Alka Yagnik

Playback Singer, Musical Artist

1966 –

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Who is Alka Yagnik?

Alka Yagnik is a noted playback singer of Hindi cinema with a career spanning three decades. She is a record seven-time winner from a record of 35 nominations of the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, a two-time recipient of the National Film Award as well as several other music awards listed below. Further, as many as 20 of her tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time" review.

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Born
Mar 20, 1966
Kolkata
Also known as
  • Alka Y
  • Alisha Yaagnik
  • Alka Yagnic
  • Alaka Yagnik
  • Alaka
  • Alka Y.
  • Alkayagnik
  • Yagnik, Alka
  • Alka Yagnick
Religion
  • Hinduism
Ethnicity
  • Bengali Hindus
  • Gujarati people
  • Indian people
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Education
  • Modern High School for Girls
Lived in
  • Kolkata

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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