Sneha Shankar

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Sneha Shankar
Born (2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 18)
Occupations
  • Playback singer
  • live performer
Years active2012–present
Parents
  • Ram Shankar (father)
  • Beena R Shankar (mother)
Relatives
  • Aditya Shankar (brother)
  • Isha Sonagra (sister)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels

Sneha Shankar (born 1 February 2006) is an Indian playback singer and live performer. She has sung for many Bollywood Movies including Hanuman: Da' Damdaar, and Chup: Revenge of the Artist. in 2019 she has sung for Hindi version of a Hollywood movie The Lion King.[1]

She has worked with various music composers including Himesh Reshammiya, Sneha Khanwalkar, Amit Trivedi and Jeet Gannguli.

Sneha is a daughter of singer and music director Ram Shankar,[2] and Grand-daughter of Shankar of the Legendry Sufi Singers Duo Shankar-Shambhu.[3] She has started her career and participated in various singing reality shows including The Super Star Singer. At the age of 6 she appeared in a TV show MTV Sound Trippin on MTV India.

Discography[edit]

Film songs[edit]

Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Song Music Lyrics Ref.
2017 Hanuman: Da' Damdaar "Hanuman Chalisa" Sneha Khanwalkar
2019 The Lion King "Main Banoon Raja Aaj Hi" [4]
2022 Chup: Revenge of the Artist "Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye" Sneha Khanwalkar Sahir Ludhianvi

Non-film songs[edit]

Year Song Music Lyrics Co-singer(s) Note Ref.
2022 "Irada Kar Liya Hai Humne" Dushyant Alok Srivastava Shaan Education anthem of the Government of Delhi by Aam Admi Party [5]

Television appearances[edit]

Year Show Song Channel Note Ref.
2017 MTV Sound Trippin "Nain Matakka" MTV India season 2, episode 1 [6]

Singles[edit]

Year Song Music Co-singer(s) Ref.
2020 "Yaad Piya Ki Aaye" Aditya Shankar Salman Ali [7]
2023 "Adhoore Khwaab" Himesh Reshammiya
2023 "Choodiyaan Khanke" Ankush Bhardwaj
2023 "Har Justajoo" Tabish Ali
2024 "Mera Mehboob"

TV serial songs[edit]

Year Film Song Music Lyrics Co-singer(s) Ref.
2016 Naamkarann "Aa Leke Chalu Tujhko" Jeet Ganguly Vijay Vijawatt Palak Muchhal
2018 Meri Durga Tittle track Sneha Khanvilkar
2020 Ek Duje Ke Waste 2 Tittle track Aadil Prashant Abhishek Gaur [8][9]

Awards[edit]

Indian Television Academy Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Category Result Ref.
2018 Meri Durga Best Singer Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ S, Joyain (19 July 2019). "Superstar Singer contestant Sneha Shankar lends her voice to Hindi version of The Lion King". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Like father, like daughter". 12 November 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Shanker Shambhu Qawwal, The Epitome Of Indian Plurality| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ^ S, Joyain (19 July 2019). "Superstar Singer contestant Sneha Shankar lends her voice to Hindi version of The Lion King". Indulgexpress. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Delhi Govt Launches Education Song 'Irada Kar Liya Hai'". News18. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ^ https://www.jiocinema.com/tv-shows/sound-trippin/2/tripping-movement-music/3183989
  7. ^ "Watch New Hindi Song Music Video - 'Yaad Piya Ki Aaye' Sung By Salman Ali And Sneha Shankar | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ "'Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2' title track sung by reality show contestant". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Telly Tattle: Sneha Shankar lent her voice for Ek Duje ke Vaaste 2". Mid-day. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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