a prolific career as a playback singer across many Indian languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya, Nepali and Assamese. She contributed songs to regional and international projects, sang for animated films such as Rio (as the voice of Jewel) and Sons of Ram (as Sita), and recorded work for Pakistani films as well.
Sunidhi has also appeared on screen in cameo or special acting roles in films like Ehsaas: The Feeling (2001), Bhoot (2003), Hawaa Hawaai (2014) and Rangoon (2017). She has been involved in English-language performances too, singing "Reach Out" at the opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games in Doha in 2006 and contributing to a special Indian edition of Enrique Iglesias’s album.
Her visibility extended to television as a judge on several singing reality shows, including Indian Idol (Seasons 5 and 6), The Voice India, The Remix and Dil Hai Hindustani Season 2. She has hosted radio programming as a guest RJ and has been hired for commercial projects, such as Microsoft’s Windows Vista campaign.
Public profile
Sunidhi’s career has been decorated with numerous awards and honours. She received the Filmfare RD Burman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 2000 for her work on Mast and went on to earn industry and international recognition, including awards presented in 2009, 2011 and 2014. In 2016 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Rai University. In 2023 she won Best Female Playback Singer (Kannada) for “Ra Ra Rakkamma” from Vikrant Rona at an event in Dubai.
She has performed thousands of songs and remained a constant presence on concert stages worldwide. Media and industry lists have noted her popularity: she appeared on the Forbes Celebrity Top 100 list in 2012 and has been included in other public rankings related to music and public image.
Personal life
Sunidhi’s personal life has been public. She married director-choreographer Bobby Khan in 2002; the marriage ended after about a year. In April 2012 she married music composer Hitesh Sonik, her childhood friend, and the couple have a son, Tegh Sonik, born on 1 January 2018. Sunidhi has described a period after marriage when she gained significant weight and subsequently changed her fitness and diet regimen to return to performance fitness.
Latest updates
Sunidhi continues to record and perform. As of 2020 she had sung more than 2,500 songs. In 2023 she won a Kannada playback singing award for a song from Vikrant Rona. Her public activities have included philanthropic performances for charitable causes and participation in international campaigns, such as a UNICEF music video project connected to John Lennon’s "Imagine." Recent reports also mention a rapid weight loss for a dance appearance, achieved through a combination of intermittent fasting and intense exercise.
Sunidhi remains known for her versatility across languages and styles, and her voice has been associated with numerous leading actresses on screen. She has also been recognised by prominent figures in the industry and compared favorably to earlier generations of Indian playback singers.
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Recent Work
Won Best Female Playback Singer (Kannada) for the song from the film Vikrant Rona at an awards event in Dubai in September 2023.
2023Career Highlights
- Won Filmfare RD Burman Award for Most Promising Newcomer (2000) for a song in Mast
- Released debut album Aira Gaira Nathu Khaira (1998)
- Sang in multiple Indian languages and for international projects
- Judge on major Indian singing reality shows including Indian Idol and The Voice India
- Received an honorary doctorate from Rai University (2016)
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